Gender Specialist at Health Initiatives for Safety and Stability in Africa (HIFASS)

Health Initiatives for Safety and Stability in Africa (HIFASS), is a non-profit, nongovernmental organization registered in 2007 with a core objective of expanding quality health care and treatment in Africa. HIFASS is also committed to enhancing the quality of lives of the vulnerable population including women, children and disabled persons in Nigeria. We provide local driven solutions to advance better development outcome in health, education and other social services. 

HIFASS in partnership with other development organizations implement a donor-funded community Orphans & Vulnerable Children (OVC) and Pediatric ART Saturation Support programs in Cross River, Akwa lbom, Adamawa & Kano States. 

Currently we are seeking qualified candidates for the position below:

Job Title: Gender Specialist 

Location: Adamawa

Basic Function

• The Specialist serves as a technical resource on gender and sexual diversity for HI V/AIDS activities including but not limited to policy development and advisory services, research and content development, practice advocacy, management and coordination.

Essential Job Functions, Duties, and Responsibilities

Program Development andAdvisory Service:

• Provide direct advisory and technical support to program in areas of HIV and gender and sexual diversity
• Provide advice and technical support in development of programmatic focus to address stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV
• Provide technical support to ensure the involvement of people living with and affected by HIV in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of program.

Research and Content Development:

• Lead program content development of normative standards and approaches on HIV,gender and sexual diversity
• Research and understand concepts to foster improved adherence to human rights treaties and obligations under international agreements.

Practice Advocacy:

• Contribute experience and expertise to the formulation of new programmatic activities, documenting practice and cross-practice experience and lesson learned in the country.
• Promote regional and local partnering and exchange, through HIV information and learning networks.
• Support networking among partners, including the identification of external support providers

Management and Coordination:

• Contribute to team strategy development, work planning and M&E plan from gender and sexual diversity perspective
• Promote knowledge management to enrich the content bate for AIDS response strategies by documenting practice experience, lesson learned and replicable tools from applied initiatives.

Minimum Requirements

• An advanced university degree in a Development araes-Social Science, Political Science, Public Administration, Public Health or Epidemiology

Desired skills and Experiences:

• Minimum of 10 years of overall relevant professional experience as well as a proven professional record in the practice area
• Proven professional credibility, as well as senior-level working experience in governmental, multilateral or civil society organization, in both developed and developing countries is highly desirable
• Experience in leading/managing knowledge product development and dissemination
• Ability to communicate in any of the local languages will be an added advantage

Application Closing Date

24th May, 2019.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should send their current Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter to the "Human Resources Manager" in only one attachment (PDF Format) explaining suitability for the job to: hifass_lopin3@hifass-hfi.org Please indicate the title of the-position and choice of location as the subject of the mail

Note: Only shortlisted applicant will be invited for interview and HIFASS will not cover any cost for invited shortlisted candidates