Country: South Africa
Organization: Futures
Group
Theme: Gender
Health
HIV/Aids
Job years of
experience: 10+ years
Job type:Job
Description
The Sexual HIV Prevention Programme (SHIPP) of South Africa is
a USAID-funded flagship PEPFAR initiative to galvanize and support impactful
combination sexual prevention activities in South Africa (SA). This initiative
takes a multi-sectoral approach linking to the health, education and social
development sectors targeting in and out-of-school-youth and sexually-active
adults in order to help achieve the national target of 50% reduction in HIV
incidence in line with the National Strategic Plan (NSP) on HIV, STIs and TB
2012 -2016.
SHIPP aims to promote an enabling environment for
evidence-based policy and strategy at the national and provincial levels
supporting a mix of targeted HIV prevention interventions at the locality level
(district, sub-district or municipality). The SHIPP team provides short,
medium, and long-term technical assistance and capacitation at national,
provincial, and local levels. SHIPP provides assistance to the South Africa
Government (SAG) to implement combination prevention activities to strengthen
the national HIV/ AIDS response.
Position Summary
STO would support the scale up of VMMC in the NDOH.
Key Responsibilities
- •Support the NDOH HIV prevention Deputy Director (VMMC) to design and implement VMMC activities across the provinces.
- •Participate in capacity building initiatives to support the provinces with implementation of VMMC.
- •Support activities to increase awareness of VMMC in provinces, where medical circumcision is done traditionally – EC, LP, NW and parts of MP.
- •Support NDOH, Provinces, Districts and Localities in scaling up of VMMC.
- •Support health and education interventions that respond to VMMC, economics, and other local drivers of HIV transmission.
- •Regular reporting and sharing of experiences, strategies, and ideas with functional and location team.
- •Coordinate the dissemination of relevant tools, and resources
- •Support monitoring and evaluation of the programme
- •Promote quality improvements standards and adherence to national VMMC guidelines
- •Provide support of quality improvements standards, to be implemented through the provinces.
- •Participate in research regarding effective HIV Prevention, social and behavior change interventions in relation to VMMC.
- •Support the production of publications and/or reports relating to the operational research and programme area ( VMMC )
- •Provide support to the Deputy director in day-to-day coordination of the programs, including preparing and attending of meetings, following up on post meetings actions
Qualifications and
Experience
- •Degree in a related field
- •5 Year’s minimum experience working in the relevant field
- •Experience with donor driven programmes in the South African market.
- •Experience in HIV prevention programs.
- •Knowledge of national, provincial and district health structures.
- •Experience in project management
- •Able to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- •Adaptable, willing to take initiative
- •Strong organizational skills, attention to detail
- •Excellent communication skills
- •Willingness and ability to travel within South Africa
- •Fluency in English is required, Fluency in key South African languages is a plus
How to apply:
Closing date: 19 May
2013
Please apply online:
http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH05/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=FUTURESGROU...
www.futuresgroup.com
Job ID: #569362
