#Vacancy: HIV/AIDS Specialist, Paediatric Job at UNICEF

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Job Title: HIV/AIDS Specialist, Paediatric

Company: UNICEF

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

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Job Description:

UNICEF Nigeria seeks the serces of an experienced HIV/AIDS Specialist, Paediatric HIV Treatment, Care and Support to provide technical support to Federal and State level Ministry of Health in the implementation 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 strengthening of routvie MNCH services as entry points for follow-up on EID and paediatric HIV-testing.

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Qualifications and Competencies required: – Advance university degree (at least a Masters level) in public 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 at national and subnational levels. – Proven experience with leading bottleneck analyses, assessments etc and using the results for strategic programme planning. – Strong writing and communication skills and the aptitude to handle competing messages and priorities with multiple audiences – Fluency in written and verbal English is essential.

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