Senior Clinical Services Associates (KP) Vacancy at an Indigenous Non-profit and Non-governmental Organization – 3 Openings

About the role

Senior Clinical Services Associate (KP) job opportunity is available at an Indigenous Non-profit and Non-governmental Organization for individuals who possess Degree in Social Sciences, Health Sciences, and Nursing.

Specific Objectives

• The incumbent will implement prevention, risk reduction and adherence treatment services for Key Population.
• Job holder will identify and work with Key Population groups to carry out outreaches and work closely with the PSO (HTS) to ensure the KPs have access to HTS.
• The incumbent will also ensure behavioral maintenance activities are implemented among the KP groups.

Responsibilities

• Ensure appropriate support for the implementation of program activities in HIV prevention for key and vulnerable populations, including integration of TB / HIV services for co-infected patients.
• Support the design of structural interventions to prevent HIV among key populations, including those that address gender inequalities, stigma and discrimination and the legal rights and status of key populations, and economic barriers
• Review evidence-based clinical training materials, job aids, and curricula, supervisory systems and other training materials needed for implementation of the program to meet the needs of USAID and the Government of Nigeria
• Provide mentoring and capacity building at the individual and organizational level for the KP groups
• Guide the integration of HIV services with maternal and newborn health, family planning and TB
• Promote and support couples counseling;
• Expand community based HTS, task shifting and demand creation, especially aimed at key and vulnerable populations;
• Increase knowledge and positive attitudes of patients toward HIV services to expect counseling, testing and referrals for key population
• Increase the number of HIV-infected adults with key and vulnerable populations who access CT services
• Supervise/support local NGOs in promoting community participation in HIV prevention for key and vulnerable populations as part of integrated community interventions.
• Coordinate assessments, site strengthening, follow-up and supervision, advocacy, demand creation, policy support, capacity-building and M&E across program sites as required by program activities
• Support the formulation of approaches for scale up of key and vulnerable population HIV prevention services
• Actively participate in all Technical Advisory Group Meetings, and represent CIHP in professional forums by participating and presenting in pertinent meetings and conferences, as well as technical working groups.

Experience and qualifications

• Degree in Social Sciences, Health Sciences, and Nursing required. Master’s Degree in relevant field preferred
• At least 4 years experience training community health workers and / or CBOs in HIV interventions for key and vulnerable populations
• Experience building capacity at individual and organizational levels
• Skilled in at least two or more of the following technical areas: strengthening service delivery programs, performance and quality improvement, psychosocial support, monitoring and evaluation
• Experience in Key Population programming.

Application deadline

18th August, 2020.

WHO IS ?

We are an indigenous non-profit and non-governmental organization with head office in Abuja and field offices in several locations in Nigeria.