Capacity Building and Knowledge Management Specialist Needed in Abuja
Job Description
Capacity Building and Knowledge Management Specialist at National AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections Control and Hepatitis Programme (NASCP)
Capacity Building and Knowledge Management Specialist
Job TypeFull Time
QualificationBA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
Experience10 years
LocationAbuja
Job FieldConsultancy , Project Management
Background
The Government of Nigeria through the National AIDS/STIs Control Programme (NASCP) is responsible for the health sector response to HIV control in Nigeria, under the Federal Ministry of Health.
As part of our vision to ensure sustained epidemic control in-country, NASCP is implementing a 5-year Government-to-Government grant funded by the United States Centre for Disease Control (US-US-CDC) and it is called the Nigeria Sustainability & HIV Impact Project (NSHIP).
Responsibilities
Facilitate expansion and the use of the ECHO platform to all ART comprehensive sites across the States and FCT;
Preparation of ECHO reports and provide support the hubs and sub-hubs in the implementation of I-ECHO
Work with relevant teams and TWGs to standardise training modules and materials in line with the national guidelines and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Facilitate the process of integrating comprehensive HIV/AIDS modules into the pre-service and continuing education training curricula.
Conduct capacity needs assessment in liaison with relevant teams involved in HIV service delivery States and the FCT and to identify gaps in the delivery of quality HIV/AIDS clinical management training among health institutions/providers in Nigeria to inform curricula development.
Lead the development and management of an HIV Workforce Registry (HWR);
Facilitate training of trainer’s (ToT) workshops to build the capacity of an identified pool of trainers to routinely train HIV clinical mentors and other actors in health sector response.
Monitor the implementation of recommendations from workshops, meetings, and missions
Contribute to the development of quarterly and annual reports.
Facilitate the creation of a knowledge management (KM) charter in line with the priorities of the NSHIP programme, including a vision, mission and KM strategy.
Work with the ICT team to design, deploy and maintain a knowledge database for NASCP and the NSHIP programme.
Facilitate the selection of knowledge management champions within NASCP’s components and assist them in capturing and sharing data as may be required.
Facilitate manuscripts publications and documentations in NASCP
Deliverables
Strategic Human Resources Deliverables
Training needs assessment report
Health Worker Capacity Building Strategy and Costed Work Plan – 3 Years
Standardized training modules and materials in line with National Guidelines and SOPs
HIV Health Workforce Registry
Midwifing of NASCP academy.
Qualifications & Skills
Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field of science, Art or Social Science
Advanced-level qualification in public health, and / or relevant social sciences.
Experienced with a training such as FETP or similar will be an added advantage
Minimum of 10 years’ active post-graduation experience inclusive of NYSC (except with exemption certificate.
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in curriculum development and / or active engagement in delivering capacity building systems and activities
Minimum 3 years’ experience in Health, Education or Social protection
Have at least 3 manuscript publications as first author and atleast 5 publications in total.
Direct experience in curriculum development and development of training tools.
Prior experience in facilitating training workshops
Understanding of knowledge management and the process of creating such a system within a closed group.
Understanding of Nigeria’s health data ecosystems
Demonstrated ability to simplify and present complex concepts to a varied audience.
Demonstrable knowledge of the use of electronic platforms for learning
Experience in the use of any data analysis software such as R, SPSS, STATA, SAS, Excel; Power Bi and any other data visualization; collection tools such CAPI, google sheet, etc
Experience with referencing software such Mendeley.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to National AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections Control and Hepatitis Programme (NASCP) on career.nascp.gov.ng to apply