Current Job Opportunities at Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)
Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) is an indigenous non-governmental organization that promotes socio-economic development by supporting a broad range of global health Interventions, education and economic Initiatives in Nigeria. AHNI is an allied organization to Family Health International (FHI360) with co-existing and mutually supportive interest in advancing the collective goals of the people and communities served. AHNi currently has its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria.
To strengthen this operations and interventions in the South-East part of the country, we are seeking qualified candidates for the positions below:
Job Title: Program Intern
Location: Akwa Ibom
Contract Type: Temporary
Project: SIDHAS
Job Description
- Program Intern Under the supervision of the Program Officer, provide support to and coordination of the work of the AHNI state offices program activities.
- H / She will support program planning, design, review and the monitoring of the program implemented at the field level.
Minimum Recruitment Standards
- Bachelor's degree in public health, sciences or behavioural sciences, with 2-3 years working experience in development programs at the community level with at least 1-2 years’ experience with HIV / AIDS program planning and implementation working with public and NGO sectors required.
Interested and qualified candidates should send their suitability statement (Application) and Resume (CV) as a single word document to: [email protected]
Job Title: HIV Specialist
Location: Akwa Ibom
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Project: SIDHAS
Slot: 3 Openings
Job Description
- HIV Specialist will provide technical support at state level to implement high-quality care, treatment and support activities with primary focus on technical areas of comprehensive TB and HIV / AIDS programs including laboratory, pharmacy, logistics, prevention, care, treatment, TB, RMNCH, mitigation, monitoring and evaluation.
Minimum Recruitment Standards
- MB.BS / MD / PhD or similar degree with 1 to 3 years of progressive relevant experience in managing comprehensive TB and HIV programs in resource-constrained settings.
- Or MPH or MS / MA in relevant degree with 3 to 5 years of progressive relevant experience in managing comprehensive TB and HIV programs in resource-constrained settings.
- Or BS / BA in Pharmacy, Microbiology, Health Sciences, Monitoring and Evaluation, Public Health or in relevant degree with 5 to 7 years of progressive relevant experience in managing comprehensive TB and HIV programs in resource-constrained settings.
- For each band above, possession of an additional post-graduate degree in a related field is an advantage.
- Experience in project development with proven experience in the planning and facilitation of training is required.
- Experience in large and complex donor-funded national health-focused project is an added advantage.
- Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable
Interested and qualified candidates should send their suitability statement (Application) and Resume (CV) as a single word document to: [email protected]
Job Title: Senior Technical Officer - MERL
Location: Akwa Ibom
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Project: SIDHAS
Slot: 3 Openings
Job Description
- Senior Technical Officer - M&E, Research and Learning (MERL) under the supervision of the Deputy Director - Technical, and with technical oversight from the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, is responsible for the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation for the state office.
- S/he will work with others in the state office and local implementing partners to ensure that state monitoring and evaluation activities are appropriate and meet the donor and project’s M&E needs.
Minimum Recruitment Standards
- MB.BS / MD / PHD or similar degree with 3 to 5 years relevant experience in project-level or state / national-level monitoring and evaluation system implementation for Global Health initiatives.
- Or MPH or MS/MA in relevant degree with 5 to 7 years relevant experience In project-level or state / national-level monitoring and evaluation system implementation for Global Health Initiatives.
- Or BS / BA in Statistics, Pharmacy, Microbiology, Monitoring and Evaluation or in relevant degree with 7 to 9 years relevant experience in project-level or state / national-level monitoring and evaluation system implementation for Global Health Initiatives.
- Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.
Interested and qualified candidates should send their suitability statement (Application) and Resume (CV) as a single word document to: AHNi-M&[email protected]
Job Title: Technical Officer - GIS / Health Informatics
Location: Cross Rivers
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Project: SIDHAS
Job Description
- Technical Officer - GIS / Health Informatics under the supervision of the Senior Technical Officer- Monitoring and Evaluation will take supportive roles in the design, development and deployment of software applications to support data gathering, analysis and reporting, ensures that all application perform efficiently, effectively and reliably. Support the achievement of AHNi's vision, mission and goals.
Minimum Recruitment Standards
- HND or BSc in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Health Informatics and related discipline with about 4-5 years of relevant experience.
- MSc / PHD in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Health Informatics and related discipline with about 2-3 years of relevant experience.
- Five or more years work experience in an IT environment or a combination of education, training, and experience which provides the desired knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the position’s essential duties and responsibilities.
- Relevant IT certification will be an added advantage.
Interested and qualified candidates should send their suitability statement (Application) and Resume (CV) as a single word document to: AHNi-M&[email protected]
Job Title: Senior Finance & Administrative Officer
Location: Akwa Ibom
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Project: SIDHAS
Job Description
- Senior Finance & Administrative Officer will report to the State Deputy Director and will be responsible for accounting and finance and overall operational administration for the State office and ensure compliance with the contractual requirements of Nigeria’s programs / projects with the objective of providing professional accountancy services consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.
Minimum Recruitment Standards
- BS / BA degree in Accounting, Finance and Business Administration or its recognized equivalent, and 5 - 7 years relevant experience.
- Or MS / MA degree in Accounting, Finance and Business Administration or its recognized equivalent, and 3 - 5 years relevant experience
- Minimum of 3 years supervisory experience in office management and administration
- CPA, ACA, ICAN, CIMA, CFE or any other relevant professional qualification is required
- Experience in managing financial records of donor-funded organizations, and familiarity with donor and local contractual procedures is an advantage.
Interested and qualified candidates should send their suitability statement (Application) and Resume (CV) as a single word document to: AHNi-F&[email protected]
Job Title: Technical Assistant - ART Community Management Services
Location: Akwa Ibom
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Project: SIDHAS
Slot: 10 Openings
Job Description
- Technical Assistant - ART Community Management Services will lead knowledge management for improvement of quality TB-HIV, mitigation, care and treatment activities on the SIDHAS project including PMTCT-IMNCH, RH-HIV and TB-HIV integration, with the Cluster Lead and the HIV Specialists, will provide technical and programmatic support to Implement high quality comprehensive HIV / AIDS programs (ART, PMTCT, TB / HIV, RH / HIV, and HTS) and other services including direct service provision support for community level services based on the ongoing HIV and Tb surge in Akwa lbom state.
Minimum Recruitment Standards
- MBBS with a minimum of 1 year post national youth service experience in clinical care OR Registered Nurse / Midwife / BSc Nursing with a minimum of 3 years post qualification experience.
- A sound understanding of HIV / AIDS, TB and TB / HIV technical areas
Interested and qualified candidates should send their suitability statement (Application) and Resume (CV) as a single word document to: [email protected]
Job Title: Technical Officer - CHTB
Location: Cross Rivers
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Project: SIDHAS
Job Description
- Technical Officer - CHTB will provide technical support at state level to implement high quality care, treatment and support activities with primary focus on technical areas of comprehensive TB and HIV / AIDS programs including laboratory, pharmacy, logistics, prevention, care, treatment, TB, RMNCH, mitigation, monitoring and evaluation, will also support the STO to provide technical leadership and engage with stakeholders and as approved, represent the organization to stakeholder events.
- S / he will also perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Recruitment Standards
- MB.BS / MD / PhD or similar degree with 1 to 3 years of progressive relevant experience in managing comprehensive TB and HIV programs In resource constrained settings.
- Or MPH or MS / MA in relevant degree with 3 to 5 years of progressive relevant experience in managing comprehensive TB and HIV programs in resource constrained settings.
- Or BS / BA in pharmacy, microbiology, health sciences, monitoring and evaluation, public health or in relevant degree with 5 to 7 years of progressive relevant experience In managing comprehensive TB and HIV programs in resource constrained settings.
- For each band above, possession of an additional post graduate degree in a related field is an advantage.
- Experience in project development with proven experience in the planning and facilitation of training is required.
- Experience in large and complex donor-funded national health focused project is an added advantage.
- Familiarity with Nigerian’ public sector health systems and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.
Interested and qualified candidates should send their suitability statement (Application) and Resume (CV) as a single word document to: [email protected]
Job Title: Accountant
Locations: Akwa Ibom & Cross River (1 each)
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Project: SIDHAS
Job Description
- Accountant Under the direction of the Senior Finance & Admin Officer, the Accountant shall assume responsibility for accounting and ensure compliance with the contractual financial requirements of the organization.
Minimum Recruitment Standards
- BS / BA degree in Accounting, Finance and Business Administration or Its recognized equivalent with 3 - 5 years relevant experience. Or MS/MA degree in Accounting, Finance and Business Administration or its recognized equivalent, and 1 - 3 years relevant experience
- Minimum of 1-3 years’ experience in accounting related to international development programs Familiarity with donor-funded programs and non-governmental organizations in Nigeria is an advantage. CPA, ACA, ICAN or recognized equivalent is an advantage.
- Demonstrated success in multicultural environments is an advantage.
Interested and qualified candidates should send their suitability statement (Application) and Resume (CV) as a single word document to: AHNi-F&[email protected]
Job Title: Finance & Admin Assistant
Location: Akwa Ibom
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Project: SIDHAS
Job Description
- Finance & Admin Assistant Under the direction of the Accountant, the Finance & Administrative Assist will be responsible for the provision of administrative and logistical services to the Finance directorate.
Minimum Recruitment Standards
- BS / BA degree in Accounting, Finance and Business Administration or its recognized equivalent, and 1 -2 years relevant experience.
- Minimum of 2 years supervisory experience in office management and administration.
- CPA, ACA, ICAN, or any other relevant professional qualification is required.
- Experience in managing financial records of donor-funded organizations, and familiarity with donor and local contractual procedures is an advantage.
Interested and qualified candidates should send their suitability statement (Application) and Resume (CV) as a single word document to: AHNi-F&[email protected]
Job Title: Project Driver
Location: Akwa Ibom
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Project: SIDHAS
Job Description
- Project Driver Under the direction of the Senior Finance & Administrative Officer, the driver shall provide a variety of transportation support to the project, will ensure proper day-to-day maintenance of the assigned vehicle through timely minor repairs, arrangements for major repairs, timely changes of oil, check of tires, brakes, car washing, etc.
Minimum Recruitment Standards
- Secondary school leaving certificates, apprentice certificate or any other equivalent certificates with a minimum of 1year experience.
- Must have a trade test certificate and a valid driving license.
- Must have expert knowledge of driving rules and regulations. Experience as a driver mechanic will be an added advantage.
- Experience with large complex organization preferred.
Interested and qualified candidates should send their suitability statement (Application) and Resume (CV) as a single word document to: AHNi-F&[email protected]
Note
- Only applications sent electronically (i.e. by e-mail) with the job title and location clearly indicated as the subiect of the mail will be considered and only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
- AHNi is an equal opportunity employer.
- Disclaimer: AHNi does not charge candidates a fee for a test or interview.
Application Deadline 6th November, 2020.