Team Leader / Senior Technical Advisor-HIV

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About the Organization

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. FHI 360’s technical areas encompass a range of public health priorities, including HIV and AIDS; family planning and reproductive health; maternal and child health; health systems strengthening; integrated health and development; and infectious diseases, including tuberculosis and malaria, and more recently COVID-19 and Mpox.

Job Description

EpiC is seeking applications from qualified and experienced candidates to fill a new position of Team Leader / Senior Technical Advisor – HIV for EpiC India. The incumbent is to be based at the FHI 360 Country Office in New Delhi and will provide strategic and technical leadership and direction to the project team to steer efficient, timely and effective project implementation, and assist the EpiC India Project Director in stakeholder coordination and management particularly National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Maharashtra State AIDS Control Society (MSACS), and other PEPFAR and Global Fund partners at the national and state level. Reporting to the Project Director, EpiC India, the Team Leader / Sr. Technical Advisor-HIV will oversee and coordinate case finding, care and treatment activities by leading the technical expert/s responsible for field level implementation of activities, including ensuring that targets set by the funder are met and reported in line with donor / MSACS requirement. S/he will coordinate with the Project Director to bring in new technical expertise and updated global practices.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of EpiC project activities focusing on accelerated HIV case finding and care and treatment, addressing co-morbidities including tuberculosis (TB), opportunistic infections (OIs) and NCDs among PLHIV in the PEPFAR priority state of Maharashtra, and some above site activities.
• Support the EpiC India Project Director to ensure collaboration and coordination with the NACO, SACS, USAID/State Department, Global Fund partners and other key country and state level stakeholders by regularly meeting and consulting with all relevant agencies to share information and to stimulate joint design, implementation and evaluation of interventions.
• Develop scopes of work, project deliverables and monitoring and evaluation indicators and targets together with the Strategic Information (SI) team for the service delivery partner/s.
• Work with the service delivery partner/s to actively monitor and proactively adjust field implementation strategies to increase HIV testing uptake, and case-finding among at-risk populations.
• Provide HIV care and treatment related technical and management support for HIV facilities and CSO partners to strengthen case management services, ensure ART initiation and strengthen viral load suppression through innovative, evidence-based programming, including introduction of community-based ART models and facility based models focusing on improving quality of patient-centric care.
• Develop/ adopt technical tools and resources to roll-out the lifesaving activities in Maharashtra.
• Work with the Strategic Information team to monitor and evaluate the progress and impact of HIV interventions and to track programmatic performance and to design and implement corrective actions where interventions and strategies do not deliver the anticipated outcomes.
• Remain informed on current state-of-the-art programs in the HIV/AIDS care and treatment with focus on at-risk and vulnerable populations, through the review of literature and articles, and maintains link with other international bodies which specialize in at-risk population focused HIV treatment and care;
• Contribute to the preparation of project deliverables including monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual reports etc.) and documenting program activities and deliverables.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Project Director, EpiC India

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology and other related areas.
• Minimum of 12 years of experience in HIV/AIDS service delivery including the design and implementation of customized projects that fit within the country strategic plans and partnership frameworks.
• Knowledge of current India’s national HIV/AIDS program and the gaps and challenges in meeting the 95:95:95 goals. Knowledge of the GHSD guidance on life-saving activities on HIV care and treatment services will be preferable.
• In-depth technical knowledge and experience of the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) and experience of working with NACO and SACS, preferably Maharashtra SACS.  
• Demonstrated experience in HIV case finding, in both community and facility settings, including testing, counselling, linkage, treatment and care including viral load testing and innovative approaches to accelerate partner/ index testing, and care and treatment.
• Prior team lead experience and supervisory experience is mandatory.
• Highly proficient with MS Project, and the Microsoft suite of programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to motivate, influence and work well with others.

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