Senior Program Specialist, HIV Care and Treatment at US Embassy

Summary:

The U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking eligible and qualified applicants for the Senior Program Specialist, HIV Care and Treatment position in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office.

Duties

The incumbent is a senior project manager and key public health advisor on treatment to the Branch Chief and Team Lead. Position is responsible for providing strategic advice and project support to the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR); contributing leadership to the planning of a national program of care and treatment for People Living with HIV (PLHIV), assisting in the development and coordination of assessment activities, and establishing the program's guidelines, procedures and strategies. 

This position provides the CDC office with the necessary public health leadership and medical expertise to manage CDC sponsored care and treatment activities. The incumbent assures collaboration among PEPFAR Nigeria partners involved in HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs and takes the lead in promoting use of internationally recognized best practices in care and treatment among PEPFAR sponsored programs in Nigeria.  The incumbent is responsible for ensuring that CDC-Nigeria’s implementing partners achieve extremely ambitious targets for care and treatment over the next few years.

Education Requirements:

• MD or MBBS is required. In addition, a post-graduate degree in public health (MPH) or MSc, or post-graduate Medical Fellowship in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics or Public Health is required.

Experience:

• Minimum of five (5) years public health experience in the management of HIV treatment programs at local, state or international levels that entails responsibility for evaluation of program activities is required. Experience in developing, implementing and evaluating HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs that involve coordination with an international agency or implementing partner are required. Additional one (1) year experience at the managerial level is required.