JOB DETAILS

PURPOSE

The purpose of the vacancy announcement is to seek the services of a consultant to oversee the coordination and the implementation of the Global Alliance plan to end AIDS in children in South Africa in 5 districts (City of Johannesburg, Ehlanzeni, Tshwane, eKhurhuleni , Nelson Mandela). These are the districts with the highest number of women and children living with HIV.
The consultant will directly report to the HIV Manager within the UNICEF SACO and indirectly report to the districts, and with feedback and presentations to the global alliance national technical working group, where necessary.

SCOPE OF WORK

The consultancy will directly contribute to the annual work plan activity: To support the development and implementation of the global alliance plan in nine (9) provinces. In this regard, the objectives are to:

1. Support and coordinate the institutionalisation of Global Alliance to end AIDS at sub-national levels.
2. Support coordination of implementation of the Global Alliance plan and contextualisation in the five (5) districts.
3. Facilitate identification, implementation and tracking of implementation in collaboration and in alignment with ongoing initiatives.
4. Facilitate the use of Quality Improvement (QI) methodologies to improve implementation of the vertical transmission program and paediatric HIV services.

Activities and tasks

Execute a project management role, including but not limited to the five (5) districts as well as to provide strategic specialist expertise and guidance on coordination of the multi sectoral approach. The activities include:

• Implement provincial/ district project plan in line with the country plan.
• Update and track the alliance plan, compile and present project reports and dashboards periodically and as needed.
• Use data to identify keys gaps in paediatric and adolescent HIV care and the vertical transmission program- priorities at least four (4) gaps that could be addressed to improve the program.
• Provide support to outline key interventions that are to be implemented by the districts and partners to address the gaps and continuously monitor implementation including attainment of district targets.

• Maintain a GA Country team/Provincial Team database, ensuring that stakeholder information is up to date.
  • Participate and provide technical support in Global Alliance Provincial Technical Working Group.
• Work closely with the country/provincial team and technical working group to develop and implement a learning agenda that promotes learning and adaption of approaches and activities for scaling up.
• Participate in monthly update calls with UNICEF to update progress and upcoming activities.

Outputs and deliverables

• Inception report meeting and a workplan with timelines
• Districts (5) consultation report and plans aligned to the global alliance, with priority actions, indicators and baselines included.
• Quarterly districts reports outlining and updating the district quality improvement plans, in terms of implementation of key activities, bottle necks and the next steps (for the 5 districts).
• Bi-weekly to monthly update meetings UNICEF held.

• Quarterly feedback meeting with the national global alliance team held and district implementation and progress presented.

This consultancy is for 12 months.

1. Inception report (2 weeks) – 10% of estimated budget
2. Quarterly district consultation and data informed quality improvement plans reports for the 5 districts, sub districts and prioritized health facilities (1 month) – 20% of estimated budget
3. Implementation of specific QI actions and indicators report (1 month) – 20% of estimated budget
4. Quality improvement progress report, with progress from last quarter to this one outlined, bottlenecks and how to address them incorporated. Best practices are documented. (over a period 4 months) – 20% of estimated budget
5. Meeting actions and Quality improvement progress report, with progress from last quarter to this one outlined, bottlenecks and how to address them incorporated (over a period of 3 months) – 20% of estimated budget
6. Final report (last month) – 10% of estimated budget

All the reports must be submitted in English and will be quality reviewed and approved by UNICEF before payment is made.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in social sciences/ public health
• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience at national and international levels, including experience and expertise in HIV, vertical transmission program and/or pediatric HIV
• Prior experience project management, monitoring and tracking results
• Multi stakeholder and partner coordination

• Experience working with the UN and DOH an asset
• Technical experience in
  • coordination of partners
  • quality improvement
  • using data to identify and track implementation
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of a local language is an asset

• A technical proposal to be submitted with your application
• A financial proposal aligned to deliverabls to be submitted with your application