Assistant Technical Officer - PMTCT / Pediatrics at Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) is a non-profit organization that promotes socio-economic development by supporting global health and economic initiatives in Nigeria. It was established as indigenous organizational, registered in 2009 with its headquarter in Abuja, and presence in the four geopolitical regions of Nigeria.  It aims to provide technical assistance to the government and people of Nigeria in the implementation of public health and development programs.

The Global Fund Grant Cycle (GC7) is to ensure a coordinated and intensive effort to scale up the prevention, identification, and treatment of HIV in both general and key populations in Anambra state. The focus will be on facility and community-based approaches to reach epidemic control, and in addition, ensure improvement in the coverage of pregnant women on ART as well as target KP and AGYW programs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Assistant Technical Officer - PMTCT / Pediatrics

Location: Anambra
Employment Type: Full-Time
Job Category: Technical Services

Job Summary

• The Assistant Technical Officer - PMTCT / Pediatrics will be responsible for providing technical support to all HIV-related prevention, care and treatment activities for children, adolescents, pregnant and breastfeeding women.
• S/he will support interventions related to integrated services for triple elimination of HIV, Hepatitis and Syphilis among pregnant women, retention and early infant diagnosis.
• The successful candidate will provide technical support to ensure facilities provide integrated and holistic PMTCT and Pediatrics care and treatment, provide support for quality pediatric HIV care including diagnosis and management of Opportunistic Infections, ARV Optimization, and monitoring children on ART for drug resistance.
• The ATO will also coordinate facility and community level strategies to ensure tracking mother baby pairs, and adherence and retention activities for children on ART and provide technical support in viral load testing, monitoring and coverage for children on ART as well as pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• Medical Degree (MD, MBBS, Nursing, Public Health), with 2-3 years of proven experience in implementation of PMTCT programs.
• Master of Public Health (MPH) is an added advantage.
• Experience in providing mentorship and training.
• Self-motivated and demonstrated success in building effective programs in resource-limited settings.
• Extensive clinical experience in care of HIV infected adults, pregnant and breastfeeding women in resource limited settings.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and Qualified candidates should forward a suitability statement (Application Letter) and Resume (CV) as a single MS Word document to: [email protected] using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the email.