Vacancy: Country Programme Manager. FXB- India Society

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Vacancy announcement : Country Programme Manager. François-Xavier

Bagnoud India Society (FXB- India)

" A meaningful and challenging opportunity for an experienced and

qualified person to make substantial impact on the fight against the

HIV and AIDS pandemic in India " .

A. The Organization: François-Xavier Bagnoud India Society (FXB-

India)

François-Xavier Bagnoud India Society (FXB- India) is registered as

a society on the World AIDS Day (December 1st) of year 2000 in New

Delhi, under the " societies registration act XXI of 1860 " . FXB India

Society satisfies the conditions u/s 80G of the income tax act

1961of the Government of India. FXB programs are being conducted

under the supervision of an elected board of directors and a

governing committee.

The mission of FXB is to fight HIV and AIDS and support the world's

orphans and vulnerable children left in the wake of the HIV and AIDS

pandemic by advocating for their needs and by providing direct

support to families and communities that care for them.

FXB programmes in India have expanded enormously in the past 14

years, since FXB first established FXB Home for children affected by

AIDS in Goa in 1991.

Today, FXB India - the only Indian Non-Governmental Organization

(NGO) in the field of HIV/AIDS and Human Rights present in all 35

States and Union Territories of India – employing about 200 staff-

aims to fight the AIDS pandemic. The prevention, education,

treatment programs implemented by FXB till date has been able to

benefit more than 235,000 people directly and another 860,000

indirectly.

FXB India is part of the global movement of Association Francois-

Xavier Bagnoud (AFXB). AFXB is a non-profit organization registered

as a 501.C (3) in the United States; in France under the Law 1901

modified; as per articles 60ss of the Swiss Civil Code; and in

numerous countries in which AFXB has staff and operations,

consistent with national registration and incorporation

requirements. In addition, AFXB has Special Consultative status with

the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

François-Xavier Bagnoud was a helicopter rescue pilot. The only

child of Albina du Boisrouvray, he died in 1986 during a mission in

West Africa. He was 24 years old. Association François-Xavier

Bagnoud was created by his mother, family and friends to honour his

memory.

From the time that Albina du Boisrouvray founded FXB in 1989, she

has sought to identify and apply practical solutions to the social,

economic and health problems caused by the AIDS pandemic. FXB has

been a leading innovator and pioneer in the fight against HIV/AIDS

and the formulation of low-cost solutions to care for those infected

and affected by the virus. FXB works with the conviction that the

inextricable link between Health and Human Rights is a key to

sustainable development.

The François-Xavier Bagnoud Centre for Health and Human Rights at

the Harvard university is the first academic centre to focus

exclusively on health and human rights. The Centre combines the

academic strengths of research and teaching with a strong commitment

to service and policy development.

The global AFXB movement is driven by the values of compassion,

commitment for excellence and respect for the rights and dignity of

the most vulnerable population. All AFXB activities are driven with

a particular emphasis to improve the lives and opportunities of

orphans and other vulnerable children. AFXB is committed in

investing in the people and systems that make programmes and

services better. FXB India society is in the process of evaluating

and re-strategising its program priorities and its effectiveness.

AFXB invested millions of dollars for human capacity development,

alleviating poverty, enhancing the quality of life of children, and

addressing the causes and consequences and mitigating the impact of

HIV & AIDS in India.

B. The Background:

FXB India society is currently engaged in a critical process of

refocusing on strategic objectives and integrating the activities of

its diverse programmatic areas. Based on the recommendations of a

recently completed program review a decision has been made to re-

organize the country program management structures.

The Country Program Manager will play a pivotal role in advancing

FXB India society's strategic objective of preventing and

mitigating the spread of HIV and AIDS in India, with a special

emphasis on the well being of children.

The Country programme Manager will accomplish this objective by

identifying, managing, and developing strong, sustainable

relationships with local partner organizations, providing technical

assistance to regional directors, state co-coordinators and other

FXB staff, and coordinating staff training, advocacy and other

activities as appropriate.

The Country Program Manager will head up this process, in

consultation with members of the senior management team. The Country

programme manager will assume responsibility for fostering FXB's

relationships with key partners, managing the programme budget in

collaboration with the Finance Department, providing technical

assistance to regional directors, state coordinators in integrating

Orphan and other Vulnerable Children's HIV/AIDS-specific prevention

and care activities into their interventions, providing staff

training and supervision, securing additional private and/or public

funding for the maintenance and expansion of current programs,

monitoring and evaluation of the program with the collection of

accurate data and dissemination of lessons-learned and sound

practices.

The Country programme manager will pay particular attention to the

strengthening of the country programs by implementing a `rights

based' approach to all FXB activities in India

C. Job Description

1. Strategic Program Design and Implementation

a. The Country Programme Manager will work with the regional

directors, state co-coordinators and other staff to identify needs

and solutions.,

b. The Country Programme manger manager will play a primary role in

developing future programming areas, facilitating the integration

or orphan and other vulnerable children's needs and concerns with

all other programmes and ensuring that FXB utilizes the most up-to-

date and efficient responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

2. Fundraising

a. The Country Programme Manager will take an active role in seeking

out new sources of public and private funding in order to increase

the level of support offered to existing programmes, expand the

programme base, and increase FXB internal capacity.

b. The Country Programme Manager will investigate new funding

sources, author concept papers and grant proposals, and liase with

donors as appropriate.

3. Budget development

a. Assist in the creation of realistic budgets in accordance with

AFXB requirements, maximise limited resources and ensure long-term

programmatic flexibility and viability.

4.Report and activity analysis

a. Analyse narrative and programmatic reports, make recommendations

to improve report writing, and provide feedback on how to improve

programming.

b. To ensure that established objectives and indicators are being

achieved, lessons learned and sound practices are widely

disseminated, and the data contained in reports is both

comprehensive and reliable.

5.Support visits

a. The Country programme manager will visit state offices regularly

to observe programme activities, provide support and feedback, and

evaluate progress towards stated objective.

6.Networking

a. Establish and maintain contacts with organizations that are

actively involved in similar projects, for the purpose of

information sharing, dissemination of sound practices, and the

prevention of overlap of activities.

7.Representation

a. Represent FXB at local, regional and international levels as

delegated by the CEO or the by the Asia Programme Advisor

8. Major Challenges and Problem Solving:

a. Ensure `a rights' based organizational culture is implemented

across the programmes and all other activities.

b. Develop and nurture relationships with diverse colleagues across

the various state programmes, and collaborating agencies.

c. Work within the challenging operating environment presented by

multicultural, multi linguistic, particularly in regards to

responding to the complexity of HIV/AIDS pandemic with limited

financial resources.

9. Supervisory aspects:

a. The Country Programme Manager has the autonomy to decide on

project issues, within FXB policy guidelines/budgets. As the head of

the Country programme the Manager will have the responsibility for

the overview of programmatic issues.

10. Internal Contacts:

a. AFXB CEO for overall supervision.

b. FXB India society Board / Governing Body for overview/ policy

decisions

c. AFXB Consultants and FXB India society Board / Governing Body

members on financial/ Budgeting and costing issues.

d. Asia Programme Advisor for information sharing, reporting,

feedback, and overview.

e. Regional directors for information sharing, coordination of

activities, technical assistance, arranging visits, collecting

information, and maintaining contact with partners

f. Financial department for reporting, budgetary controls, travel

arrangements, human resources issues, and other administrative

issues.

11. External Contacts:

a. Partners for approvals, guidance, support and monitoring.

b. Other NGOs for relationship building and dissemination of lessons

learned.

c. NACO and UNAIDS representatives.

d. Donors for the solicitation of funds and progress reporting.

e. State AIDS Control Societies for coordination

12. Minimum Qualifications & Experience:

a. Advanced University degree (Masters or equivalent) in public

health, medicine, social sciences, public administration, law, or

related fields, or a relevant combination of professional training

and certification and extensive experience in Logistics, Management

or Administration. 7-10 years experience.

b. Experience in designing and implementing HIV/AIDS programs in the

areas of orphan support, AIDS treatment (ART), behaviour change

and/or home-based care.

c. Proven effective representation skills to varied stakeholders.

d. Experience designing, conducting and analyzing quantitative

surveys or other statistical exercises.

e. Proven leadership skills and ability to work in a team.

f. Experience in building the capacity of a national staff team from

diverse cultures through both supervisory and non-supervisory

relationships.

g. Strong communication skills, especially writing and presentation

skills.

h. Proven ability to successfully work with Key stake holders and

effectively represent FXB at various levels of the Government

bureaucracy

i. Experience working with major donor agencies

j. Willingness to travel extensively within country.

13. Salary requirements: Pay is competitive and commensurate with

experience

14. Special considerations.

a. FXB India society has the right to alter and adjust this job

description if and when necessary. The Country Programme Manager may

be asked to perform other relevant or special duties not explicitly

detailed in this Job Description.

b. Suitability qualified and experienced women and persons living

with HIV/AIDS are strongly encouraged to apply.

c. Only applications under serious consideration will be

acknowledged.

15. How to apply:

a. Send an application in confidence with a cover letter and

detailed CV with the names of 2 referees within 15 days of the

announcement of this advertisement.

b. Referees will be contacted only with the consent of the applicant

and the confidentially of the applicant will be respected.

c. Candidates should send their application and CVs in confidence to

the following address, preferably by e-mail.

Mr. Christophe Bagnoud

Director Administration & Finance

AFXB Head Office

Rue de Lausanne 80-82

1202 Geneva

Switzerland

E-mail: CBagnoud@...

With a copy to:

Mr. Vijay Krishna Srivastava

Consultant AFXB and Board & Governing Body member FXB India society

L-104 & 105, Jal Vihar Road

Lajpat Nagar-II

New Delhi 110024

INDIA

Tel: +91 11 51 72 40 94

+91 11 29 81 35 55

Fax: +91 11 51 72 40 93

E-mail: <fxbindia@...>

16. No telephone calls please.

17. Interviews; short listed candidates will be called for further

discussion during the 4th week of October 2005.

18. For further details of Association Francois- Xavier Bagnoud

please visit the web page: http://www.fxb.org/index.html