HIV Prevention Coordinators at AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Reports to: Prevention Program Manager/Regional Medical Manager
Slot: 2

Job Summary

• The HIV Prevention Coordinator fell directly supervise the community HIV prevention programs.
• This position is crucial to the achievement of AHF Nigeria's programmatic targets and objectives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programs aimed at Biomedical Prevention of HIV (including Testing and Counseling).
• Contributes to the design and implementation of approaches in other prevention strategies-including but not limited to Blood and Injection safety, Pre and Post exposure prophylaxis, HIV Testing and Counseling, and PHDP.
• Ensures effective and strategic leadership to HCWs at heath facilities and partners within the continuum of care.
• Support the design and implementation of prevention programs for key populations (i.e. as female sex workers,Adolescent and young persons as well as PWID).
• Contribute to the capacity building of HCWs and staff of CBO partners with respect to HIV Biomedical prevention programs.
• Provide technical assistance to health facilities, CBOs sub-partners on strategic program implementation.
• Supports collaboration among partners involvement in HIV programs and promotes use of internationally recognized best practices and evidence-informed HIV biomedical interventions!services among AHF sponsored or supported programs in Nigeria.
• Supports the process of developing/reviewing and adapting HIV Testing and Counseling. Blood and Injection safety, USP, PEP training curricula and other documents to meet appropriate audience.
• Ensure effective data entry, manage and supervise the process of appropriate data collection at the facility and community using appropriate data tools,
• Assist to ensure coordinated inventory management, performs a monthly stock count; and reports appropriately.
• Represents AHF in strategic and technical partnerships-at the National, State and Local Government levels,
• Perform other duties as maybe assigned as needed,

Key Result Areas:

• HIV prevention program indicators.

Education and Experience

• A degree in Public Health, Nursing or Health related discipline.
• At least one year post NYSC experience in HIV testing and counseling, sexually transmitted disease prevention or treatment
• programs, including program planning, prevention program management.
• Knowledge of minimum prevention package for Nigeria is highly essential.
• Must be highly organized, committed and capable of effective multi-tasking.
• Computer proficiency an added advantage.