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The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is the global leader in the fight against pediatric HIV/AIDS and has reached more than 26 million women, with services to prevent transmission of HIV to their babies. EGPAF is supporting activities in 19 countries and nearly 6,000 sites to implement prevention, care and treatment services; to further advance innovative research; and to execute global advocacy activities that bring dramatic change to the lives of millions of women, children and families worldwide.

Senior Project Officer: Gender Based Violence  

Reporting to the Project Director, TIMIZA 90, the Gender based Violence (GBV) SPO shall provide overall leadership in organizing, implementing, coordinating, and supervising HIV/AIDS activities and programs addressing gender based violence for both general and other at-risk populations in Homabay County. The GBV SPO will be responsible for supporting the TIMIZA 90 Project meet the challenge of offering gender responsive programming, with a focus on helping our communities and the clinical providers offer compassionate care to GBV survivors. The incumbent shall hone the project focus on Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS activities and services; reducing violence and coercion; addressing male norms and behaviors; Increasing women’s legal protection; and Increasing women’s access to income and productive resources

Under the guidance and supervision of the Project Director, the SPO will ensure the high technical quality of SGBV component under the TIMIZA90 Project. He/she will ensure the quality implementation of the SGBV and the inter – gender dialogue sessions, review the SGBV tools to be used at the project level, deliver awareness sessions to communities, local partners and MOH, Prepare the SGBV referral mechanism structure aligned with the PEPFAR Guidance and the Updated Gender Strategy 2014. The SPO will also provide technical guidance to TIMIZA90 project teams and Ministry of Health departments that are implementing GBV-specific programs, and represent EGPAF’s GBV work with external partners, donors and policy-makers at local, county, and national level.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Build the capacity Homabay Department of Health (MOH) staff at all levels to provide compassionate, appropriate care to survivors of SGBV throughout our health programs;
  • Lead efforts to provide guidance and technical support to TIMIZA90 Project that will result in development and implementation of high-quality SGBV/gender integration programs.
  • Assist TIMIZA90 Staff and MOH Homabay to design, implement, and evaluate interventions addressing SGBV and gender inequities using the best available evidence.
  • Train EGPAF TIMIZA90 staff and our MOH partners in how to work in SGBV sensitive manners and to adopt a survivor-centered approach.
  • Train the field team on the referral structure to ensure that cases are referred within the programs or to external providers depending on the service needed.
  • Ensure that all programming incorporates a gender equity, conflict sensitivity, and environmental awareness lens with a ‘do no harm’ approach;
  • Work with EGPAF’s quality assurance and improvement team to ensure standards related to compassionate care for survivors are regularly assessed.
  • Provide EGPAF’s and TIMIZA 90 staff with technical assistance to make HIV/AIDS, & sexual and reproductive health programs more gender-sensitive and responsive to responsive to the needs of communities in Homabay.
  • Develop inter gender dialogue tools and facilitate community efforts to address gender norms.
  • Improve program monitoring and evaluation by identifying and addressing gaps in data collection;
  • Review existing MOH SGBV tools and develop new materials based on the program requirement
  • Develop tools and systems to ensure that program monitoring and reporting captures data necessary to assess any negative impacts of gender inequity on service delivery and access.
  • Demonstrate leadership by representing EGPAF on issues related to gender and GBV to a variety of audiences, including with implementing partners, policy makers, and coalitions at public events, meetings, conferences and other venues as appropriate

SKILLS AND COMPETENCE:

Qualifications:

  • At least a University degree in Social work, Health related or other relevant field;
  • At least 3 years proven experience in implementation of GBV programming in HIV Programming; experience implementing GBV through local partners and providing technical support to partners;
  • Experience dealing with GBV cases and ensuring justice through collection of evidence and litigation cycle to conclusion;
  • Knowledge of the Law regarding GBV

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Good Human Relations, Public relations and Communication skills
  • Proficiency in computer packages
  • Working knowledge of USG funded programs particularly through CDC mechanisms
  • Familiar with and experience working with Government bodies particularlyNASCOP , NACC and other MOH departments
  • Must understand PEPFAR /CDC/NASCOP/NACC Technical guidance requirements for HIV Programming for Gender-Based Violence
  • Dedicated team player with excellent organizational, interpersonal, communication, report writing and analytical skills details oriented
  • Takes initiative and able to work without supervision in a dynamic multi-cultural environment

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The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing pediatric HIV infection and eliminating pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention, care, and treatment programs. Founded in 1988, EGPAF supports activities in 19 countries around the world.

Elizabeth Glaser contracted HIV in a blood transfusion in 1981 while giving birth to her daughter, Ariel. She and her husband, Paul, later learned that Elizabeth had unknowingly passed the virus on to Ariel through breast milk and that their son, Jake, had contracted the virus in utero. The Glasers discovered, in the course of trying to treat Ariel, that drug companies and health agencies had no idea that HIV was prevalent among children. The only drugs on the market were for adults; nothing had been tested or approved for children.

Ariel lost her battle with AIDS in 1988. Fearing that Jake's life was also in danger, Elizabeth rose to action. She approached her close friends, Susie Zeegen and Susan DeLaurentis, for help in creating a foundation that would raise money for pediatric HIV/AIDS research.

The Pediatric AIDS Foundation had one critical mission: to bring hope to children with HIV and AIDS. Elizabeth made her first trip to Washington in 1988, when she met with President and Mrs. Reagan, representatives at NIH, and members of Congress. In 1989, the Foundation held its first fundraiser and awarded its first grant for research on the immune dysfunctions in children living with HIV. Dozens more Washington trips and research grants followed.Elizabeth lost her own battle with AIDS in 1994, and to honor her legacy, the Pediatric AIDS Foundation was renamed the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF). Under this name, EGPAF has become the leading global nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing pediatric HIV infection and eliminating pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs.Elizabeth’s legacy lives on in her son, Jake, who is now a healthy young adult.

About the EGPAF Logo In 1988, Ariel Glaser painted how she envisioned the world — as a beautiful garden kept bright with sunshine and surrounded by love. Her inspiration serves as the EGPAF logo, representing hope for children everywhere.

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0 USD Nairobi CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is the global leader in the fight against pediatric HIV/AIDS and has reached more than 26 million women, with services to prevent transmission of HIV to their babies. EGPAF is supporting activities in 19 countries and nearly 6,000 sites to implement prevention, care and treatment services; to further advance innovative research; and to execute global advocacy activities that bring dramatic change to the lives of millions of women, children and families worldwide.

Senior Project Officer: Gender Based Violence  

Reporting to the Project Director, TIMIZA 90, the Gender based Violence (GBV) SPO shall provide overall leadership in organizing, implementing, coordinating, and supervising HIV/AIDS activities and programs addressing gender based violence for both general and other at-risk populations in Homabay County. The GBV SPO will be responsible for supporting the TIMIZA 90 Project meet the challenge of offering gender responsive programming, with a focus on helping our communities and the clinical providers offer compassionate care to GBV survivors. The incumbent shall hone the project focus on Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS activities and services; reducing violence and coercion; addressing male norms and behaviors; Increasing women’s legal protection; and Increasing women’s access to income and productive resources

Under the guidance and supervision of the Project Director, the SPO will ensure the high technical quality of SGBV component under the TIMIZA90 Project. He/she will ensure the quality implementation of the SGBV and the inter – gender dialogue sessions, review the SGBV tools to be used at the project level, deliver awareness sessions to communities, local partners and MOH, Prepare the SGBV referral mechanism structure aligned with the PEPFAR Guidance and the Updated Gender Strategy 2014. The SPO will also provide technical guidance to TIMIZA90 project teams and Ministry of Health departments that are implementing GBV-specific programs, and represent EGPAF’s GBV work with external partners, donors and policy-makers at local, county, and national level.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Build the capacity Homabay Department of Health (MOH) staff at all levels to provide compassionate, appropriate care to survivors of SGBV throughout our health programs;
  • Lead efforts to provide guidance and technical support to TIMIZA90 Project that will result in development and implementation of high-quality SGBV/gender integration programs.
  • Assist TIMIZA90 Staff and MOH Homabay to design, implement, and evaluate interventions addressing SGBV and gender inequities using the best available evidence.
  • Train EGPAF TIMIZA90 staff and our MOH partners in how to work in SGBV sensitive manners and to adopt a survivor-centered approach.
  • Train the field team on the referral structure to ensure that cases are referred within the programs or to external providers depending on the service needed.
  • Ensure that all programming incorporates a gender equity, conflict sensitivity, and environmental awareness lens with a ‘do no harm’ approach;
  • Work with EGPAF’s quality assurance and improvement team to ensure standards related to compassionate care for survivors are regularly assessed.
  • Provide EGPAF’s and TIMIZA 90 staff with technical assistance to make HIV/AIDS, & sexual and reproductive health programs more gender-sensitive and responsive to responsive to the needs of communities in Homabay.
  • Develop inter gender dialogue tools and facilitate community efforts to address gender norms.
  • Improve program monitoring and evaluation by identifying and addressing gaps in data collection;
  • Review existing MOH SGBV tools and develop new materials based on the program requirement
  • Develop tools and systems to ensure that program monitoring and reporting captures data necessary to assess any negative impacts of gender inequity on service delivery and access.
  • Demonstrate leadership by representing EGPAF on issues related to gender and GBV to a variety of audiences, including with implementing partners, policy makers, and coalitions at public events, meetings, conferences and other venues as appropriate

SKILLS AND COMPETENCE:

Qualifications:

  • At least a University degree in Social work, Health related or other relevant field;
  • At least 3 years proven experience in implementation of GBV programming in HIV Programming; experience implementing GBV through local partners and providing technical support to partners;
  • Experience dealing with GBV cases and ensuring justice through collection of evidence and litigation cycle to conclusion;
  • Knowledge of the Law regarding GBV

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Good Human Relations, Public relations and Communication skills
  • Proficiency in computer packages
  • Working knowledge of USG funded programs particularly through CDC mechanisms
  • Familiar with and experience working with Government bodies particularlyNASCOP , NACC and other MOH departments
  • Must understand PEPFAR /CDC/NASCOP/NACC Technical guidance requirements for HIV Programming for Gender-Based Violence
  • Dedicated team player with excellent organizational, interpersonal, communication, report writing and analytical skills details oriented
  • Takes initiative and able to work without supervision in a dynamic multi-cultural environment
2017-10-14

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