Technical Officer – Pediatrics / Adolescent Care & Treatment at the Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) is an indigenous non-governmental organization that promotes socio-economic development by supporting a broad range of global health interventions, education and economic initiatives in Nigeria. AHNi is an allied organization to Family Health International (FHI360) with co-existing and mutually supportive interest in advancing the collective goals of the people and communities served. AHNi currently has its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria.

To strengthen our operations and interventions in the country, we are seeking qualified candidates for the position below:

Job Title: Technical Officer – Pediatrics / Adolescent Care & Treatment

Location: Adamawa
Job Category: Fixed Term

Job Description

• Will focus on optimizing pediatric and adolescent HIV Care & Treatment service delivery through the provision of second- and third-line ART and ensure smooth implementation of ACE’s role in pediatric and adolescent HIV service delivery.
• S/He will work very closely with facility-based health workers, State Ministries of Health, Community based organizations and relevant Stakeholders.
• Provide technical assistance at supported HIV treatment facilities to achieve epidemic control by reaching the UNAIDS’ 95-95-95 goal in children and adolescents living with HIV, support scale up of evidence-based strategies in accordance with the UNICEF service delivery framework in supported states and health facilities.
• S/He will also perform quality of care assessment and ensure that children and adolescents living with HIV (CALHIV) in all supported health facilities receive high quality comprehensive ART services in accordance with National Treatment guidelines, support uptake of differentiated models of care and treatment for CALHIV in order to improve treatment outcomes and create efficiencies, including multi-month drug refills, use of community structures, etc.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• MB.BS / MD or similar Degree with 3 to 5 years relevant experience in clinical care with a sound understanding of HIV/AIDS with provision of PMTCT and anti-retroviral therapy (ART) including TB in resource constrained settings.
• Possession of an MPH or post graduate degree in a related field is and advantage
• Experience in pediatric ART service delivery.
• Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.

Application Closing Date
6th September, 2022.