Contract Period: June 15, 2011 – October 15, 2011 (4-month minimum duration) Rate: Basic monthly living stipend (food, transportation and housing); International insurance (health and evacuation); Round trip transportation to Abuja, Nigeria.
Organizational Background: Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights is a non-profit 501(c)(3) service-based human rights organization founded in 1888 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Heartland Alliance is the largest human rights organization also providing care and outreach in the United States. As its mission states, “Heartland Alliance advances the human rights and responds to the human needs of endangered populations – particularly the poor, the isolated and the displaced – through the provision of comprehensive and respectful services and the promotion of permanent solutions leading to a more just global society.” Heartland Alliance is one of the largest implementers of HIV/AIDS programs targeting MSM and other most-at-risk populations, with large PEPFAR-funded HIV projects in Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and the Dominican Republic. In addition, Heartland Alliance is a global leader in LGBT rights and protections, working with grassroots LGBT organizations in over 30 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Overview: Heartland Alliance is currently implementing the Integrated MSM HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (IMHIPP) in partnership with grassroots organizations. Through these partnerships, Heartland Alliance is developing and implementing short, medium, and long-term strategies to improve health, rights and protections for MSM and LGBT individuals. Heartland Alliance is working to formalize and strengthen the institutional and technical capacity of five local MSM organizations in Nigeria to: train and support MSM to be HIV prevention peer educators; mobilize and reach MSM with critical HIV prevention outreach; provide community-based palliative care services to MSM living with HIV; and work with key government and non-governmental stakeholders to integrate comprehensive MSM-targeted HIV programming into Nigeria’s national HIV/AIDS response.
Key Responsibilities: • Collaborate with Heartland Alliance/Nigeria’s Deputy Country Director, Strategic Information Officer (SIO), and other senior staff to ensure rigorous monitoring and evaluation of the program, gauge progress against targets, and to assess outcomes and impact of programs; • Contribute to research plans, needs assessments and situation analyses; • Review and strengthen M&E tools and approaches; • Assist with data collection, and manage/organize data collected; • Evaluate data with staff to identify trends, problems and opportunities; • Document findings and capture key lessons learned to share internally and externally; • Assist with monthly program updates quarterly programmatic reports, and other research/programmatic reports and fact sheets; • Update a training curriculum on M&E and train local Heartland Alliance and LNGO partner staff; • Provide hands-on capacity building opportunities for local partners; • Liaise with Heartland Alliance HQ to communicate finding and to ensure high quality, evidence-based approaches; • Contribute to website, social media and other communications strategies; • Initiate other projects/activities to utilize the Fellow’s skills and interests.
Qualifications: • Degree in public health, public policy, international development, gender studies or other relevant field (required), or master’s degree (strongly preferred); • Knowledge of and interest in HIV/AIDS prevention for most-at-risk populations (MARPs), gender and sexuality, and global LGBT rights (required); • Knowledge of and interest in grassroots community mobilization, capacity building and training (required); • Significant experience in/knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies; • Significant knowledge in/experience using statistical and data management software; • International experience (required); • Excellent communication skills in English (required); • Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (required); • Familiarity with US Government and President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) programs, and monitoring and evaluation systems (preferred).
Skills: • Able to work independently and complete tasks with minimal supervision; • High attention to detail and commitment to producing work of the highest quality, often on short notice; • Superb writing and editing skills; • Able to live/work in resource-limited environments; • Strong problem-solving skills; • Highly reliable and motivated; • Good sense of humor.
Please visit http://www.heartlandalliance.org/whoweare/careers/ and view our Job Board to apply for this opportunity.
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