Project Description
Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC), a global project funded by the U.S. Presidentโs Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Department of State (DOS), that provides strategic technical assistance and direct service delivery to achieve HIV epidemic control among all at-risk populations; strengthen global health security (GHS), including outbreak response; expand tuberculosis detection and treatment (TB), improve maternal and child health (MCH), address malaria; and promote health systems strengthening (HSS) including supply chain management.
The EpiC Cameroon buy-in will support the continuation and expansion of life-saving HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support services in Cameroon, building upon the foundational work of previous PEPFAR-funded initiatives. The focus will be on strengthening community-led platforms and integrating them with facility-based systems to increase access to quality HIV-related services, particularly for populations at higher risk of HIV, long distant truck drivers (LDTD), Children and Adolescents Living with HIV (C/ALHIV), HIV-exposed infants (HEIs), and their caregivers. The program will contribute to closing gaps mainly towards HIV case finding (the first 95) while maintaining the gains of the second and third 95 of the UNAIDS target. Collaboration with the Government of Cameroon (including the Ministry of Public Health and the National AIDS Control Committee), PEPFAR clinical partners, the Global Fund, and local community organizations will be essential to ensure the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based case finding, family-centered where necessary and population-specific interventions.
Job Description
The Community Technical Advisor and Zonal Lead will report to the Associate Director, Programs and is responsible for providing technical guidance on community-based HIV testing, treatment, care and support services. In Zone 1, s/he will directly supervise one Technical Officer in Yaounde. In Zone 3, s/he will directly supervise one Technical Officer but have oversight of a team of five in the Bertoua office. It is expected the Community Technical Advisors will coordinate closely with the Strategic Information and Evaluation team to develop indicators and ensure implementation is on time and target. Leads project activities and sub activities and assists with project implementation. S/he will ensure project activities are on track with work plans, with technical expertise informing project implementation, and collaborate with the broader team to ensure proper management of project timelines and budgets.
One position will be based in FHI 360โs office in Yaounde, Cameroon and one position in Bafoussam, Cameroon, with travel throughout the country. Please specify the zone you are applying for.
Job Responsibilities
Lead and coordinate the entire zonal project team (clinical, strategic information, finance and administration)
Functions at the advisor capacity with oversight of technical project administrative and finance compliance, technical deliverables, and team management. (Includes projects and consultants)
Coordinates requests from project Senior Management for technical assistance
Maintains collaborative relationships and a constructive dialogue , technical exchange and coordination with relevant government agencies at zonal level, field counterparts and implementing partners, e.g. Regional Technical Group, clinical implementing partners at facility level, Global Fund implementing partners, etc.
Supervise and mentor the project Technical Officer(s) ensuring their active engagement in supporting the sub-granted local organizations to effectively and efficiently implement the services related to the project
Coordinates closely with the Strategic Information team and promote data use for decision making
Provide technical assistance to the sub-granted local organizations on key strategies related to the scope of the project to ensure meeting the objectives and the targets of the project
Provide technical leadership in HIV/AIDS service delivery and PEPFAR programming implementation and capacity- building of specific technical components of projects
Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining solutions, with some supervision.
Creates and monitor the project plan for the zonal office, within the given resource and financial constraints