NOTE: This position is contingent upon donor funding. South African Nationals are encouraged to apply.
PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.
The Project Manager will be the lead technical expert for integration of community and clinical service delivery with a focus on improving results towards “90-90-90”. This includes strengthening linkages and coordination between social service and health workforces as well as strengthening bi-directional referral systems to improve both health/HIV and social service delivery. The Community Services & Linkage Manager will strengthen implementation of comprehensive, HIV-inclusive case management with a focus on improving pediatric HIV case identification; strengthening HIV prevention focus, linkage to HTS, care, and treatment; retention among both children and their caregivers; and violence prevention and response.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical guidance to develop capacity among community-level implementing agencies and other providers on key HIV/AIDS issues including: linkage to HIV/AIDS care and treatment, adherence, HIV prevention among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), and GBV prevention and response;
- Provide technical assistance in the development of strategies to remove community- and facility-level barriers to access and use of HIV services;
- Support gender-sensitive HIV policy programming and implementation;
- Keep abreast of groundbreaking work in technical areas, disseminating new knowledge to program staff, and developing training and TA for staff, programs and partners;
- Represent the program with USAID, other donors, host country institutions and other agencies as required;
- Liaise regularly with partners to ensure that community approaches are linked with efforts to enhance the quality of services and develop new cadres of service providers.
Required Experience
Required Experience:
- A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Health Administration, Management Social Work, or Business Administration with a focus on public health, social sciences, or related field;
- A minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible experience in technical and operational program management of large-scale complex development activities in developing countries;
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in management of a PEPFAR-funded activity, including program planning, implementation, data use, monitoring and reporting;
- Demonstrated ability to manage large teams and effectively coordinate with a range of stakeholders including government, community and other civil society organizations, and the private sector;
- Demonstrated working knowledge of U.S. Government program management regulations; and
- Demonstrated written, presentation, communication and organizational skills in English.
PATH is dedicated to building an inclusive workforce where diversity is valued.
PATH is an equal opportunity employer. Every qualified applicant will be considered for employment. PATH does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or orientation, genetic information, age, national origin, marital status, disability status, political ideology, military or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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