Pact Overview
Department Overview

Pact seeks a Capacity Development Advisor for the anticipated Key Populations Investment Fund (KPIF) for the Office of the US Global AIDS Coordinator and Global Health Diplomacy (S/GAC). The KPIF has been established to support the scale up of key population (KP)-led community approaches to enhance and expand quality HIV/AIDS services for key populations. KPIF ultimately seeks to create quality service delivery that leads to increased HIV testing, improved linkage to HIV prevention and treatment services, and viral load suppression to mitigate the HIV epidemic amongst those populations.

Position Purpose
The Capacity Development Advisor is responsible for supporting the organizational and technical capacities of KPIF subawardees. The Advisor is required to work closely with the Deputy Director to ensure that regular monitoring and mentoring takes place with each grantee. The Advisor will also regular liaise with partners to ensure that they are completing assignments against quality standards and to the satisfactory of the subgrantees.

Key Responsibilities
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supports the development of a subgranting strategy, identification of subgrantees, and facilitation of pre-award risk assessments of subgrantees
• Completes capacity and performance assessments of grantees, and supports the development of Institutional Strengthening Plans for each grantee.
• Identifies partner training needs, identifies trainers, and supports the development of curriculum for all training.
• Identifies opportunities for South 2 South exchanges between partners and other high performing KP organizations and facilitates the exchanges.
• Identified opportunities for partner mentoring needs, and provides mentoring on a range of organizational development topics.
• Regularly collects, analyzes and reports on capacity development data.
• Provide effective performance management, mentoring, and coaching for staff under his/her direct supervision.
• Frequent international travel within the Southern Africa region.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Basic Requirements
Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, International Development, Development Policy or related field..
• At least 8 years’ experience managing US government-funded health project projects focused on HIV programming with Key Populations, preferably transgender populations.
• In-country implementation experience in South Africa, preference for additional experience in Namibia, Lesotho, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and/or Swaziland.
• Demonstrated experience providing capacity development assistance in one or more of the following areas: expanding demand for and access to quality, effective HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for key populations; addressing structural barriers that inhibit access to and the effectiveness of HIV services, including legal, law enforcement, policy, economic, and educational barriers; systematic and rigorous action to respond to, mitigate, and monitor stigma, discrimination, and violence at individual, community, and national levels; promoting the human rights of and social justice for all persons, without distinction; and/or supporting the collection and analysis of epidemiologic data on key populations and sub-populations.
• Excellent grasp of participatory capacity development methodologies.
• Excellent facilitation and training skills in a variety of health and organizational development topics.
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of US government policies, procedures and regulations.
• Oral and written fluency in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters’ Degree strongly preferred.
• Identification as a member of a key population (men who have sex with men, transgender, or sex worker)
• Previous experience in managing or implementing challenge or innovation funds.
• Previous experience working directly with OGAC.

Apply here: https://goo.gl/WA5zEO