UNAIDS Country Director, Central African Republic Job Vacancy in Rwanda

e: 21 June 2014

• In support of the UN RC System, leads and
  ensures mutual accountability of the UNCT in the area of HIV, and the
  effective implementation of the HIV focus areas of the UNDAF/P, the Joint
  UN HIV Programme of Support, and the cCPAP. Coordinates the UN system’s
  support to the national HIV response, and oversees its programming,
  policy, financing, implementation, monitoring and accountability,
  including quality assurance.
• Shares oversight of the UNCT, technical
  working groups and other relevant forums, to ensure coordination, policy
  coherence, results-based planning, and communication within the UN and
  between the UN, government and other development partners.
• Provides guidance and leadership advocacy
  within the UNCT in support of the UN Cares, and UN Plus initiatives.

• Leads and provides authoritative guidance to
  national and international partners on emerging global development
  policies and key strategic interventions for an effective and efficient National
  HIV Strategic Plan and Programme.
• Reaches out across national decentralized
  levels and key political actors to develop high impact opportunities,
  initiatives, and partnerships to align the HIV response with political and
  development agendas.
• Advocates for the integration of HIV into
  broader health and development efforts.
• Plays a key role in the development and
  application of a joint UN advocacy strategy and plan for the scaling-up
  and integration of effective and evidence informed HIV and related
  strategies and programmes.

• Oversees the collection, generation, analysis
  and use of strategic epidemiological and other strategic information to
  inform technically and ethically sound policies and programmes.
• Ensures the provision of expert advice to
  develop and consolidate tools and mechanisms to prepare, track and
  efficiently assess the national HIV strategic plan and response.
• Gathers and maintains up-to-date social and
  political intelligence and strategic information on political engagement
  and national/regional HIV-related policies to inform the Executive
  Director and senior management of evolving opportunities and challenges in
  the HIV response.

• Promotes the development and consolidation of
  one national Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) system, and facilitates
  coordination of national, Cosponsor and other development partners’
  activities in M&E.
• Ensures periodic monitoring and annual
  reporting of activities of Cosponsors and other UN Country Team level
  actors, according to the agreed set of indicators based on cCPAP and
  UBRAF.

• Mobilizes and leverages technical, financial
  and institutional resources for the AIDS response and strengthens national
  capacity therein.
• Engages where appropriate with the private
  sector to identify resources available to support the HIV response at
  local or regional levels.
• Promotes cost efficient and effective
  investments, and generates evidence on cost and investments of HIV
  programmes and initiatives.
• Negotiates with regional funding partners, in
  particular the Global Fund and PEPFAR, and Regional Development Banks, to
  maximize the potential of multilateral grant opportunities and bilateral
  aid available at national and regional level, to broker well-coordinated
  resources for civil society, communities and other non-governmental
  institutions.

• Engages the media as a key partner for social
  justice, to address the drivers of HIV, and increase visibility of the
  actors in the HIV response, and promote key messages.
• Brokers strategic partnerships between
  national and international partners. Catalyzes and increases
  inter-sectoral participation in the HIV response.
• Mobilizes communities for advocacy and demand
  creation across social movements, including networks of people living with
  HIV, key populations at higher risk, youth, communities of faith, and the
  private sector.
• Promotes increased participation of relevant
  sectors of society, national and international partners in the planning,
  implementation and evaluation of HIV-related activities.
• Takes a leadership role for increased
  participation of relevant civil society and community organizations and
  NGOs, in particular those representing people living with HIV, with a view
  to ensure their full, unhindered participation in, and contributions to
  national HIV-related policy and programme development and implementation.

• Oversees the full range of financial,
  administrative, procurement, operational and human resources management
  issues in country operations (including where the UCD is not resident),
  including staff development and performance management for UNAIDS
  Secretariat staff.
• Manages and develops results-based work
  planning and budgeting for the Country Office and ensures its implementation
  by tracking expenditures and monitoring achievement of results.
• Provides overall management and ensures
  implementation for the safety and security arrangements related to all
  UNAIDS Secretariat staff, their recognized dependents, assets and programmes,
  in accordance with UN and UNAIDS safety and security policies.
• Represents UNAIDS in the UNCT, the Security
  Management Team, and where appropriate, the Disaster Management Team
• Participates in the performance appraisal of
  UNCT members and the RC/HC based on agreed UNCT objectives. Conversely,
  the RC/HC contributes to the formal evaluation of UCD performance, as well
  as the performance of the UNCT as part of the 180 degree performance
  assessment process, and participates in the UNAIDS Country Director Performance
  Appraisal conducted by the Regional Support Team Director (1st level
  supervisor).

• Commitment to the AIDS response
• Integrity
• Respect for diversity

• Working in teams
• Communicating with impact
• Applying expertise
• Delivering results
• Driving change and innovation
• Being accountable

• Vision and strategic thinking
• Leading teams
• Managing performance & resources
• Developing and empowering others
• Exercising sound judgment
• Building relationships and networks