South Africa: HIV/AIDS Technical Advisor

Heartland Alliance International:

Heartland Alliance International (HAI) is the youngest and fastest growing part of Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights, a family of organizations that has been leading anti-poverty and social justice work in Chicago for more than 125 years. HAI is comprised of nearly a dozen country offices implementing programs on a broad range of human rights issues globally, as well as the Chicago-based Marjorie Kovler Center for the Treatment of Survivors of Torture, which serves individuals from more than 50 countries. HAI has significant expertise in the fields of trauma-informed mental health care and access to justice for survivors of rights abuses. It is also a leader in access to high-quality and stigma-free health care. Across all of its programs, HAI promotes progressive, innovative approaches to human rights protections and gender equality.

Summary:

Heartland Alliance International (HAI) seeks an experienced HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment expert to drive thought leadership for innovative HIV/AIDS programming for key populations in Sub-Saharan Africa and globally. Key Populations (KPs) include men who have sex with men (MSM) and other LGBTI individuals, sex workers, people who inject drugs (PWID), inmates and others. This position will facilitate organizational learning on the design, implementation, monitoring, and documentation of HAI’s global HIV/AIDS programs. Primary responsibilities include: working closely with the Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (DMEL) team to inform quality program design; training HAI and staff on best practices in global HIV/AIDS programming, particularly for KPs; representing HAI externally; documenting HAI’s unique approaches and successes; and ensuring high-quality program implementation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

· Provide expert technical assistance and capacity building including support for the design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of HIV interventions implemented by HAI and national and local partners, particularly for KPs

· Support HAI’s global teams to refine approaches for expanding KPs’ access to HIV prevention, testing, care and treatment services, and for reducing the stigma and discrimination that these populations face

· Build and maintain HAI’s institutional knowledge of current epidemiological, public health, and social science literature, trends, and responses, in order to recommend appropriate approaches and best practices

· Contribute to the development of HAI’s strategic approach to scaling up HIV/AIDS programs for KPs in Sub-Saharan Africa and globally

• Remain informed on current state-of-the-art programs in international HIV/AIDS interventions, through the review of literature and articles, and maintains links with PEPFAR, USAID, CDC, UNAIDS, and other international bodies which specialize in this issue.
• Serve as a focal point for cross-organizational learning in HIV/AIDS, assisting with the development of case studies of successes and lessons learned, and other publications to highlight HAI’s niche areas of expertise and value added.

· Facilitate the sharing of best practices across Heartland Alliance and HAI programs in different countries.

• Support the Director of Program Development to design, draft, and edit proposals related to HIV/AIDS
• Develop scopes of work, project deliverables and monitoring and evaluation indicators and targets together with the Program Development team for grant and service delivery partners as required.
• Develop guidance, tools, case studies, models, and other materials related to HIV/AIDS programming to promote learning across country offices, and to share HAI’s expertise with external stakeholders
• Represent HAI and its projects in professional and public settings, and makes presentations at professional meetings and conferences.
• Help to establish minimum standards and other guidelines to ensure program quality and ethical implementation.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

· Master’s, medical, and/or doctoral degree in medicine, public health, nursing, social work, or related field

· 10+ years of experience in global HIV/AIDs programming, including extensive experience developing and implementing health programs for Key Populations

· Experience writing case studies, abstracts,

· Academic research experience is a plus

Technical Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to train staff and implementing partners in health approaches
• Experience in development of output and outcome level performance measurement indicators and targets related to HIV/AIDS

· At least three years of experience in a developing country setting, and/or in planning, development, implementation of HIV/AIDS programming for other international NGOs, donor organizations, or public or private sector institutions

· Extensive knowledge of and sensitivity to gender issues

· Knowledge and expertise of human rights and human rights-based approaches to public health

Other Competencies:

· Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness

· Analytical - Synthesizes complex or diverse information; Collects and researches data

· Written Communication - Writes clearly, professionally, and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively;

· Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events

· Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time and complete projects in a fast-paced, changing environment with minimal supervision.

· Cultural Sensitivity – Respects cultural environment in which person is working and does not act in a manner that is outwardly offensive to the local community.

Language Skills:

· Excellent oral and written English language communication skills

· Excellent English-language writing skills required

· Proficiency in French strongly preferred; Spanish proficiency is a plus

· Demonstrated competency in public speaking

Computer Skills:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems
• High proficiency in Excel, SPSS, or another statistical analysis software
• Other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

· While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.

· While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to handle or feel and reach with hands and arms.

· While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

· The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

· This may be a telecommuting position; incumbent is expected to establish a home office, with a designated work area, including a workstation setup accounting for safety measures, such as ergonomics.

· The employee is required to travel regularly to often insecure and limited-resource environments.

Heartland Alliance makes all hiring and employment decisions without regard to race, creed, color, age, gender, gender identity, marital or parental status, religion, ancestry, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, sexual identity, immigrant status, political affiliation or belief, ex-offender status (depending on the offense and position to be filled), unfavorable military discharge, membership in an organization whose primary purpose is the protection of civil rights or improvement of living conditions and human relations, height, weight, or HIV infection, in accord with the Organization's AIDS Policy Statement of September, 1987. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation should contact the Employee Services Office at +1 (312) 660-1431. v

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