Program Officer at Taraba Advocacy and Rehabilitation (TARe) Foundation

Taraba Advocacy and Rehabilitation (TARe) Foundation, is an independent development and humanitarian non-profit organization established in 2003 committed to enhancing the quality of lives of the vulnerable population including women, children, and key populations (KP) in Nigeria. We provide locally driven solutions to advance better health, education, and other social services development outcomes.  TARe Foundation is registered in Nigeria with the Corporate Affairs Commission.

TARe in partnership with AHNI will implement a six months national Aligned HIV/AIDS Initiative (NAHI) project. The project aims to promote the acceleration of high-quality HIV prevention, care, treatment, and support services for KPs (FSW) programs in Taraba State.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Officer

Location: Jalingo, Taraba
Job Type: Full Time

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with local authorities and other partners to harmonize different efforts for better impact and sustainability of high-quality HIV prevention, care, treatment, and support services for KPs programs in Taraba State.
• Able to learn and update his/ her information or knowledge to adapt to the changing situation and context.
• Seeks to ensure a targeted dynamic and sustain information network between the state agency and Partners
• Responsible for Advocacy & Sensitization
• Work with the OSS team, KP secretariat, and State government to deliver on all project objectives.
• Support Community HIV Prevention and Linkage (1st 90), Treatment, Care, Support, and Retention (2nd 90), and Viral Suppression (3rd 90).
• To promote the acceleration of high-quality HIV prevention, care, treatment, and support services for KPs programs in Taraba State.
• Responsible for supervising the day-to-day implementation of HIV prevention, care, treatment, and support services for FSW and ensuring it is by the agreed work plan.
• Support capacity-building activities for field-level staff including on-job training and supportive supervision.
• Ensure timely submission of quality weekly and monthly activity reports.

Knowledge and Experience

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies, Sociology, or any Social Sciences, M.Sc Degree added advantage
• Microsoft Office Skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Professional, good organizational capacity, good human relationships, motivated, flexible, culturally sensitive. and fluency in English and pidgin
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in an NGO focused on Community HIV Prevention and Linkage most especially among FSW and other Key populations and knowledge of Community Driven Development (CDD)

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV and Applications in one single document (PDF or Word) to: tarerecruitment@gmail.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Application Deadline  26th February, 2023; 11:59 pm.

Note

• TARe Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, or disabilities.
• Women are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted