International Training & Education Center for Health,HIV and AIDS Treatment, Care & Support Technical Assistant Jobs in Malawi

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Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). I-TECH activities primarily focus on providing technical
assistance to extend existing capacity for Human Resource for Health (HRH) in
conjunction with the Government of Malawi, Ministry of Health (MoH). I-TECH
also works with Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM) and Nurses and
Midwives Council of Malawi (NMCM) among other stakeholders.

• Through
  direct support and mentoring of counterparts, and in concert with the
  Director of the Department of HIV and AIDS, MOH and other TAs, assist in
  strengthening the MOH’s implementation of all health services that make up
  the continuum of HIV care including biomedical prevention, treatment, care
  and support, and impact mitigation aspects of the health sector response
  to HIV and AIDS.
• Support
  the inclusion of HIV and AIDS component in the development of the Ministry
  of Health’s Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP).
• Provide
  leadership and technical expertise for the development, updating, and
  implementation of policies, guidelines and job aids for the national HIV
  and AIDS programs.
• Coordinate
  with national and international partners to ensure the MOH’s timely and
  efficient implementation of the 5 year National Strategic Plan (focusing
  on HTC, ART, PMTCT, OI, and STI), and achievement of the 90-90-90 targets
  as set in the plan.
• Assist
  in improving access to ART for PMTCT and increased uptake of paediatric
  ART in line with the national HIV guidelines and national targets.
• Work
  with all stakeholders to periodically review pre-service and in-service
  training curricula for health workers in ART/PMTCT service delivery and
  management of HIV related conditions and infections.
• Provide
  technical expertise and support coordination for district health offices
  and district-level implementing partners to strengthen the national
  clinical mentorship program, continuous quality improvement interventions
  and the national quarterly supportive supervision exercise, to ensure
  quality of HIV services at facility level.
• Provide
  leadership in HIV and AIDS technical working groups and sub-groups to
  ensure enhanced coordination, harmonization and strengthening of HIV
  prevention treatment and care policies, guidelines and standard operating
  procedures, and standardized training of health care workers.

• Facilitate
  the development, review and implementation of management systems and
  standards for technical support services such as laboratory support
  (including Routine Viral load scale up and Early Infant Diagnosis),
  referral systems, drug security, drug forecasting and quantification, grant
  management (e.g. Global Fund grant, MOH-CDC Cooperative agreement) and
  monitoring and evaluation as it relates to HIV and AIDS treatment and
  care.
• Support
  the management of the HIV and AIDS Department to effectively work with all
  stakeholders, at policy and implementation level, within and outside the
  Ministry, and within and outside Malawi, in sharing information and in
  promoting the interests of the MOH in contributing in the formulation of
  inter-sectoral, regional, international and other policies and guidelines
  for HIV/AIDS treatment and care issues.
• Help
  in identifying systems’ needs for the running of the HIV and AIDS
  Department in the Ministry of Health in support of the TA’s core
  functions.
• Assist
  the MOH with establishing and maintaining a monitoring system for
  in-service training and mentoring activities for clinical HIV services.
• Help
  in identifying innovative cost effective best practices in HIV and AIDS
  programs by implementing partners and promote replicating them in other
  districts.
• Conduct
  on-the-job training and mentoring for Fellows in HIV treatment, care and
  support fellowship program.

• Facilitate
  the development of a prioritized operations research plan relevant to
  Malawi in the areas of HIV prevention, treatment and care, and develop the
  capacity of the Ministry in designing, implementing, evaluating, writing
  and disseminating operations research findings.
• Assist
  the MOH with preparing strategies, annual work-plans, quarterly reports
  and other ad hoc reports on the state of scaling-up and performance of,
  research, stakeholder participation and budgets and expenditures as it
  relates to HIV treatment care and support services.
• Support
  relevant junior staff in developing and conducting small/short research
  work.

1. Experience
   and knowledge of HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment and care activities
   especially in the Sub-Saharan Africa, and, ideally firsthand experience of
   rapid ART/PMTCT scale-up
2. Experience
   and knowledge in HIV care and support interventions and capacity of health
   services delivery structure in a Sub-Saharan African setting (specific
   Malawi experience a plus)
3. Clinical
   experience in HIV case management preferred
4. A
   strong background in promoting the ‘public health approach’ for service
   delivery in extremely resource constrained settings.
5. Working
   experience of HIV and AIDS and other public-health disease control
   programs in Africa and a record of working with and managing sizable teams
   
6. Close
   professional links with partners and experts in relevant international
   agencies.
7. A
   strong background in operational research and a proven track record of
   success in terms of implementing studies (as demonstrated by writing
   papers for peer-reviewed journals) and translating research into policy
   and practice
8. Familiarity
   with the scientific literature on HIV prevention, treatment, Care and
   Support
9. Self-starter
   with well-developed written and oral communication skills and the ability
   to work constructively and well in a multi-cultural multi-discipline
   setting with a wide array of experts in the field (proven experience in
   working in Malawi preferred)

1. Qualified
   physician.
2. At
   least ten years post-qualification experience in infectious diseases of
   which at least five years should be in sub-Saharan Africa (or equivalent
   combination of education and experience), in the area of HIV treatment,
   care and support programs implementation.
3. Incumbent
   must have the clinical and public health expertise and must have
   demonstrated practical experience in managing a large clinical program in
   a developing country context.