UNICEF Nigeria seeks the services of an experienced HIV/AIDS Specialist, Paediatric HIV Treatment, Care and Support ot provide technical support to provide technical support to Federal and State level Ministry of Health in the impementation of the EID/Pediatric ART programme in Nigeria. The incumbent will also be responsible to provide technical support to UNICEF supported 6 + 1 HIV priority states on EID/PART programmes. Facilitate and support a process to determine and document the strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and challenges/bottlenecks in scaling up PART services in Nigeria. Promote and support the strenthening of routine MNCH  services as entry points for follow-up on EID and paediatric HIV-testing

Postion: HIV/AIDS Specialist, Paediatric HIV Treatment, Care and Support

Level: national Professional (NOC)

Contract Type: Temporary Appiontment

Duration: 11 months 

Location: Abuja

Qualifications and Competencies required:

• Advance university degree (at least a Masters level) in publi health, medical sciences or related field 

• Five years or more experience in decentralized programme planning, support to implementation and monitoring and evaluation in the field of PART, or PMTCT

• Up to data knowledge on global PART, EID, PMTCT technical guidelines, programme guidance and knowledge of proven successful interventions

• Proven experience in successfully applying this knowledge of proven successful interventions

• Proven experience with leading bottleneck analyses, assessmets ect and using the results for strategic programme planning.

• Fluency in written and verbal English is essential.

Candidates Interested in the above positions should submit his/her application,accompanied by updated CV in English and a completed United Nations Personal History Form, (which can be downloaded from our website at ww.unicef.org/employ) to the email address below on or before Thursday, 21 August 2014

Email: [email protected]

Please put the position title you are applying for on the subject line of your email.

UNICEF, a smoke-free environment, is committed to gender equality in its mandate and its staff. Well qualified candidates, particularly women are strongly encouraged to apply