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Program Manager for Pediatric HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment and Program Assistant

for Pediatric HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment

Program Manager for Pediatric HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment

Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI)

Location: Karnataka & Maharashtra, with extensive travel within India

Last Date: July 31, 2007. Email: vsingh@...

The primary goal of Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) is

to make high-quality treatments for HIV/AIDS more affordable for

patients in need in more than 66 countries worldwide. In India, the

CHAI team works hand-in-hand with various government agencies to

expand access to treatment on the ground, strengthen management

capacity, improve procurement and laboratory systems, train

healthcare workers and manage initiatives to expand care to

particularly marginalized populations, such as children and people

living in rural areas.

The Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI), India office is

seeking a highly motivated individual with strong communication

skills to fill the position of Program Manager for Pediatric HIV/AIDS

Care and Treatment to be working out of our state (both Karnataka and

Maharashtra) office. Reporting to the State Program Coordinator, the

Program Manager will be responsible for overseeing CHAI involvement

in helping to scale-up Pediatric HIV and PPTCT services and access to

life-saving ARV treatment (ART) to children. Dynamic, entrepreneurial

individuals with strong managerial, diplomatic, and analytical skills

are sought for this role.

The Program Manager will assist with the development and drive the

ongoing strategy for CHAI in the State. Responsibilities include:

• Manage state-level activities for the pediatric initiative,

including administration of a pediatric ARV donation program,

development and implementation of pediatric scale-up plans, and

overall systems strengthening design.

• Manage state activities for the PPTCT program

• Provide strategic consulting assistance to identify programmatic

barriers, and strengthen overall health systems strengthening to

achieve pediatrics ART scale-up.

• Provide ongoing technical assistance to ART centers and State AIDS

Control Society in areas of strengthening treatment protocols,

training curriculum, program management and implementation, and

monitoring and evaluation activities.

• Build strong relationships with stakeholders, including the State

AIDS Control Society, National AIDS program, non governmental

organizations and major treatment partners.

• Assist State Program Coordinator in monitoring and evaluating

programmatic interventions, including quality of Care & Support

services offered by the Pediatric Initiative Lead NGO Partners.

• Write periodic progress reports describing the achievements and

challenges of the program

• Provide technical capacity to outreach workers, data entry

operators, and other health care workers involved in implementing the

pediatric program

• Identify new community based organizations (CBO) and collaborate

with existing CBO to implement the care and support components

• Ensure the collation of vital field data and the identification of

suitable vendors to enter and analyze data

• Work closely with the district level ART centers to facilitate

scaling treatment for children living with HIV/AIDS

• Other activities as agreed upon mutually with the State and Country

Office'

Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in social sciences or public health, Management

• 3-5 years experience in HIV/AIDS program management preferred

• Exceptional problem-solving, interpersonal, quantitative and

analytical capabilities

• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, set priorities,

and work independently

• Willingness and ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously,

set priorities, and work independently and in a team

• Excellent writing and communication skills

• Willingness and ability to travel (up to 50% of time)

• Be of uncompromised integrity; a strategic and innovative thinker;

and humble and happy to let other take credit for any/all success

achieved

• Ability to achieve maximum efficiency and impact with limited human

and financial resources

• Strong dedication to improving the lives of people living with

HIV/AIDS

Pluses:

• Ability to work extended hours outside of a standard work schedule

• Willingness to undertake tasks outside of those outlined in the job

description upon request

Languages:

• Fluency in English and at least one regional language; Hindi is

preferred.

CHAI is an equal opportunities employer

Last Date: July 31, 2007. Email: vsingh@...

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Program Assistant for Pediatric HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment

Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI)

Location: Andhra Pradesh-1, Karnataka-1, Maharashtra-1, Manipur-1,

Tamilnadu-2. Totel 6 posts

Last Date: July 31, 3007. Email: vsingh@...

The primary goal of Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) is

to make high-quality treatments for HIV/AIDS more affordable for

patients in need in more than 66 countries worldwide. In India, the

CHAI team works hand-in-hand with various government agencies to

expand access to treatment on the ground, strengthen management

capacity, improve procurement and laboratory systems, train

healthcare workers and manage initiatives to expand care to

particularly marginalized populations, such as children and people

living in rural areas.

The Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI), India office is

seeking the services of highly motivated individuals to fill the

position of Program Assistants for the CHAI Pediatric HIV/AIDS Care

and Treatment program in some of the high prevalent states of India.

CHAI is searching for outstanding professionals with relevant

experience to support the Pediatric Initiative. The incumbents will

provide program management and documentation support in their

respective roles to the Foundation's grantees to strengthen existing

projects and ensure achievement of high standards of quality. The

ideal candidate will be hard-working, innovative, flexible and

personable; with very strong communication skills The Program

Assistant will be responsible for overseeing CHAI Country and State

teams involvement in helping to scale-up Pediatric HIV / AIDS

services and access to life-saving ARV treatment (ART) to children.

Dynamic, entrepreneurial individuals with strong managerial,

diplomatic, and analytical skills are sought for this role.

The Program Assistant will report to the State Coordinator and/or

State Pediatric Program Manager and will support in managing the Lead

Partners (LPs), identify needs for technical assistance in

consultation with LPs and Technical staff and will provide

programmatic assistance, capacity building of NGO partners at the

district level in program management areas. The incumbents will

assist state team to scale up pediatric initiative for improved

coverage of CLHA through appropriate communication strategies,

diagnostic facilities and mainstreaming with ongoing Treatment, Care

& Support program.

Key Responsibilities include:

• The incumbent will liaise with (LP) to identify barriers to

implementation and develop plans to overcome them and will ensure

appropriate documentation and dissemination of best practices and

lessons learned of Pediatric Initiative.

• S/he will work closely with the Lead Partners and their

implementing partners

• Liaise closely with the LP and their implementing partners to

ensure that CLHA are followed-up in the field

• To monitor that CLHA are receiving high quality care and support

components as prescribed by the CHAI

• Assist State CHAI team to develop and implement Pediatric HIV/AIDS

capacity building programs for partner staff, including

facilitating/leading training sessions as appropriate

• Support ongoing Care and Support program of CHAI including

treatment

• Assist in providing technical assistance to ART centers and State

AIDS control program in areas of strengthening pediatric related

treatment, program implementation, and monitoring & evaluation

activities

• Assist State Coordinator and/or State Pediatric Program Manager in

monitoring and evaluating programmatic interventions, including

quality of Care & Support services offered by the Pediatric

Initiative Lead NGO Partners

• Monitor the drug stock and liaise with ART center to strengthen its

capacity and infrastructure

• S/he will assist the State Coordinator and/or State Pediatric

Program to monitor the distributions of supplies including drugs,

kits and other consumable items to the ART centers as per guidelines

prescribed by NACO.

• Preparation of periodic progress reports describing the

achievements and challenges of the program

• Assist State Coordinator and/or State Pediatric Program Manager in

developing SOPs and state specific materials

• Regularly analyze data collected from Lead Partners and share with

M & E team

• Assist the national and state team to implement other activities as

desired by the Country Office

Desired Profile

• Post Graduate in Social Sciences and Management

• 2 years experience in HIV/AIDS program management preferred

• Those with experience in managing health projects, reporting,

monitoring and documentation will be preferred.

• Exceptional problem-solving, interpersonal, quantitative and

analytical capabilities

• Willingness and ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously,

set priorities, and work independently.

• Ability to work in a team, excellent oral and written and verbal

communication skills in English and computer proficiency is

essential.

• Willingness and ability to travel (up to 50% of time)

• Be of uncompromised integrity; a strategic and innovative thinker;

and humble and happy to let other take credit for any/all success

achieved

• Ability to achieve maximum efficiency and impact with limited human

and financial resources

• Strong dedication to improving the lives of people living with

HIV/AIDS, especially children

• Ability to work extended hours outside of a standard work schedule

• Willingness to undertake tasks outside of those outlined in the job

description upon request

• Fluency in English and other Regional Languages.

Commensurate with experience

Last Date: July 31, 2007. Email: vsingh@...

CHAI is an equal opportunity employer.