OPEN TO: All Interested Candidates
POSITION: Clinical Prevention Specialist
OPENING DATE: October 10, 2017
CLOSING DATE: November 3, 2017
WORK HOURS: Full-time; 40 hours/week
SALARY RANGE: FSN 11 - (ZMK 411,245.67 p.a. - ZMK 622,554.63 p.a.)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Zambia is seeking eligible and qualified applicants for the position of Clinical Prevention Specialist.
BASIC FUNCTION:
As the lead HIV Clinical Prevention Specialist, the incumbent will provide guidance, monitoring, and technical assistance to the USAID/Zambia Health Team. The incumbent will provide high-level technical and programmatic assistance that incorporates evidence-based best practices in the design, implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the clinically-based HIV prevention programming.
The incumbent will work closely with counterparts in the Government of the Republic of Zambia Ministry of Health (MOH)/), the National AIDS Council (NAC), donors, cooperating partners, and other stakeholders in support of national-level health policies and strategies to reduce the spread of HIV and the socio-economic hardships associated with HIV/AIDS through clinically-based HIV prevention activities. S/he will work with national programs supporting delivery of quality-assured HIV prevention interventions such as voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC), HIV testing and counseling (HTC), and the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT). The incumbent will promote and ensure proper integration of HIV/AIDS activities as appropriate.
In addition, the incumbent will provide technical assistance in other public health areas, such as women’s health, child health, nutrition, supply chain logistics, health systems strengthening, tuberculosis, malaria, and related existing or upcoming new initiatives, as assigned, or as need arises.
Project Management Specialist (Community Antiretroviral Therapy).
BASIC FUNCTION:
The Community Antiretroviral therapy (ART) Advisor is a senior-level FSN professional in the USAID/Zambia Health Office. This position reports directly to the HIV/TB Division Chief, under the direction of the Health Office Chief and is an active participant on the United States Government (USG) PEPFAR team.
The Community ART Advisor provides counsel and technical recommendations on behalf of the HIV/AIDS treatment program, and more specifically, provides technical and programmatic assistance in support of community ART activities that incorporate evidence based best practices in the design, implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the USAID-supported HIV treatment program. The Community ART Advisor is responsible for facilitating a community treatment portfolio that is smart and supportive, and works in close collaboration with the Health Office structure.
The incumbent serves as a key expert in developing results-oriented community ART standards/guidelines and policies. S/he closely collaborates with Government of Zambia (GRZ) officials, consultants, the private sector, other donors and stakeholders in the development and implementation of community ART programs on behalf of USAID, ensuring the HIV/AIDS office has the necessary management and technical expertise, to successfully support this dynamic portfolio.
The Community ART Advisor also conducts performance evaluations of treatment partners and carries out the monitoring and evaluation of projects with treatment activities.
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