Job Opportunities at IntraHealth International

Job description

IntraHealth seeks a Human Resources for Health (HRH) Advisor for an upcoming Global USAID HIV/AIDS bid, Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (TMEC). The purpose of TMEC is to achieve and maintain epidemic control through strategic technical assistance (TA) to improve HIV case finding, treatment, and prevention programming in PEPFAR-supported countries. The HRH Advisor will work closely with the HSS Team Lead to develop an approach for strengthening the health workforce and oversee the design, implementation and monitoring of activities related to building and strengthening health workforce policies and systems. This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya with up to 40% travel expected.

Essential Functions

• Develop the HRH approach for TMEC to strength the health workforce.
• Build capacity of country counterparts, institutions and entities to adapt and apply evidence-based workforce performance and support methodologies and systems to meet their health workforce challenges.
• Promote data-driven practices to improve retention, motivation and productivity of the health workforce, including supportive supervision strategies.
• Lead the development and/or adaptation of tools to guide and support country level interventions to strengthen the health workforce including Workload
• Indicators of Staffing Norms (WISN) and other models.
• Engage stakeholder groups to carry out or contribute to health workforce assessments and gap analyses at the country level and work to strengthen their capacity to use the results for evidence-based workforce planning and strengthening.
• Promote the understanding and importance of the health workforce as a critical component of health systems strengthening.
• Provide technical assistance in building capacity to conduct and apply HRH analytics and to develop and implement retention strategies.
• Provide technical assistance in advancing data-driven assessment, design, and implementation of HRH programming for health service delivery.
• Support the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of project activities and/or studies that address health workforce issues including increasing the productivity of health workers, addressing absenteeism, task delegation, job aids, incentive systems, and quality management applied to HR systems.
• Support the HSS Team Lead in the development of global strategies for knowledge sharing and technical leadership, contribute to capacity building within the team, and engage in activities with stakeholders, donors, and partners.

Education/experience Requirements

• Master’s degree in Health Systems, Public Health, Human Resources for Health, Policy or Public Planning.
• At least 8 years of experience in a technical support/advisor role.
• In-depth knowledge of workforce strengthening and human resources content areas such as HR planning, recruitment and retention.
• Demonstrated knowledge of health workforce data sources. Experience with Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) preferred.
• Proven ability to assess and manage complex activities simultaneously in a time-sensitive environment meeting competing deadlines.
• A minimum of 5 years of work experience on USG funded projects.
• Ability to work as an effective team member in a complex and fast paced environment.
• Proven interpersonal skills and ability to interact professionally with diverse people, clients and consultants.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead programs or projects.
• Strong verbal and written English language skills with experience in report writing and presentations to large and diverse stakeholders.
• Computer literacy in Word, Excel, Power Point.

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Job description

IntraHealth seeks a Demand Creation and Advocacy Advisor for an upcoming Global USAID HIV/AIDS bid, Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (TMEC). The purpose of TMEC is to achieve and maintain epidemic control through strategic technical assistance (TA) to improve HIV case finding, treatment, and prevention programming in PEPFAR-supported countries. The Demand Creation and Advocacy Advisor is responsible for developing TMEC’s approach to and providing technical guidance for creating demand and advocating for high quality, accessible and relevant HIV/IADS services for key populations, with a particular focus on addressing stigma and discrimination of KPs and other structural barriers that prevent this population from accessing and receiving HIV/AIDS services. This position will report to the Team Lead for epidemic control for Key Populations and work closely with the KP Service Delivery Advisor. Travel up to 40% time is expected.

Essential Functions

• Develop a community mobilization strategy for TMEC to address stigma and discrimination of KPs at individual, community, facility and policy levels, with a focus on service providers and law enforcement, that draws from existing S&D strategies and stigma indexes.
• Ensure that capacity of TMEC staff and consultants is built in the use and implementation of community mobilization, advocacy, stigma and discrimination tools and activities.
• Develop and implement trainings and other learning strategies to build capacity of health workers and law enforcement personnel on KPs needs, rights and their role in ensuring access to HIV/AIDS services, treatment adherence and safety of KPs.
• Provide technical assistance and guidance on building capacity within KP networks on mobilization and advocacy efforts to increase up take of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment services, including PrEP, and to address gender-based violence.
• Provide technical assistance and guidance to KP communities on ways in which TMEC supported countries have the political will to support service improvements in service delivery.
• Work closely with the KP Service Delivery Advisor to ensure that KP data is collected and that networks and CSOs have the capacity to access, analyze and apply data to inform program design and management, improve service coverage and quality and advocate for national policies that protect and support KPs use of services.
• Assist with recruiting and supervising a range of consultants to undertake specific scopes of work related to S&D, demand creation and advocacy.
• Contribute to identification and documentation of promising practices and success stories that will contribute to the body of knowledge in the provision of KP friendly HIV/AIDS service.

Education/Experience Requirements

• A Master’s degree in Public or Community Health, Social Science, Community Development or related degree.
• 6 - 8 years’ experience in implementing community HIV/AIDS programs, including some experience working with key populations
• Knowledge of the structural barriers that contribute to stigma and discrimination of key populations within an HIV/AIDS context
• Experience building capacity of community members, health workers, and/or law enforcement in stigma and discrimination prevention at individual and organizational levels is preferred.
• Experience in using data for decision making and planning.
• Excellent written and verbal communication or interpersonal skills is a must.
• Good analytical skills and ability to support a cross section of frontline health and community workers
• Ability to work as an effective team member in a complex and fast paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead teams.
• Availability to travel up to 40% time
• Strong verbal and written English language skills with experience in report writing and presentations to large and diverse stakeholders.
• Computer literacy in Word, Excel, Power Point. Experience with social media as a tool for advocacy and community building is desirable.