PACT

PACT is seeking the qualified person to fill the position as National Level Technical Advisor.

Please kindly find the link of this position to the PACT website (see the email  below)

Position Title National Level Technical Advisor (Local Candidates Only)

Requisition Number 150029

Location :City Jakarta

Description Pact Overview

At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. The promise of a healthy life. Of a decent livelihood. Of sustainable natural resources that benefit communities. Now more than ever in its 42year history, Pact is helping millions of people who are poor and marginalized discover and build their own solutions and take ownership over their future.

Pact enables systemic solutions that allow those who are poor and marginalized to earn a dignified living, be healthy, and take part in the benefits that nature provides. Pact accomplishes this by strengthening local capacity, forging effective governance systems, and transforming markets into a force for development.

Department Overview

Pact exists to help create a world where those who are poor and marginalized exercise their voice, build their own solutions, and take ownership of their future. The Indonesia DERAP Team, contributes to realizing this purpose by:

•Forging smart partnerships and treating all people with dignity and respect;

•Applying organizational policies and regulatory compliance appropriately and consistently;

•Facilitating team spirit among colleagues and promoting the organization through communications;

•Influencing decision makers through focused, relevant communications;

•Continually striving to learn and share knowledge and find small ways to make the workplace more enjoyable for all;

•Cultivating and harvesting innovation;

•Contributing to the organization’s ability to think and act strategically at all times;

•Inspiring and spreading our desired organizational culture across the global enterprise.

 

 

Position Purpose

Pact is seeking a National Level Technical Advisor (NLTA) for the Indonesia DERAP (Delivering Expanded Resources for AIDS Programming) Project, a USAIDfunded HIV/AIDS prevention and care program for key populations in Indonesia. The NLTA will be responsible for technical assistance to the Ministry of Health (MOH) in the use of sound epidemiological data analysis to strengthen HIV/AIDS services, particularly the strategic scaleup of ART treatment. S/he will play a lead role in analyzing and interpreting existing HIV/AIDS/STI surveillance data to assist the MOH in planning and allocation of resources, and to build the MOH’s technical capacity in the use of serological surveillance data. S/he will also assist the MOH to review routine data on ART implementation to monitor program performance and make necessary adjustments. As Pact’s fulltime technical advisor, s/he will also play an additional coordinating role for Pact’s technical support activities to the project and liaise closely with the global health technical team. The NLTA will have dual reporting responsibilities to the DERAP Chief of Party and to Pact’s headquarters office in Washington, DC.

Key Responsibilities

•Provide technical expertise to the MOH and other nationallevel partners in the analysis and interpretation of epidemiological data from IBBS, size estimation, mapping, and other existing HIV/AIDS/STI surveillance data.

•Assist to prepare and/or review IBBS and other data reports, presentations, and/or resources to describe data analysis findings.

•Advise the MOH on the use of survey findings in planning and allocation of resources for HIV/AIDS services, with emphasis on expansion of ART treatment under the SUFA (Strategic Use of Antiretrovirals) Initiative.

•Support and build the MOH’s technical capacity in use of surveillance data for program decisionmaking,

including on the job training and coaching of the MOH Surveillance Advisor.

•Assist the MOH to routinely monitor and report the results of the SUFA initiative at the district and national levels.

•Participate in and contribute to relevant national technical working groups at the MOH (e.g., ART/SUFA, IBBS, Strategic Information etc)

•Advise the MOH on strategies for improving the performance of the health system, particularly for SUFA implementation and scaleup, by assessing needs and developing concrete actions for (a) strengthening human resources for health (pre service training for new health workers); (b) developing or strengthening the capacity of District Health Offices to implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) for routine supportive supervision of SUFA sites; and/or (c) improving supply chain management.

•Support the implementation of relevant operational research as necessary for strategic information required to ensure success of SUFA implementation.

•Contribute to DERAP project reporting, including writing narrative updates and preparing technical analyses/tracking of project indicators, for USAID, MOH and other key stakeholders.

•Working closely with Pact’s backstopping team for DERAP, support the local coordination of Pact’s technical assistance to address indentified program areas of need (e.g., stigma and discrimination, GBV), and mobilize needed Pact staff resources for planning and project review in collaboration with the DERAP COP.

•Report regularly on progress of activities to Pact’s backstopping team.

•Perform other duties as assigned.

Basic Requirements

•Master Degree in Public Health, Health Sciences with at least 5 years relevant experience in HIV/AIDS programs.

•Strong background in working in HIV/AIDS/health projects with a particular emphasis on monitoring and evaluation and/or epidemiology.

•Experience in preparation of quantitative survey/research findings for dissemination among government, NGO and other stakeholders.

•Demonstrated understanding of routine health information systems, interpretation and use of surveillance data for program planning.

•Experience in working effectively with government and non government partners

•Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team with national and international staff, and maintain excellent working relationships with partners.

•Literacy with MS Office and statistical packages.

•Strong oral and written communication skills

•Fluency in English and Indonesian.

Preferred Qualifications

•Experience in design, implementation and analysis of HIV/AIDS/STI surveillance surveys

 

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