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Title : CONSULTANCY
Organization: Management Sciences for Health
Job Information
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is an international
non-profit, public health organization with headquarters in USA, whose purpose
is to strengthen health programs worldwide.
MSH Uganda is currently running a number of USAID and other
donor funded projects including Strengthening TB and HIV & AIDS Response in
Eastern Uganda (STAR-E) project in Eastern Uganda funded by USAID.
The mandate of STAR-E is to support comprehensive HIV/AIDS
& TB services in the 12 districts of Eastern Uganda (Budaka, Bududa, Bukwo,
Bulambuli, Busia, Butaleja, Kapchorwa, Kibuku, Kween, Mbale, Pallisa and
Sironko).
Key among the populations targeted for services are Most at
Risk Populations (MARPs) primarily: fisher folks, commercial sex workers (CSWs)
and their clients, long distance truck drivers, discordant couples, and other
emerging MARPs. In a bid to upscale MARPs Programming in the project area,
STAR-E intends to hire the services of an HIV/AIDS prevention Specialist as
follows:
Overall
Responsibilities:
The overall goal of the consultant will be to support the
programming and impact documentation of the MARPs interventions of the STAR-E
Project. Specifically the objectives of the consultancy will be:
Objective 1:
To assist the STAR-E Project review the existing strategies
and activities in light of the recently received ‘Program Pivots &
Strategic Changes’ report from the Uganda PEPFAR
Technical Working Groups and whether they are capable of
reaching the desired results.
Objective 2:
To assist the Project with establishing viable linkages that
can bring about the desired continuum of response to the MARPs.
Objective 3:
To work with the
STAR-E Project and its partners to help document what desirable impact the
MARPs interventions have contributed to the overall decline in the epidemic.
Objective 4:
·
To analyze and evaluate the strengths and
weaknesses of the Project’s interventions.
·
Assist the project in documenting best practices
from the existing MARPs interventions.
·
Determine which areas need more attention and make
recommendations for how to strengthen these areas.
Competencies and
Qualifications:
1. HIV prevention specialist with experience working with
MARPs programming in Sub-Saharan Africa, and preferably in the East Africa
region.
2. Fluency in Swahili is an advantage
Application:
If you meet the above requirements and are interested,
please send an email requesting for a detailed Scope of Work to info@star-e.ug
or moitamong@msh.org.
Deadline for
receiving applications: Open until filled.
