A Leading Non-Governmental Organization Latest Jobs in Nigeria: Vacancies for Clinical Service Associate/Officer (Gombe and Kogi), Accountant (Abuja), Adherence Associate (Kaduna)

THE ORGANIZATION:

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:   Clinical Service Associate/Officer (PMTCT)-2 Positions

LOCATION:   Gombe/Kogi

Clinical Service Associate/Officer should send CV’s to:

clinicalserviceofficerpmtct@yahoo.com

OVERALL JOB FUNCTIONS:

The incumbents will provide technical support for multidisciplinary HIV/AIDS care and treatment, working with health facility -based teams to provide PMTCT services to pregnant and post partum HIV positive women and their babies. Note that the organization. Position designation or job title is flexible based on the quality of experience of the preferred candidate.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Planning, implementing and monitoring PMTCT activities at sites in designated state
• Designing interventions to improve the care of HIV pregnant women and their exposed babies
• Overseeing the PMTCT activities at site in designated states by providing on- going mentoring and hands on supervision
• Supporting the provision of care and treatment to patients as part of site multidisciplinary team
• Building site personnel capacity through training
• Developing and strengthening plans for enrolling more pregnant HIV + women in the communities into PMTCT clinics
• Supervising data collection for monitoring and evaluation use.

JOB MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Advanced degree in Nursing/Midwifery, Medicine, or Public health
• Robust clinical experience in HIV/AIDS care and antiretroviral treatment
• Experience in providing PMTCT services (minimum 3years + preferable)
• Excellent grasp of clinical issues and current trends, and practices in HIV/AIDS and PMTCT
• Experience in training facilitation
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

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:   Accountant

LOCATION:   Abuja

Accountant should send CV’s to: ngoaccountant@yahoo.com

OVERALL JOB FUNCTIONS: 

Works with the Finance Manager and is responsible for accounting in the office and ensuring compliance with the contractual financial requirements of the project. S/he will be in charge of accounting including account reconciliation and balance, tax claims and VAT reporting and payment vouchers processing.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assists the Finance Manager to ensure the accurate keeping of all books of account for the project, including checking account, equipment and supply registers
• He Finance Manager in monitoring NGO sub project budgets in accordance with approved work plan activities,
• Prepare financial reports for office staff to monitor and track obligations and expenditures,
• Prepare written and verbal responses to inquiries and requests for budgetary information,
• Work with the Finance Manager to provide technical assistance to NGOs on accounting and financial matters,
• Assist the Finance Manager in monitoring NGO sub project budgets in accordance with approved work plan activities.

JOB MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors’ degree or higher in Accounting, Business Administration or related field
• At least 3 years’ experience as an Accountant in a dynamic, international environment
• Interpersonal and presentation skills,
• Self-driven with a high sense of quality, efficiency and respect of deadlines,
• Strong practical sense and ability to handle multiple tasks and to set priorities,
• Precise and attentive to details,
• Enjoy working with numbers,
• Strong computer skills, including Windows, Microsoft Word and Excel,
• Fluency in oral and written English.

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:   Adherence Associate

LOCATION:   Kaduna State

Adherence Associate should send CV’s to: adherenceassistant@yahoo.com

OVERALL JOB FUNCTIONS:

To provide comprehensive adherence counseling, mentoring, supervision and technical assistance at health facilities supported by the program in coordination with the Ministries of Health either at Federal or state level as appropriate. 

This role will also work with service providers and members of support Groups of PLHWHA in providing support for achieving best practices in patient adherence.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Developing and implementing adherence counseling services for supported sites using the Government of Nigeria’s stipulated guidelines and requirements. Fostering connections with the community in which the site is situated, with regards to ARV access and adherence,
• Provision of technical support and advice to the medical team (consisting of the doctors, nurses, pharmacists, PHE and medical records officers) at the supported sites,
• Provision of periodic trainings and continuous mentoring support to site adherence counselors.
• Provision and supervision of comprehensive adherence counseling to potential ARV clients and their care-givers; assessment of potential clients readiness for ARV therapy through the adherence counselors.
• Supervising periodic adherence assessment of ARV patients through the adherence counselors.
• Provision of routine site activity progress reports to the Central Adherence Advisor

JOB MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• First Degree in Health Science (Pharmacy, nursing, social work, counseling, sociology, or related courses),
• Previous HIV/AIDS counseling and health teaching experience,
• Previous experience or training in adherence counseling,
• Previous experience or training in group counseling techniques or models,
• Demonstrated ability to assess patient readiness and to work from a readiness/ behavioral change counseling model (empathy, curious, respectful, etc),
• Ability to coordinate groups, implement a schedule of patient care, keep accurate records, and attend to details (strong organizational skills),
• A good team player, able to work in a close multidisciplinary team,
• Self- Directed and able to work with minimal supervision,
• Fluent in English, Pidgin English and at least one Nigerian language(preferably Hausa).

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 on or before 1^st September 2011.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.