HIV Prevention Advisor

The HIV Prevention Advisor is the most senior public health advisor on all aspects of HIV prevention to the HIV & AIDS Division, the broader Health Office, and the Mission as a whole. The HIV Prevention Advisor will provide the Health Office and Prevention Team with expertise for HIV Prevention strategy development, management, leadership, and technical direction on the biomedical and behavioral components of HIV prevention in Mozambique. The Advisor will ensure that USG HIV prevention activities are implemented in accordance with WHO, Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) and President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) guidelines. The Advisor will provide expert advice and technical capacity building to the HIV Prevention Team and USAID's implementing partners. The position serves as an alternate contract/agreement officer representative and/or activity manager and will work closely with the Division's Project Management Team which coordinates funding, reporting, and administration of the USAID funded Grants, Contracts and Cooperative Agreements to ensure projects are conducted according to both technical and regulatory guidelines and USG funds are utilized appropriately.

This position will provide oversight of key technical areas such as condom promotion and distribution, social and behavior change communication, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), community platforms for delivering HIV prevention services including HIV testing, and programs targeting priority populations such as young boys and men (including voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC)), key populations (including female sex workers and men who have sex with men) and adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). These priority populations require special focus in order to bring Mozambique closer to epidemic control. The position will be a key advisor for the DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe) initiative, aimed at reducing new HIV infections among AGYW 10-24 years old through a combination of interventions that address biological, behavioral and socioeconomic determinants of HIV risk. This HIV Prevention Advisor position will need to be conversant and up to date on the latest best practices related to all HIV prevention interventions, with a particular focus on HIV testing.

The Advisor is expected to help lead agency technical preparations and in-depth analysis for the Mission to plan, implement, monitor, and coordinate the HIV & AIDS prevention activities for all sub-populations, and reporting while ensuring that monitoring and evaluation functions feed into continuous learning and application. The Advisor plays a prominent role, along with key national and expatriate staff, within the network of national, internal, and external partners related to the technical area of OVC and HIV & AIDS prevention activities for all sub-populations. As a USAID employee, the incumbent has the responsibility of understanding the incorporating the Agency's five core values in all aspects of his/her work.

USAID places heavy emphasis on interagency collaboration, strong linkages with the GRM, civil society, and other donor agencies, and with other technical offices within USAID/Mozambique. The advisor will also need to represent USAID in direct engagements with implementing partners including community partners and will need to possess skills to analyze and identify both areas for improvement as well as successes for scale up.