HIV/AID Manager

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child,

The UNICEF Programme of Cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) is designed to address and mitigate the threat of poverty the country’s children face, while responding to the needs with interventions addressing the multiple causative factors.

In response to the combination these threats involve the Programme supports national efforts to improve service delivery in the key areas of: child health and nutrition and HIV and AIDS, quality basic education, water, sanitation and hygiene education, child protection and social policy, advocacy and communication.

To find out more about UNICEF’s work in Zambia, please visit https://www.unicef.org/zambia/.

How can you make a difference?

The HIV/AIDS Manager reports to the Chief of Health & HIV/AIDS for general guidance and direction. The Manager supports the Chief in managing the HIV Unit, contributing to knowledge management/innovation and developing/preparing HIV programmes that  will promote the synergy/ linkage between prevention of mother to child transmission and treatment (first decade), and prevention, especially for young/ adolescent girls and boys (second decade). The Manager provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable results of HIV programme and projects according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM) and UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.

Key Function, Accountabilities and Related Duties/Tasks:

Programme development and planning

• Participate and/or conduct/update situation analysis and assessments on HIV and SRH related issues to ensure that comprehensive, relevant and evidence-based data for the country are collected to guide country office HIV programming, monitoring and delivery of programme/project services.
• Participate in strategic programme discussions to provide input, advice and operational support to the development of an integrated HIV programme (within the country and/or UNSDPF programmes). Formulate, design and execute the HIV   programme, ensuring alignment with the overall UNICEF’s Strategic Plans and Country Programme and coherence with national priorities and plans and the United Nations Sustainable Development Partnership Framework (UNSDPF), as well as alignment with regional strategies and frameworks.
• Establish plans of action, programme goals and results, using results-based planning methodology and terminology (RBM).
• Prepare HIV programme documentation for Country Office Programme recommendations ensuring alignment with the overall UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, regional strategies and national priorities, plans and competencies.
• Consult and collaborate with internal and external colleagues and partners to provide technical and operational support to programme planning, management and implementation and to ensure synergy, integration, coherence and harmonization of the HIV programme and related projects within the country programme, donors’ development strategies/policies, country level national priorities/competencies and UN system development interventions/initiatives.

Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results

• Plan and/or collaborate with internal and external partners to establish benchmarks, performance indicators and other UNICEF/UN system indicators and measurement to assess/strengthen performance accountability, coherence and delivery of concrete and sustainable results in HIV programmes.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual sector reviews with government and other counterparts to assess progress and to determine required action/interventions to achieve results.
• Prepare/assess monitoring and evaluation reports to identify gaps, strengths/weaknesses in programme and management, identify lessons learned and use knowledge gained for development planning and timely intervention to achieve goals.
• Plan, monitor and control the optimum/appropriate use of programme resources (financial, administrative and other assets) certifying/confirming compliance with organizational rules, regulations/procedures, standards of accountability and integrity and donor commitments, and ensuring timely reporting and liquidation of resources.
• Prepare mandated and key programme/project reports for donors and other partners to keep them informed of programme progress.

Advisory services and technical support

• Provide technical advice and guidance to key government officials, NGO partners, UN system partners and other country office partners/donors on programme policies, strategies and best practices and approaches on HIV,  and related issues to support programme development planning, management, implementation and delivery of results.
• Participate in programme strategic discussions/planning to provide technical advice/contribute to policy discussions and agenda setting to promote HIV interventions especially in the areas of gender inequality, social inclusion, human rights and humanitarian situations to ensure that at risks and vulnerable population are fully covered in times of greatest needs.
• Prepare policy papers, briefs and other strategic programme materials for management use, information and/or consideration.

Advocacy, networking and partnership building

• Build and strengthen strategic partnerships with health sector government counterparts, national stakeholders and global partners/allies/donors/academia through active networking and advocacy to exchange knowledge/expertise, leverage resources/action, build alliances and engage participation of communities in programme design, delivery and demand creation.
• Develop strategies and/or prepare communication and information materials for maximum impact and outreach to promote awareness, establish partnerships/alliances and to enhance resource mobilization for UNICEF HIV programmes.
• Participate and/or represent UNICEF in appropriate inter-agency (UNCT) discussions and planning on HIV and related issues to ensure organizational position, interests and priorities are fully considered and integrated in the UNSDPF process in development planning and agenda setting. Collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues UNSDPF planning and preparation of HIV programmes.

Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

• Promote critical thinking and introduce technological and programme innovations and approaches to accelerate results and increase coverage, access and quality of high impact HIV treatment and preventative interventions.
• Keep abreast, research, benchmark and implement the most effective, evidence-based practices in HIV management methodologies and information systems. Institutionalize and share best practices and knowledge learned.
• Organize, plan and/or implement capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders to promote sustainable results on HIV related programmes.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have...

• An Advanced University Degree in public health, pediatric health, family health, health research, global/international health, health policy and/or management, environmental health sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, health education, epidemiology or other health related sciences is required.
• A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in public HIV/AIDS planning and management and/or in relevant areas of health care, health emergency/humanitarian preparedness, at the international level some of which preferably in a developing country is required. Relevant experience in HIV/AIDS and SRH programme development and management in any UN system agency or organization is an asset.
• Oral and written proficiency in English is required.

Language Requirements

Fluency in English is required.  Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.