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Management Sciences for Health-MSH saves lives and improves health, especially among the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people, by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Our mission is to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

Job Title: OVC Advisor

Location
Abuja

Job Field
Medical, Health, Safety

Overall Responsibilities
The objective of the OVC Advisor position is to provide technical leadership on the delivery of comprehensive and quality VC services under the ProACT project in a manner that strengthens community leadership and development systems and creates linkages and synergy between community and facility-based services.
The OVC Advisor is expected to spearhead the building of innovative models and community interventions that will improve the well-being of OVCs and care givers as well as lead efforts geared towards strengthening the capacity of community based organization in partnership with the state and local government, private organizations, OVC-focused implementing partners and the community itself.

Specific Responsibilities

• Provide technical input in the development of an integrated ProACT project work plan in collaboration with the Directors, Advisors and State Teams.
• Take lead in the strategic design of an integrated OVC program that ensures linkages between facility and community level interventions.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive capacity building strategy for care givers, state government and CSO partners to ensure the initiation of quality OVC services in target communities
• Provide technical support and mentoring of OVC desk officers at partner State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development (SMWASD) units to enhance sustainability and ownership of the OVC program.
• Take responsibility for technical monitoring, evaluation and reporting of OVC services within the project PMP framework
• Actively engage the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, NACA, CSOs and other IPs to identify gaps in policy and practice and package evidence to inform changes in OVC policy and practice.
• Generate quarterly and annual technical reports that detail programmatic achievements, innovations and lesson learned.
• Work with ProACT management to document and publish best practices.
• Provide technical oversight for management of the project’s OVC focused small grants programs with assistance from the senior technical advisor and working closely with the field based specialist.
• Design strategy and roll out plan for building and coordinating networks of VC focused community-based service organizations/providers and using these networks to leverage additional resources for championing VC initiatives in focus states.
• Represent MSH at national and technical working groups meetings hosted by the USG, NACA, and FMoH on matters of OVC.

• Spearheading the strategic design and implementation of VC services including community services provided under the ProACT project in USA
• Member of the Project Management Team that is responsible for overall project performance
• ACCOUNTABILITY:
• Supervision: Works independently and reports to the Senior Technical Advisor Care and Support.
• Decision Making: Working within project strategy and policy guidelines, makes decisions with regards to work responsibilities and is accountable for them.
• Responsibility over data or information: Has access to information within project, and is responsible for program data generation and management.
• Responsibility over assets: Responsibility for assigned assets in the program.
• Responsibility over Staff: Overall responsibility for staff reporting to this position.

• Master level or higher training in public health, Social Work, demography, social or behavior science
• Minimum of 5 years senior level program experience with HIV/AIDS programs supported by bilateral agencies such as USAID, particularly those related to community HIV interventions, prevention with positives (PHDP), orphans and vulnerable children.
• At least 5 years experience facilitating community programs on health or social development.
• Comprehensive understanding of community-based HIV care and support initiatives, including program design, implementation and evaluation.
• Demonstrable experience on participatory rural training methodologies and excellent facilitating skills.
• Strong working competency in computer applications to carry out management and statistical analysis required.
• Grants management experience an added advantage.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and fluency in English.