Health Financing & Private Sector Advisor

The Accelerating Control of the HIV Epidemic in Nigeria (ACE) project will implement integrated HIV care and treatment activities in various states in Nigeria. The Service Delivery Activity will contribute to the attainment of the Government of Nigeria’s (GON) goal of addressing the HIV response and safeguarding the rights and welfare of children and adolescents impacted by HIV/AIDS.

Technical responsibilities

The Health Financing & Private Sector Advisor will support the delivery of the following:

Leads and provides day-to-day management support to the consortium teams in the state on health financing and private sector engagement
Supports the institutionalization of ongoing health financing reforms by facilitating the set-up of HIV health financing technical working group in each state
Provides high-level engagement to facilitate the design and implementation of the HIV Trust Fund for the state
Oversees the mapping and needs assessments of all PMV/PHFs to ART sites
Designs the engagement model(s) for the use of eligible PMVs/unsupported PHFs as drug pick-up centres
Oversees the engagements with the unions of private medical practitioners on the integration of the private sector in HIV care
Convene high-level engagements to register and activate eligible PMVs/PHFs as drug pick-up centres to support differentiated service delivery at each of the states
Defines model and strategy for capacity building for private sector actors across the 3 states
Provides oversight for the conduct of quarterly supportive supervision for mentorship and coaching in programmatic and technical capacities for Private Sector actors at each of the states
Coordinates monthly data audit and review meetings for PMVs & PHFs for the 3 states and disseminates reports to the relevant stakeholders
Oversees quarterly DQA for PMVs & PHFs at each of the assigned states (Kano, Bauchi, Jigawa and Niger) and disseminates reports to the relevant stakeholders
Other duties as assigned

Required competencies

Education and Experience

Academic training: Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in International Development, Policy and Strategy Development, Medicine, Public Health, Microbiology, Epidemiology, Health Management or a similar relevant field. A Master’s Degree is an added advantage.

Experience:

Minimum of 6 – 10 years of progressive experience in health systems strengthening and/or HIV or PHC program design and implementation
Strong understanding and experience of PHC programming, including the BHCPF and Health Insurance schemes
Astute problem solving and strong team leadership and program management skills
Stakeholder management and coordination
Strong verbal and written communications skills,
Strong report writing skills with excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Excel and PowerPoint)

How to apply

Please apply for the position by sending an updated CV to recruitments@solinagroup.com on or before 17 February 2023. Kindly state the role in the subject of your email as “Application for Health Financing & PSE Advisor_Niger or Application for Health Financing & PSE Advisor_Jigawa”.

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