Job Description

Prevention Lead Job, Current Medical Jobs,

The Technical Lead, Prevention Services will be responsible for the technical oversight of the prevention components, including work planning and reporting. S/he will oversee all prevention activities in collaboration with other technical leads. S/he will also guide the care and support provided to children and adolescents living with HIV enrolled in the project. S/he will report directly to the PI and support the PI in providing technical direction to project implementation and ensure that the prevention results are met. S/he will ensure strong linkages with other all other project components.

Key Performance Areas:

• Lead programme planning and innovation on HIV prevention services for project team, including adaptation of evidence- and/or science-based approaches.


• Maintain oversight of prevention programming and ensure that project objectives related to the social, behavioral, and structural aspects, and targets are met.


• Provide technical guidance, mentoring and capacity building on HIV prevention issues.


• Lead development of HIV prevention tools and materials.


• Work with training staff to identify training needs for the frontline staff and inform planning of trainings on prevention services.


• Work with sub-partners to provide technical oversight to prevention service components.


• Lead review and validation of technical documents, training materials and policy briefs to meet national and U.S. government guidelines, as well as international standards.


• Strengthen HIV prevention focus; case finding and case management; linkage to HTS, care, and treatment; retention among both children/adolescents and their caregivers.


• Work closely with stakeholders and implementing partners to create demand for health services.


• Assist health facilities to develop systems to enhance the linkage into care for patients referred from community testing events.


• Engage communities to improve the quality of care for retention in care and adherence to treatment.


• Facilitate data utilisation, including guiding routine project performance monitoring, ensuring use of analytical data to inform effective QA/QI.


• Manage and supervise Prevention team members on project.


• Serve as member of project senior management team.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in public health, social sciences, social work, child development, education or related field. A Master’s degree will be an added advantage.


• At least 8 years of work experience in designing, implementing, and managing HIV and sexual reproductive health-focused prevention services of similar scope and size, with experience in Lesotho highly desirable.


• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with PEPFAR programming, including HIV prevention and programming for adolescent girls and young women.


• Familiarity with Lesotho’s institutional, policy, and programming context for HIV.


• Demonstrated skills in project reporting, preferably for PEPFAR funded programmes.


• Demonstrated writing and presentation skills.


• Experience managing the process of using mobile devices for client management and data collection.

Competencies

• Dynamic leadership skills and high level of personal integrity.


• Creative, resourceful, flexible, energetic with sound judgment.


• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.


• Excellent written and oral communication skills.


• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently, while also being a team player.


• Flexible with ability to work under pressure.

How To Apply:

Interested applicants should apply for this position via https://m2m.org/who-we-are/careers/

by 26 February 2021.

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