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Society for Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading non-governmental public health organisations in Nigeria, implementing programmes in Reproductive Health/Family Planning, HIV & AIDS prevention and treatment, malaria prevention and treatment, primary health care system strengthening and maternal, newborn and child health care. We work in partnership with the Federal and State Governments of Nigeria, the Global Fund, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Department for International Development (DFID), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MSD for Mothers and Children Investment Fund Foundation among other international donors.

Adherence Counsellor

Contract Duration: One-year (renewable)

Job Profile: The Adherence counsellor will be responsible for providing education on HIV-related issues and adherence counselling services at the health facility level within the HIV Comprehensive Care Centre (CCC).

Job-role: The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

  • Provide psychosocial and continuous support as well as treatment preparation to clients in the health facility.
  • Identify and address challenges/barriers to adherence.
  • Organise and facilitate support group sessions for infected and affected clients, including groups with special needs, e.g. discordant couples, youth/adolescent and children.
  • Address aspects of behaviour change in relation to HIV and ART.
  • Support clients disclose their HIV status.
  • Facilitate the delivery of relevant information to clients enrolled in the one-stop-shop (OSS)

​​​​Qualifications/Experience:

  • A minimum of bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Psychology, Sociology or any other related course
  • Minimum of two (2) years post NYSC experience, which must be inclusive of a minimum of one (1) year experience in Adherence Counsellor in HIV service delivery.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

Bauchi  Application Link

Adamawa  Application Link

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  • Job City Adamawa, Bauchi
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Society for Family Health (SFH)

Society for Family Health is one of Nigeria’s largest non-governmental organisations. Founded in 1985 by three eminent Nigerians: Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti (late), Justice Ifeyinwa Nzeako (late), Pharmacist Dahiru Wali and Phil Harvey.Society for Family Health Nigeria has a mission to empower Nigerians, particularly the poor and vulnerable to lead healthier lives.Working with the private and public sectors, SFH adopts social marketing and behaviour change communication to improve access to essential health information, services, and products to motivate the adoption of healthy behaviours.By 2017, SFH will be a strong, vibrant, highly efficient organisation conducting value for money (efficient) scalable yet focused interventions. Using a total market approach (using social marketing, free distribution and cost recovery services) SFH will be implementing projects that will target:50% of the burden of disease in Nigeria 50% of persons within the lower 3 wealth quintiles, who will have access to SFH products or interventions A 5% increase in DALYs yearly with 2012 as the baseline SFH will also have a 10% decrease in cost per DALY averted over the period of 2013-2017 using the 2012 value as deadline, and will have generated a 20% increase in unrestricted funds by 2017 compared to 2012. SFH will have developed a plan to spin off a subsidiary conducting logistics, research training, costs recovery products and specific interventions aimed at the for-profit sector including the oil and manufacturing sectors.

0 USD Adamawa, Bauchi CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Society for Family Health (SFH)

Society for Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading non-governmental public health organisations in Nigeria, implementing programmes in Reproductive Health/Family Planning, HIV & AIDS prevention and treatment, malaria prevention and treatment, primary health care system strengthening and maternal, newborn and child health care. We work in partnership with the Federal and State Governments of Nigeria, the Global Fund, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Department for International Development (DFID), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MSD for Mothers and Children Investment Fund Foundation among other international donors.

Adherence Counsellor

Contract Duration: One-year (renewable)

Job Profile: The Adherence counsellor will be responsible for providing education on HIV-related issues and adherence counselling services at the health facility level within the HIV Comprehensive Care Centre (CCC).

Job-role: The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

  • Provide psychosocial and continuous support as well as treatment preparation to clients in the health facility.
  • Identify and address challenges/barriers to adherence.
  • Organise and facilitate support group sessions for infected and affected clients, including groups with special needs, e.g. discordant couples, youth/adolescent and children.
  • Address aspects of behaviour change in relation to HIV and ART.
  • Support clients disclose their HIV status.
  • Facilitate the delivery of relevant information to clients enrolled in the one-stop-shop (OSS)

​​​​Qualifications/Experience:

  • A minimum of bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Psychology, Sociology or any other related course
  • Minimum of two (2) years post NYSC experience, which must be inclusive of a minimum of one (1) year experience in Adherence Counsellor in HIV service delivery.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

Bauchi  Application Link

Adamawa  Application Link

 2019-12-14

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