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In Nigeria, UNICEF works in a fancy humanitarian and improvement setting to meet and defend kids’s rights in partnership with the federal government, civil society, kids, and households. UNICEF Nigeria is likely one of the largest UNICEF Country Offices globally – click on the hyperlink to study extra about UNICEF in Nigeria: https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/
Background:
The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each child, all over the place, in every thing the group does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. UNICEF’s HIV response for kids and their moms goals to make sure that neither age, poverty, gender inequality, nor social exclusion decide entry to life-saving HIV prevention, therapy and care. UNICEF and its companions’ responses guarantee all kids are born freed from HIV and stay HIV-free for the primary 20 years of life, from beginning via adolescence.
Mother-to-child transmission is the second commonest mode of buying HIV and accounts for about 10 per cent of all new HIV infections. Even although entry to PMTCT and Pediatric HIV interventions has improved, weak integration with MNCH providers has contributed to low coverages for Early Infant Diagnosis, prophylactic antiretroviral remedy, low Pediatric HIV case discovering, linkage and retention to antiretroviral remedy. UNICEF goals to strengthen coherence between insurance policies, methods, implementation pointers and workplans for built-in MNCH and HIV service supply, enhance well being staff’ capability to ship high quality antenatal care, expert attendance throughout childbirth and postnatal care, scale up important new child care, promote care for small and sick newborns and combine PMTCT and pediatric HIV and MNCAH providers equitably delivered at PHC and neighborhood ranges together with in humanitarian and emergency context.
How are you able to make a difference?
Purpose of the job:
Under the supervision of the Health Specialist, Maternal and Newborn Health and the final oversight of the Health Manager, MNCAH/HIV, the Health Officer (PMTCT/Paediatric AIDS) gives technical, operational and administrative help all through the programming course of for PMTCT/Paediatric AIDS programmes/initiatives (together with linkages with Adolescent HIV) throughout the Country Programme. This consists of planning, getting ready, executing, managing and implementing a wide range of technical and administrative program duties to facilitate programme improvement, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting of outcomes. The Health Officer may even be supporting FMOH for the well timed implementation and reporting of PMTCT-Peads AIDS robustly funded by the Global Fund, PEPFAR and the Government.
Key operate, accountabilities and associated duties/duties:
1. Support to programme improvement and planning
- Support the replace of scenario evaluation, improvement, design, and administration of the PMTCT/Paeds AIDS elements of the MNCAH programme.
- Contribute to the event/institution of the well being part programme targets, targets and techniques and results-based planning via evaluation of HIV wants and areas for intervention and submitting suggestions for precedence and objective setting.
- Support DPH/DFH/NPHCDA to convene common joint conferences/conversations to overview progress on service integration and repair protection, together with conditions are purposeful.
- Strengthen PMTCT and pediatric HIV indicators in MNCAH efficiency monitoring instruments and overview conferences by technical working teams and coordination platforms such NEMCHIC and RMNCAEH+N
2. Prepare required documentation/supplies to facilitate the programme overview and approval course of.
- Participate in monitoring and analysis workouts, programme opinions and annual opinions with authorities and different counterparts to evaluate programmes/initiatives and to report on required motion/interventions on the larger degree of programme administration.
- Provide technical assist for the conduct of the Annual Review of the National PMTCT/Pediatric HIV scale-up plan – as a technique for nationwide monitoring and information administration.
- Facilitate Learning collaboratives via supporting evaluation, proof technology, sharing classes from inside Nigeria and sharing experiences from different nations; and guaranteeing international steering/requirements are adopted (similar to compliance to the up to date WHO steering on HIV testing/three take a look at algorithm).
3. Technical and operational assist to programme implementation
- Provide technical and strategic assist in operationalizing nationwide insurance policies, strategic paperwork, and motion plans associated to PMTCT/Paeds AIDS.
- Provide technical assist to DPH/DFH/NPHCDA and coordination of integration of PMTCT/Paed AIDS into main well being care and the broader RMNCH constructions.
- Provide technical assist at federal and state ranges to make sure that implementation pointers, protocols and work plans align with the revised insurance policies and techniques to ship built-in MNCAH/PMTCT and pediatric HIV providers.
- Provide technical assist to NASCP/NTBLCP in coordination and information administration of a nationwide Retention in care/Pediatric case-finding program.
- Provide technical assist for Nigeria’s reporting on the Global Health Alliance to finish AIDS in Children
Impact of Results:
The effectivity and efficacy of assist supplied by the Health Officer to programme preparation and planning and implementation of HIV/AIDS-related programmes/initiatives contribute to accelerating UNICEF and nationwide improvement efforts to eradicate new HIV infections amongst kids and to supply life-saving safety, care and assist to kids and their households affected by AIDS that in flip contribute to attaining UNICEF’s imaginative and prescient, dedication and objective to an AIDS-free technology that begins with kids and the “Three Zeros” – zero new an infection, zero deaths and nil discrimination.
Specifically, this assist shall all contribute to efforts geared toward addressing, (I) excellent programmatic gaps in PMTCT and Pediatric care (ii) challenges with reporting and bettering programme effectivity via integration) and (iii) monitoring of nationwide and subnational knowledge programs.
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To qualify as an advocate for each child you should have…
Minimum necessities:
A University Degree in public well being, pediatric well being, household well being, well being analysis, international/worldwide well being, well being coverage and/or administration, environmental well being sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, well being training, epidemiology or different well being associated sciences is required.
A minimal of 5 years {of professional} expertise in PMTCT/Paeds AIDS planning and administration and/or in related areas of well being care, well being/emergency preparedness on the worldwide degree and/or in a creating nation is required. Experience in PMTCT/Paeds AIDS programme/challenge improvement in UN system company or group is an asset.
Oral and written proficiency in English is required. Knowledge of one other official UN language or an area language is an asset.
For each Child, you reveal…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every thing we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this publish are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2)
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (2)
(3) Drive to realize outcomes for affect (2)
(4) Innovates and embraces change (2)
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)
(6) Thinks and acts strategically (2)
(7) Works collaboratively with others (2)
(8) Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1)
Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges.
UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should mirror the variety of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.
We supply a wide range of measures to include a more diverse workforce, similar to paid parental go away, day without work for breastfeeding functions, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to kids (individuals beneath 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to selling the safety and safeguarding of all kids. All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference and background checks and shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to supply further data to conduct a background check.
UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station is required for IP positions and shall be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both have to be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice shall be canceled.
Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the employees is the need of securing the best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
Government workers who’re thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking on an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the precise to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance isn’t obtained, or crucial inoculation necessities will not be met, inside an inexpensive interval for any cause.
UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing payment at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF is not going to ask for candidates’ checking account data.
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. An inner candidate performing on the degree of the publish within the related purposeful space, or an inner/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the publish, with out evaluation of different candidates.
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Health Officer, (HIV / AIDS), NO-B, TA, 364 days, Abuja Nigeria, #130513 , 576069
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