New Vacancies at Africa Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) 2nd May 2017

• The HIV counsellor will ensure informed consent are administered as at when due.
• The counsellor will ensure ethics are adhered to on the field and confidentialities of survey participants are protected.
• S/he will conduct pre- and post-test HIV counselling for all participants who consent to the survey.
• S/he will assist in the team lead in resolving conflicts and difficult disclosure scenarios on the field.

Minimum Qualifications
Education/Experience: 

• Has completed secondary school with a SSCE/GCE Certificate or its equivalent
• Has had a 10-day core training based on the Nigerian National Guideline on HIV counselling
• Has had 3-month supervised service delivery and has been evaluated by a trained counsellor-tester supervisor. Additional training in home based counseling is an added advantage
• A sound understanding of HIV/AIDS surveys in resource constrained settings.

Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes: 

• Knowledge of and practical experience in HIV community-based research and ethical requirements. Previous participation in conducting surveys is an added advantage.
• Should have strong interpersonal skills (active listening, empathy, social awareness, emotional awareness) and the ability to resolve different disclosure scenarios during the survey.
• Should be knowledgeable on the culture of the Lagos residents and should have resided in Lagos for at least 1 year
• Excellent (fluent) English written and verbal communication skills. Excellent (fluent) Yoruba verbal skill is essential. Knowledge of another local dialect will be an added advantage.
• Flexible, willing to travel to any part of Lagos State and work weekends during the survey implementation period

Job Title: Field Laboratorian
Location: Lagos
Work Hours: Full time 40 hours/week Slot: 10
Job Description 

• The laboratory staff member will perform the blood draws and administer the HIV rapid tests. Registered laboratory personnel with prior laboratory experience (Monovette/vacutainer tubes collection and transportation, dried blood spotting, handling and transportation) will be recruited for field-based laboratory work.
• Laboratory training will focus on preparing participants for blood draw, specimen collection, processing, storage, and transportation, and use of rapid HIV tests and bio-safety procedures, ethics and confidentiality, and completion of survey data collection tools and data management.
• The laboratorians SOW shall also include supervision of the dispatch riders in sample packaging, transportation and delivery.

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Assist the teams to locate selected households in his/her community
• Maintains simple laboratory records and inventory for supplies and reagents.
• Maintains laboratory equipment and supplies by cleaning and maintaining quality assurance records.
• Opens, separates, numbers and arranges specimens for laboratory examination and trace results.
• Maintains a clean and sanitary work area in accordance with standard laboratory practice and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications
Education/Experience: 

• Candidate must possess a degree in Medical laboratory science or related field
• Candidate must have minimum of 5years laboratory experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes: 

• Candidate must be registered with Medical laboratory science council of Nigeria (MLSCN)
• Candidate must have prior Laboratory experience in HIV related surveys

 



Job Title: Team Lead
Location: Lagos
Slot: 10
Work Hours: Full time 40 hours/week
Job Description 

• The team lead will oversee and supervise the day-to-day operations of the field team. S/he will be responsible for equipment checks, ensuring data quality, managing and documenting anticipated and unanticipated difficulties.
• The team lead will provide continued evaluation of testing and counselling services in the field; ensuring that proper consenting procedures and documentation are followed.
• S/he will ensure that the testing algorithm is adhered to, and that the confidentialities of the survey participants are protected. The team lead will ensure all adverse events are properly documented and reported to the survey supervisors in a timely manner.

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Oversees and supervises the day-to-day activities of the field team
• Conducts equipment checks prior to field visits
• Ensures that proper consenting procedures and documentation are followed
• Ensures the testing algorithm is adhered to, and quality control (QC) is performed prior to testing participant specimen
• Ensure that the confidentiality of the client/respondent is being protected
• Ensure documentation of procedures as required is occurring according to the protocol
• Manages and documents anticipated and unanticipated difficulties
• Provides continued evaluation of testing and counselling services in the field
• See to it that all adverse events are properly documented and reported to the central supervisors in a timely manner

Minimum Qualifications
Education/Experience:

• A university degree or its equivalent in Health related courses, with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience in Health services delivery or HIV/AIDS programs
• An MPH or its equivalent will be an added advantage, A sound understanding of HIV/AIDS surveys in resource constrained settings.
• An experience with the FELTP will be an added advantage
• Demonstrated experience in the leadership, design, implementation, management and tracking/monitoring of HIV surveys

Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes:

• Knowledge of and practical experience in HIV community-based research and ethical requirements
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Effective liaison, networking and collaboration skills
• Demonstration of planning and organizing interpersonal skills (active listening, empathy, social awareness, emotional awareness) with cultural sensitivity
• Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office package applications
• Excellent (fluent) English written and verbal communication skills and strong interpersonal skills. Yoruba  speaking may be an added advantage
• Leadership skills with ability to direct, delegate, motivate and inspire other team members
• Flexible, willing to travel to any part of Lagos State and work weekends during the survey implementation period.

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