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Health Initiatives for Safety and Stability in Africa (HIFASS) is
a Non-Government Organization (NGO) with its head office in
Abuja. HIFASS has a mission of enhancing population health in
Africa by collaborating with partners to promote public health.
HIFASS does not discriminate on the basis of physical handicap,
religion or state of origin.
HIFASS, People to People Health Foundation Nigeria (PPHFN),
Calabar Arch-Diocesan Action Committee on AIDS (CAACA) and
Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki Succor and Development Services
Initiative (SUCCDEV) are interested in hiring qualified and
experienced individual to fill the position for her project,
Local OVC Partners in Nigeria Region 3 (LOPIN 3) in Cross
River.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Gender and HIV Specialist
Location: Calabar
Job Description
- The Advisor serves as technical resource on gender and
sexual diversity for HIV/AIDS activities including but not
limited to policy development and advisory services, research
and content development, practice advocacy, management and
coordination.
Specific Duties
Program Development and Advisory Service:
- Provide direct advisory and technical support to program in
areas of HIV and gender and sexual diversity
- Provide advice and technical support in development of
programmatic focus to address stigma and discrimination against
people living with HIV
- Provide technical support to ensure the involvement of
people living with and affected by HIV in the design,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of program.
Research and Content Development:
- Lead program content development of normative standards and
approaches on HIV, gender and sexual diversity.
- Research and understand concepts to foster improved
adherence to human rights treaties and obligations under
international agreements.
Practice Advocacy:
- Contribute experience and expertise to the formulation of
new programmatic activities, documenting practice and
cross-practice experience and lesson learned in the country.
- Promote regional and local partnering and exchange, through
HIV information learning network.
- Support networking among partners, including the
identification of external support providers
Management and Coordination:
- Contribute to team strategy development, work planning and
M&E plan from gender and sexual diversity perspective
- Promote knowledge management to enrich the content base for
AIDS response strategies by documenting practice experience,
lesson learned and replicable tools from applied initiatives.
Minimum Requirements
- An advance University Degree in a Development area – Social
Science, Political Science, Public Administration, Public
Health or Epidemiology.
Desired Skills and Experience
- Minimum of 10 years of overall relevant professional
experience as well as a proven professional record in the
practice area.
- Proven professional credibility, as well as senior – level
working experience in governmental, multilateral or civil
society.
- Organisation, n both developed and developing countries is
highly desirable.
- Experience in leading/managing knowledge product
development and dissemination
Job Title: Receptionist
Location: Calabar
Job Description
- The receptionist will provides general office support with
a variety of clerical activities and related tasks, under the
supervision of the Admin Assistant.
Specific Duties
Maintains security by following procedures, monitoring
visitor logbook and issuing visitor badges/tag pass
Provides callers with information such as organization
address and other relevant information.
Greets and directs visitors to the organization
Answer telephones and direct the caller to the
appropriate associate
Takes and retrieves messages for various
personnel
Minimum Requirements
OND/NCE or higher qualification
1-2 years in related working experience
Good oral and written communications skills.
Job Title: Grants Officer
Location: Calabar
Job Descriptions
Under the general supervision of the Director of
Finance and Administration, this position provides fiscal and
administrative management services for award.
Responsibilities
The manager’s responsibilities
encompass abroad range of activities:
Responsible for the proper setup of awards in the
financial system
Coordinating the reporting process and preparing
financial reports to donors, primarily at the close out of
the award.
The major responsibilities of this position is to
supervise, maintain and actively manage the necessary
post-award sub-grant systems in accordance with the relevant
positions in the sub-award documents.
Specific Duties
Provide programmatic and regulatory management of
grants, including documentation of protection assurance,
tracking due dates for activities, issuing grant agreements
and tracking interim, annual and final grantee reports
Evaluate and produce written responses to donor and HQ
inquiries
Review grant proposals for completeness
Build and maintain relationships with the local
partners and finance staff of the CBOs, FBOs and other local
NGOs in the Consortium.
Carry out inductions and staff trainings for finance
procedures, donor requirements etc.
Develop sub grant tools and build the capacity of
sub-grantees finance officers on the usage.
Minimum Requirements
A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance is
required. An advanced degree in Business and/or professional
certification (CPA; CMA) is preferred
Minimums of 5 years of progressively responsible
Accounting experience
Computer proficiency in spreadsheets, database,
word-processing and internet applications
Ability to interpret and apply various policies and
procedures independently
Demonstrate administrative experience including the
ability to coordinate, monitor and financially manage sponsor
activities.
Preferred Requirements:
Experience with sponsor grant and contract financial
management in Global Health sector in particular USIAD and
other USG entities
Prior experience in a dynamic start-up
environment
Ability to interpret business policies procedures and
explain the best practice to use to a diverse
audience.
Job Title: OVC Intern
Location: Abakaliki
Job Descriptions
S/he will work under the supervisor of the OVC Advisor
to monitor and support LOPIN 3 CBOs/FBOs sub grantees in
Ebonyi state to implement OVC program.
Specific Duties
Participate in development, management and review of
CBOs/FBOs program activities
Carry out periodic visit to program sites within the
selected LGAs and wards in Ebonyi state
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent in Health related
discipline or Social Sciences
Minimum of 1-2 years post qualification experience in a
Non-governmental organization
Ability to use Microsoft words, excel and power point
package
Good communication and report writing skill.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Curriculum
Vitae and cover letter in only one attachment (MS word document)
to:
"_blank">hifass_lopin3@hifass-hfi.org Please indicate
the title of the post applied for as the subject of the mail.
Note:
- Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview
- HIFASS will not cover any cost for invited shortlisted
candidates
Application Deadline 16th March, 2015.