Clinical Service Officer – Gombe State, Program Assistant, Program Associate, Biomedical Engineering at a Non-Governmental Organization

Vacancies: Clinical Service Officer – Gombe State, Program Assistant, Program Associate, Biomedical Engineering

We are leading and reputable indigenous Non-Governmental Organization implementing a comprehensive family focused HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment in partnership with the different tiers of the Government of Nigeria at national, State local and site levels. In line with the broadened scope and objectives of our work, the need for increased staff capacity around new and enlarged areas of focus have emerged. We therefore require the services of resourceful, experienced and dynamic professionals for the following positions.

 

Position: Clinical Services Officer (PMTCT)

Location: Gombe State

 

Responsibilities:

• The Clinical Services Officer will provide technical support for multidisciplinary HIV/ AIDS prevention, care and treatment, working with health facility based site teams to provide PMTCT services to pregnant and post partum HIV positive women and their babies
• Planning implementing and monitoring PMTCT activities at sites in designated states
• Overseeing the PMTCT clinics at sites in designated states by providing on­going mentoring and hands-on supervision
• Provide technical assistance to medical practitioners to ensure quality service delivery to patients as part of site multidisciplinary team
• Multitask in other HIV/AIDS Clinical areas such as adult and pediatric treatment, comprehensive prevention etc
• Building site personnel capacity through training
• Developing/strengthening plans for enrolling more pregnant HIV+ women in the communities into PMTCT clinics
• Supervising data collection for monitoring and evaluation use
• Integrating HIV/AIDS care and treatment into other Maternal and Child Health activities
• Ensuring linkages between PMTCT clinics and other facility and community based services.

 

Minimum Qualification:

• Advanced Degree in Nursing/Midwifery. Medicine, or Public health
• Substantial Clinical experience in HIV/AIDS care and treatment
• 5 years experience in providing PMTCT services and or comprehensive Reproductive Health services
• Excellent grasp of clinical issues and current literature in HIV/AIDS and PMTCT
• Experience in training and facilitation
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Note: candidates for this position should apply by email to: csopmtct@yahoo.com

 

Position: Program Assistant

Location: Kaduna

 

Responsibilities:

• The incumbent will provide support to the technical program team in the state
• Coordinate input from project team members for reports to donors on project activities (narrative and financial) and ensure timely submission to donors (as well as updating internal staff on project status)
• Coordinate logistics support for technical program activities as required by program team.
• Providing technical support to the state office and all supported sites as required
• Assisting in planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of the program.

 

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in social or Medical Sciences
• Advanced degree is an advantage.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Prior experience in a health/HIV programs management role preferably in NGO setting.
• Ability to speak local language will be an advantage.

 

Note: candidates for this position should apply by email to: programassistantkad@yahoo.com

 

Position: Program Associate, Biomedical Engineering

Location: Abuja

 

Responsibilities:

• Under the supervision of the Senior Biomedical Engineering Associate, the successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring maintenance plan for equipment across supported sites are functional at all time
• Supervise equipment installation by vendor personnel and conduct trainings for supported user facility staff on the usage and maintenance of such equipment
• Perform periodic maintenance and repairs of medical laboratory equipment at program supported sites as may be requested from time to time
• Conduct trainings for laboratory Scientist/technician to perform regular maintenance activities for equipment and ensure that this culture is maintained

 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Candidates must possess B.Sc or HND in Biomedical Engineering or Electrical Electronic Engineering.
• Minimum 2 years previous experience in the installation and maintenance of Laboratory equipments and analyzer
• Experience in maintaining equipments like Vitros OT 60 II, V250, Sysmex and cyflow analyzers will be an advantage.

 

Note: candidates for this position should apply by email to: programassistantbiomedicalengr@yahoo.com

 

General Requirements:

• All positions require candidates that are proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite of computer applications and Internet/ Emails.
• Significant amounts of travel are required for all positions
• Commitment to and understanding of Organization’s vision, values and principles including rights-based/gender approaches would be an added advantage.

 

Terms of Employment:

The organization offers highly competitive salary packages for all positions in the organization. However, appointments for each of these positions will be subject to a probationary period. Local terms and conditions are applicable.

 

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should apply by email with CV and a suitability statement as Microsoft Word attachments to the specific emails indicated for each vacancy position (listed below) on or before 29^th December 2011.

 

The subject of the email should be the POSITION title and the applicant’s full name e.g. Human Resources Officer- Maria John

Applications not sent in this format will NOT be processed.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.