The Senior Technical Officer will be in the lead technical expert at state-level and be responsible for all technical, administrative, programmatic, and monitoring and evaluation responsibilities related to the program within Bayelsa State. S/he will liaise with the EpiC Technical Advisor, EpiC Strategic Information Advisor and Government of Nigeria (GoN) counterparts responsible for state-level implementation and health management information systems. The position will be based in the FHI 360 office in Bayelsa state.
- Lead technical capacity strengthening efforts with GoN counterparts and local KP-led implementing partners.
- Oversee monitoring and evaluation activities for the state, including reporting, in close coordination with EpiC SI Advisor at Abuja level.
- Oversee, implement and monitor activities within state, including monitoring the performance of implementing partners
- Build capacity of KP-led implementing partners to monitor, document and analyze the performance of their HIV services with a focus on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), self-testing (HIVST), testing and counseling (HTS), linkage to care activities and ensure data quality.
- Oversee EpiC staff assigned to Bayelsa, ensuring close coordination
- Liaise with GoN counterparts at state level
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Familiarity with Nigerian public health sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) is highly desirable.
- Cultural sensitivity and sound understanding of the needs of KPs especially female sex workers (FSW), men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM), people who inject drugs workers (FSW), men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM), people who inject drugs (PWID), transgender persons and prisoners.
- Ability to work well with others and to develop and maintain compatibility among project staff, subcontractors, consultants and recipients of assistance.
- Ability to manage tight deadlines and deliver high volumes of work with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrated written, presentation, communication and organizational skills in English.
- Well-developed computer skills.
- Ability to travel within Nigeria 25% time.
- Minimum of 3 -5 years relevant experience in clinical care with a sound understanding of HIV/AIDS with provision of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) and prevention (HTS, gender, condom, STIs, etc.) in resource constrained settings.
- Or MPH/M.Sc. in relevant area with 5-7 years of experience will be an advantage.
- Minimum of 2-5 years practical or demonstrable experience in monitoring and evaluation or data management within a PEPFAR- or other USG-funded comprehensive HIV services program in Nigeria.
- Demonstrated understanding of implementation of combination prevention in KP program and comprehensive HIV services including HTS, partner notification services (PNS), ICT, ART, VL optimization, and referrals.
- Previous experience working with USAID or PEPFAR supported program and KP led organization.
- Demonstrated ability to perform robust data extraction from internal and external information systems.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of Nigeria health and social service information systems and monitoring and evaluation processes as it relates to data collection for performance-based reporting.
- Previous experience in technical capacity building of community-based organizations.
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