Summary
Date Posted: Monday, April 11, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The PMS provides expertise in organizational capacity strengthening, entailing transfer of knowledge and skills to local partners in HIV prevention programming, institutional development (including leadership and governance, management, and human resources), fiscal responsibility and sustainability. The PMS identifies opportunities for U.S. Government (USG) engagement in HIV/AIDS prevention programming and for effective collaboration and coordination with the Government of Uganda (GoU) and other development partners. The position is located in the Office of Health (OHH), HIV/TB Unit - Prevention sub-Unit, reports to the Senior HIV Prevention Specialist and has no supervisory responsibility.

Statement of Duties to be performed.
• Project Management and Oversight (50%)
• Serve as COR/AOR on designated health programs.
• Regularly undertake site visits to USAID supported programs to assess the quality of services, provide
• expert advice and guide implementing partners on newly emerging and highly efficacious approaches to
• HIV/AIDS prevention program implementation.
• Provide expert guidance in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of HIV/AIDS
• prevention programs.
• Monitor program resources allocated for HIV prevention activities to ensure that they are being used
• rationally and that there are no cost overruns.
• Ensure quality of HIV prevention services at facility and community-level through monitoring
• compliance to national and international guidelines, approaches, and tools and provision of supportive
• supervisions to IPs.
• Work with the Office of Financial Management to undertake routine reviews and assessment aimed at
• identifying internal control weaknesses and taking remedial action.
• Prepare quality documents including Concept Papers, Action Memoranda, Scopes of Work, and
• budgets for assigned activities in a timely and efficient manner and consistent with USAID regulations
• and policies.
• Provide on-going technical assistance to USAID supported local partners to ensure that activities are
• evidence-based, sound management and accounting ethos are in practice and services are transparent,
• equitable and responsive to client needs and to ensure that local partners are prepared to assume and
• sustain leadership.
• Arrange for and procure outside technical assistance as needed to further enhance implementation of
• successful HIV prevention program activities.
• Arrange for and procure outside technical assistance as needed to ensure that USAID-funded partners
• are transparently and effectively managing USG investments and that partner systems are developing and improving enough to eventually sustain themselves without USAID support.
• Carry out ad-hoc assignments as dictated by unforeseen operational requirements at the request and
• discretion of the USAID/Uganda Mission Director, Deputy Mission Director, OHH Director, and/or HIV/AIDS and TB Team Leader.
• Representation and Technical Leadership (25%)
• Based on thorough knowledge of the global state of the art in HIV prevention and the contemporary HIV prevention environment in Uganda, provide sound technical guidance to support the Mission to maintain a context-appropriate HIV prevention program.
• Actively engage with other PEPFAR agencies, technical counterparts in Ministry of Health and other national stakeholders to shore up the Mission’s leadership in key HIV prevention interventions including
• key populations programming, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and HIV testing services including self-testing.
• Engage actively in support of the Mission’s HIV prevention representative in the preparation of key
• annual and mid-term planning and reporting documents including the Country Operational Plan,
• Operational Plan, Congressional Budget Justifications, Technical Notifications, Quarterly, Semi-Annual and Annual Progress Reports.
• Represent USAID and PEPFAR as needed at designated national, regional, and international meetings that relate to HIV /AIDS prevention.
• Coordination and Reporting (25%)
• Work closely with the HIV Care and Treatment team to ensure strategies and approaches of both interventions are aligned and mutually reinforcing.
• Work closely with other units within the health office and across the Mission to optimize opportunities for cross-sectoral integration and leveraging of resources across the different program components.
• Contribute to and where applicable participate in HIV/AIDS related program evaluations with aim of documenting and scaling up good practices.
• Work with local implementing partners to develop clear institutional development approaches with measurable milestones and monitor progress to ensure steady progress towards organizational capacity and sustainability.
• In collaboration with the Strategic Information Team, regularly analyze and interpret HIV prevention data to generate key results and trends to assist the Mission maintain a highly nimble HIV prevention
• program. Perform data quality assessments to ensure the quality and reliability of data.
• As a member of the PEPFAR Team, respond flexibly and capably to a wide range of work-related
• requirements including responding to requests for information from HQ, Congress and OGAC.
• The contractor is eligible for temporary duty (TDY) travel to the U.S., or to other Missions abroad, to
• participate in the “Foreign Service National” Fellowship Program, in accordance with USAID policy.
• Supervisory Relationship:
• The PMS works under the general supervision of the Senior HIV Prevention Specialist. Assignments are
• made orally and in writing. Most assignments occur in the normal course of the work, but the incumbent
• is required to determine those that must be coordinated with the supervisor. The supervisor provides a
• review of the assignment, the goals, and objectives to be achieved, and the results expected. The PMS
• will seek advice and assistance as required. Work is reviewed in terms of results achieved.
• Supervisory Controls:
• Continuing supervision of other Mission staff is not contemplated.

Minimum Qualifications required for this Position
• Offers will be initially screened for compliance with application instructions and eligibility in accordance
• with the minimum qualification criteria listed below.
• Education:
• Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, Social Work, Public Health, International Development, or other
• closely related field.
• Other relevant training or certification, if applicable, to augment university degrees and work experience.
• Post-graduate training in organizational development will be an added advantage.
• Prior Work Experience:
• At least five (5) years of progressively responsible, professional experience in HIV/AIDS with multilateral or bi-lateral organizations.
• Increasingly responsible experience in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of
• HIV/AIDS prevention initiatives in developing countries and/or in generalized epidemics.
• Demonstrated experience with developing, implementing and assessing of institutional processes and
• systems particularly in local organizations.
• Experience in analyzing HIV/AIDS epidemiological data and translating data into practice.
• Language Proficiency:
• Level IV fluency in both oral and written English is required.
• Demonstrated knowledge of PEPFAR processes through which HIV/AIDS programs are planned,
• reviewed, approved, implemented, and evaluated.
• Demonstrated understanding of state-of-the-art HIV/AIDS combination prevention initiatives including
• HIV counseling and testing, gender based violence prevention and mitigation and post violence care,
• targeted key and priority population programming, condom promotion, social and behavior change
• communication, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and voluntary medical male circumcision.
• Sound understanding of the social, economic, and cultural determinants and implications of the HIV
• epidemic in Uganda.

Skills and Abilities:
• Ability to communicate information in an objective, transparent, accurate, and concise oral and written form and to represent USAID/Uganda’s programs and priorities to a wide range of outside parties including senior Ugandan officials, USAID senior management, and others.
• Ability to present information, analyses, and recommendations in clear written and oral formats; and the ability to travel to regions and districts within Uganda.
• Ability to independently conceive, plan, organize, manage, and evaluate important, diverse, and
• complex work projects.
• Demonstrated ability to apply policy directives to activity design, implementation and monitoring and
• evaluation.
• Excellent analytical, technical and project management skills to review and provide substantive
• feedback on concept papers, proposals, program descriptions/scopes of work, performance reports, and
• other technical and programmatic documents.
• Ability to respond professionally and adjust in fluid situations in order to meet deadlines in the face of
• competing priorities and time pressures.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including diplomacy and tact, to work effectively with people at all levels,
• from senior officials to support staff, in a culturally diverse environment, accepting divergent points of
• view and help find consensus to achieve team goals.
• Ability to develop positive working relationships within the USG including across USAID, CDC, State
• Department, Department of Defense, and Peace Corps.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with implementing partners, private
• sector partners, other donor partners, and both central and district level Government of Uganda
• counterparts.
• Demonstrated ability to work with local civil society and faith-based organizations including mentoring
• them and building their technical and institutional capacity.
• Excellent computer skills including in Microsoft Office, web-based databases, and electronic filing,
• including the ability to help others and to learn new programs quickly.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Offers must be presented as detailed in Section IV of the solicitation document and shall include:
A typed and signed (hand or electronic signature) (around Section 6 – Declaration) DS-174 Employment Application for Locally Employed Staff or Family Member ( https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds174.pdf ; Version Exp. 06/2022).
Cover letter (addressed to the USAID Supervisory Executive Officer) clearly indicating the position for which you are applying and describing how you meet the minimum requirements.
Completed curriculum vitae/resume as detailed in the solicitation document.
Supplemental [separate] document specifically addressing each QRF as outlined in the solicitation.
Copies of Academic Transcripts. All offers must be e-mailed to: kampalausaidjobs@usaid.gov   on or before April 19, 2022:4:45 PM local time. Offers should be in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). No other file types will be accepted.

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