Consultant - HIV Testing Services at World Health Organization

Purpose of consultancy

The consultant will work with the Testing, Prevention and Populations (TPP) unit within the Department of the Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes (HHS) by facilitating the roll-out of the verification tool kit and helping countries to adopt the WHO HIV testing strategy and algorithm, and to include dual HIV/syphilis tests. These efforts are essential to supporting countries to adopt and implement the WHO consolidated HIV testing services (HTS) guidelines as well as support country implementation and scale-up of optimal HTS strategies. This consultant will also contribute to work on the forthcoming 2023 HIV testing guidelines.

Deliverables

Output 1: Provide technical  guidance to at least 10 countries on adopting the WHO guidelines, WHO HIV testing strategy and rolling out the differentiated HIV testing guidance including Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries.

• Deliverable 1.1: Meeting minutes from virtual stakeholder consultations (including national TWGs, WHO regional offices, PEPFAR and Global Fund) to ensure better understanding, buy-in and implementation of WHO recommendations.
  Timeline: Monthly
• Deliverable 1.2: Report on deliverables on DSD, bottlenecks, challenges and lessons learned for dissemination to partners and Global Fund.
  Timeline: January, March 2023
• Deliverable 1.3: Produce at least 3 web stories and lessons learned reports for internal and external communications on DSD SI.
  Timeline: November 2022, January 2023, March 2023

Output 2: Provide technical guidance to countries and partners on adoption of the differentiated HIV testing services approaches in the WHO guidelines across the DSD SI in at least 5 countries. 

• Deliverable 2.1: Multi-lingual (English and Spanish) materials developed, reviewed and revised, including slide sets, email drafts, web stories, etc. 
• Deliverable 2.2: Updated DSD SI tracker with country and partner progress, identifying and reporting challenges and solutions.
• Deliverable 2.3: Virtual Meeting Notes on two PAHO and Lusophone African countries HQ virtual meetings to plan for HTS guidelines updates with a focus on testing strategies and algorithms.
• Deliverable 2.4: Short minutes of and presentations in at least 3 HTS webinars including for Spanish/Portuguese speaking countries with regional office and partners.

Timeline: 2.1, 2.2 (December 2022, April 2023), 2.3 (November 2022), 2.4 (April 2023)

Output 3: Guidelines’ roll-out in Mozambique in cross-cutting areas on DSD and key populations.

• Deliverable 3.1: Provided technical assistance to the roll-out of key populations guidelines and activities on DSD models of care in Mozambique (coordination with WHO teams on key populations and treatment and care) through review of documents and alignment with WHO guidelines.

Timeline: October 2022 and March and December 2023

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• Advanced university degree in public health.

Experience

Essential:

• Over 5 years’ experience working in HIV testing services including laboratory support, data analysis, and procurement, policy, strategy, and implementation. 

Skills/Knowledge:

• Expertise in technical writing, data analysis and report writing. 
• Good communication, presentation and coordination skills.

Closing Date : Oct 18, 2022