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Senior Technical Advisor for HIV/AIDS
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Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health, especially among the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people, by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Working from 35 country offices and our Arlington, Virginia, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, home offices, our staff from 74 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity, and commitment to making a lasting difference in health. We live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
MSH is seeking candidates for a new, five-year UK DfID-funded primary healthcare strengthening program in the DRC, with an emphasis on improving reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health. The program will provide service delivery and health system strengthening support in approximately 30 health zones, in up to four of the eleven provinces in DRC, providing at least 3.5 million people with access to essential primary and secondary healthcare services. This position is contingent upon MSH winning the project award.
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Senior Technical Advisor for HIV/AIDS is responsible for technical direction and implementation of strategies and interventions—including on-going coaching and mentoring— to increase effectiveness in HIV/AIDS service delivery. The Advisor is responsible for providing necessary systems strengthening, capacity development, and in-service support at the national, health zone, health facility, and/or community level to facilitate improved delivery and uptake of services. The Advisor will collaboratively design and implement capacity-building programs for national, health zone, health facility, and community health worker teams.The Senior Technical Advisor will provide supervisory support to sites in management, quality, and productivity of human resources, and work closely with other project team members to support capacity building in quality health services. S/he will engage with the Ministry of Public Health on policy development.
The ideal candidate will have strong leadership qualities, extensive developing country experience, broad technical and management expertise, and demonstrated success in managing large, complex donor-funded technical assistance activities in developing countries.
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Master's Degree in public health, social science, or other relevant area. MD preferred.
2. Previous experience in the implementation of decentralized HIV counseling and testing, laboratory services, PMTCT, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV-TB co-infection in the field.
3. Minimum of five years of clinical experience in more than one of the above areas.
4. Knowledge and comprehensive understanding of DRC’s public health challenges.
5. Prior experience and success managing similar or larger international donor-funded projects.
6. Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with senior-level colleagues, particularly interacting productively, proactively, and comfortably with government agencies, NGOs, private sector groups, and donor organizations.
7. Demonstrated strategic ability, diplomacy, conflict management, team building, supervisory, written and oral communication, and negotiation skills.
8. Strong written and oral presentation skills in English and French are required. Willingness to travel within the DRC as needed.Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental handicap, or status as a disabled or Vietnam Era veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces.
To apply for this position, please submit a resume to https://jobs-msh.icims.com/jobs/4793/job. For more information about MSH, please visit our web site at www.msh.org. If you cannot apply online or have difficulty doing so, please email an explanation of your problem to
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