About us:
A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organisation (such as the United Nations) present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation officially in the receiving state.
As a senior prevention program specialist for CDC Nigeria, the incumbent is also expected to exercise considerable innovation during his/her attempts to influence other collaborative organizations engaged in HIV/AIDS prevention programs to adopt appropriate strategies for improving the program outcomes, including the design and adoption appropriate M&E strategies/framework for program activities. Computer keyboarding/typing skills at a good working level with both speed and accuracy is required. Intermediate user level of word processing, spreadsheets and databases such as National Data Repository (NDR), PEPFAR Panorama, and Data for Accountability, Transparency and Impact Monitoring (DATIM) is required. In addition, the incumbent needs to be familiar with the Nigeria Medical records System (NMRS) and PEPFAR Surge Dashboards. Strong skills in interpretation of program monitoring and evaluation data are required. This would include the ability to understand and synthesize numerical data.
Duties
The incumbent serves as a Senior HIV Program Manager across the spectrum of HIV prevention, treatment and care, including but not limited to HIV Case-Finding and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV for the CDC Nigeria Office (Abuja). He is primarily responsible for leading and providing project guidance to the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR); contributing to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programs aimed at achieving HIV epidemic control as well as the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Nigeria. Incumbent’s responsibilities include an active technical advisory role to the Ministry of Health and implementing partners, day-to-day program and administrative management, and coordination and collaboration with other PEPFAR agencies to ensure project implementation addresses program strategic objectives and U.S. and host government national and international public health standards and best practices. This position provides the CDC office with the necessary public health leadership and medical expertise to manage of CDC funded HIV prevention, care and treatment activities. The incumbent also plays a major role in the management and oversight of CDC’s and PEPFAR/Nigeria implementing partners, training of health care workers, lay counselors, and social workers with respect to national and globally accepted standards in the prevention, care and treatment of HIV for better patient outcomes and epidemic control at population level
Qualifications and Evaluations
Requirements:
EXPERIENCE:
JOB KNOWLEDGE:
Comprehensive knowledge and experience in HTS/PMTCT strategies, other HIV prevention and public health programs, methods, processes, and techniques used to plan, develop, implement and evaluate results of HIV prevention programs are required. Comprehensive knowledge of the host government health care system and structures including familiarity with host government policies, program priorities and regulations is required. Good working knowledge of team management techniques to plan, organize and direct multi-disciplinary project teams and activities and overall administrative requirements, budgeting and fiscal management in support of contracts/cooperative agreements/grants/purchase requisitions is required. Good working knowledge of epidemiology, statistics and data analysis is required. Good working knowledge of HIV/AIDS public health programs, strategies, methods, processes and techniques used to plan, develop, implement and evaluate results of HIV programs is required
Education Requirements:
Note: NYSC Certificate or Exclusion/Exemption document is required..
SKILLS AND ABILITIES :
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