Job Title: Senior Technical Officer, Prevention, Care and Treatment

Location: ACE-6 Regional Office (Lagos State)

Position type: (Full Time)

Background

Heartland Alliance Ltd/GTE is a service-based human rights organization with a global heritage that was established under the laws of Nigeria with a mission to engage as a lead and Global player with a variety of stakeholders to create access to opportunities and resources for comprehensive healthcare and social and economic justice for all. Heartland Alliance Ltd/GTE is currently implementing Cluster 6 of the Accelerating Control of HIV/Epidemics Project (ACE-6) with the Regional Office located in Lagos State. The headquarters is in Abuja, FCT while the ACE-6 Project is implemented in 3 states (Bayelsa, Edo & Lagos).

Job Summary

This role will provide day-to-day technical and programmatic support to the AD-PCT, focusing on Clinical Management of HIV/AIDS, TB/HIV, and other medical services. The primary responsibilities include implementing high-quality care, treatment, and support activities, with a focus on the clinical management of HIV/AIDS and provision of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) at the regional level.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to coordinate the design and implementation of facility- and community-based programs for the clinical management of HIV/AIDS, including Anti-retroviral treatment.
2. Support the development of evidence-based strategies aligned with national guidelines and the achievement of the 95-95-95 UNAIDS goal. This includes implementing uninterrupted ART services, utilizing differentiated service delivery models, monitoring treatment schedules for optimal retention and viral suppression, integrating TB/HIV services, and providing other integrated medical services.
3. Work with relevant staff and partners to coordinate the design and implementation of community-based programs for community HTS and ART. This involves optimizing HIV case finding and linking individuals to care at supported health facilities. They will also collaborate with partners implementing community programs to improve the linkage of clients identified as HIV positive to care and treatment services, and to support the provision of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and ART in accordance with national and global best practices and guidelines.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skill, and competency required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education and Experience

1. MB.BS or similar degree with 6 to 8 years relevant experience in clinical care with a sound understanding of ART/TB/HIV services in resource constraint settings.
2. MPH or its equivalent is an added advantage.
3. Demonstrated skills in HIV, prevention, care and treatment
4. Ability to use evidence to design and implement targeted interventions with highest degree of efficiency and impact.
5. Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health system and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.
6. Knowledge of Nigerian clinical setting, including government and non-government settings.
7. Proven ability in supervising staff

Preferred Skills:

1. Familiarity with USAID-funded programs and non-governmental organizations in Nigeria.
2. Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, to be able to accept and discharge substantial responsibilities, to prioritize work assignments, to meet deadlines, and to exercise professional judgment.

Other Competencies

1. Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time, and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.
2. Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
3. Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively.
4. Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
5. Cultural Sensitivity – Respect the cultural environment in which a person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.
6. Non-discriminatory- Do not discriminate against persons based on sexual orientation or gender.

Language Skills

1. Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
2. Knowledge of Local Language preferred.
3. Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills

1. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, and PowerPoint.
2. High proficiency in MS Excel.
3. Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte

Work Environment

1. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
2. The employee is required to co-locate with local partners usually in the same office.
3. The employee is required to travel regularly to often insecure and limited-resource environments.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing).

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work with us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Title: Operations Officer

Reports to: Procurement & Operations Manager (P&OM)

Location: ACE-6 Regional Office (Lagos State)

Position type: (Full Time)

Contract duration: 2024 – 2027

Background

Heartland Alliance Ltd/GTE is a service-based human rights organization with a global heritage that was established under the laws of Nigeria with a mission to engage as a lead and Global player with a variety of stakeholders to create access to opportunities and resources for comprehensive healthcare and social and economic justice for all. Heartland Alliance Ltd/GTE is currently implementing Cluster 6 of the Accelerating Control of HIV/Epidemics Project (ACE-6) with the Regional Office located in Lagos State. The headquarters is in Abuja, FCT while the ACE-6 Project is implemented in 3 states (Bayelsa, Edo & Lagos).

Job Summary

The key responsibility of the Operations Officer includes ensuring the smooth functioning of the Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte ACE-6 Regional Office in Lagos and supervises administrative staff. Key areas include Office facility management, procurement in the Regional Office, developing and monitoring service-level agreements, office vehicle management, meeting/event management, asset management, and insurance management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

·Support the P&OM to develop, strengthen, and implement effective operational systems for the ACE-6 project.

·Ensure the expendable supplies in the office are well accounted for by maintaining adequate stock records.

·Work closely with the P&OM in the day-to-day running of the Regional Office.

·Responsible for the Regional office facility management including but not limited to ensuring the offices are well cleaned, ensuring that office equipment is functioning and repaired as at when due, electricity and water bills are settled timely, ensuring that diesel is available for smooth running of the generator while monitoring consumption and maintenance of the generator.

·Maintain assets inventory, ensure assets are maintained in good condition, and check assets stickers regularly. Manage Asset registers across locations.

·Work closely with the Transport Assistants to ensure road-worthy vehicles in the Regional Office are safe for driving with proper vehicle documentation.

·Responsible for monitoring vehicle use, fuel consumption, and vehicle logbooks.

·Provide logistics support as directed by the P&OM including planning meetings and training activities, making hotel reservations, arranging Airport or Hotel Pick-ups and drop-offs, and flight bookings for staff, consultants, and participants.

·Provide direct supervision for the Operation Assistant, Store and Admin Assistant, Transport Assistants, Office Assistants, and Security Guards.

·Responsible for the physical arrangement of the office space and ensure there is adequate workspace for all staff.

·Responsible for office lockup and supervising the office guard services contracts.

·Coordinate with the regional and state office staff on operations-related matters as directed by the P&OM.

·Coordinate monthly submission of inventory reports from States and Regional Offices and forward same to the DFO through the POM for management decision.

·Proactively address the procurement needs of the Regional Office in compliance with the procurement policies.

·In collaboration with the project staff, ensure the tracking system of the equipment inventory in the project sites.

·Manage ACE-6 vehicles and Asset insurance.

·Any other duties assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skill, and competency required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education and Experience

·Bachelor’s degree/or its equivalent in a related field.

·Minimum of 4 years’ experience in operations/administrative functions preferably NGOs and community-level programs, with increasing responsibility.

·Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

·Independent judgment and discretion in completing assignments, seeking approval as appropriate.

·Excellent attention to detail with the ability to follow through, apply, interpret, and explain instructions and guidelines.

Preferred Skills:

·Familiarity with USAID-funded programs and non-governmental organizations in Nigeria.

·Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, to be able to accept and discharge substantial responsibilities, to prioritize work assignments, to meet deadlines, and to exercise professional judgment.

Other Competencies

•Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time, and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.

•Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.

•Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively.

•Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

•Cultural Sensitivity – Respect the cultural environment in which a person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.

•Non-discriminatory- Do not discriminate against persons based on sexual orientation or gender.

Language Skills

•Excellent oral and written English communication skills.

•Knowledge of Local Language preferred.

•Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills

•Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, and PowerPoint.

•High proficiency in MS Excel.

•Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte

Work Environment

•The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

•The employee is required to co-locate with local partners usually in the same office.

•The employee is required to travel regularly to often insecure and limited-resource environments.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing).

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work with us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Title: Technical Officer, Laboratory Service

Reports to: Senior Program Officer/Associate Manager, Clinical Quality Assurance

Technical Report: Associate Director, Laboratory Services

Location: Field Office

Position type: (Full Time)

Contract duration: Fixed Term

Background

Heartland Alliance LTD/GTE through the USAID funded Key Population Community HIV Services Action and Response (KP CARE 1) project will support the GoN to achieve the UNAIDS 95-95-95 and an AIDS free Nigeria with zero new infections, zero death and zero AIDS –related discrimination and fast track national response towards ending AIDS in Nigeria by 2030. KP –CARE 1 will increase demand for and access to comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment and care services and interventions for key populations. HA LTD/GTE will establish comprehensive community clinical service provision via the OSS/DIC. HA LTD/GTE will therefore build staff capacity as a critical vehicle to achieving this result. Job Summary To provide overall technical guidance and support for state laboratory field staff to implement high quality HIV/AIDS and clinical care and support activities at the state level.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• The incumbent will be responsible for the provision of laboratory technical assistance at HAN State/Zonal level including capacity building, training and quality assurance services to State teams and Local Implementing partners

• Ensures that high quality of laboratory services is maintained at all HAN supported sites/centers within your jurisdiction. • Performs basic laboratory assays CD4 tests, Hematology, Medical Microbiology and Clinical Chemistry as well as other tests as required. • Ensure the effective management of Viral Load samples and results return for efficient client management.

• Oversees laboratory services provision and ensures standard, and current practices are in place for maintaining high quality laboratory services and maximizing the use of all resources.

• Ensures compliance and implementation of laboratory protocols, and support other affiliated labs staff – Community Facilitators, Counsellor testers, Outreach Coordinators and Medics involved with the lab function.

• Performs quality control checks and maintenance for the machine in the site lab, and other laboratory tests performed within the labs.

• Participates in inventory control management/CRRF preparation for laboratory supplies and reagents for supported site.

• Participate in EQA, proficiency testing activities.

• Attend State level technical meetings.

• Performs other care, treatment and evaluation duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• Degree in Medical laboratory sciences from an accredited school

• Valid License to practice as Medical Laboratory Scientist mandatory

• Minimum of Three years of successful Mid-level laboratory management experience and ability to demonstrate thorough knowledge of the current principles and techniques surrounding the management of laboratory services.

• Experience of running/implementing public health programs preferably in the NGO context.

• Familiarity with standards and federal/state regulations affecting the laboratory and laboratory practices within an OSS and Field Locations

• Very good understanding and working knowledge of the health and HIV program priorities.

Other Competencies

• Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time and complete projects in a fast paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.

• Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.

• Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively.

• Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Change’s approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

• Cultural Sensitivity – Respects cultural environment in which person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.

• Non-discriminatory- Do not discriminate persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioral habits.

Language Skills

• Excellent oral and written English communication skills.

• Knowledge of Local Language preferred.

• Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, Power Point.

• Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte.

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

• The employee will be required to co-locate with local partners usually in the same office.

• The employee is required to travel regularly to often insecure and limited resource environments.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing).

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Title:                   Senior Communication Manager

Reports to:                Chief of Party, KP Care 1

Location:                   Country Office

Position type:            Full-Time

Background

Join the Heartland Alliance LTD/GTE Team to provide the essential communications support necessary to implement HALG’s innovative programs serving marginalized and vulnerable communities.

Job Summary

The Senior Communication Manager will be responsible for managing the HALG Communications Unit, responsible for the design and implementation of HALG communication strategic documents and guidelines, content development for the website, developing success stories, and working closely with the Programs and Strategic Information team to develop reports. Management of online tools, and other communications-related matters. The Senior Communication Manager oversees all internal and external communications for HALG, ensuring messages are consistent with the strategic objectives of the organization and engaging. This position is responsible for preparing detailed media reports, press releases, and marketing materials for HALG as well as monitoring and evaluating the impact of such materials.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

To supervise the Communication Unit to achieve the following:

Program Outputs

·Work with the Chief of Party and Senior Leadership team to promote the organizational image and specific project objectives, activities, achievements, learning, and best practices utilizing the organization’s online channels and new technology, as well as traditional publications; ensure timely dissemination of information to all stakeholders (internal and external as directed) liaise appropriately with the supervisor on all publications and developments.

·Effectively manage the HALG’s website and social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.) to ensure continuous upload and dissemination of accurate and useful information to all stakeholders.

·Identify, recommend, and utilize appropriate new technology in the management of information to gain wider coverage.

·Institute an effective and efficient knowledge management and communications function.

·Work closely with the Senior Leadership by ensuring a continuous review and implementation of the HALG communication strategy.

Content Development

·In collaboration with the relevant project teams, travel to field locations to interview beneficiaries, take photographs, and capture compelling success stories.

·Develop or update materials for various distribution and delivery methods.

·Develop briefing guides, feature stories, background statements, fact sheets, PowerPoint presentations, web releases, and talking points that effectively transmit accurate and timely information about HALG and its projects in Nigeria.

·Provide support to the knowledge management activities of the organization.

·Support staff to better utilize HALG’s communication platforms, to promote awareness and program activities to HALG's wider audiences.

·Contribute to the development and implementation of the communication strategy and budget.

·Manage the quality of work and output of consultants engaged by the Communications Unit.

·Work in close coordination with the Chief of Party to maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the external branding requirements.

·Provide support to members of the team when delivering external presentations.

·Represent the organization at events and, where possible, identify and recommend potential strategic functions for which attendance would be beneficial to the organization.

·Support the review of project reports to donors and other relevant external communications materials and ensure that all the external reports are edited and cleared of all grammatical and professional publication errors.

Media

·The Senior Communications Manager will be required to establish and maintain a wide range of contacts within the various media houses and ensure a sustainable and professional relationship between HALG and the media.

·Collect, archive, and circulate useful information about health/HIV publications from the media that is considered relevant to the organization, and identify ways in which this information can be useful to the overall organizational strategy.

·Develop and maintain a supportive strategy to utilize different media platforms to reach program participants.

Social Media

·Develop and implement a social media strategy, and generate ideas for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram posts.

·Ensure photographs meet the professional standards for branding, photo credits, and archiving.

·Responsible for the quarterly publication of newsletters and annual reports for HALG.

·Review and edit internal and external documents before dissemination.

·Maintain records of media coverage and collate analytics and metrics.

·Carry out a periodic evaluation of the communication patterns on all platforms.

·Keep and archive all publications of abstracts, manuals, journals, newsletters, and newspaper publications for HALG.

Other Tasks

·Focus on developing high-quality marketing and communication strategy to increase HALG's profile in health and other possible areas.

·Coordinate and organize major events for HALG including major donor visits, anniversaries, and events.

·Develop program communication strategies to best position HALG to gain a competitive advantage with funders in Nigeria, this includes being in close contact with communication representatives of institutional funders to regularly provide stories, and communication reports as required.

·Keep Senior Leadership informed of initiatives and programmatic directions in the International and National NGO community in Nigeria.

·Represent HALG on communication matters in all donor events and training and issue press releases, speeches, and policy briefs.

·Conduct communication training for HALG staff and local partners on a need basis.

·Design and produce templates for the collection of relevant success stories for HALG and ensure that the stories get to the donors for further publication.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education/Experience:

·A bachelor’s degree in communications, Development Studies, or other related Art degrees is required; a master’s degree will be an added advantage.

·At least 7 years of relevant professional experience managing a communications team.

·Communication experience with a Non-Profit Organization is preferred.

·Should possess a good command of both oral and written English.

·Should have a track record of content production, strong writing skills, as well as an ability to proofread and edit professional documents and writings.

·Photography and video-editing skills will be an added advantage.

Other Competencies:

·Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time, and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.

·Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.

·Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively.

·Adaptability - adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

·Cultural Sensitivity – Respect the cultural environment in which a person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.

·Non-discriminatory- Does not discriminate against persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioural habits.

Language Skills:

·Excellent oral and written English communication skills.

·Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills:

·Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, and PowerPoint.

·Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte.

Work Environment:

·The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

·The employee is required to travel regularly to often insecure and limited resource environments.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing).

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Title: Associate Finance Manager

Job Type: Full-Time

Qualification: BA/BSc/HND

Location: Lagos

Job Summary

The Associate Finance Manager will work closely with the Finance Manager, members of the Subaward Management team, and the State Program Manager to enhance the capacity of sub-recipients in financial management, assist in ensuring that activity expenditures are allowable, allocable, and reasonable, and ensure that financial reporting is accurate and submitted in a timely manner.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Finance and Administration:

1. Provide guidance regarding all financial standard practices to all sub-recipients in the state.
2. Be responsible for maintaining the interface between Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte and sub-recipients to ensure accountability and the timely processing of sub-recipient funds.
3. Address account concerns as they arise in a timely and succinct manner, and ensure compliance with donor standard practices.
4. Input data into QuickBooks on a daily and monthly basis.
5. Review monthly financial reports from sub-recipients before submitting them to the Finance Manager.
6. Serve as the Human Resource Focal person for the state offices, performing all related responsibilities.
7. Coordinate fund requests and disbursements, verification, and reconciliation of financial statements of accounts of the office and partners.
8. Be solely responsible for the custody and preparation of checks for payments after due approval has been obtained from the Regional Office and/or the State Program Manager.
9. Undertake the receipt and payment of cash as directed by the Regional Office and/or the State Program Manager.
10. Complete and submit tax remittances and pension contributions to the relevant tax authorities in the state.

Capacity Building Support:

1. Build the capacity of sub-recipients' accounting and administrative staff through conducting formal and informal trainings in financial management, as well as on-the-job mentoring and coaching.
2. Support the capacity-building plan in partnership with the State Program Manager to ensure that participatory assessments, audits, and spot checks are conducted, and sub-recipients follow through with recommendations and corrective action plans.
3. Build the capacity of green housing staff to manage US Government funds before they become direct sub-recipients.

Management and Supervision:

1. Co-locate with green housing partners.
2. Supervise the Operations Assistant, Finance & Admin Assistant, and Transport Assistants to ensure smooth management of Finance and Admin operations.

Other Duties and Responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Education and/or Experience:

1. Bachelor’s degree/HND in Accounting, Finance, or closely related field
2. Minimum of 5 years’ experience in accounting related to NGOs and community level programs, with increasing responsibility.
3. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
4. Independent judgment and discretion in completing assignments, seeking approval as appropriate.
5. Good attention to detail with the ability to follow, applies, interpret, and explain instructions and/or guidelines.

Preferred Skills:

1. Familiarity with USAID-funded programs and non-governmental organizations in Nigeria
2. Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, to be able to accept and discharge substantial responsibilities, to prioritize work assignments, to meet deadlines, and to exercise professional judgment.

Other Competencies:

1. Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.
2. Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
3. Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively.
4. Adaptability - adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
5. Cultural Sensitivity – Respects cultural environment in which person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.
6. Non-discriminatory- Does not discriminate persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioural habits.

Language Skills:

1. Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
2. Knowledge of Local Language preferred.
3. Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills:

1. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, Power Point.
2. Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing). Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Title: Operations Intern

Job Type: Internship

Qualification: BA/BSc/HND

Location: Lagos



Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Ensure the smooth day-to-day operations of the office and its environment.
2. Conduct regular inspections and maintenance of office buildings and the environment to ensure the safety of staff and readiness for use at all times.
3. Handle routine maintenance requests for the office building to ensure compliance with Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) principles and guidelines.
4. Plan and execute premises planification and/or office space re-arrangement to maximize space utilization.
5. Provide workstations and tools to newly recruited staff upon resumption.
6. Manage the allocation of the fleet of vehicles for travel within Lagos, ensuring that vehicle authorization is approved before any vehicle leaves the HALG office.
7. Manage the activities of car hire operators and other service providers to HALG.
8. Plan transport logistics, oversee drivers’ activities, monitor vehicle fuel consumption, renew vehicle documents, maintain a repair log, and monitor maintenance.
9. Manage the activities of the administrative stores, ensuring zero stock-out of office supplies and maintenance consumables, and ensuring that items are well-kept, arranged, labeled, properly stacked, and secured.
10. Conduct tagging of all organization assets in the office and field, record them in the Asset register, and ensure regular updates of the Asset register.
11. Maintain an assets inventory, ensuring that assets are kept in good condition and regularly checking asset stickers.
12. Manage petty cash purchases of administrative items, ensuring value for money and cost savings.
13. Manage office keys and all other keys kept in his/her possession properly.
14. Ensure prompt payment and documentation of utility bills (Water, power, waste) to ensure the regular supply of these services by relevant government bodies to the office building.
15. Conduct dispatch of project items to the field and other HALG locations.
16. Responsible for receiving and recording official letters to HALG, as well as dispatching them to stakeholders and interlocutors.
17. Perform any other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Education and/or Experience:

1. HND/Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Procurement or other related discipline.
2. Minimum of 0-1 year work experience in logistics and store keeping function in an NGO setting.
3. Experience in supply chain management is highly desired.

Other Competencies:

1. Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.
2. Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
3. Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively.
4. Adaptability - adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
5. Cultural Sensitivity – Respects cultural environment in which person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.
6. Non-discriminatory- Does not discriminate persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioural habits.

Language Skills:

1. Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
2. Knowledge of Local Language preferred.
3. Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills:

1. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, Power Point.
2. Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing). Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Title: Finance & Admin Officer

Reports to: State Program Manager

Location: Edo State

Position type: (Full Time)

Join the Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte Team to provide the essential program support necessary to implement HALG’s innovative programs serving marginalized and vulnerable communities.

Job Summary

The Finance and Admin Officer will be responsible for day-to-day financial as well as administrative-related concerns on the project within the state. The incumbent will work closely with the Zonal Manager in ensuring activity expenditures are allowable, allocable, and reasonable and that financial reporting is accurate and submitted on time.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Provide guidance regarding all financial standard practices to all sub-recipients in the state.

Responsible for maintaining the interface between HALG and sub-recipient within the state to ensure accountability and the timely processing of sub-recipient funds.

Address account concerns, as they arise, in a timely and succinct manner and ensure compliance with donor standard practices.

Input data into QuickBooks on a daily and monthly basis.

Review monthly financial reports from sub-recipients before submitting them to the Finance Manager.

Coordinate fund requests and disbursement, verification, and reconciliation of financial statements of accounts of the office and partners.

Solely responsible for the custody and preparation of checks for payments after due approval has been obtained from the Regional Office and or the State Team Lead.

Undertake the receipt and payment of cash as directed by the Regional Office and or the State program Manager.

Coordinate the remittance of tax and pension contributions to the relevant tax authorities.

Ensure that proper office records are kept and maintenance of project asset register.

Generate activity budget and oversee the disbursement of petty cash after obtaining necessary approvals.

Co-locating with green housing partners when the need arises.

Supervise the Logistic Assistants and the Transport Assistants to ensure smooth management of operations.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

Bachelor's degree/HND in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field.

Minimum of 4 years experience in accounting related to NGOs and community-level programs.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Independent judgment and discretion in completing assignments, seeking approval as appropriate.

Preferred Skills:

Familiarity with USAID-funded programs and non-governmental organizations in Nigeria.

Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, to be able to accept and discharge substantial responsibilities, to prioritize work assignments, to meet deadlines, and to exercise professional judgment.

Other Competencies:

Time Management - Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time, and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.

Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.

Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively.

Adaptability - adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

Cultural Sensitivity - Respect the cultural environment in which a person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.

Non-discriminatory- Does not discriminate against persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioural habits.

Language Skills:

Excellent oral and written English communication skills.

Knowledge of Local Language preferred.

Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills:

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, and PowerPoint.

Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance.

Work Environment:

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The employee will be required to co-locate with local partners usually in the same office.

The employee is required to travel regularly to often insecure and limited resource environments.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing).

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Type: Part time

Qualification: Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNSc.) or equivalent

Location: Edo

Job Summary

The Technical Associate, Nursing will support the Senior Technical Associate, Clinical Quality Assurance to implement high quality care and support activities with primary focus on community based prevention, care and treatment activities through improving activities across the continuum of care – case finding for adults and paediatrics, genealogy testing scaling up cervical cancer screening activities as part of prevention services, PrEP, PMTCT, retention in care, viral load sample collection and suppression, differentiated models of care at the community, Support safe and ethical models of care both at the facility and community that would efficiently achieve results thereby maintaining program fidelity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Ensure all clients screened receive full pre and post-test counselling.
2. Ensure all newly identified clients are lined to care and treatment support same day.
3. Ensure the 28 days adherence calendar is followed strictly for all newly identified clients linked to care.
4. Ensure chronic care screening of all newly identified clients using the care and support checklist.
5. Ensure adequate nutritional and psychological counselling of clients.
6. Ensure all newly identified pediatric clients are enrolled in OVC care package.
7. Mentoring clients on HIVST and distribution.
8. Support the delivery of health talks on HIV/AIDs, myths, and misconceptions at both supported and unsupported community structures.
9. Ensure full follow up of community DSD models with clients.
10. Support the provision of minimum PMTCT package of care to clients at the community and receiving care at community structures e.g., healing homes and TBAs.
11. Follow up with mother baby pair same day ART services.
12. Support clients to set up reminders for taking their drugs and for drug pickup.
13. Support screening of eligible clients for cervical cancer.
14. Screen and initiate eligible community general population clients on PrEP. 
15. Ensure enhanced adherence counselling is conducted for virally unsuppressed clients.
16. Support clients/care givers literacy education.
17. Support the establishment of support groups at the community.
18. Support adolescent /youth friendly activities and services at the community.
19. Ensure proper documentations on source documents.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

1. B.Sc Nursing or its equivalent with 2 to 3 years relevant experience in clinical care with a sound understanding of HIV/AIDs programmatic and technical implementation in resource constraint settings.
2. RN or RM will be an added advantage.
3. Demonstrated skills to use data for program refinement and implement targeted interventions with highest degree of efficiency and impact.
4. Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health system, NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.
5. Knowledge of Nigerian clinical setting, including government and non-government settings.
6. Proven ability in supervising staff.

Other Competencies:

1. Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.
2. Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
3. Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively.
4. Adaptability - adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
5. Cultural Sensitivity – Respects cultural environment in which person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.
6. Non-discriminatory- Does not discriminate persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioural habits.

Language Skills:

1. Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
2. Knowledge of Local Language preferred.
3. Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills:

1. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, Power Point.
2. Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing). Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Senior Technical Associate, Pharmacy & Supply Chain

Job Type: Part Time

Location(s): Edo, Bayelsa

Job Summary

The Senior Technical Associate, Pharmacy & Supply Chain Mgnt. will support the Senior Technical Associate, Clinical Quality Assurance to implement high quality care and support activities with primary focus on community based prevention, care and treatment activities through improving activities across the continuum of care – case finding for adults and paediatrics, genealogy testing, scaling up cervical cancer screening activities as part of prevention services, PrEP, PMTCT, retention in care, viral load sample collection and suppression, differentiated models of care at the community. Support safe and ethical models of care both at the facility and community that would efficiently achieve results thereby maintaining program fidelity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Ensure all newly identified clients receive full counselling on drug medications side effects, adverse drug reactions etc.
2. Ensure that before dispensing medications, all client's fears are allayed.
3. Ensure all pediatric clients are weighed before drug dispensing and care givers literacy education is given.
4. Ensure chronic care screening checklist is attached to clients’ records at the community before medications are dispensed.
5. Ensure the 28 days adherence calendar is followed strictly for all newly identified clients linked to care.
6. Support the roll out of pharmacovigilance services.
7. Draw up systems for reporting of ADRs for both the community and facility structures.
8. Ensure all clients are placed on optimal regimen.
9. Support DSD models at all levels.
10. Ensure availability of ARVs and support generation of CRIFFF report.
11. Support /initiate community DSD models review meeting with stakeholders.
12. Ensure proper documentations across all source documents and will support SI team during data validation.
13. Perform other assigned responsibilities as occasion demands by Supervisor.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Education and/or Experience:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy with 2 to 3 years relevant experience in clinical care with a sound understanding of HIV/AIDs programmatic implementation in resource constraint settings.
2. Demonstrated skills to use data for program refinement and implement targeted interventions with highest degree of efficiency and impact.
3. Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health system, NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.
4. Knowledge of Nigerian clinical setting, including government and non-government settings.
5. Proven ability in supervising staff.

Other Competencies:

1. Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.
2. Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
3. Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively.
4. Adaptability - adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
5. Cultural Sensitivity – Respects cultural environment in which person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.
6. Non-discriminatory- Does not discriminate persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioural habits.

Language Skills:

1. Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
2. Knowledge of Local Language preferred.
3. Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills:

1. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, Power Point.
2. Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing). Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

**Note: Applicants should specify their desired location in their cover letter. Any application without a specified location will not be considered**

Senior Technical Associate, Clinical Quality Assurance

Job Type: Part Time

Qualification: MBBS

Location: Edo

Job Summary

The Senior Technical Associate, Clinical Quality Assurance will provide technical and programmatic support to implement high quality care and support activities with primary focus on  community based prevention, care and treatment activities through improving activities across the continuum of care – case finding for adults and paediatrics, genealogy testing scaling up cervical cancer screening activities as part of prevention services, PrEP, PMTCT, retention in care, viral load sample collection and suppression, differentiated models of care at the community. Support safe and ethical models of care both at the facility and community that would efficiently achieve results thereby maintaining program fidelity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Support planning, coordination of activities for the community ART team.
2. Develop strategies aim at effective and strategic for community case findings among the general population.
3. Ensure all newly clients identified are screened for AHD care at the community.
4. Ensure recency testing is conducted for all newly identified clients at the community.
5. Ensure adequate counselling is conducted for newly identified clients by his team and linked to care same day.
6. Ensure availability of all commodities-test kits, PEP, drugs etc. at the community.
7. Support cervical cancer screening, PrEP initiation, PMTCT services at the community.
8. Ensure distribution of HIVST with proper clients’ literacy education.
9. Support training facilitation of health care providers at unsupported structures in the community.
10. Support clients’ literacy education including care givers orientation at the community.
11. Ensure TB screening of newly identified clients at the community.
12. Ensure linkage of presumptive TB clients for TB diagnosis at supported sites.
13. Conduct capacity building sessions for unsupported sites using the hub and spoke mechanisms.
14. Organize and support monthly referral coordination meetings.
15. Ensure differentiated service delivery models in the community are activated strengthened for existing ones and scaled up across all supported LGAs
16. Ensure tracking of all IIT clients immediately.
17. Ensure daily review of all clients in care at the community.
18. Ensure community upward viral load sample collection at the community.
19. Set up telemedicine platforms to communicate with community clients as the need arises.
20. Ensure appropriate referrals of clients who develop opportunistic infections to health care facilities.
21. Touch base with supported facilities frequently to ensure all community identified clients are linked to facility electronic medical capturing.
22. Work through devolved clients from the facility to community and ensure high quality services are offered to them.
23. Organize weekends, moonlight ART services are offered to clients across the continuum of care.
24. Take full oversight of documentations on all source documentations on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
25. Support the SI team during data validation of community services.
26. Perform other assigned responsibilities as occasion demands by Supervisor.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Education and/or Experience:

1. MBBS with 2 to 3 years relevant experience in clinical care with a sound understanding of HIV/AIDs programmatic implementation in resource constraint settings.
2. Demonstrated skills to use data for program refinement and implement targeted interventions with highest degree of efficiency and impact.
3. Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health system, NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.
4. Knowledge of Nigerian clinical setting, including government and non-government settings.
5. Proven ability in supervising staff.

Other Competencies:

1. Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.
2. Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
3. Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively.
4. Adaptability - adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
5. Cultural Sensitivity – Respects cultural environment in which person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.
6. Non-discriminatory- Does not discriminate persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioural habits.

Language Skills:

1. Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
2. Knowledge of Local Language preferred.
3. Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills:

1. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, Power Point.
2. Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing). Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Title: Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Qualifications: BSc/BA/MSc

Location: Lagos State Office

Position type: Full Time

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Conduct monthly analysis of state-level data and submit approved reports to the Regional Office, donors, local partners, and other relevant parties.
2. Ensure that all internal and external reporting requirements are met with timely, relevant, triangulated, and well-analyzed data.
3. Standardize data collection methodologies used at the field level to capture and analyze the specific characteristics of different target groups.
4. Share monthly quantitative data analysis with the State Program Manager and other key management staff and relevant stakeholders to inform program design and review.
5. Provide technical support to the States M&E team on efficient data management processes and reporting.
6. Support project teams with assessment/evaluation planning, ensuring that minimum criteria for quality evaluations are integrated into the design and implementation.
7. Collaborate with state-level staff and government counterparts to provide direction on program/project monitoring and evaluation activities, as well as donor and Nigerian government reporting obligations.
8. Supervise the creation of monthly reports and offer helpful oversight.
9. Contribute to improvements in existing policies and procedures to enhance effective accountability mechanisms with approval from the Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning.
10. Participate in designing and implementing studies, assessments, and learning in coordination with HALG technical lead and program staff.
11. Seek opportunities for information sharing and learning exchanges with local actors/INGOs to promote coordination at the local and national levels.
12. Perform any other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

1. Degree in Social Science, Biostatistics, Public Health, Health Information Science, or a related discipline.
2. Minimum of 5 years' experience in monitoring and evaluating health and/or programs, preferably related to HIV/AIDS and reproductive health.
3. A Master's degree will be an added advantage.
4. Demonstrated understanding of monitoring and evaluation approaches, including health information systems.
5. Experience in data quality assurance, DHIS 2.0, database management, with a good working knowledge of national data collection tools in HIV programming.
6. Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with the ability to communicate technical information clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical colleagues.
7. Knowledge of data processing, database design, and data entry.
8. Proficiency in MS Office and statistical software packages.
9. Good working experience in monitoring and evaluation at the community, state, and national levels.

Other Competencies:

1. Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.
2. Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
3. Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively.
4. Adaptability - adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
5. Cultural Sensitivity – Respects cultural environment in which person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.
6. Non-discriminatory- Does not discriminate persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioural habits.

Language Skills:

1. Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
2. Knowledge of Local Language preferred.
3. Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills:

1. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, Power Point.
2. Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing). Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Title: Senior Program Officer

Qualifications: BSc/BA/MSc

Location: Regional Office, Lagos

Position type: Full Time

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Work with the Deputy Chief of Party to ensure the design and implementation of a high-quality and comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment, and care program by providing relevant guidance to state teams and regional office teams.
2. Support the coordination of staff and local partners through periodic technical trainings, regular field visits, sharing of best practices, and developing external linkages as appropriate.
3. Coordinate the development of biannual milestones for HALG HIV/AIDS intervention, as well as a detailed biannual work plan and budget for activities for project states and country support in the areas of HIV/AIDS/STI prevention, treatment, care, and support.
4. Coordinate the work of the HIV/AIDS technical staff in the development of effective and efficient action plans for their particular areas, such as HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care.
5. Conduct and supervise periodic assessments to identify specific HIV/AIDS technical needs and gaps of HALG and local partners’ staff.
6. Identify local and international opportunities for bridging those gaps through relevant staff trainings.
7. Work closely with the Finance Department for effective use of budgets and coordinate with Technical teams on budget management of the program budget to deliver quality results.
8. Monitor the activities and progress of field activities with particular attention to lessons learned for dissemination. Compile monitoring reports with recommendations for follow-up action to improve program quality.
9. Work collaboratively with the technical teams to prepare program guidance and strategic documents such as the Annual Project Planning and Strategic Planning.
10. Provide programmatic and administrative support to the teams in the implementation of TA support to the ACE 6 project.
11. Support the team in planning implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of activities focused on the achievement of the goals of the project.
12. Ensure adequate and timely activity implementation through periodic work plan review, monitoring of expenditure, and initiating corrective actions to mitigate financial risk to the organization and adherence to donor and organizational policies and guidelines.
13. Maintain program monitoring checklists and budget tracking tools to effectively supervise deliverables and burn rate of project activities based on approved work plan.
14. Support advocacy and engagement with stakeholders and gatekeepers including consortium partners and stakeholders on critical issues to get buy-in for smooth operationalization.
15. Review, collate and submit routine (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and quarterly) progress reports from sub-teams.
16. Facilitate filing of accurate documentation and maintain a database of all progress reports, internal and external meetings, etc.
17. Coordinate the development and implementation of a knowledge management plan.
18. Manage, develop, and maintain a standardized system to organize, document, archive, and disseminate knowledge gained from the ACE 6 project.
19. Coordinate development and regular update of the project’s overarching brief, including areas of focus, capabilities, and success stories.
20. Coordinate with project staff to synthesize and make available strategic information across teams and focus areas for internal or external dissemination and archiving.
21. Facilitate the development, collation, and review of content for project materials including reports, briefs, newsletter, and other relevant publications from draft to final document copyedits including infographics, diagrams, and illustrations.
22. Ensure compliance with established organizational and donor policies and procedures related to the production of reports, briefs, newsletter, and other relevant project publications.
23. Perform any other duties assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

1. B.Sc./BA/MSc. in Public Health, Business Administration, Medical Sciences, Behavioral or Social Sciences, or its recognized equivalent,
2. At least 5 years relevant experience in international development programs, including HIV program planning and implementation at the community or state level, working with public and NGO sectors.
3. Extensive knowledge of health and development programming in developing countries.
4. Working knowledge of major donor policies (USAID) as well as international not-for-profit organizations.
5. Ability to organize systems to monitor administrative and implementation results.
6. Excellent stakeholder engagement, community mobilization, and advocacy skills.
7. Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work as a team member.
8. Demonstrated experience and excellent programmatic knowledge in areas of HIV prevention, care and treatment services, capacity building, and public health.
9. Demonstrated experience in supervising program staff, designing projects, prioritizing and setting realistic work plans and timelines, and evaluating work plan progress appropriately.
10. Experience working with senior government officials and donor agency representatives.
11. Ability to guide strategy development, manage project implementation, and lead a team.
12. Strong negotiation and relationship-building skills with Ministries of Health or other institutions.
13. Ability to travel for extended periods within the country to support technical activities.
14. Proven ability to coordinate a multi-sectoral development project.
15. Ability to manage tight deadlines and deliver high volumes of work with minimal supervision.

Other Competencies:

Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.

Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.

Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively.

Adaptability - adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

Cultural Sensitivity – Respects cultural environment in which person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.

Non-discriminatory- Does not discriminate persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioural habits.

Language Skills:

1. Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
2. Knowledge of Local Language preferred.
3. Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills:

1. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, Power Point.
2. Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing). Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Title: Human Rights Officer

Reports to: Senior Key Populations Advisor

Location: Jigawa and Yobe States

Position type: (Full Time)

Join the Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte Team to provide the essential program support necessary to implement HALG’s innovative programs serving marginalized and vulnerable communities.

Job Summary

Provide technical support to Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte, Key Populations Local Implementing Partners, and civil society on Human Rights and requirements in promoting access to healthcare services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

·Identify and address legal barriers impeding access to health services by the target population.

·Play the lead role in HIV/AIDS Practice for Key Populations (KPs) designing strategies for responding to the human rights dimension of the HIV epidemic and KAP.

·Design and implement training programs on the right-based approaches to Health and HIV service provision for various target groups

·Provide legal representations, other human rights intervention, and conflict resolution mechanisms for KPs and communities.

·Identifying human rights violations of KPs, gathering information and facts, interviewing those violated and the violators where appropriate, and developing a plan of action to prevent future occurrences.

·Undertake human rights research and analysis and preparation of reports as required.

·Assist in drafting statements and other related documents.

·Prepare human rights education materials to raise awareness of human rights and participate in Awareness raising activities.

·Draft program activity summaries and assist in the coordination and finalization of reports and other documents.

·Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required.

Education and/or Experience:

·A Degree in Law.

·Knowledge of Sharia Law and Jurisprudence.

·At least three years of experience in public health advocacy to increase access to health-vulnerable populations.

·Knowledgeable about HIV service provision within the global, national, state, and local context.

·Excellent communication and writing skills.

·Able to provide leadership as well as work in a team environment.

·Ability to set priorities, handle multiple tasks, and meet deadlines.

·Flexible and adaptable to rapidly changing priorities and the ability to handle confidential information.

·Excellent problem-solving skills.

·Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and involvement is critical.

·Ability to plan, organize, track, and successfully conclude special projects and events.

·Organizational skills and attention to detail are of the utmost importance.

·A professional demeanor and composure in a fast-paced, demanding environment are essential. Must work independently; set priorities, recognize urgency, work effectively and efficiently, and exercise discretion in handling confidential information.

Other Competencies:

·Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time, and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.

·Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.

·Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively.

·Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

·Cultural Sensitivity – Respect the cultural environment in which a person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.

·Non-discriminatory- Do not discriminate against persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioral habits.

Language Skills:

·Excellent oral and written English communication skills.

Computer Skills:

·Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, and PowerPoint.

·Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte.

Work Environment:

·The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

·The employee may be required to travel regularly to often insecure and limited-resource environments.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing).

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Title: Chief of Party (KP CARE 1 Project)

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

Location: Abuja

Position type: (Full Time)

Contract duration: Six Months (Subject to Extension)

Background

Heartland Alliance LTD/GTE through the USAID-funded Key Population Community HIV Services Action and Response (KP CARE 1) project will support the GoN to achieve the UNAIDS 95-95-95 and an AIDS-free Nigeria with zero new infections, zero deaths, and zero AIDS-related discrimination and fast track national response towards ending AIDS in Nigeria by 2030. KP –CARE 1 will increase demand for and access to comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment, and care services and interventions for key populations. HALG Ltd/Gte will establish comprehensive community clinical service provision via the OSS/DIC. HALG Ltd/Gte will therefore build staff capacity as a critical vehicle to achieving this result.

Job Summary:

The Chief of Party will have overall responsibility for administration, program management, performance monitoring, technical implementation, and oversight of all aspects of activities; s/he will serve as the principal institutional liaison to USAID/ Nigeria and should be expected to have regular and transparent communication with the USAID/ Nigeria AOR. This position reports directly to the HALG Chief Executive Officer.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1.    Maintain overall programmatic and financial management responsibility for KP- CARE 1 activity and ensure that Heartland Alliance abides by USAID financial and programmatic procedures, rules, and regulations.

2.    Ensure that program goals and objectives are met within the agreed-upon timeframe and budget.

3.  Train and support staff to build capacity and transfer skills in all aspects of program implementation, M&E, Operations, and financial management.

4.    Ensure high standards in meeting financial management accountability.

5.    Monitor progress toward meeting objectives and make program design corrections as needed.

6.    Liaise with partners, Heartland Leadership, relevant NGOs, USAID, the In-Country PEPFAR Team, and other NGOs to ensure solid coordination and encourage knowledge sharing.

7.      Oversee the development of annual work plans, monitoring and evaluation plans, and other required documents.

8.    Produce and deliver all required program reports to the GoN, USAID, partners, and Heartland Alliance Leadership to keep all stakeholders informed on the progress of the program and share lessons learned.

9.     Directly supervise the other key personnel on the program, as well as program staff, to ensure that all deliverables are met in a timely fashion.

10.   Oversee all financial management and administrative functions, including human resources, budget analysis, and financial report preparation to ensure compliance with USAID common practices.

11.    Travel to project sites to provide technical assistance and troubleshoot with staff.

12.  Represent the project and deliver presentations on behalf of Heartland Alliance Ltd/ Gte in Nigeria, throughout the region, and at related conferences.

13.  Oversee all programmatic implementation – focusing on HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment for Key Populations and capacity building for KP organizations/associations in Nigeria.

14.  Identify new/complimentary program opportunities and lead in-country program development efforts.

15.Perform other duties assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

1.      A minimum of a master’s degree in Public Health, Health Administration, Management, Social Work, Counseling, or Business Administration with a focus on public health, social sciences, or related fields.

2.      A minimum of ten (10) years of experience with progressively increasing responsibility designing, implementing, managing, and leading large development programs involving multiple partners, stakeholders, and geographic target areas in a developing country. The 10 years must be inclusive of five (5) years prior experience as a Chief of Party, Deputy Chief of Party, or similar leadership role of similar size and complexity.

3.      The 10 years must also be inclusive of a minimum of three (3) years of experience providing specific technical direction and oversight of the development and management of HIV programs with key populations.

4.      Demonstrated ability through previous experience leading a technical activity through evidence and data-driven decision-making.

5.     Demonstrated ability through previous experience to establish and maintain productive working relationships with a wide network of partners and stakeholders.

6.      Demonstrated ability through previous experience to effectively work with KP community leaders and members, senior government officials, dignitaries, executives of NGOs, Faith Based Organizations (FBOs), CBOs, the for-profit business community, and senior members of the donor community.

7.      Excellent interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills in English.

Preferred Skills:

1.Knowledge of all aspects of community-based HIV/AIDS programming with a special focus on HIV/AIDS in West Africa including prevention of HIV transmission; improving access to voluntary counseling and testing; treatment of AIDS and associated conditions; care and support for Key Population (including palliative care); community mobilization and mitigation in resource-constrained countries.

2.Proven skills in building organizational capacity in HIV/AIDS and/or program and grants management.

3.Diplomacy and negotiation skills that demonstrate the ability to collaborate and coordinate with a range of stakeholders and complex priorities.

4.Analytical, financial, and management skills as well as an understanding of government and community dynamics, preferably in Nigeria to identify organizations eligible for grants based on pre-determined criteria and assess their credibility and proposed programs.

Other Competencies:

1.Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time, and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.

2.Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.

3.Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively.

4.Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Change’s approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

5.Cultural Sensitivity – Respect the cultural environment in which the person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.

6.Non-discriminatory- Do not discriminate against persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioral habits.

Language Skills:

1.     Excellent oral and written English communication skills.

2.     Knowledge of the Local Language preferred.

3.     Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills:

1.Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, and PowerPoint.

2.Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte.

Work Environment:

1.The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

2.The employee will be required to co-locate with local partners usually in the same office.

3.The employee is required to travel regularly to often insecure and limited-resource environments.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing). Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Type: Internship

Qualification: BA/BSc/HND

Location(s): Bayelsa, Edo, Lagos



Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Provide Tier 2 IT support.
2. Support the IT team in maintaining hardware, software, and other organizational systems.
3. Install and troubleshoot printers and scanners.
4. Assist with troubleshooting and providing support to users.
5. Organize and maintain IT resources and inventory.
6. Assist in performing hands-on fixes of desktop and laptop computers, including installation and upgrades of software and general systems installations.
7. Perform any other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Education and/or Experience:

1. Bachelor’s degree in computer sciences, or a related field; experience in managing an Information Technology operation is required.
2. At least 1 year experience in the field of information technology.
3. Knowledge of system development methods used for the development of new systems and enhancements to existing information systems.
4. Knowledge of computer monitoring systems, vendor-supplied packaged programs, macros, utilities, and other highly technical programs.
5. Ability to gather and analyze facts, draw conclusions, define problems, and suggest solutions.
6. Ability to use programming procedures and techniques in the implementation of computer programs.

Other Competencies:

1. Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.
2. Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
3. Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively.
4. Adaptability - adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
5. Cultural Sensitivity – Respects cultural environment in which person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.
6. Non-discriminatory- Does not discriminate persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioural habits.

Language Skills:

1. Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
2. Knowledge of Local Language preferred.
3. Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills:

1. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, Power Point.
2. Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing). Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

**Note: Applicants should specify their desired location on the subject of application.  Any application without a specified location will not be considered**

Program Officer

Job Title: Program Officer

Reports to: Senior Program Officer /Zonal Program Manager

Location: Field Office (Uyo, Eket, and Badagry)

Position type: (Full Time)

Join Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte Zonal/State/Regional Offices to provide the essential program support necessary to implement KPCARE 1 programs serving marginalized and vulnerable communities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

· Serves as Prevention focal point for KPCARE 1/HALG activities at the Zonal level and ensures compliance with national guidelines for basic Minimum Prevention Package Intervention (MPPI), Behaviour Change Communication (BCC), and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP).

· Serve as the point of Contact (POC) for Case Finding and Linkage.

· Prepare periodic project work plans and budgets in conjunction with the Senior Program Officer/Zonal Program Manager and other section heads to ensure appropriate utilization of project resources.

· Support the Senior Program Officer/Zonal Program Manager to assist sub-grant partners on a range of program management issues including work plan and budget development, program reporting, and sub-recipient monitoring.

· Ensure that activities listed in grant recipients’ sub-awards are implemented where applicable. · Assist in responding to HALG and donor requests and assist in preparing state-level reports including work plans.

· Liaise and consult regularly with the relevant local authorities, community leaders, civil society/non-governmental organizations, collaborating/implementing partners, and other stakeholders where appropriate, in conjunction with the Zonal Program Manager to ensure a friendly environment for program implementation.

· Responsible for routine advocacy and community engagement of program gatekeepers.

· Accompany other Program and M&E staff for site visits to ensure program implementation and compliance at the State level.

· Support the training of field-level staff and volunteers.

 · Represent HALG as requested in a meeting with donor representatives, government, partners, sub-grantees, applicants, and the public as required in the zone, aimed Towards Excellence and impact.

· Keep abreast of developments in the HIV/AIDS field; document methodologies and results, develop best practice papers that can inform the wider HAN community.

· Assist with the preparation and delivery of external evaluations, visits, and audits.

B. Training and Mentoring:

· Ensure that all Program meetings and training are held as scheduled at the Zonal level and provide leadership at these meetings.

· Serve as a resource person at Program trainings coordinated by HALG at the Zonal level.

· Ensure all staff and partners understand program priorities.

· Support the planning and delivery of trainings, workshops, and other capacity development interventions for HALG partners.

· Support the implementation of capacity-building plans for the nascent CBOs and LIPs.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

· First degree in social science, public health, or another relevant discipline; master’s degree in public health will be an added advantage.

· At least 3 years experience in international development, experience working in an HIV prevention and care program will be an added advantage.

· Demonstrated skills in training and capacity building through technical assistance and mentoring.

· Good interpersonal skills including the ability to work with multiple stakeholders.

· Demonstrated commitment to gender-responsive programming.

· Ability to work effectively with government and civil society partners and communities as well as transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through workshops, training, and meetings using participatory methods and adult learning principles.

· Perform any other tasks assigned by the supervisor from time to time.

· Willingness to travel within Nigeria.

Preferred Skills:

· Experience with Building Capacity.

Other Competencies:

· Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time, and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.

· Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.

· Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively.

· Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

· Cultural Sensitivity – Respect the cultural environment in which a person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.

· Non-discriminatory- Do not discriminate against persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, behavioural habits Language.

Language Skills:

· Excellent oral and written English communication skills.

· Knowledge of Local Language preferred.

Computer Skills:

· Demonstrated competency in public speaking Computer Skills.

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, and PowerPoint.

· Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance Work Environment.

Work Environment:

· The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

· The employee will be required to co-locate with local partners usually in the same office.

· The employee is required to travel regularly to often insecure and limited-resource environments.

· The employee will be required to work directly with populations that are vulnerable and at high risk of HIV and Human rights violations.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing). Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Type: Part Time

Qualification: MBBS

Location: Lagos



Job Summary

The Senior Technical Associate, Clinical Quality Assurance will provide technical and programmatic support to implement high quality care and support activities with primary focus on  community based prevention, care and treatment activities through improving activities across the continuum of care – case finding for adults and paediatrics, genealogy testing scaling up cervical cancer screening activities as part of prevention services, PrEP, PMTCT, retention in care, viral load sample collection and suppression, differentiated models of care at the community. Support safe and ethical models of care both at the facility and community that would efficiently achieve results thereby maintaining program fidelity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Support planning, coordination of activities for the community ART team.
2. Develop strategies aim at effective and strategic for community case findings among the general population.
3. Ensure all newly clients identified are screened for AHD care at the community.
4. Ensure recency testing is conducted for all newly identified clients at the community.
5. Ensure adequate counselling is conducted for newly identified clients by his team and linked to care same day.
6. Ensure availability of all commodities-test kits, PEP, drugs etc. at the community.
7. Support cervical cancer screening, PrEP initiation, PMTCT services at the community.
8. Ensure distribution of HIVST with proper clients’ literacy education.
9. Support training facilitation of health care providers at unsupported structures in the community.
10. Support clients’ literacy education including care givers orientation at the community.
11. Ensure TB screening of newly identified clients at the community.
12. Ensure linkage of presumptive TB clients for TB diagnosis at supported sites.
13. Conduct capacity building sessions for unsupported sites using the hub and spoke mechanisms.
14. Organize and support monthly referral coordination meetings.
15. Ensure differentiated service delivery models in the community are activated strengthened for existing ones and scaled up across all supported LGAs
16. Ensure tracking of all IIT clients immediately.
17. Ensure daily review of all clients in care at the community.
18. Ensure community upward viral load sample collection at the community.
19. Set up telemedicine platforms to communicate with community clients as the need arises.
20. Ensure appropriate referrals of clients who develop opportunistic infections to health care facilities.
21. Touch base with supported facilities frequently to ensure all community identified clients are linked to facility electronic medical capturing.
22. Work through devolved clients from the facility to community and ensure high quality services are offered to them.
23. Organize weekends, moonlight ART services are offered to clients across the continuum of care.
24. Take full oversight of documentations on all source documentations on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
25. Support the SI team during data validation of community services.
26. Perform other assigned responsibilities as occasion demands by Supervisor.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Education and/or Experience:

1. MBBS with 2 to 3 years relevant experience in clinical care with a sound understanding of HIV/AIDs programmatic implementation in resource constraint settings.
2. Demonstrated skills to use data for program refinement and implement targeted interventions with highest degree of efficiency and impact.
3. Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health system, NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.
4. Knowledge of Nigerian clinical setting, including government and non-government settings.
5. Proven ability in supervising staff.

Other Competencies:

1. Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.
2. Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
3. Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively.
4. Adaptability - adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
5. Cultural Sensitivity – Respects cultural environment in which person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.
6. Non-discriminatory- Does not discriminate persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioural habits.

Language Skills:

1. Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
2. Knowledge of Local Language preferred.
3. Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills:

1. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, Power Point.
2. Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing). Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Summary

The Senior Technical Associate, Pharmacy & Supply Chain Mgnt. will support the Senior Technical Associate, Clinical Quality Assurance to implement high quality care and support activities with primary focus on  community based prevention, care and treatment activities through improving activities across the continuum of care – case finding for adults and paediatrics, genealogy testing, scaling up cervical cancer screening activities as part of prevention services, PrEP, PMTCT, retention in care, viral load sample collection and suppression, differentiated models of care at the community. Support safe and ethical models of care both at the facility and community that would efficiently achieve results thereby maintaining program fidelity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Ensure all newly identified clients receive full counselling on drug medications side effects, adverse drug reactions etc.
2. Ensure that before dispensing medications, all client's fears are allayed.
3. Ensure all pediatric clients are weighed before drug dispensing and care givers literacy education is given.
4. Ensure chronic care screening checklist is attached to clients’ records at the community before medications are dispensed.
5. Ensure the 28 days adherence calendar is followed strictly for all newly identified clients linked to care.
6. Support the roll out of pharmacovigilance services.
7. Draw up systems for reporting of ADRs for both the community and facility structures.
8. Ensure all clients are placed on optimal regimen.
9. Support DSD models at all levels.
10. Ensure availability of ARVs and support generation of CRIFFF report.
11. Support /initiate community DSD models review meeting with stakeholders.
12. Ensure proper documentations across all source documents and will support SI team during data validation.
13. Perform other assigned responsibilities as occasion demands by Supervisor.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Education and/or Experience:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy with 2 to 3 years relevant experience in clinical care with a sound understanding of HIV/AIDs programmatic implementation in resource constraint settings.
2. Demonstrated skills to use data for program refinement and implement targeted interventions with highest degree of efficiency and impact.
3. Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health system, NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.
4. Knowledge of Nigerian clinical setting, including government and non-government settings.
5. Proven ability in supervising staff.

Other Competencies:

1. Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.
2. Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
3. Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively.
4. Adaptability - adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
5. Cultural Sensitivity – Respects cultural environment in which person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.
6. Non-discriminatory- Does not discriminate persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioural habits.

Language Skills:

1. Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
2. Knowledge of Local Language preferred.
3. Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills:

1. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, Power Point.
2. Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing). Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Type: Part time

Qualification: Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNSc.) or equivalent

Location: Lagos

Job Summary

The Technical Associate, Nursing will support the Senior Technical Associate, Clinical Quality Assurance to implement high quality care and support activities with primary focus on  community based prevention, care and treatment activities through improving activities across the continuum of care – case finding for adults and paediatrics, genealogy testing scaling up cervical cancer screening activities as part of prevention services, PrEP, PMTCT, retention in care, viral load sample collection and suppression, differentiated models of care at the community, Support safe and ethical models of care both at the facility and community that would efficiently achieve results thereby maintaining program fidelity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Ensure all clients screened receive full pre and post-test counselling.
2. Ensure all newly identified clients are lined to care and treatment support same day.
3. Ensure the 28 days adherence calendar is followed strictly for all newly identified clients linked to care.
4. Ensure chronic care screening of all newly identified clients using the care and support checklist.
5. Ensure adequate nutritional and psychological counselling of clients.
6. Ensure all newly identified pediatric clients are enrolled in OVC care package.
7. Mentoring clients on HIVST and distribution.
8. Support the delivery of health talks on HIV/AIDs, myths, and misconceptions at both supported and unsupported community structures.
9. Ensure full follow up of community DSD models with clients.
10. Support the provision of minimum PMTCT package of care to clients at the community and receiving care at community structures e.g., healing homes and TBAs.
11. Follow up with mother baby pair same day ART services.
12. Support clients to set up reminders for taking their drugs and for drug pickup.
13. Support screening of eligible clients for cervical cancer.
14. Screen and initiate eligible community general population clients on PrEP.  
15. Ensure enhanced adherence counselling is conducted for virally unsuppressed clients.
16. Support clients/care givers literacy education.
17. Support the establishment of support groups at the community.
18. Support adolescent /youth friendly activities and services at the community.
19. Ensure proper documentations on source documents.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

1. B.Sc Nursing or its equivalent with 2 to 3 years relevant experience in clinical care with a sound understanding of HIV/AIDs programmatic and technical implementation in resource constraint settings.
2. RN or RM will be an added advantage.
3. Demonstrated skills to use data for program refinement and implement targeted interventions with highest degree of efficiency and impact.
4. Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health system, NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.
5. Knowledge of Nigerian clinical setting, including government and non-government settings.
6. Proven ability in supervising staff.

Other Competencies:

1. Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.
2. Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
3. Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively.
4. Adaptability - adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
5. Cultural Sensitivity – Respects cultural environment in which person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.
6. Non-discriminatory- Does not discriminate persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioural habits.

Language Skills:

1. Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
2. Knowledge of Local Language preferred.
3. Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills:

1. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, Power Point.
2. Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing). Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Type: Full time

Qualification: B. Pharm/M. Pharm

Location: Lagos

Job Summary

Incumbent will plan and support the delivery of quality pharmaceutical care services in accordance with donor requirements and stipulated guidelines of the Federal Government of Nigeria at the state/facility level. With technical oversight from the Senior Technical Advisor, Pharmacy & Supply Chain Management, the incumbent will provide support to the design, planning and implementation of high quality pharmaceutical care services according to national and international standards and develop guidelines, tools, SOPs and recommendations related to implementation and monitoring of pharmaceutical care total quality management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Serves as drug logistics focal person for the state office.
2. Schedules ART and OIs medication orders for clients.
3. Obtain and document clinical and demographic patient information.
4. Serve as a member of the clinical team who are saddled with ART and PrEP switch.
5. Liaise with state and PEPFAR IPs drug logistics system to ensure adequate supply of ARVs and other medications to the facilities.
6. Responsible for overall coordination and processing of new ART client medication orders and reorders. This includes verifying/re-verifying new or refill prescriptions into the pharmacy information system and CRRIFF.
7. Lead counselling on ART side effects and identification and reporting of adverse drug reaction.
8. Train clinical team members on drug side effects and adverse drug reaction.
9. Ensure proper documentation of drug utilization using stipulated tools and timely submissions of pharmaceutical reports.
10. Provide adherence counselling, client tracking and retention activities.
11. Support care and support interventions at the State and Facility level.
12. Attend state level meetings including TWG
13. Any other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy.
2. Advanced Degree in Public Health or Social Science preferred
3. Registration with the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria
4. At least 3 years’ experience working as a hospital-based pharmacy or HIV/AIDS settings.
5. Must have knowledge of and experience with HIV care and treatment medication.
6. Must have previous experience working in a multidisciplinary team in a clinical setting.
7. Proven experience in pharmaceutical quality assurance
8. Proven ability to design and implement procedures.
9. Must have a broad-based knowledge of and experience with computerized systems in pharmaceutical warehousing and QA.

Other Competencies:

1. Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.
2. Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
3. Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively.
4. Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Change’s approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
5. Cultural Sensitivity – Respects cultural environment in which person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.
6. Non-discriminatory- Do not discriminate persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity, age, preferred jobs, or behavioral habits.

Language Skills:

1. Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
2. Knowledge of Local Language preferred.
3. Demonstrated competency in public speaking.

Computer Skills:

1. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, Power Point.
2. Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance.

Work Environment:

1. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
2. The employee will be required to co-locate with local partners usually in the same office.
3. The employee is required to travel regularly to often insecure and limited resource environments.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte...Towards Excellence and Impact.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing). Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and is committed to promoting the human rights of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.