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Position TitleNational Level Technical

Advisor (Local Candidates Only)

Requisition Number 15-0029

Post Date 3/6/2015

City Jakarta

Description Pact Overview

At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. The

promise of a healthy life. Of a decent livelihood. Of

sustainable natural resources that benefit communities. Now

more than ever in its 42-year history, Pact is helping millions

of people who are poor and marginalized discover and build

their own solutions and take ownership over their future.

Pact enables systemic solutions that allow those who are poor

and marginalized to earn a dignified living, be healthy, and

take part in the benefits that nature provides. Pact

accomplishes this by strengthening local capacity, forging

effective governance systems, and transforming markets into a

force for development.

Department Overview

Pact exists to help create a world where those who are poor and

marginalized exercise their voice, build their own solutions,

and take ownership of their future. The Indonesia DERAP Team,

contributes to realizing this purpose by:

•Forging smart partnerships and treating all people with

dignity and respect;

•Applying organizational policies and regulatory compliance

appropriately and consistently;

•Facilitating team spirit among colleagues and promoting the

organization through communications;

•Influencing decision makers through focused, relevant

communications;

•Continually striving to learn and share knowledge and find

small ways to make the workplace more enjoyable for all;

•Cultivating and harvesting innovation;

•Contributing to the organization’s ability to think and act

strategically at all times;

•Inspiring and spreading our desired organizational culture

across the global enterprise.

Position Purpose

Pact is seeking a National Level Technical Advisor (NLTA) for

the Indonesia DERAP (Delivering Expanded Resources for AIDS

Programming) Project, a USAID-funded HIV/AIDS prevention and

care program for key populations in Indonesia. The NLTA will be

responsible for technical assistance to the Ministry of Health

(MOH) in the use of sound epidemiological data analysis to

strengthen HIV/AIDS services, particularly the strategic

scale-up of ART treatment. S/he will play a lead role in

analyzing and interpreting existing HIV/AIDS/STI surveillance

data to assist the MOH in planning and allocation of resources,

and to build the MOH’s technical capacity in the use of

serological surveillance data. S/he will also assist the MOH to

review routine data on ART implementation to monitor program

performance and make necessary adjustments. As Pact’s full-time

technical advisor, s/he will also play an additional

coordinating role for Pact’s technical support activities to

the project and liaise closely with the global health technical

team. The NLTA will have dual reporting responsibilities to the

DERAP Chief of Party and to Pact’s headquarters office in

Washington, DC.

Key Responsibilities

•Provide technical expertise to the MOH and other

national-level partners in the analysis and interpretation of

epidemiological data from IBBS, size estimation, mapping, and

other existing HIV/AIDS/STI surveillance data.

•Assist to prepare and/or review IBBS and other data reports,

presentations, and/or resources to describe data analysis

findings.

•Advise the MOH on the use of survey findings in planning and

allocation of resources for HIV/AIDS services, with emphasis on

expansion of ART treatment under the SUFA (Strategic Use of

Anti-retrovirals) Initiative.

•Support and build the MOH’s technical capacity in use of

surveillance data for program decision-making, including

on-the-job training and coaching of the MOH Surveillance

Advisor.

•Assist the MOH to routinely monitor and report the results of

the SUFA initiative at the district and national levels.

•Participate in and contribute to relevant national technical

working groups at the MOH (e.g., ART/SUFA, IBBS, Strategic

Information, etc.)

•Advise the MOH on strategies for improving the performance of

the health system, particularly for SUFA implementation and

scale-up, by assessing needs and developing concrete actions

for (a) strengthening human resources for health (pre-service

training for new health workers); (b) developing or

strengthening the capacity of District Health Offices to

implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) for routine

supportive supervision of SUFA sites; and/or (c) improving

supply chain management.

•Support the implementation of relevant operational research as

necessary for strategic information required to ensure success

of SUFA implementation.

•Contribute to DERAP project reporting, including writing

narrative updates and preparing technical analyses/tracking of

project indicators, for USAID, MOH and other key

stakeholders.

•Working closely with Pact’s backstopping team for DERAP,

support the local coordination of Pact’s technical assistance

to address identified program areas of need (e.g., stigma and

discrimination, GBV), and mobilize needed Pact staff resources

for planning and project review in collaboration with the DERAP

COP.

•Report regularly on progress of activities to Pact’s

backstopping team.

•Perform other duties as assigned.

Basic Requirements

•Master Degree in Public Health, Health Sciences with at least

5 years relevant experience in HIV/AIDS programs.

•Strong background in working in HIV/AIDS/health projects with

a particular emphasis on monitoring and evaluation and/or

epidemiology.

•Experience in preparation of quantitative survey/research

findings for dissemination among government, NGO and other

stakeholders.

•Demonstrated understanding of routine health information

systems, interpretation and use of surveillance data for

program planning.

•Experience in working effectively with government and

non-government partners

•Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team with

national and international staff, and maintain excellent

working relationships with partners.

•Literacy with MS Office and statistical packages.

•Strong oral and written communication skills

•Fluency in English and Indonesian.

Preferred Qualifications

•Experience in design, implementation and analysis of

HIV/AIDS/STI surveillance surveys