Posted on: Wed 21-02-2024

Health Systems Consult Limited (HSCL) is a public health and development consulting firm established by a team with extensive experience in international development and public health programming. We provide technical assistance for health system reforms towards access to cost-effective and quality health care across Nigeria and the continent of Africa. With a network of over 50 global partners and consultants, we develop programs and provide sustainable solutions for a broad spectrum of health and development challenges.

HSCL is registered with the Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission (2009), the Tanzanian Registry of Companies (2014), the Office of Administration and Registration in Sierra Leone (2015), and the Office of the Registration of Companies in Zambia (2016). HSCL has established offices in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Sierra Leone and has also done work in several African countries including Cameroun, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mauritius, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zanzibar. In Nigeria, HSCL with its headquarters in Abuja, has offices in Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Borno, FCT, Kaduna, Kebbi, Lagos, Niger, Sokoto, and Zamfara states.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Lead PMTCT Advisor

Location: Abuja

Division/Department: Technical

Reporting: Deputy Chief of Party/Technical Director

Type:  Full-time/Non-exempt

Job Summary

• Lead, manage, and coordinate the work of PMTCT, including but not limited to overseeing the development and monitoring of the PMTCT team's budget, strategy, and work plan; promoting and modeling excellence within the project; and managing and resolving problems promptly.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical capacity building of PMTCT services and work with FMoH to coordinate the PMTCT national program at the national level.
• Develop and/or update PMTCT and linkage and retention strategies, guidelines, in-service training approaches/curricula, standard-operating procedures, and job aids as needed.
• Lead the design and implementation of demand-creation activities to raise awareness of the importance of adhering to ART treatment and the need for HIV HEI testing.
• Lead project Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) initiatives to scale up linkage to ART for mothers and children.
• Oversee the development of integrated HIV/PMTCT/MNCH/FP facility interventions and work plans.
• Design and lead project initiatives and technical assistance to increase uptake and coverage of PMTCT services by diagnosed and undiagnosed mothers/AGYW and delivery of high-quality PMTCT services.
• Oversee the establishment of EID, CD4 and VL lab monitoring, ensuring timely collection of relevant lab samples for diagnosis and monitoring treatment outcomes while ensuring results are received by providers and patients promptly to guide patient management.
• Oversee the implementation of mother-baby pair retention in care through cohort monitoring as it is critical to the health of both mothers and infants and in improving the success of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services.
• Monitor and analyze PMTCT-related data to ensure districts with lower EID testing and higher PMTCT rates get more support.
• Support the alerts and notifications platform for appointment reminders, reminders for mothers or caregivers to bring babies for testing, and continuous health tips for PLHIV.
• Participate in and provide technical assistance to national and regional PMTCT Technical Working Groups (TWG), task teams, workshops, and campaigns, particularly towards PMTCT.
• Ensure PMTCT activities effectively incorporate and consider gender and stigma reduction programming and are linked with prevention, care, treatment, and support activities.
• Coordinate and collaborate with the various PMTCT partners.

Requirements

Education:

• M.Sc in Epidemiology or Microbiology (MD, nursing, Pediatrician) with experience working in HIV/AIDS programs and global health, or master’s degree in public health or equivalent degree (MPH); with a clinical degree or Ph.D. in Epidemiology or microbiology preferred.

Desired Competencies:

• At least 7 years experience in implementing HIV programs, with at least 3 years focused on PMTCT and linkages, including implementation of Early Infant Diagnosis and Final Outcome, follow-up of lactating mothers and their partners.
• Experience in capacity building e.g. developing content, planning, facilitating training, and providing technical assistance.
• Excellent personal communication skills in written and verbal English
• Familiarity with adult learning principles/techniques and demonstrated ability to design and facilitate learning opportunities for adults.
• Good experience in using Ms. Word, Excel, or PowerPoint applicable software related to the position.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letter (no more than a page) and an updated CV in one document to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

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