NATIONAL POST: Technical Adviser, HIV Prevention, SC

*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VACANCY IS OPEN ONLY TO NATIONALS OF MOZAMBIQUE, AND THIS IS AN SB-5 POSITION, NOT SB-4*

Job Setting:

The Advisor will provide specialised technical assistance to the SE-CNCS and the HIV Prevention Reference Group in the combination HIV prevention area, particularly in the design and preparation of the HIV Prevention Plan, as well as support its implementation and monitoring, and assistance in the development of prevention packages for the various target groups. As HIV prevention Advisor, he/she shall:

• Work on the implementation and as HIV prevention specialist;
• Lead the preparation of the HIV/AIDS Prevention Plan, as well as its implementation and monitoring;
• Provide technical assistance to the functioning of the HIV/AIDS Prevention Reference Group;
• Facilitate the acquisition of technical skills and competences by the SE-CNCS technicians and other HIV prevention response actors at all levels;
• Support the SE-CNCS in the design of a national results framework for the HIV prevention area;
• Provide support to the Provincial Secretariats of the SE-CNCS for the creation of the respective HIV Prevention Groups;
• Support the preparation of case studies and/or success stories related to interventions in the HIV prevention area.

Job Purpose:

The Advisor will be supervised by and report directly to the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Director of the SE-CNCS.

Education:

Master’s Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Demography, Sociology, Anthropology, Development or another related area.

Work Experience:

• At least ten (10) years relevant work experience in the development of HIV prevention products to support their day-to-day and long-term implementation, as well as in monitoring the results of HIV prevention programmes involving diverse and multiple actors;
• Proven work experience with public institutions and civil society organizations, particularly at community level;
• Proven experience in programme design, strategic planning, programme management and implementation in the context of low-income countries;
• Proven experience in carrying out gender analyses in the prevention programmes.

Language skills: 

• Fluency in Portuguese and in English spoken and written