Job Title:                    Central Care & Treatment Advisor for Transition Support

Duty Station:            Addis Ababa  

Line Manager:         Department Director

Job Summary

Under the guidance of the department director, the central HIV/AIDS care and treatment advisor will provide technical assistance and oversight for treatment programs and interventions with particular focus on linkage to care, initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART), and long-term viral suppression supported by the FHAPCO to the SIX transitioned regions. The advisor will also provide program management and operations support including program design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of the transitioned regional health bureaus activities.

The ideal candidate will support the design and implementation of comprehensive, family centered, and quality CT and TB/HIV services in PEPFAR supported transitioned regions aiming to achieve the 3- 95s. S/He work to develop solutions to persistent challenges, namely low enrollment numbers among infants and adults in care and treatment and high losses of patients in the cascade of services at all levels of the health pyramid.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

·         Provide technical support to FHAPCO on project activities related to HIV linkage, treatment, care and support

·         Provide technical assisstance on the implementation of strategies to improve treatment in existing HIV/AIDS programs, and on the development and implementation of ARV treatment, TB/HIV, prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections, Pediatric treatment and referral networks in the transitioned regions

·         Support the FHAPCO in establishing and sustaining transition advisory working group and conduct of the advisor group meeting as per plan

·         Support the FHAPCO in monitoring linkage and  rapid ART initiation for identified HIV positive

·         Support FHAPCO to monitor the roll out of DTG at all supported regions, towns and HFs

·         Support  FHAPCO  in monitoring  the expansion of second line treatment at all supported regions,

·         Support  FHAPCO  in monitoring  the expansion of third line treatment at all supported regions,

·         Support FHAPCO to monitor and improve retention of HIV patients in care and treatment at all supported regions,

·         Provide technical support for Quality Improvement/Quality Assurance interventions at facility level

·         Support FHAPCO to identify gaps in linkage for early ART initiation, RVLM, viral suppression, organize monthly PR, develop PIP and follow/monitor its implementation at site level.

·         Perform others duties assigned by the supervisor

Required Qualification and Work Experience

·  Physician  with minimum of 3-4 years’ experience as HIV Care and treatment program Advisor, Internist is preferable.

·   Experience in HIV program technical coordination

·  Experience in teaching, mentoring, organizing and conducting training.

·  Experience in development of national documents related to HIV/AIDS Programs

·  Excellent interpersonal and coordination skills

·     Proficiency in written and spoken English

·    Computer skills (MS Office and statistical packages)

Interested candidates with the required qualification and experience are invited to submit application letters along with non-returnable CV online at https://icapacity.icap.columbia.edu/en-us/job/492562/central-care-treatment-advisor-for-transition-support

 -Only online applications are received

 -NB – Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

 Closing date for receiving applications is – January 31, 2020.