The Association of Positive Youths Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (APYIN) was founded to provide care and support to Adolescents and Youth living with HIV; empower them with adequate knowledge on sexual reproductive health and rights issues and Positive health, dignity and Prevention. APYIN is also charged with contributing to efforts toward preventing further spread of HIV among young and general population in Nigeria. The empowerment takes into cognizance the social, economic, religious, and political challenges associated with sexuality and reproduction especially as it relates to young people. Gender mainstreaming across these thematic areas is also a priority for the network.
APYIN is a network of young people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, constituted in June 2005 with the aim of promoting the involvement of the Adolescents and Youth living with HIV (aged between 10-35 years) and mainstreaming of youth issues in HIV and AIDS programming in Nigeria.
Within the Global Fund Global Cycle 7 (GC7) Community and Private-Public-Mix Expansion in TB and HIV Prevention, Diagnostic and Treatment Services (N-THRIP) grant, NEPWHAN, as a Sub Recipient to the Principal Recipient (IHVN), is implementing the following interventions; Treatment, Care and Support in 4 States, Gender and Human Rights and Community PMTCT Component of the Grant in 36+1 States and Community-led monitoring in 13 States. GC7 approach include, but not limited to people-centered services, where clients are valued as equal partners and served by integrated and client-centric differentiated service delivery (DSD) approaches; community engagement; sustainable transformation, achieved through partnership with GoN and CSOs/CBOs who assume ownership of accountable and evidence-based services enhanced by continuous quality improvement.
Position: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (M&E Officer)
Location: Borno
Slots: 1
Employment Type: Contract
Application Deadline: 28th May, 2025
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical support to the case managers/MM/DC for data entry inappropriate tools.
- Interface with the health care providers/facility records and the primary care providers (case managers/MM/Data collectors) to ensure that project data is captured in relevant registers in line with predetermined tools.
- Coordinate the data collection activities of primary care providers at the service delivery points (case managers, mentor mothers, data collectors) to ensure both community and facility-level data align to expected indicators.
- Provide orientation/technical support to primary care providers (Case managers/Mentor Mothers/DC) on use of community tools and harmonization of same with facility records before preparation of relevant reporting tools.
- Work with the facility personnel and primary care providers (case managers/mentor mothers/data collectors) to harmonize project data from health facilities within the LGA of implementation.
- Liaise with facility focal persons in various units of the facility (ART, ANC, PMTCT, Record/M&E unit, Lab, referral focal persons, etc) to harmonize data reported by the primary (case managers/Mentor Mothers/DC).
- Retrieves and sorts data source documents for desk review and validation and conduct CBO level data validation.
- Works with primary service providers to resolve questions, inconsistencies or missing data, and verifies accuracy of data before entry.
- Inform the Facility M&E focal person and State team of perceived risks that need to be resolved, such as inconsistent or missing data that cannot be resolved by looking through the source documents.
- Collect completed data from primary care providers at service delivery points (Case managers/MM/DC at specified reporting periods and report to the next level.
- Compile periodic M&E/progress update reports as the need arise.
- Guide the service providers on continuous update of patient records to ensure complete data entries on source documents (as required, following validations).
- Support training on M&E/MIS for APYIN BORNO project management team members
- Prepare APYIN BORNO-level Issues Log and Risk Log for the Integrated CLM implementation
Qualifications:
- University Degree/HND preferably in Computer Science, Statistics, or Economics Experience:
- 2 years of Previous work experience in Global Fund HIV/TB/Malaria or PEPFAR grant
- 3 years of work experience in a NGO/CBO implementing HIV/TB/Malaria Interventions.
- 2 years of Working knowledge of Care & Support in HIV interventions in Nigeria working with PLHIV, PPW, AGYW/AYP & KP
- Proven ICT skills, especially in the development of MIS software using database software would be an added advantage;
- Expertise in analyzing data using statistical software would be an added advantage.
- Appreciable training & facilitation skills in community setting.
Method of Application:
Applicants should send their CVs and Cover Letters as one document not more than 4 pages long to[email protected] on or before 28th May, 2025.
The subject line of your email should address the post you are applying for (ex. “Program Officer – Borno State”).
Please note that any late application or incomplete submission will not be considered and thus will be disregarded.
Note. All applicants must be a resident of Borno State, and only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
