A Leading Non-Governmental Organization Latest Job: Vacancies for Palliative Care Officer, Training Officer (Abuja)

We are a Leading Non-Governmental Organization working in the area of HIV and AIDS care and treatment. We require the services of resourceful, experienced and dynamic candidates to fill the positions:

POST TITLE:   Palliative Care Officer

LOCATION:   Abuja

Palliative Care Officer should send CV’s to: palliativecareofficer@yahoo.com

OVERALL JOB FUNCTION: 

Leads the development, implementation and evaluation of palliative care strategy in collaboration with palliative care teams from GoN and USG / PEPFAR respectively.

JOB ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops and overseas working group work plan and budget,
• Assist in the assessment, development, improvement and dissemination of sound HIV/AIDS palliative care policies and programs,
• Provide support to field programs on palliative care issues through state program teams
• Bring together expertise from USG agencies to provide appropriate technical assistance to the field in issues surrounding palliative care for PLWHA,
• Support the development of annual Country Operational Plans (COPS),
• Coordinate closely with technical work group leaders for OVC care activities implementation
• Support the development and implementation of home based care programs,
• Collaborate with all Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to assure strong linkages between program areas.

JOB MINIMUM QUALIFICATION:

• Advanced degree(s) in public health, nursing, medicine or other relevant training in international health,
• Minimum of five years experience in international public health programming and/or implementation,
• Specialized knowledge and demonstrated expertise in the area of HIV/AIDS palliative care, including provision of HIV/AIDS counseling.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Candidates that is proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite of computer applications and Internet/ Emails,
• Require significant amounts of travel to program sites.

POST TITLE:   Training Officer

LOCATION:   Abuja

Training Officer should send CV’s to: training.officer@yahoo.com

OVERALL JOB FUNCTIONS:

This position will provide direct technical assistance and programmatic support for

implementation of training activities on HIV/AIDS Care and treatment.

JOB ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• S/he will travel approximately 40% of the time to the program’s target regions to monitor progress and provide technical assistance,
• Providing leadership and coordination in the development or updating of nationally approved clinical training curricula and programs, with a focus on training approaches,
• In collaboration with the Clinical Advisors organizing and conduct training and learning sessions,
• Collect and maintain training data for strategic information reporting and for M and E purposes,
• Identify any implementation issues and work with project staff and partners to solve these issues,
• Working closely with the program Implementation Team to ensure successful completion of training activities,
• Collaborating and consulting with the relevant units (Procurement and Stores especially) in maintaining stock of training materials, job aids and supplies at all times,
• Responsible for ensuring coordination of finance support functions for trainings meetings, training events, and other activities including arranging for training sites, transport, meals and overall training logistics.

JOB MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least 5 years experience in HIV/AIDS training or related area,
• Five years experience in coordinating logistics and other administrative tasks,
• Familiarity with training approaches and knowledge of the health care delivery system preferred,
• Experience and knowledge working with public sector and government (federal/state) agencies and personnel,
• Excellent written and oral English skills,
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Candidates that is proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite of computer applications and Internet/ Emails.
• Require significant amounts of travel to program sites.

METHOD OF APPLICATION & APPLICATION DEADLINE:

Interested candidates should forward their applications, Resume/CV should be sent to the applicable email address from the following as Microsoft Word Attachments

The file names should be the applicant’s FULL NAME and the subject of the email should be the applicant’s FULL NAME and Position applied for e.g. Mary Smith Uba IT Manager.

Deadline for submission of applications is 1^st September 2011.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.