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When is a piece of art not a piece of art? Does an image have to be committed to canvas before it is beautiful or meaningful? Need an artist be professionally trained, or can a hoodlum with a stocking on his head create something worthwhile? For years, the world of street-art has existed all around us; disenfranchised individuals taking to the cities, using spray cans, stencils, stickers – whatever they could – as a means to express themselves wherever they could. But the question still exists: are they creating art? Exit Through The Gift Shop is the documentary with the opportunity to answer that question, as well as to showcase some of the most talented individuals in an industry flourishing just outside the law. Like the very best pieces of street-art, the film is spectacularly original, ironically funny, defiantly independent and effortlessly cool, and the fact that the whole thing might be nothing more than an elaborate prank by the world’s most renowned street-art not only makes the movie that much more interesting, but also reflects better than anything the elusive and rebellious art form that it supposedly documents.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation AHF is a legally registered NGO operating in USA, AHF USA collaborates with the Federal Governments of USA and other partner institution, to provide technical assistance to these key stakeholders to deliver quality and comprehensive HIV/Aids treatment, care and support, HIV
counselling and testing, prevention, Nutrition and Psychosocial services to people living with HIV, Aids.

Job Title: Nurse Clinician 6 positions

Location
Anambra, Benue, Cross River

Job Field
Medical, Health, Safety

Job Summary
The ART nurse assists the clinician in ensuring smooth implementation of the ART service delivery within the facility.
He/She will directly supervise the community HIV prevention programs.
This position is crucial to the achievement of AHF USA's programmatic targets and objectives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• In close collaboration with the facility medical officer, ensure the provision of quality, evidence based care in HCT Prevention,ART, PMTCT, arid TB services.
• Provides skilled nursing procedures i.e dressing changes.
• Administers medication as ordered within the scope of practice of the licensee.
• Performs phlebotomy and initiates intravenous infusions as ordered.
• Attends and participates in team conferences as requested.
• May act as team leader to assist with the provision and supervision to patient care.
• Charts notes and medication administration according to protocol.
• Provides patent and family education.
• Exercises appropriate judgment and decision making skills.
• Ensures the maintenance of patient confidentiality.
• Reports significant changes in the patients physical status to the RN and/or to the medical provider.
• Establish effective linkages and referral of patients within and outside the facility.
• Ensures that all disseminated protocols are strictly adhered to by site staff.
• Ensure accurate and timely documentation of all services provided.
• Implement operational research protocols to answer important questions within AHF's treatment and prevention programs.
• Any other duty designated by the supervisor.
• Education and Experience
• University graduate in Nursing or its equivalent.
• At least one year post NYSC experience in HIV program management.
• Knowledge of minimum prevention package for USA is highly essential.
• Must be highly organized, committed and capable of effective multitasking
• Proficiency in computer an added advantage.

Inter Continental Lagos comprises of 358 well-appointed, elegantly decorated rooms and suites as well as a Club Inter Continental floor. Guests will have access to an all-day dining restaurant, two specialty restaurants, room service and the pool bar for lighter meal choices and snacks. The lobby lounge and cocktail bar will be the perfect setting for casual meetings over coffee or drinks.

Job Title: Executive Pastry Chef

Location
Lagos

Job Field
Catering, Confectionery, Hospitality, Hotel, Restaurant

Job Role
As Executive Pastry Chef, you will Supervise the day-to-day activities of the Pastry Kitchen, communicate objectives, and assign, schedule work. Develop, test and cost our new recipes and menu items for the Pastry Shop, Bakery. You will oversee and participate in the preparation of, and check and approve, all food items prepared in the pastry shop and bakery. Regularly inspection of the quality and quantity of pastry, croissants, breads and other bakery goods for the buffets and for all outside orders.
In return we'll give you a competitive financial and benefits package which can include uniform and free meals on duty. Hotel discounts worldwide are available as well as access to a wide variety of discount schemes and the chance to work with a great team of people. Most importantly, we'll give you the room to be yourself.

Qualifications Required

• 2 years experience as Pastry Chef
• English Speaking fluent
• Proven culinary education
• Proven tracking record working in Pastry Kitchen and previous experience as Pastry Chef
• 5 Star Hotel Experience in international branded hotel
• Hands on approach
• Excellent Team player
• Able to work with multicultural environment at the Hotel
• Independent Working
• Self motivated
• Flexible open minded
• Able to work under pressure
• Strong in Training and development
• Strong knowledge and able to train in sugar art work
• Strong knowledge and able to train in Chocolate art work

The Human Resources (HR) Unit is mandated to focus on strategic issues such as, capacity development, career repositioning and mentoring of staff. The HR unit handles recruitment, selections, placements, staff career development and performance management. Addittionaly, the Unit is responsible for staff learning, training and development. The unit supports other UN agencies (UNIFEM, UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNITAR, UNDSS, UNIC, UNIDO, UNODC, UNIDO, UNCTAD, IFAD, UNEP, UNOV and UN HABITAT) in managing their HR issues.

JOB DESCRIPTION; NATIONAL PROGRAMME OFFICER
Job Type; Full Time

Qualification; BA/BSc/HND MBA/MSc/MA

Experience; 4 - 5 years

Location; Abuja

Job Field; Administration / Secretarial NGO/Non-Profit

Background
The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS in USA is currently operating in a rapidly changing environment, with numbers of HIV/AIDS cases ranking number two globally. The epidemic has in several states moved from the high risk groups to the general population. The country’s hope for effectively mounting and coordinating a mass national response is largely hinged on the SACAs. A new paradigm is being formed taking into account global experiences for local action. Several multilateral and bilateral donors support the national programme.
The Country’s HIV/AIDS pandemic is widely hypothesized to be both a cause and consequence of this humanitarian crisis, with a particularly disastrous impact on people living with HIV/AIDS.
Within this context, the exceeding challenging nature of tasks and demands facing UNAIDS in USA becomes apparent. PCB has encouraged strengthened support for country level (joint) governmental, multilateral, bilateral and nonpublic scaled up response to HIV/AIDS to meet the challenges faced. UNAIDS in USA has thus proposed a management structure to suffice this demand.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the guidance and supervision of the UNAIDS Country Director, the National Programme Officer will:

Facilitate and promote collaboration on the National HIV/AIDS Programme through liaising with SACA and other government institutions/departments. Build and strengthen state support teams in collaboration with SACA.
In collaboration with SACA develop national policy and guidelines on HIV/AIDS prevention and care by providing advice and guidance from national and global perspective through concept papers, research methodologies and strategies from best practices.
Promote and develop the overall Joint State Support Strategy. Provide guidance to bolster the development and review of state plans with SACA and other stakeholders.
Build relationships and liaise with Public health experts in the bilateral, multilateral agencies and other government and private institutions on sharing of technical information and cooperation.
Liaise with Project Director and senior staff at SACA and State Ministry of Health & Family Welfare on State strategies.
Guide the development and necessary policies and strategies for further scaling up of eMTCT programme in close collaboration with the State, Local Government and other partners.
Strengthening the State monitoring and evaluation and health information systems and supporting the monitoring and evaluation of the Joint Programme activities within the state.
Act as UNAIDS Hub for the National HIV/AIDS Programme on public health issues on HIV/AIDS.
Strengthening State level ART policies and standards of care and promote involvement of PLWHA in delivery of ART.
Assist and undertake activities as desired by the UCD.

Internal Collaborations
UNAIDS Country Office – Staff at all levels :To discuss assignments and findings, exchange information, promote mutual understanding; to facilitate interaction. Team work
Regional Support Team and UN Team on AIDS and UNAIDS technical resource facility in the region – State at all levels :. To provide support, give and obtain information, coordinate activities and enlist cooperation. Team work

External Collaborations
Multilaterals, bilateral, co-sponsors and other coordination mechanisms, NGOs, stakeholders: To facilitate and promote collaborative efforts and information-sharing, as delegated, to participate in joint projects development and implementation.
State AIDS Programme and government officials: To discuss planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of activities, as related to advocacy and fund raising.

FUNCTIONAL/TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:
Demonstrated knowledge of developmental, political and financial issues linked to HIV in the country of origin.
Knowledge of the UN system organizations and their delivery mechanisms.
Sound understanding of the HIV epidemic and impact.

UNAIDS Values

• Commitment to the AIDS response
• Integrity
• Respect for diversity

• Working in teams
• Communicating with impact
• Applying expertise
• Delivering results
• Driving change and innovation
• Being accountable

• Vision and Strategic thinking
• Leading teams
• Managing performance and resources
• Developing and empowering others
• Exercising sound judgement
• Building relationships and networks

Desirable: Advanced university degree in one of the above fields.

EXPERIENCE:
Essential: A minimum of four to five years’ experience working in the area of HIV/AIDS and strategy / policy development. Demonstrated track records in building, leading and managing high-performance organizations and teams.

Desirable: The incumbents ability to interact with high ranking officials of SACA, sate governor’s office, Ministry of health & family welfare, State AIDS Control societies and other state level organizations, medical and public health institutions. UN Co-sponsors and other key agencies. Experience with international donors, non-governmental development organizations and/or the UN System.

LANGUAGES:

• Essential: Excellent knowledge of English.
• Desirable: Good working knowledge of another UN official language an asset

JOB DESCRIPTION; MATERNAL HEALTH/FAMILY PLANNING (MH/FP) ANALYST- UNFPA
Job Type; Full Time

Qualification; MBA/MSc/MA

Experience; 5 years

Location; Abuja

Job Field; Medical / Health / Safety NGO/Non-Profit

Background
The USA Country Programme is managed through the Country Office in Abuja and the two decentralized offices in Calabar and Kaduna with a Liaison Office in Lagos (LLO). The Lagos Liaison Office is covering Lagos and Ogun states including other projects and satellite activities of the Organization in the South-West geo-political zone. The LLO works with Implementing Partners to support Maternal Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health (includes ASRH), Gender based violence programmes, and data collection and use including in humanitarian context. The LLO plays the coordination role in the zone and performs oversight functions, supporting the Abuja Office in resource mobilization, strategic planning and monitoring and evaluation.
The Organization is strengthening the delivery of supported programmes and its support to its partners in the states where it works to achieve results in an efficient manner. To strengthen this process, and for UNFPA to keep its leadership role in the area of Family Planning, Maternal and Reproductive Health including Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH), at the sub-national levels, the country office is looking for a Programme Analyst –Maternal Health/Family Planning (MH/FP) for its Lagos Liaison Office.
The Program Analyst (MH/FP) position will be based in the Lagos Liaison Office and would report to the Programme Specialist (RH) and Head of the LLO

Job Purpose
The Program Analyst (MH/FP) provides technical support for Family Planning and Maternal Health across the full range of the work of the LLO.

S/he analyses and assesses relevant political, social and economic trends and provides substantive inputs to project formulation, monitoring and evaluation, joint programming initiatives and State development frameworks. The Program Analyst guides and facilitates the delivery of UNFPA’s programmes by supporting the delivery and monitoring of results achieved during implementation.

S/he guides the development of methodologies as well as capacity development in FP/MH to ensure relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability, and impact of the work of UNFPA. S/he works in close collaboration with the Country Office to ensure compliance with technical norms in line with international best practices and the rules and regulations of the United Nations.

S/he supports the States and other Implementing Partners to build capacity in Family Planning and Maternal Health at all levels of the health systems within the states.

Duties and Responsibilities
In collaboration with State Government counterparts, NGOs and other partners, contributes substantively to the formulation and design of the country programme and its component projects in line with State Government priorities and according to UNFPA programme policies and procedures. Ensures quality of Maternal Health and Family Planning programme / project design incorporating lessons learned, newly developed policies and best practices and establishing appropriate execution mechanisms.
Analyzes and interprets the political, social and economic environment relevant to population and development, reproductive health and gender, and identifies opportunities for UNFPA assistance and intervention. Keeps abreast of new policy developments and strategies analyzing policy papers, strategy documents, State plans and development frameworks, and prepares briefs and inputs for policy dialogue, technical assistance coordination, and development frameworks especially in the areas of Maternal health and Family Planning.
Strengthens the implementation and monitoring of Maternal Health and Family Planning programmes by establishing collaborative relationships with executing agencies, experts, State government counterparts and other UN agencies facilitating timely and efficient monitoring of project inputs and addressing training needs of project personnel.
Help create and document knowledge about current and emerging issues and trends in Maternal Health, Family Planning and Reproductive Health Commodity Security by analyzing related programmes, projects, strategies, approaches and ongoing experience for lessons learned, best practices, and shares with management for use in knowledge sharing and planning future strategies.
Assists advocacy and resource mobilization efforts of the Country Office by preparing relevant documentation, i.e. project summaries, conference papers, speeches, donor profiles, and participating in donor meetings and public information events with focus on Maternal Health and Family Planning.
Support the LLO to ensure the scale up of the Family Planning and Maternal Health Programs especially with regards to strengthening systems at the state level for service delivery and demand creation.
Provide technical support in collaboration with staff at the LLO and the Country Office on efforts at the sub-national level to analyze Maternal Health and Family Planning commodity systems to assure availability of family planning commodities and other life-saving maternal commodities and medicines.
Support the strengthening of the health commodity logistics systems in line with priorities defined in the State and national Health Strategy document, and in line with national and international protocols and guidelines including but not limited to the National Reproductive Health Commodity Security Strategic Plan.
In collaboration with other technical staff and government and NGO partners, provide support to national and state initiatives e.g. MSS, Volunteer Obstetrician scheme, Maternal Death Surveillance Scheme etc aimed at improving Maternal Health and Family Planning services to the populace.
Work with other technical colleagues to support advocacy efforts on Maternal Health and Family Planning in collaboration with partners in order to facilitate the adoption of an integrated approach to SRH and holistic quality reproductive health service delivery to targeted beneficiaries.
Actively participate in the development and updating of guidelines, standards, tools, manuals and approaches as required in the field of Maternal Health and Family Planning;
Provide technical and programmatic support for Maternal Health and family planning related research, and identify, document, and disseminate lessons learned and best practices in these program areas.
In conjunction with other technical staff at the LLO, provide support and guidance to Implementing Partners on program planning, implementation and monitoring of activities including state level planning and reviews of AWP activities
Prepare quarterly and annual reports on program implementation and financial status and provide technical support to IPs in the preparation of their Annual Work Plans (AWPs) for all the states and Partners supported by the LLO
Provide partners with the technical backstopping, assistance and advice on the strategic direction for strengthening the delivery, access to and quality of maternal health and family planning services.
Provide technical updates, training and mentoring for partners in relevant clinical and technical areas related to family planning and maternal health
Conduct regular technical supportive supervisory and monitoring visits to project sites and locations of IPs in collaboration with other UNFPA staff and Partners to improve the quality of programming and service delivery.
Perform any other duties and responsibilities assigned by the UNFPA Country Representative, Deputy Representative or the Head of Sub Office.

Work Relations
Within the LLO, the Program Analyst – MH/FP supports the Head of the LLO to facilitate the work of consultants and experts hired to support the work of the Office, establish and maintains collaborative relationships with counterparts in government, multi-lateral and bilateral donor agencies including the civil society to address emerging issues. S/he would effectively influence counterparts from diverse backgrounds to jointly contribute to achieving UNFPA’s mandate. The Program Analyst is a substantive contributor to the programme team in the Office.
Internal contacts include the Representative, Deputy Representative, Assistant Representatives, the Country Office programme/ technical team while external contacts would include other UN agencies in-country, and counterparts and partners in country programme activities, including international and national NGOs and the Academia, amongst others.

Required Competencies:

Core competences:

• Commitment to UNFPA's Values and Guiding Principles;
• Developing People/Fostering Innovation and Empowerment/Performance Management;
• Team Work/Communication/Self-Management
• Strategic Thinking/Results Orientation and Commitment to Excellence/Decision Making;
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Learning

• Results-based programme development and management
• Innovation and marketing of new approaches
• Leveraging the resources of partners/ building strategic alliances and partnerships
• Advocacy/ advancing a policy oriented agenda
• Resource mobilization

• Have an Advanced University degree in Public Health, Reproductive Health, OBGNY, Community Medicine, Program Management or other related subject; Specific qualification in Midwifery and Family Planning is an added advantage
• Have a minimum 5 years of experience working in Maternal Health and Family Planning programmes in USA is required
• Be familiar with national and sub-national initiatives to scale up and improve maternal health and family planning programs is required
• Have demonstrated experience in strategic programme management with strong technical knowledge of maternal health, family planning, and reproductive health in general
• Have proficiency in current Microsoft Office software applications and databases for health logistics management is desired,
• Have experience working with Government, International NGOs and the Civil Society in the area of maternal health and family planning would be an added advantage
• Have excellent organizational skills coupled with an ability to reach consensus; Leverage to work with government officials and ability to maintain neutrality and impartiality among all stakeholders.

JOB DESCRIPTION; MONITORING AND EVALUATION ANALYST
Job Type; Full Time

Qualification; MBA/MSc/MA

Experience; 3 years

Location; Abuja

Job Field; NGO/Non-Profit

Background
The USA Country Programme is monitored through the Country Office in Abuja and the two decentralized offices in Cross River and Kaduna with a Liaison Office in Lagos (LLO). The Lagos Liaison Office is covering Lagos and Ogun state including other projects and satellite activities of the Organization in the South-West geo-political zone. The LLO works with Implementing Partners to support Maternal Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health (includes ASRH), Gender based violence programmes, and data collection and use in humanitarian context. The LLO plays the coordination role in the zone including oversight functions and supports the Abuja Office in resource mobilization, strategic planning and monitoring and evaluation.

The Organization is improving its focus on result based management and quality delivery of programme results. To strengthen this process and for UNFPA to keep its leadership role in the area of reproductive health and youth issues and data management and use at the sub-national levels, the country office is looking for a Programme Analyst, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for its Lagos Liaison Office.

The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) position will be based in the Lagos Liaison Office and would report to the Programme Specialist/Head of the LLO with technical oversight by the National Programme Specialist, Monitoring and Evaluation based in the Country Office, Abuja.

Job Purpose
The M&E Analyst provides overall technical support for monitoring and evaluation and data management across the full range of the work of the LLO.

She/he analyses and assesses relevant political, social and economic trends and provides substantive inputs to project formulation, monitoring and evaluation, joint programming initiatives and State development frameworks. The NPPP guides and facilitates the delivery of UNFPA’s programmes by monitoring results achieved during implementation.

She/he guides the development of methodologies as well as capacity development in monitoring and evaluation principles and practices to ensure relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability, and impact of the work of the UNFPA. S/he works in close collaboration with the Country Office to ensure compliance with technical norms in line with international best practices and the rules and regulations of the United Nations.

She/he supports States to build capacity in data generation and use.

Duties and Responsibilities
In collaboration with State Government counterparts, NGOs and other partners, contributes substantively to the formulation and design of the country programme and its component projects in line with State Government priorities and according to UNFPA programme policies and procedures. Ensures quality of programme / project design incorporating lessons learned, newly developed policies and best practices and establishing appropriate execution and monitoring mechanisms and systems.
Analyzes and interprets the political, social and economic environment relevant to population and development, reproductive health and gender, and identifies opportunities for UNFPA assistance and intervention. Keeps abreast of new policy developments and strategies analyzing policy papers, strategy documents, State plans and development frameworks, and prepares briefs and inputs for policy dialogue, technical assistance coordination, and development frameworks.
Expedites project monitoring by establishing collaborative relationships with executing agencies, experts, State government counterparts and other UN agencies facilitating timely and efficient monitoring of project inputs and addressing training needs of project personnel.
Helps create and document knowledge about current and emerging population development trends, RH and gender issues, by analyzing programme, projects, strategies, approaches and ongoing experience for lessons learned, best practices, and shares with management for use in knowledge sharing and planning future strategies.
Assists advocacy and resource mobilization efforts of the Country Office by preparing relevant documentation, i.e. project summaries, conference papers, speeches, donor profiles, and participating in donor meetings and public information events.
Assume the direct responsibility for overseeing the Monitoring and Evaluation functions of the LLO.
In conjunction with other technical staff at the LLO, provide support and guidance to on program planning, monitoring and evaluation activities including state level planning and reviews of AWP activities.
Prepare consolidated quarterly and annual reports on program implementation and financial status and provide technical support in the preparation of the Annual Work Plans (AWPs) for all the states supported by the LLO.
Document lessons learned from program design and implementation at the LLO with a view to contributing to relevant bulletins for the Country Office
Monitor the development of Action Plans and the implementation of the recommendations of missions and field visits by the LLO including missions or similar visits to the LLO by the Abuja Office or other higher UNFPA Offices
Assess training needs relevant to monitoring, evaluation and management information systems and provide, if required, training to LLO and IP staff.
Operationalize the Country Office arrangements for collecting, analyzing and reporting programme data to ensure the availability of data to measure indicators for evidence based programming at the LLO.
Work with the Country Office M&E team in the process of updating and adjusting (whenever relevant) the CO Results Framework and the Monitoring and Evaluation Calendar in conjunction with other technical staff and relevant partners.
Follow-up on the operationalization of evaluation recommendations as it pertains to the LLO and work with other staff to ensure that the recommendations are used to improve programming and decision making.
Work with other technical staff to develop the Program mid and end of year report for the LLO with a view to contributing to the Country Office wide mid-year and annual reports
Provide technical and multi-sectoral support to the LLO in M&E and support all data related issues in the humanitarian program of the Office as the need arises
Work with the state HMIS Officers in the states ministries of health to ensure routine NHMIS data transmission from the PHC through the LGAs to the national level using information technology packages as necessary
Support the State HMIS officers and the LGA M&E Officers to coordinate the periodic LGA M&E meetings to strengthen the data management and use processes at these levels.
S/He would perform any other additional tasks assigned by the UNFPA Representative

Work Relations
Within the LLO, the M&E Analyst supports the Head of the LLO to facilitate the work of consultants, and experts hired to support the Office, establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with counterparts in government, multi-lateral and bilateral donor agencies including the civil society to address emerging issues. S/he would effectively influence counterparts from diverse backgrounds to jointly contribute to achieving UNFPA’s mandate. The M & E Analyst is a substantive contributor to the programme team in the Office.
Internal contacts include the Representative, Deputy Representative, Assistant Representatives, and M&E Specialist in the Abuja Office, the Decentralized Offices in Kaduna and Cross River, and other CO’s programme and finance team members. External contacts include other UN agencies in-country, and counterparts and partners in Country programme activities, including international NGOs, the Academia, amongst other
Core competences:
Commitment to UNFPA's Values and Guiding Principles;

• Developing People/Fostering Innovation and Empowerment/Performance Management;
• Team Work/Communication/Self-Management
• Strategic Thinking/Results Orientation and Commitment to Excellence/Decision Making;
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Learning

• Results-based programme development and management approaches.
• Innovation and marketing of new
• Leveraging the resources of partners/ building strategic alliances and partnerships
• Advocacy/ advancing a policy oriented agenda
• Resource mobilization

• The ideal candidate must be a USA National and should.
• Have a Master’s degree in public health, population, demography and/or other related social science field, with specific training in principles and practice of monitoring and evaluation including in humanitarian settings. A first level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be acceptable in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Have a minimum of three years post graduate professional experience in monitoring and evaluation of Population and Reproductive Health programs.
• Have experience in data collection, management information system, and database management;
• Have experience working with Government and the Civil Society would be an added advantage
• Have working experience in the monitoring and evaluation of programme for development will be an added advantage
• Excellent organizational skills coupled with an ability to reach consensus;
• Leverage to work with government officials and ability to maintain neutrality and impartiality among all stakeholders
• Fluency in spoken and written English Language is required.

Job Tittle; Driver

Job Type; Full Time

Qualification; Secondary School (SSCE)

Experience; 5 years

Location; Abuja

Job Field; Transportation and Driving

Job Description
The USA Country Programme is managed through the Country Office in Abuja and the two decentralized offices in Calabar and Kaduna with a Liaison Office in Lagos (LLO). The Lagos Liaison Office is covering Lagos and Ogun states including other projects and satellite activities of the Organization in the South-West geo-political zone. The LLO works with Implementing Partners to support Maternal Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health (includes ASRH), Gender based violence programmes, and data collection and use including in humanitarian context. The LLO plays the coordination role in the zone and performs oversight functions, supporting the Abuja Office in resource mobilization, strategic planning and monitoring and evaluation.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Drives office vehicles for the transportation of authorized personnel;
• Delivery and collection of mail, documents and other items;
• Meets official personnel at the airport and facilitates immigration and customs formalities as required;
• Responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the assigned vehicle, checks oil, water, battery, brakes, tyres etc; performs minor repairs and arranges for other repairs and ensures that the vehicle is kept clean, keeping well the maintenance related records;
• Ensures vehicle related documentation for example licenses and insurance policy are acquired and maintained up to date
• Prepares and maintains vehicle related Logs official trips, daily mileage, gas consumption, oil changes, greasing, etc;
• Ensures that the steps required by rules and regulations are taken in case of involvement in accident
• Reports to the Administrative Associate any fault detected in any of the UNFPA vehicles;
• Photocopies mail and other official documents as may be required in the office or during workshops/seminars;
• Distributes mails as appropriate to all staff within the office and to other parties for example government, NGO offices, UN Agencies, Diplomatic missions, individuals etc involved with UNFPA;
• In collaboration with the Protocol Clerk, facilitates the procurement of visas for staff members, Government officials, traveling abroad for meetings and other official engagements;
• Assists with the official travelers’ reservation, facilitate confirmation of tickets and follow-up on the settlement of air ticket bills.
• Maintain records on travel in order to facilitate efficient

• Ability to perform a variety of repetitive and routine tasks and duties
• Ability to review data, identify and adjust discrepancies
• Ability to handle a large volume of work possibly under time constraints
• Good knowledge of administrative rules and regulations
• Ability to operate and maintain a variety of computerized business machines and office equipment in order to provide efficient delivery of service
• Ability to organize and complete multiple tasks by establishing priorities
• Demonstrates excellent knowledge of driving rules and regulations and skills in minor vehicle repair (for Drivers)
• Demonstrates excellent knowledge of protocol (for Drivers)
• Demonstrates excellent knowledge of security issues (for Drivers)

• Organises and accurately completes multiple tasks by establishing priorities while taking into consideration special assignments, frequent interruptions, deadlines, available resources and multiple reporting relationships.
• Plans, coordinates and organises workload while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing deadlines
• Demonstrates ability to quickly shift from one task to another to meet multiple support needs
• Establishes, builds and maintains effective working relationships with staff and clients to facilitate the provision of support
• Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member.

The ideal candidate should:

• Be a USA national (male or female)
• Have at least completed secondary school education and have a School Leaving Certificate
• Possess valid professional driving license and Trade Test Certificate
• Have the ability to read and write English
• Have a minimum of 5 years professional driving experience with a reputable organization
• Work history of at least 3 years in the UN system or an international organization is desirable.

Click on the Links below to apply
NATIONAL PROGRAMME OFFICER MATERNAL HEALTH/FAMILY PLANNING (MH/FP) ANALYST- UNFPA MONITORING AND EVALUATION ANALYST- UNFPA DRIVER-UNFP

United Nations Considerations
The United Nations shall place no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. (Charter of the United Nations - Chapter 3, article 8). Candidates will be required to meet the requirements of Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter as well as the requirements of the position. The United Nations is committed to the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity for all its human resources, including but not limited to respect for international human rights and humanitarian law. Candidates may be subject to screening against these standards, including but not limited to whether they have committed, or are alleged to have committed criminal offences and/or violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law.

No fee
The United Nations does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, or training). The United Nations does not concern itself with information on applicant's bank accounts

UN is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

Company Description:
Headland Group Ltd is a leading indigenous player in the upstream sector of USA's oil and gas industry.
The corporation powerfully operates in marine transport service involving both onshore and offshore support and deep sea transportation within the USA coastal and inland waterways.
We are guided by strong corporate values, committed to our communities, built by expert people, ruled by sound safety policy, governed by state-of-the-art technology, and accountable to future generations are what help us move forward and build long-term partnerships.

The company strives to maintain a regular channel of communication with the host community to be aware of the community issues on a continuous basis and pre-empt any controversies, while respecting cultural values and keeping a posture of non-interference.
In its Management policy, Hedland USA Ltd on employing workers, realizes the importance of training and technology transfer to local population. Furthermore, preliminary training programmes are offered to newly hired staff, familiarizing them with new equipment and techniques.
At Hedland, we share in the responsibility of seeing to the future. Now that we are a powerfully rooted and experienced company, we are passionate about maintaining our leading position in USA and becoming a key player in the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry within the West US region and all over the US continent.

Job Title
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (Trainee)

RENUMERATION: 115,750 Naira monthly

Job Category
Accounting/Auditing/Finance

Job Location
Lagos

Job Summary
The successful candidate, under the supervision of the Senior Technical Officer (M&E) and Operations Program Manager, and with technical oversight from the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, is responsible for the providing assistance in implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities.
The successful candidate will work with others in the state office and local implementing partners to ensure that state monitoring and evaluation activities are appropriate and meet the donor and project’s M&E needs.

Duties and Responsibilities
Provide support to sites in the state, including interacting with site Program Managers, M&E focal points, M&E officers of SACA/SASCP, other Implementing Agencies and local research groups on needs and ensuring that these parties understand and can support these requirements;
Ensure fleet availability to meet all requests by scheduling, forecasting and surveying current user trends;
• Maintain knowledge and utilize all fleet information and user surveys to forecast new requirements;
• Arrange fleets and fleet operational staff to provide support and schedule Special Event Planning;
• Perform fuel tanker registration, insurance and CHP formalities and documentation regarding induction of new tankers in existing fleet;
• Oversee routine and ad hoc maintenance, obtain tags for new vehicles and renew old ones to ensure schedule fleet management;
• Monitor and ensure fleet operation in compliance with local and state rules and regulations;
• Maintain and monitor data management system to organize fleets as per various schedules and requests;
• Streamline and monitor crude oil purchase systems
• Participate in various workshops and educational programs and maintain knowledge on all industry relevant publications;
• Develop and implement standard operational standards to maintain vehicles by advocating best practices in industry;
• Provide direction to department staff to regulate budget cycle requirements and control budgeting process.
• Conduct routine monitoring visits to project sites, including the conduct of data quality assessments (DQAs) using official tools, assist in the preparation of monthly reports, and provide supportive supervision;
• On a monthly basis, analyze infrastructural-level data and provide approved reports to Sub-Saharan, Asian and European partners or other relevant parties;
• Document lessons learned and best practices in monitoring and evaluation, according to OPEC and Global Market guidelines;
• Represent Hedland Group and makes presentations at professional meetings and conferences related to Monitoring and Evaluation;
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualification, Skills and Competency Requirements
• Minimum of Bsc or HND in Management Sciences(including Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics/Statistics etc);
• Exceptional analytical problem solving skills;
• Attention to details;
• Highly organized and efficient;
• Strong presentation skills;
• Exceptional modelling skill;
• Meticulous attention to detail;
• Self-starter with ability to work under minimal supervision;
• Ability to work under pressures and deadline driven;
• Ability to manage multiple tasks;
• Ability to research and report on various technical issues.
Method of Application:
If you are interested or suitable for this job, you can send your application and a copy of your CV to the following email address; careers@hedlandgroup.com

Application Closing Date
Monday, September 7, 2015

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: Supply Chain Management Systems-SCMS Advisor

Location
Abuja

Job Field
Pharmaceutical

Overall Responsibilities
The objective of the SCMS Advisor position is to provide technical leadership that will ensure the reliable availability of diagnostics, ARVs, and drugs for HIV treatment, care and support as well as other consumables at designated health facilities in each focus state supported by the USAID funded ProACT project, in close coordination with the field based supply chain management systems SCMS specialists.

Specific Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance TA to field based specialists to streamline the process for requesting for HIV/AIDS medical supplies by the partner health facilities and order the same from state medical stores.
• Provide TA to the field based SCMS specialists to ensure efficient and effective inventory management systems at designated partner health facilities
• Coach and mentor a team of field based SCMS specialists working to strengthen the SCMS capacity of state government partners and partner health facilities in each focus state
• Ensure the adaptation of tools for the coaching and mentoring of relevant health facility staff (pharmacists, laboratory scientists on forecasting, inventory management and reporting.
• Institute a system to ensure accountability of the commodities issued to the health facilities by ensuring that the field based specialists carry out stock verification and reconciliation of records where necessary
• Working closely with the field based specialists, provide TA to the state logistics technical working group TWG to ensure the implementation of a harmonized logistic management system and framework
• Provide TA to the state government and partner health facilities to ensure the efficient collection and safe disposal of expiries across the supported sites in the state, in line with national and USG waste drive policy.
• Liaise with the SCMS program to ensure constant supply and availability of HIV drugs, reagents and other centrally procured HIV commodities at the supported facilities.
• Liaise and network with relevant ProACT partners and collaborators to improve MSH’s visibility, coordination of activities and promotion of shared advocacy agenda for SCMS in USA.
• Take responsibility for monitoring, evaluation and reporting of supply chain management activities implemented under the ProACT project and within the project PMP framework
• Provide clear documentation of programmatic achievements and keep MSH ProACT senior management team informed on monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
• Participate at USG or national SCMS technical working group (TWG) meetings hosted by NACA or HIV/AIDS Division of Federal Ministry of health.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor
• Management responsibility
• Spearheading the strategic design and implementation of all SCMS activities implemented under the ProACT project in USA
• Member of the Project Management Team that is responsible for overall project implementation and performance

• Supervision: Works independently and reports to the Deputy Project Director.
• 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: Provides technical supervision and support to the state based SCMS Specialists.

• The SCMS Advisor will be a highly skilled pharmacist with a minimum of 4 years senior level program experience with HIV/AIDS programs supported by bilateral agencies such as USAID/CDC, particularly those related to supply chain management.
• Must be registered with the relevant professional body-Pharmacy Council of USA PCN.
• Have an excellent grasp of SCMS issues and current literature on SCMS in a developing country context.
• Have an excellent understanding of comprehensive ART programming, including program design, implementation and evaluation.
• Strong working competency in computer applications to carry out management and statistical analysis as maybe required.
• Ability to work independently with strong problem-solving skills and ability to foresee problems and initiate appropriate action;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and fluency in English.

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender, youth, research and technology — creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves
more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories. We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of:

Job Tittle; Finance & Administrative Assistant

Job Type; Full Time

Location; Rivers

Description:
The Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS) project is a five-year PEPFAR program to provide high quality HIV/AIDS services, and to build the capacity of the public and private sectors in USA in order to provide these services in a sustainable manner. The SIDHAS project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Job Summary / Responsibilities:
Basic Role:

• Under the direction of the SFAO, the Finance and Administrative Assistant will be responsible for the provision of accounting, administrative, and logistical support services to the state office.
• Duties and responsibilities;
• Prepare monthly financial report forms which accompany executed sub project documents.
• Prepare monthly reporting/ budgets data entry into excel spreadsheets and automated MIS reports and disseminate information to country office
• Assists the SFAO in arranging travel logistics for state office staff, consultants and training participants including hotel reservations and where required, arranging airport and hotel pick-ups.
• Handles all photocopying assignments, development and printing of photographs including reproduction of recorded videotapes for the zonal office.
• Assist the SFAO in the provision of logistic support for workshops and training.
• Assists the SFAO in the maintenance of an efficient records/storage of all office supplies.
• Serves as point of contact for logistical and administrative needs in the office.
• Coordinates all administrative and secretarial support services for the state office (as relevant).
• Records minutes of staff meetings and circulates same amongst the staff of the state.
• Assists with production of presentation materials for staff members.
• Act as a receptionist: answers the telephones in an appropriate, clear and friendly manner, takes and relays messages or forwards calls, greets and directs office visitors, receives/sends correspondence, keeps fax log and any correspondence.
• Perform office equipment tasks such as making needed arrangement for services for telephone and e-mail, obtaining quotations for required services, arranging for repairs of office equipment.
• Performs any other duties as assigned.

• University degree in Accounting, Finance or Business administration
• Minimum of 1-3 years experience in accounting related to NGOs and community level programs, with increasing responsibility.
• Experience with administrative and secretarial skills
• Sound accounting skills
• Experience with large complex organization is required, familiarity with international NGOs preferred

Job Type; Full Time

Qualification; BA/BSc/HND

Experience; 1 year

Location; Abuja

Job Field; Administration / Secretarial Human Resources / HR

Description:
The Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS) project is a five-year PEPFAR program to provide high quality HIV/AIDS services, and to build the capacity of the public and private sectors in USA in order to provide these services in a sustainable manner. The SIDHAS project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Job Summary / Responsibilities:
BASIC FUNCTION:
Under the supervision of the Snr HRO, provide operational support to implement an effective functional Human Resources (HR) processes for the SIDHAS project in team functional areas, including recruitment, employee relations, benefits administration, compensation, HRIS, and training

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• File all documents appropriately into personnel files and subject files daily
• Assist in the scheduling of interviews.
• Print and package new hire orientation manuals.
• Print and package employee policy manuals.
• Maintain the position open files.
• Do reference letters to referees and collate reports for candidate’s personnel files.
• Pass I D card forms completed by new hires to Vendors for identification cards and to I T for email addresses
• Assist in preparing staff introductory letters
• Assist in filing and tracking of purchase requisitions, travel documents.
• Invite selected candidates for interviews and ensure proper documentation during interviews.
• Follow up with processing of accommodation, per diem and transportation advances with finance.
• Set-up and coordinate meetings; prepare meeting minutes
• Prepare budget for interviews and new hire orientation
• Perform other duties as they are identified and assigned by the HR team.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources Management, Business/Public Administration or related field with at least 1 -3 years experience in the areas outlined. Must be Computer literate and able to use Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Must have a good interpersonal relationship and able to use internet and emails.
• Experience with large complex organization is required, familiarity with international NGOs preferred

Job Type; Full Time

Qualification; BA/BSc/HND MBA/MSc/MA PhD/Fellowship

Experience; 1 year

Location; Cross River

Job Field; Medical / Health / Safety

Description:
The Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS) project is a five-year PEPFAR program to provide high quality HIV/AIDS services, and to build the capacity of the public and private sectors in USA in order to provide these services in a sustainable manner. The SIDHAS project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Job Summary / Responsibilities:
Basic Function:
With the Senior Technical Officer, the State Technical Officer (Clinical Services) will provide technical and programmatic support to implement high quality care and support activities with primary focus on clinical management of HIV/AIDS, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health/Family Planning (RH/FP), TB and integrated medical services at the state level.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Provide day to day technical and programmatic support related to Clinical Management of HIV/ AIDS, PMTCT, TB, RH/FP and integrated medical services at the facility level guided by strategies and approaches related to the implementation programs.
• With the Senior State Technical Officer, coordinate the implementation of components related to clinical management of HIV/AIDS, prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT), RH/FP, TB and integrated medical services at the facility level.
• Provide technical assistance in HIV/AIDS clinical management capacity building, PMTCT, RH/FP, TB and integrated medical services at the facility level.
• Contribute to the development of lessons learned from programs and projects related to clinical management of HIV/AIDS, PMTCT, RH/FP, TB and integrated medical services and apply these lessons to modify existing programs and improve the design of new programs.
• Assist in strengthening a system of reporting on program progress against stated objectives and monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
• Contribute to the development of program strategies, subproject documents, work plans and budgets.
• Assist in the provision of programmatic assistance to local partners in programming HIV/AIDS/STI/TB, RH/FP and integrated medical services activities.
• Remain informed on current programs in the field of Clinical Management of HIV/AIDS and related developments by reviewing current literature and staying alert to any implication of such experience and research to the project implementation especially the Clinical Management of HIV/AIDS, PMTCT, TB and integrated medical services at the facility level.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Qualifications:
• MB.BS/MD/PHD or similar degree with 1 to 3 years relevant experience in clinical care with a sound understanding of HIV/AIDS with provision of PMTCT and anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in resource constrained settings.
• Possession of an MPH or post graduate degree in a related field is required.
• Familiarity with USA public sector health systems and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.

Job Type; Full Time

Qualification; BA/BSc/HND MBA/MSc/MA PhD/Fellowship

Location; Nassarawa

Job Field; Medical / Health / Safety

Description:
Malaria Action Program for States (MAPS) is one of the projects under FHI 360. MAPS focuses on supporting the development of infrastructure, resources, systems, and the technical and management capacities necessary for effective malaria control. The project is implemented by three partners and FHI 360 is the lead implementing partner. MAPS project is a five year project which took effect from October 1, 2010; the project recently secured a one year no-cost extension and would be rounding up by September 30, 2016

Job Summary / Responsibilities:

• Stimulate the demand for data from various health department and support development of a credible system of access to data from the DPRS to other department within the SMOH
• Institute regular data analysis, presentation to stakeholders and feedback to the states.
• Periodically provide concrete evidence that can be used for decision making.
• Build capacity of SMOH to perform these functions after the TA tenure ship.
• The Technical Assistant will work full time at the SMOH/DPRS, reports to the Director in the DPRS while receiving support from the MAPS office (State Coordinator & M&E Advisor).
• Supports collection, process and disseminate relevant and necessary information required both for state health planning and for monitoring the utilization of resources in accordance with state priorities, objectives and health indicators.
• Reviews existing database of data and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Ensures timely forwarding/sharing of data to relevant agencies, departments and programs operating at the State level; and quality of data improved where applicable.
• Supports the utilization of specific disease control data by collaborating with M&E of disease control programs.
• Regularly support analysis of state data to provide trend of indicators used for monitoring of service data.
• Supports regular conduct of data quality audit in the state
• Any other duty assigned

• 1st degree in Medicine or other relevant fields with Masters in Public Health. A PhD experience in Public Health, Mathematics, Statistics, or related fields will be an added advantage;
• At least 5 years’ experience in assessment design & implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of donor funded programs;
• Proficiency in Excel, Word and database management especially DHIS;
• Demonstrable experience with statistical software packages (Stata, SPSS, Epi Info)
• Familiarity with USAID policies
• Familiarity with USA public sector health systems and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.

At MSR and Bing, when we do machine learning on smaller datasets (say anything below 100GB) we often use relational databases and SQL. Throw in a little bit of Excel and R and you’ve got yourself a very powerful platform for exploratory data analysis.

After the exploratory phase, we often build statistical models (adPredictor, TrueSkill, Matchbox, …) to discover more complex structures in the data. Infer.Net helps us prototype these graphical models, but unfortunately it forces you to work in a mode where you first create a binary that performs inference, suck out all data to your machine, run inference locally and then write all inference results back to the DB. My local machine is way slower than the machines which run our DB or our local compute cluster so ideally I’d like to have a platform which computes “close” to the data.

The Probabilistic Query Language (or PQL) is a language/tool which I designed two years ago, during an internship with Ralf Herbrich and Thore Graepel, where we had the following goals in mind:

• Allow for rapid prototyping of graphical models in a relational environment
• The focus should be on specifying models, not algorithms
• It should enable large scale execution and bring the computation to the data, rather than the data to the computation

Using SQL Server, DryadLinq (Map-Reduce for.NET) and Infer.Net I built a prototype of PQL and tested it on some frequently used models at Microsoft. In this post I want to introduce the PQL language and give a few examples of graphical models in PQL.

Let’s start with a very simple example where we have a DB with a table containing people’s info and a table with records describing doctor visits for those people. Assume the following relational schema

We assume that people have an unknown weight and when they go to the doctor, she measures this weight. Depending on the time of day (after a heavy lunch), this estimate could be off a bit. A statistical model to capture these assumption is to introduce a random variable for the weight for each person in the People table, put a prior on this variable and connect it with the observations in the DrVisits table. So how do we write such a model in PQL?

PQL is very much like SQL but with two extra keywords: AUGMENT and FACTOR. AUGMENT allows us to add random variables to the DB schema. In the example above we would write

People = AUGMENT DB.People ADD weight FLOAT

This essentially defines a “plate” in graphical model speak: for each row in the People table, a random variable over the real numbers called weight is defined.

The FACTOR keyword in PQL allows to introduce factors between random variables as well as any other variables in the DB schema. FACTOR follows the relational SQL syntax to specify exactly how to connect variables. To specify a normal prior on the weight variable we could write

FACTOR Normal(p.weight | 75.0,25.0) FROM People p

This introduces a normal factor for each row in the People table (the FROM People p part). The final component of our program connects the random variable with observations. In this case, we use the familiar SQL JOIN syntax to specify how to connect rows from the People table to the rows in the DrVisits table. In PQL we write

FACTOR Normal(v.weight | p.weight, 1.0)
FROM People p
JOIN DrVisit v ON p.id = v.personid

Except for the first line this is exactly SQL; instead of doing a query, the FACTOR statement describes the “probabilistic augmentation” of the DB schema”.

For the example above, this is it, the PQL program contains five lines of code and can be sent to the DB. It will run inference by performing EP or variational Bayesian inference. The inference itself can be run either within the database (this was implemented by Tina Palla who was an intern with us) or on the DryadLinq cluster.

Another example of PQL is the program to describe the TrueSkill ranking system. In this example we assume two-player games stored using a table of players (called Players) and a table of game outcomes (called PlayerGames). Each game played generates two rows in the PlayerGames table: one for the winner and the loser (with a score) column specifying who is the winner and who is the loser. The PQL program for TrueSkill is written below

FACTOR Normal(p.skill | 25.0, 20.0) FROM Players p;

FACTOR Normal(pg.performance | p.skill, 0.1)
FROM PlayerGames pg
JOIN Players p ON pg.player_id = p.player_id;

FACTOR IsGreater(pgb.performance, pga.performance)
FROM PlayerGames pga
JOIN PlayerGames pgb ON pga.game_id = pgb.game_id
WHERE pga.player_id < pgb.player_id AND pga.score = 0;

FACTOR IsGreater(pga.performance, pgb.performance)
FROM PlayerGames pga
JOIN PlayerGames pgb ON pga.game_id = pgb.game_id
WHERE pga.player_id < pgb.player_id AND pga.score = 2;

There are a lot of features in PQL I haven’t covered in this blog post (like using random variables in a WHERE clause to create mixture models) but I wanted to give you a flavour of what we’ve been working on so far.

While working on PQL I learned a lot about the state of the art in probabilistic databases and statistical relational learning. I think compared to this academic work, PQL does not add many theoretical contributions; our goal is to design a tool which takes statistical relational learning out of the laboratory into the hands of data mining practicioners.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation AHF is a legally registered NGO operating in USA, AHF USA collaborates with the Federal Governments of USA and other partner institution, to provide technical assistance to these key stakeholders to deliver quality and comprehensive HIV/Aids treatment, care and support, HIV
counselling and testing, prevention, Nutrition and Psychosocial services to people living with HIV, Aids.

Job Title: Quality Service Manager

Location
Abuja

Job Field
Medical, Health, Safety

Job Details
The Quality Services Manager directly oversees at medical activities across at AHF USA supported facilities, covering all comprehensive sites, and see to the expansion of services in USA.
Ensuring delivery of high quality standard of care for at patients through training, staff mentor ship, supervision and adherence to SOPs.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• As a Manager, he or she oversees AHF medical operations n N/gene and supports the Country Program Manager to efficiently and effectively deliver quality clinical services in the country.
• Provides technical support to the Treatment program and work with the Prevention lead to ensures linkage to treatment and care program through well established processes of patient linkages and service integration
• Attends key technical partners meetings and provide.s feedback to management.
• Leads the development of work plans for all sites
• He/she participates in staff need assessment, interviewing, and eduction of new hired staff.
• He/she participates in setting performance targets and staff appraisal. disciplining and addressing complaints of employees under his or her supervision
• Supports the operations of the programs in the country to ensure efficient service delivery in each site/program area.

• Ensures standard quality of clinical services is delivered at all AHF supported sites.
• He/She will lead quality assurance initiatives in the country program.
• Provides periodic comprehensive support supervision reports, adhering to the tools provided by AHF
• Promotes the implementation of standard operating procedures for all activities relating to good clinical practice and ensures functional Qi teams are in existence at site levels
• Supervises and implements quality management activities and quality benchmarks monitoring, facilitation of quality assurance and quality improvement sessions. Strengthens and ensures TB/HIV, PMTCT, ART and other integrated services are delivered in an integrated service delivery model.
• Ensures effective patient flow in all sites, especially those with high volume of patients and coordinate periodic operations research to monitor performance and assure improved quality.
• Identifies early warning resistance indicators and intervention strategies
• Remains updated on current trends and standards in clinical management of HI V/AIDS and related illnesses
• Participates in the elaboration/monitoring of annual targets and ensure that they are achieved in all regional sites
• Is the point person for management of difficult cases.

• Provides direct supervision and mentor ship to doctors, nurses laboratory scientists, pharmacy technician working in the different facilities in the country to ensure continuous growth and learning
• Ensures timely compilation and submission of monthly drug inventory reports in coordination with the Program Pharmacist
• Works with the program pharmacist to ensure that pharmacy operations are in accordance with good pharmacy practices
• Identifies and promotes operational research at country level and builds capacity among the staff in case presentations and elaboration of scientific papers

• Must be a Medical Doctor from a recognizable institution.
• Additional qualification in Health systems management, public health or family medicine will be an added advantage
• Minimum of Five years medical, health service experience preferred with a sound knowledge of basic medical disciplines to allow for accurate diagnosis and appropriate management of clinical problems.
• Three years or more of recent experience with HIV/AIDS treatment: two years minimum of administration and program management experience with knowledge of clinical protocols and procedures in the management of HIV related diseases.
• Experience in planning and budgeting required
• Experience in quality management and assurance practices desired
• Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Research applications e.g SPSS, Epi-nfo etc

Kirby Building Systems is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of pre-engineered steel buildings and structures, offering customers a wide range of customized, cost-effective pre-engineered steel solutions.
With manufacturing plants in Kuwait, UAE, India and Vietnam, our production capacity exceeds 400,000 MT, allowing our state-of-the-art facilities to produce hundreds of custom-made steel buildings every year.
We offer a wide range of steel solutions tailored to our customers’ specific needs including pre-engineering steel buildings, storage solutions/industrial racking systems, and broad array of structural steel products that cover applications in major market segments including oil and gas, heavy industry, infrastructure, high-rise buildings, warehouse, factories and leisure structures.
Our commitment to excellence provides unmatched product quality, coupled with speed, safety and superior sales services.
Job Tittle; Sales Support Engineer

Job Type; Full Time

Qualification; BA/BSc/HND

Experience; 2 - 3 years

Location; Lagos

Job Field; Engineering / Technical Sales / Marketing

Job description
Sales Support Engineer assist the sales team in Promoting and Selling Kirby products to new / repeated customers.
• Receive customers inquiry for bidding, study it, prepare QRF& sketches and communicate with engineering / estimation department to get it priced
• Prepare the offer and follow up technical issues with customers
• Communicate with Kirby management ( Sending DAF / E-mails) after consulting his ASM to get further discount on selling price -if needed- and any special approval on delivery / payment terms / any other non standard terms.
• Prepare all entry documents for the new orders, review with ASM and send to PMG/Credit
• Follow up with PMG / Credit Engineering / and all other departments -if needed- to ensure releasing the job for production and shipment after getting necessary approvals from Kirby’s customer.
• Provide after sales services to Kirby customers until the buildings are completely erected.

Desired Skills and Experience
• Bachelor in Engineering
• 2-3 years experience in Engineering applications (Design / Construction).
• Additional experience in Design of PEB is mandatory

Method of Application
To apply for this position, click here

The Institute of Human Virology IHVN is a leading and reputable indigenous non-governmental organization implementing a
comprehensive family-focused HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment program in partnership with the different tiers of the Government of USA at national, state, local and site levels. To ensure continued improvement in the quality of services we provide to our clients, we are conducting a research to assess the uptake of ART to TBHIV co-infected patients in FCT. We therefore require the services of resourceful and experienced fresh graduates for a short term position as Research Assistants RAs.

Job Title: Research Assistants

Location
Ogun

Job Field
NGO, Non-Profit

Functions
The RAs are to undergo a three day training and practicum after which they are to be stationed in a given health care facility in Ogun State for the entire duration of the study. RAs are expected to:

• Work in assigned facilities to interview selected facility staff using well-structured questionnaires.

• Conduct chart abstraction in line with the assessment guidelines

• Track clients identified during the abstraction to other facilities.

• Fresh graduates/NYSC members in biological sciences, medical sciences or related fields.

• Knowledge of TBHIV program and research work will be an added advantage.

• Good computer skills.

• Must be based and familiar with the respective Local Government Council within Ogun State.

• Must be willing to work in assigned facilities.

• Good communication skills.

• Prior experience in Research interview.

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: Supply Chain Management Systems-SCMS Specialist

Location
Kwara, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto, Zamfara

Job Field
Pharmaceutical

Overall Responsibilities
The objective of the SCMS specialist position is to provide technical leadership that will ensure the reliable availability of diagnostics, ARVs, and drugs for HIV treatment, care and support as well as other consumables at designated health facilities in each focus state supported by the USAID funded ProACT project, in close coordination with the supply chain management systems (SCMS) Advisor.

Specific Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance TA to a multi-disciplinary team of service providers, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory scientist to streamline the process for requesting HIV/AIDS medical supply by the partner health facilities and order the same from state medical stores.
• Provide TA to a multi-disciplinary team of service providers, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory scientist, to ensure the institutionalization of efficient and effective inventory management system at designated partner health facilities
• Working closely with the SCMS Advisor, coach and mentor service providers and state government partners to strengthen the SCMS capacity at the state level and in each partner health facility.
• Utilizing adapted tools, build the capacity of relevant health facility staff, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory scientists, on forecasting, inventory management and reporting.
• Institute a system to ensure accountability of the commodities issued to the health facilities by ensuring that service providers regularly carry out stock verification and reconciliation of records when and where necessary
• Working closely with the SCMS Advisor, provide TA to the state logistics technical working group (TWG) to ensure the implementation of a harmonized logistic management system and framework
• Provide TA to the state government and partner health facilities to ensure the efficient collection and safe disposal of expiries across the supported sites in the state, in line with national and USG waste drive policy.
• Liaise and network with relevant ProACT partners and collaborators to improve MSH’s visibility, coordination of activities and promotion of shared advocacy agenda for SCMS at the state level.
• Take responsibility for monitoring, evaluation and reporting of supply chain management activities implemented under the ProACT project and within the project PMP framework
• Provide clear documentation of programmatic achievements and keep the state team leader informed on monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
• Participate at state-level SCMS technical working group (TWG) meetings hosted by SACA/SASCP or other international agencies as required.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor
• Management responsibility
• Spearheading the strategic design and implementation of all SCMS activities implemented under the ProACT project in the designated focus state
• Member of the state project management team that is responsible for overall project implementation and performance at the field level

• The SCMS Specialist will be a highly skilled pharmacist with a minimum of 3 years field level experience with HIV/AIDS programs supported by bilateral agencies such as USAID, CDC, particularly those related to supply chain management.
• Must be registered with the relevant professional body-Pharmacy Council of USA PCN.
• Have an excellent grasp of SCMS issues and current literature on SCMS in a developing country context.
• Have an excellent understanding of comprehensive ART programming, including program design, implementation and evaluation.
• Strong working competency in computer applications to carry out management and data analysis as maybe required.
• Must possess the ability to work independently with strong problem-solving skills and ability to foresee problems and initiate appropriate action
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and fluency in English.

HO assumes as the primary mission to promote citizens participation in politics as the best way to ensure democracy to become something real, that's to say, participatory.
We think society came before State; politics is essencially vocation to the service; and rulers have the duty to listen to the governed.

Job Title: USA Campaigner - Country Manager

Location
Abuja

Job Field
Administration, Secretarial, NGO, Non-Profit

Job Description
The USA Campaigner - Country Manager, will be our representative in USA. CitizenGO has not established a USA physical office space, so the ideal candidate will work remotely with the Campaigns Leadership team to assist with developing rapid-response campaigns to our audience in USA. Campaigns will be developed through online activism and occasionally reinforced with field work.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Activating and helping USA citizens to become active citizens.
• Helping like-minded organizations to reach their mission by using our state-of-the-art technology for winning campaigns, and thus acquiring new supporters for their cause.
• Under supervision of the Campaigns Leadership team, USA, managing -- online and offline -- campaigns to ensure outstanding performance and results.
• Identifying promising grassroots campaigns started by activists or organizations in English. You’ll help these campaigns win by providing strategic advice, conducting media outreach, and promoting them to cGO members.
• Designing and executing rapid-response social change advocacy campaigns in partnership with other stakeholders, partners and like-minded NGOs, with the potential for explosive growth and swift victories. This includes writing engaging campaign emails.
• Increasing the number of members of the cGO USAs email list.
• Establishing and maintaining deep partnerships with leading USA NGOs. You’ll be a trusted advisor and useful ally, helping large and small organizations run campaigns on cGO.
• Promoting and managing the distribution of the campaigns via emails with a call-to-action. Also, spreading the word about the campaigns via social networking.
• Representing cGO before the media and politicians as a spokesperson. Attending conferences and networking events and delivering small presentations related to cGO and the campaigns we organize and promote.
• Taking the streets, mobilizing people. Generating change. Organizing events, demonstrations, performances.
• Recruiting, training, and managing a team of online and offline volunteers, the field organizers and campaigners who support cGO campaigns and activities.
• Sharing the responsibility of managing communications with all cGO members by responding to email inquiries to cGO about campaigns, donations, and other related inquiries.
• Assisting in the developing a close relationship of our USA members and donors: asking them to sign new petitions, inform about your local activities... Being the focal-point regarding our USA donors.
• Collaborating with the fundraising team to develop fundraising campaigns designed to our USA
• audience.
• Proofreading English language campaigns, administrative documents, and other related materials.
• Collaborating with a global team of campaigners to help shape the direction of cGO both locally and internationally.
• Analyzing the cGO reputational risks in a diverse set of global markets and executing various initiatives to mitigate those risks.
• Strategizing with the cGO team about how to continue to expand our effectiveness, reach and impact.
• The Ideal Candidate Should Have The Following Core Competencies
• A deep understanding of cGO Foundation Vision, Mission, and Objectives, which includes having a strong commitment to defend these values.
• Commitment to our Mission of empowering citizens to win campaigns on the critical issues of our times. You believe citizens can stop injustice, can stop the culture of death and gender ideology-inspired totalitarianism and can change the world.
• Exceptional writing and verbal communication skills in English, able to craft compelling and persuasive written communications for a general audience.
• You should enjoy working in an online environment, using social media and collaborating using online tools.
• Strong leadership and persuasiveness skills. You’ll be able to inspire citizens to understand the possibilities of citizen-powered change to promote life, family and freedom.
• The ability to build and manage a small team of volunteers, bringing out the best in them.
• Impact-driven. You’ll work outside your comfort zone to do what it takes to win campaigns.
• A track record of good judgment. You’re able to make sound decisions in fast-moving situations.
• Strong rapport-building and relationship skills. You can effectively build and maintain partnerships and be a trusted ally among social change campaigners.
• Initiative and a can-do attitude across a variety of campaign issue areas.
• Able to identify and seize opportunities quickly. Campaigning is very moment-driven, so you’ll be comfortable working in an agile and fast-paced environment.
• High-level strategic thinker, with a strong grasp of national and international politics and social power. You understand the political and corporate pressure points in the world and current life and family issues at play.
• Using your talent, you will influence the decisions of politicians and businessman, and put pressure on mass media to make citizen's opinion heard.
• cGO is an exceptionally fast-paced and collaborative work environment. Your co-workers are high-impact, low-ego, and have a deep respect for our members.
• Normally, Campaigners - Country Managers will have relevant experience in advocacy, media or government – but if you make up for lack of experience with passion and a willingness to learn quickly, you should still apply.
• You will be a recognized social change leader with a proven track record of scaling and managing teams, and the ability to inspire other leaders to achieve world-class outcomes.
• -5 years of relevant experience is preferred (but not required), a strong management and leadership background and a demonstrable passion for cGO’s Mission and Vision is essential. Regardless of experience, we are looking for a passionate, hard-working and organized self-starter who wants to be part of a fast-moving and ambitious organization working for social change.
• You may come from a variety of different backgrounds, but experience in the nonprofit, advocacy, social enterprise and tech sectors are strongly desired.
• Successful candidates are also likely to have some or all of the following competences: a deep understanding of social change, campaign strategy, power mapping and advocacy, policy analysis, communications, network-building, online campaigning, organizational development, remote and cross-cultural management, and business strategy.
• To be based in Abuja is not mandatory. The role will involve some (light) travel.

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No matter what major or discipline you have selected to pursue in college, there is one common monster that strikes fear into the hearts of almost all students – the dreaded Essay Exam. Essay exams, in all their five-paragraph-format and restricted-time-limit glory, can appear in classes outside of English, including engineering, psychology, art, history and even higher sciences and maths, like physics. In fact, most standardized college admission tests, like the SAT/ACT and the GRE require you to write an essay in response to a prompt.

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Regardless of whether you come across an essay exam while applying to colleges or taking classes as you work towards your degree, there are six basic steps you can follow to compose a solid, effective essay in the time allotted.

1. Read the directions completely and pay close attention to what you’re being asked to do. Some exams may ask you to answer a series of questions; some may ask for 2 out of 3; some may ask you to choose only one. You don’t want to do more work than necessary or not complete the assignment.
2. Make sure you understand what the question is asking you. Look for key words or phrases to help you know what information you’ll need in the essay. For example, a question that asks you to discuss, criticize or justify a point will require different information and examples than one that asks you to list or enumerate a set of causes/effects.
3. Quickly jot down a few ideas/points you know you want to include and decide how you’re going to budget your time. Don’t waste a lot of time setting up a complex outline. If you have to write more than one essay, work so that you spend the bulk of your time and effort on the longest essay (or the one worth the most points).
4. Don’t worry about long, varied introductory and conclusive paragraphs. In essay exams, time is precious, and usually you just want to get right into the main discussion. One way to be sure you’re addressing and introducing the topic you’re going to talk about is to rewrite the question you’re answering as your first or thesis sentence. For example, if the question is, “What role does nature play in Early American literature?” your first/thesis sentence could be, “Nature played several different roles in Early American literature, but it was especially used as…” You not only have set up the basic topic/introduction in one sentence, but you’ve immediately launched yourself into the essay. When you reach the end, you can restate your first few sentences to reinforce and cap the essay so it doesn’t just seem to stop. If you have time when you finish to go back and add more to the intro or conclusion, then you may choose to do so, but if you don’t have time, your essay will still be complete.
5. Don’t leave anything unfinished. If you are running out of time and realize you will not be able to properly finish the exam, don’t just leave it incomplete. At the very least, sketch out what you would have done had you had enough time. Give a brief outline or use the remaining time to write a short paragraph saying what points you would like to give more time to. Some professors/readers will at least give partial credit for attempts to finish exams, but even if you are docked points for being incomplete, you will have a better chance at passing the exam as a whole because you didn’t just quit or leave bits unanswered.
6. If at all possible, leave yourself at least five to ten minutes at the end of the exam period to read back through your essay looking for grammatical mistakes, format errors and/or places where you left out information you wanted to include. If you’re doing the essay by hand instead of typing on a computer, you may insert the information in the margins of the page and use carefully drawn arrows to show where it should be included. While most professors/readers understand that timed exams will have their fair share of errors due to the very nature of the exam, they are impressed by students who at least attempt to have a clean, edited piece at the end.

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As you go throughout the essay, remember to relax, breathe and not panic. Oftentimes, students will shoot themselves in the foot with text anxiety. They’ll get so bogged down in the very idea of taking an essay exam that they don’t even have time or a chance to worry about the material the exam is actually asking about. Since you know you’ll have to encounter essay exams at various points (like the ACT/SAT or GRE), it might make sense to go to those websites and take the various practice exams these organizations offer. This will not only help prepare you for these exams, but you can also count it as practice for when you start working in your classes.

The author, Ms. Laura Holder, currently teaches at a medium-sized state university, where she is a candidate for a PhD in English.

All Across Africa (AAA) is currently looking for a Country Director who is willing to be based in the exotic region of Bujumbura, Burundi. The organization is all about creating market-driven employment opportunities for rural and poor people across Africa.
As Country Director, responsibilities include overseeing the training as well as the employment of thousands of returning refugees and rural unemployed youth in partnership with multiple United Nations programs. Furthermore the job post allows individuals to assist AAA in offering thousands of sustainable jobs to the rural poor by providing them with a high-level of training in handicraft and textile production, while also providing consistent and sustainable access to large markets in the West.

Highlights
1. Impact thousands of lives.
2. Help rebuild a thriving artisan sector in a post-conflict country.
3. Gain leadership experience leading 10+ employees.
4. Deliver results for UN and IFAD-funded multimillion dollar grants.
5. Travel and see the world.

Other Info

Job Types;

• Education
• Development
• Economics
• Art/Fine Arts
• Finance
• Fourth World Studies
• Humanities
• Interdisciplinary
• International Trade
• International Relations
• Sustainable Development

• English
• French

• Phone/Video Interview
• Resume

Last year MTV Breaks launched as a global hunt for the most talented and creative people to come and work with us on the EMA in Scotland. Since then, we’ve invited you to join us at the Isle of MTV: Malta. But now it’s time for MTV Breaks to touchdown in Africa and bring some of the biggest and most
exciting breaks yet.
For the first time ever, we’re offering you the chance to come and prove yourself at the biggest music event in Africa - the MAMA 2015. We want four of the most talented young people around to come and help us make the best show in Africa, even better.
So who are we looking for? We want:- A dancer with the moves and charisma to light up the stage.
A photographer with a knack for capturing the perfect moment
A social media journalist who knows just what MTV Base’s audience wants a camera man with the skills to work in the high pressured, live environment.

Job Tittle; Dancer

Job Type; Full Time

Job Field; Art / Crafts / Languages

Job Details
We’re looking for our dancer who’ll get to show off their moves on stage. To score this life changing opportunity, upload a 15 second clip to Instagram showing us the kind of moves we could expect to see from you in Durban. Hashtag your video with #MAMAdancer and tag @MTV Breaks.

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