United States of America: Technical Consultants
Country: United States of America
Closing date: 31 Aug 2013
ICAP Call for Technical Consultants in Eastern and Southern Africa
ICAP at Columbia University (CU) seeks experienced, high-level consultants who will be available to provide short- and/or long-term technical support services to help strengthen the delivery of effective national AIDS programs in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region.
Consultants must have significant experience working in one of the following countries:
- Angola
- Botswana
- Comoros
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
In addition, consultants must be experienced in the delivery of technical support in at least one of the following areas:
“Governance”
- National AIDS Commission (NAC), Country Coordination Mechanism (CCM) governance and oversight
“Situational Analysis/Epidemic Assessment”
- Review and syntheses of the epidemiological situation;
- Modes of Transmissions studies;
- National AIDS Spending Assessments
- Programmatic and financial gap analyses and sustainable financing studies
“Strategy Development and Resource Mobilization”
- Strategic and operational review and planning
- Development of Investment cases
- Costing and budgeting
- Concept note and proposal development
“Program Implementation and Systems Strengthening”
- Community system strengthening
- eMTCT programming
- Strengthening Financial and Programmatic management and accountability
- Gender programming
- HIV/TB Integration
- Human Rights programming
- Scaling up Programmes for Key Populations
- Organizational Development
- Risk Management
- Procurement and Supply Chain management
“Monitoring and Evaluation”
- Design, assessment and strengthening of monitoring and evaluation systems.
EDUCATION:
- Advanced degree in public health, public administration, social science or related field
EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- At least eight (8) years of experience working in the global public health field
- Demonstrated experience providing HIV/AIDS-related technical support to governments, government stakeholders or civil society organizations
- Demonstrated experience participating in high-level policy and/or strategic planning development
- Experience in leading change, institutional reform and organizational development desired
- Excellent interpersonal, facilitation and communication skills
- Fluency in English, both written and spoken
How to apply:
Please submit a cover letter and resume to icap-jobs@columbia.edu.
In the cover letter, please specify the countries where you have experience and the country in which you are currently located.
Please write “Consultant in Eastern/Southern Africa” in the email subject line.
