Institute of Human Virology Nigeria Job Vacancy for an NAHSS Project Officer
The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), a leading indigenous
non-governmental organization implementing a comprehensive
family-focused HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment program in
partnership with local and international organizations and the different
tiers of
the Government of Nigeria at national, state, local and site
levels, is facilitating the search for a- Project Officer (HMIS) under
the Nigerian Alliance for Health Systems Strengthening (NAHSS) Project.
NAHSS is a University of Maryland‐led project that provides technical
support to the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health on the National
Quality Improvement Program (NigeriaQual). NAHSS strengthens the
capacity of local implementing partners, state multidisciplinary
planning teams and site CQI Teams to integrate Quality Improvement
activities into organizational, financial and program planning
activities, in addition to HIV care and treatment services. NAHSS wishes
to engage a Project Officer to support the NAHSS project in the
implementation of the NigeriaQual program.
Institute of Human Virology Nigeria is recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: NAHSS Project Officer (HMIS)
Location: Abuja
Type: Annual Contract, renewable contingent on performance and availability of funds
Job Description
- S/he will report to the NAHSS Program Manager and shall work in
collaboration with other NAHSS staff to carry out NigeriaQual
activities.
- S/he will also ensure data quality and best practices in data
collection, data management, and data reporting at different levels,
promote health system strengthening activities, communicate with
implementing partners and state ministries of health on all NigeriaQual
data related activities, and collate all required data from all
stakeholders for USG reporting.
- The HMIS officer will coordinate the implementation of Strategic
Information activities related to the NAHSS project, monitor and
evaluate NigeriaQual indicators to assure validity and consistency and
also ensure that program targets are met, generate and share indicator
status reports with all partners as required.
- job requirements include collaborating with the Government
of Nigeria agencies to conduct monitoring, evaluation and supervisory
activities as required in the NigeriaQual program and providing
comprehensive data support for all research activities which includes:
database creation and management, data collation, data monitoring and
analysis.
Responsibilities
- Manage all Strategic Information activities related to the NigeriaQual project including data management, analysis, M&E etc.
- Receive and collate data and indicator reports from the sites,
Implementing Partners, states, LGAs and other relevant stakeholders
- Facilitate trainings for facilities, states, Local Government
Areas (LGA) and Implementing Partner staff on the NigeriaQual program
and the NigeriaQual software in all NAHSS focus states
- Coordinate communications between NAHSS and all IPs, states and
LGAs on all NigeriaQual data related activities such as sharing
timelines on activities, registration of facilities participating in
every round of data collection exercise, monitoring data upload status,
generation of all required reports after each exercise etc.
- Prepare the indicator reports section of the semi‐annual and
annual progress reports of the NAHSS project and other data related
narratives or adhoc reports required for submission to funding agency
CDC
- Generate regular gap analysis to show progress towards achieving set targets for the NAHSS project and the NigeriaQual program
- Participate in mentoring and supervision to implementing sites during the NigeriaQual performance exercise
- Represent NAHSS in relevant funding agency meetings to discuss
new Health Management Information Systems initiatives, monitoring and
evaluation and other strategic information related practices for USG
partners
- Coordinate communications between NAHSS and the NigeriaQual
software developer to ensure the experience of users at all level are
continually satisfactory in the area of data entry, data uploads and
generation of indicator reports
- Ensure the optimal functionality of the software and managing
the interpretation of Structured Query Language (SQL) used in software
for data analysis to ensure the validity of indicators generated
- Participate in periodic planning and strategic meetings with
stakeholders/funding agencies (Federal Ministry of Health, Centers for
Diseases Control‐CDC, and University of Maryland Baltimore etc.) to
develop work plans and set pace guiding project activities
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Project Director or Program Manager
Requirements
- The employee is more interested in the candidates’ skillset for
the job, than the qualifications. However, a University degree in the
sciences or any of the following or related fields is desirable:
statistics and epidemiology, natural, medical or social sciences.
- Minimum of one year working experience
- Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation practices, methods, tools and guidelines
- Basic data management and analysis skills
- Must have the basic skills to obtain, analyze, organize and interpret data and present findings in both oral and written form
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
- Team player with ability to work with minimum supervision
- Be willing to undertake regular field visits and interact with different stakeholders, especially primary stakeholders
- Flexibility, willing to travel and work weekends
- Experience with data collection and data management
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office especially Excel and Access
- Ability to run basic analysis using Microsoft Excel. Ability to
use statistical packages (e.g. STATA, SAS, SPSS) and Microsoft packages
(particularly Access) is an added advantage
- Basic knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment programs or related health services programs
- Experience with the PEPFAR/ Global Funds SI system highly desirable.
- Experience in Quality Improvement in HIV care is an added advantage
How to Apply
Interested and qualified canddiates should send their Application letter
and detailed curriculum vitae in Microsoft word format should be
forwarded to the. Associate Director, Human Resources through this email
address:
[email protected] Candidates should indicate appropriate positions and preferred locations in their application letter
Application Deadline 12th July, 2016.