Deputy Director of Programs and Senior Technical Advisor – TB, HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment

Job description
Summary
The DDoP will double up as the Senior Technical Advisor, TB, HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment will report to the Director of Programs. S/he is responsible for overall TA across EGPAF/K Program on expected standards of performance to be achieved and strategies and approaches to be applied in HIV programming in supported sites. S/he is responsible for continuing capacity development for all clinical technical staffs. Working closely with the DoP and Strategic Technical Advisory Team (STAT). S/he is responsible for ensuring quality programming, achievement of targets and adoption of innovative strategies from Global and National Level. S/he will proactively engage relevant stakeholders, PDs/PMs and counter-part field teams to identify best practices, performance risks and mitigation plans ensuring high level project management skills are applied across all levels of the project management cycle; initiation, planning, implementation monitoring evaluation and control.
Working closely with the DoP and EGPAF Management, S/he will ensure EGPAF is well represented in Technical working groups at National and County level and implementation of the same in EGPAF supported counties.
Roles And Responsibilities

Technical Assistance- TB, HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment

Provide overall technical oversight for EGPAF/K Country Program in the implementation of HIV prevention, Care and Treatment & TB/HIV services
Provide technical assistance in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of HIV Care and Treatment & TB/HIV programs across EGPAF/K Program
Provide technical assistance to the regional teams in developing/updating different guidelines, working formats, job aids, client education materials and monitoring and evaluation tools
In collaboration with regional technical advisors, organize and provide/facilitate facility-level mentorship in HIV Care and Treatment & TB/HIV
Prepare the HIV technical annual work plan with targeted benchmark indicators and evaluate them quarterly
Harmonize annual, semi-annual, quarterly and monthly plan with other departments
Develop and disseminate relevant SOPs and service packages to guide service delivery in line with SIMS and Differentiated Service Delivery

Models of Care

Participate in preparation of continuation application (CA), FOA and NBD opportunities
Ensure that all set TB and HIV prevention, care and treatment targets are met; come up with rapid change interventions for any target lagging behind
Present and participate actively in monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual EGPAF’s performance review meetings.
Compile and submit monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual activity reports
As a co-chair of the Strategic Technical Advisory Team (STAT), develop and maintain a capacity building, technical exchange and learning program/calendar in close collaboration with other STAT members, project TAs and PDs/PMs
Work closely with the Operations Research Department to identify areas for OR, identify research questions, lead in abstract and manuscript development from a program perspective
National, County and Global Liaison and Participation
Participate in the national and regional HIV care and treatment working group activities
Represent EGPAF Kenya in different forums when assigned by the supervisor
Participate actively in global technical discussions and represent EGPAF/Kenya
Set up and maintain a virtual learning platform that will be part of the capacity building hub for CMEs, technical updates and seek facilitators as appropriate

Staff Supervision and Mentorship

S/he will supervise Senor Technical Advisors ensuring quality HIV service delivery
Lead in technical capacity building of all EGPAF staffs across projects by leading mentorship missions, identifying suitable learning opportunities and drawing on internal expertise or external facilitation to build capacity across projects.
Work closely with the DoP and PDs/PMs to develop and refine key performance indicators for program staff across all projects
Develop a post-training agenda to ensure that knowledge is cascaded to those not directly participating. Supervise and mentor all the STAT TAs assigned to him/her

Perform others duties assigned by the supervisor

Project management
Working with the DoP, ensure that the TA rigour from the STAT team is equitably applied across all EGPAF programs
Employ a variety of relevant project management tools to manage STAT activities e.g. GANTT Charts, RACI Matrix etc.
Contribute to EGPAF Kenya’s project management body of knowledge through active participation in project designs, review and course corrective forums

Minimum Qualification

Medical Doctor with a Master’s Degree in Public Health or other relevant advanced degree
HIV experience for at least 5 years in Senior Technical Position
Understanding of HIV programming in Kenya
Experience with managing donor funding especially USG funding will be an added advantage
Skills in research and proposal development will be a distinct advantage.