Programme Assistant, Community led monitoring, Malawi

Organization: UNAIDS - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Location:
Grade: Administrative support - GS-5, General Service - No need for Higher Education - Locally recruited position
Occupational Groups:
- Social Affairs
- Administrative support
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Civil Society and Local governance
- Project and Programme Management
Closing Date:

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Vacancy No.: UNAIDS/23/TA6

Title: Programme Assistant, Community led monitoring, Malawi

Grade: G5

Contract type: Temporary appointment

Duration of contract: 1 year extra-budgetary project post of limited duration, extension subject to availability of XB funding

Date: 15 November 2023

Application Deadline: 6 December 2023
(13 day(s) until closing deadline)
Currently accepting applications

Organization unit: AI/RSJ Regional Support Team, East and South Africa (AI/RSJ)
Lilongwe, Malawi

About UNAIDS:
Serving Communities and Countries to End Inequalities and AIDS
We, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, lead the global effort to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. By placing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to reduction of inequalities at the heart of our work, we lead the global response to AIDS by: (i) maximizing equitable and equal access to HIV services, (ii) breaking down barriers to achieving HIV outcomes, and (iii) integrating efficient HIV responses into wider health and protection systems.
We are committed to creating an equal, safe and empowering workplace culture where all people in all their diversity thrive. We live our values of Commitment to the AIDS Response, Integrity and Respect for Diversity. You can access the full UNAIDS Competency Framework on the UNAIDS website.

MANDATE OF THE DEPARTMENT:
The Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa provides leadership and coordinates support for an expanded UN system response to ending the AIDS epidemic at regional and country level. It steers, promotes and supports regional and national partners and the UN system towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Using an equity and equality lens as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Regional Office promotes effective use of strategic information of the epidemic trends and the status of its response and provides technical leadership on people-centered HIV prevention and response in the region focused on key populations and locations most at risk.
The UNAIDS Country Office (UCO) in Malawi provides leadership and coordinates the expanded UN system response on a national level, scaling up rights-based HIV services for all, focusing on underserved populations including key populations, women and girls, people living with HIV and locations most at risk. The UCO also works to ensure that equitable financing for the HIV response and broader health systems is available. It further promotes effective use of strategic information to better understand and track the epidemic and its trends, and to measure progress and sustainable impact of the response. It strengthens the capacities of communities and their meaningful engagement in health, social protection, and human rights strategies and mechanisms, and provides support and technical guidance as necessary to national partners and policymakers.

Collaborating with community members, in a way that will identify barriers and enablers to accessing and utilizing HIV services, is pivotal to the national response to HIV and ensures programming is tailor made to respond to the bottlenecks pulling back program progressive efforts. In this context, UCO Malawi has been managing the CDC/PEPFAR Community Led Monitoring (CLM) grant since 2020. CLM provides the structure and mechanism through which community data can have a sustainable impact on service quality. The general aim of the CDC/PEPFAR-supported CLM in Malawi is to expand community monitoring for social accountability and improved access to HIV services, in 6 priority districts and 33 health and community facilities, achievable through the following objectives:

1.Identify barriers to access high-quality health services in health facilities and communities.
2.Refer and track identified barriers to relevant authorities for resolutions.
3.Strengthen community voices to influence HIV and TB policies and strategy development.
4.Improve provision of differentiated HIV testing services, antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and retention and the proportion of eligible ART clients with a documented viral load result (viral load coverage).

Main tasks and Responsibilities of the Position:
Under the overall leadership of the UNAIDS Country Director (UCD) and the direct supervision of the Programme Manager CLM, the selected Programme Assistant will be required to:

Provide programme and administrative support to the Community-led monitoring project internally and to partners.
Review and perform verification of final financial report and monthly reports.
Processing transactions related to CLM in the corporate ERP solution including Travel and Procurement transactions.
Processing of Value Added Tax (VAT) claim for CLM Project.
Provide necessary templates to use when contracting and reporting and support completion of all required templates to fulfill administrative and procurement procedures.
Provide logistical support during meetings, workshops, and conferences for CLM.
Support in undertaking project-related asset verification exercise.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education:
Essential: Completion of secondary school or relevant technical training in Administration, Finance, Management, Procurement or other related fields.

Desirable: Other studies in e.g., project management, community health and public administration.

Competencies:
UNAIDS Competencies

UNAIDS Values:
Commitment to the AIDS response
Integrity
Respect for diversity

Core competencies:
Working in Teams
Communication with Impact
Applying Expertise
Delivering Results
Driving Change and Innovation
Being Accountable

Managerial competencies:
Vision and strategic thinking
Leading Teams
Building Relationships and Networks
Developing and Empowering Others
Managing Performance and Resources
Vision and Strategic Thinking
Exercising Sound Judgement

Experience:
Essential: At least five years of work experience in programme implementation and administrative work.

Desirable: Prior experience managing Donor assistance projects of a similar size and scope and experience managing multi-sectoral projects as well as familiarity with the PEPFAR/COP, CDC COAG and Global Fund planning, implementation and reporting processes.

Languages:
Essential: Advanced level of English.

Desirable: Knowledge of additional UN official languages.

Additional Information:
Please note that for this vacancy, only nationals of Malawi are eligible to apply. You are required to reside within reasonable commuting distance of the UNAIDS office located in Lilongwe. A valid passport will be requested.
Furthermore, only online applications will be accepted.
Other similar positions at the same level may be filled from this vacancy notice.

Annual salary: (Net of tax)
11721, Malawi kwacha at single rate

Applications from people living with HIV are particularly welcome. Applications from women and from nationals of non- and under-represented member states are particularly encouraged.

Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to the Staff Regulations and Rules of the World Health Organization (WHO) adjusted, as necessary, to take into account the particular operational needs of UNAIDS, and any subsequent amendments.

Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

Note: The paramount consideration in the appointment, transfer or promotion of staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity. The medical criterion for recruitment is fitness to work in the particular post. The United Nations HIV/AIDS Personnel Policy clearly stipulates that no staff and/or potential candidates shall be discriminated against on the basis of real or perceived HIV status. HIV infection, in itself, does not constitute lack of fitness to work. There is no obligation to disclose HIV-related personal information.

UNAIDS is committed to providing a work environment that respects the inherent dignity of all persons. UNAIDS has a responsibility to take all appropriate steps to prevent and respond to discrimination, abuse of authority, and harassment, including sexual harassment in the workplace or in connection with work. UNAIDS has zero tolerance towards abusive conduct.

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