FHI 360: HIV/AIDS Technical Advisor

FHI 360 is an independent nonprofit organisation committed to solving critical social problems in the United States and throughout the world.

FHI 360’s South Africa Umbrella Grants Management programme (FHI 360-UGM) provides support to selected sub-partners in the implementation of HIV/AIDS projects under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The main objectives of the FHI 360-UGM programme are to provide grants to USAID/PEPFAR sub-partners that ensure adequate resource flow to foster scale-up of activities; implement effective monitoring, evaluation and reporting systems to assess and document activities; and provide ongoing capacity building to support and enhance the scale-up and sustainability of activities and sub-partners.

FHI 360 seeks to appoint an HIV/AIDS Technical Advisor, based in Pretoria.

S/he will provide technical assistance in HIV/AIDS programming. S/he will work with FHI 360’s programme team to provide grantees with high quality technical support and direction including technical input, capacity building and sharing lessons learned. S/he will provide analysis, guidance and inputs to all project grantee OVC, VCT, prevention and other HIV/AIDS programmes to strengthen their overall work with beneficiaries. S/he will ensure coordination of activities with SAG, USAID/PEPFAR and other stakeholder priorities to better integrate HIV programmes in the specific programmatic areas. S/he will assist partners in understanding and/or adopting internationally and/or locally-recognised best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Provide direct technical assistance to strengthen the capacity of partners and sub-partners to implement innovative and high quality HIV/AIDS programmes in specific technical areas (OVC, HBC, VCT);
• Facilitate technical HIV/AIDS assessments with selected grantee partners;
• Based on recent HIV/AIDS assessments, update technical assistance plans with partners to ensure the required support, follow-up and monitoring are provided;
• Assist with the development and implementation of HIV/AIDS technical trainings (including the creation of materials and frameworks) in specific technical areas, such as OVC for UGM partners;
• Disseminate current developments in HIV programming, including strategies and guidelines, and ensure timely circulation of information to AED staff and partners;
• Provide technical guidance on HIV/AIDS activities across all UGM component groups: finance, capacity building, M&E and programme;
• Represent AED-UGM in technical HIV/AIDS meetings, project briefings, training events, and other collaborative events, as necessary;
• Contribute to writing reports and other deliverables related to all technical HIV sections of UGM work plans;
• Assist partners to effectively transition or phase-out programme activities as PEPFAR awards end.

Requirements:

• Masters or equivalent work experience;
• Degree fields in international health, public health or public policy;
• Minimum of eight years relevant experience;
• Experience with international and South African HIV prevention, OVC, HTC and other related guidelines, standards, tools and best practices;
• Experience in HIV programming in Africa, including significant knowledge of OVC, HBC and HIV prevention programming;
• Experience in training in areas including psycho-social support of OVCs, PLWAs;
• Experience with the implementation of the South African Government’s HIV/AIDS and STI Strategic Plan;
• Interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, including people of diverse backgrounds and cultures;
• Communicator as the position requires technical assistance to build internal capacity of grantee organisations;
• Flexible and able to synthesise information quickly;
• Conceptual skills, strong writer with focus on attention to detail;
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, to assess priorities, competently manage a variety of tasks and meet tight deadlines;
• Fluency in English. Knowledge of other South African languages will be an advantage;
• Willingness to travel 50% of time within South Africa.

To apply, submit a CV and motivation letter to nnhleko@fhi360.org.

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