ART Acceleration Program Coordinator

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  • Added Date: Monday, 14 October 2024
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FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in Health, Education, Nutrition, Environment, Economic Development, Civil Society, Gender, Youth, Research and Technology; creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 60 countries, all 50 U.S. states and all U.S. territories. We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of: ART Acceleration Program Coordinator, EpiC Project, based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Project Description

Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC), a five-year global project funded by PEPFAR and USAID, is dedicated to achieving and maintaining HIV epidemic control. The EpiC project provides strategic technical assistance (TA) and direct service delivery (DSD) to break through barriers to 95-95-95 and promote self-reliant management of national HIV programs by improving HIV case-finding, prevention, care and treatment programming, and viral load suppression. EpiC is led by FHI 360 with core partners Right to Care, Palladium, Population Services International (PSI), and Gobee Group. The project also draws upon regional resource partners to provide TA, as well as global resource partners who bring unique capacities.

The EpiC teamโ€™s approach to TA is guided by four mutually reinforcing principles: (1) a focus on speed, scale, standards, and sustainability; (2) customization according to local priorities, financing, epidemiology, and the differentiated needs of target populations; (3) adaptive management based on results; and (4) transition of TA and DSD to local and regional partners to enable them to receive direct awards. In addition, EpiC applies human-centered design thinking to resolve persistent challenges along the HIV service cascade.

EpiC is accelerating the ability of governments, key population leaders, organizations working with key populations, and private-sector providers to plan and implement services that reduce HIV transmission among key populations and their sexual partners and extend the lives of those already living with HIV. The key elements of the FHI 360-led teamโ€™s strategic and technical approach:

  • Identifying key populations and locales and comprehensively assessing risk,

    • Diagnosing โ€œleaksโ€ and revealing access barriers within the HIV services cascade,

    • Scaling up โ€œwhat worksโ€ while innovating to ensure the most strategic use of resources and access to newly emerging technologies,

    • Addressing structural barriers and transforming local KP organizations,

    • Ensuring interventions are sustainable over the long term, and

    • Supporting the mainstreaming of human rights, gender and competency and capacity development.

    • Advocate for PHO, DHOs, and health services to initiate local funding contributions for program sustainability transition.

    • Advocate to the Government of Jakarta for readiness to support social contracting funding for CSOs in the HIV response in Jakarta. And support the technical readiness of CSOs stages to access social contracting to engage in HIV response from the government both PHOs and related agencies.

    • Assisting Indonesiaโ€™s HIV Supply Chain response regarding: (a) logistic HIV coordination meeting; (b) Stock-opname analysis at pharmacy warehouse facilities; (c) HIV sites monitoring, mentoring and analysis; (d) Order processing, replenishment, receiving and distribution of HIV commodities; (e) Viral load laboratory network optimization monitoring; and (f) HIV commodities forecasting and supply planning.

      Job Summary:

      The ART Acceleration Program Coordinator will provide critical technical, coordination and oversight to the EpiC project in Indonesia. The position will coordinate and track the technical assistance strategy across the five EpiC approaches particularly in ART acceleration. The incumbent will work closely with a variety of stakeholders at the national, provincial and district levels, and will liaise with all EPIC technical and programmatic staff.

      The position will be based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesian nationals are encouraged to apply.

      Suitably qualified candidates openly living with HIV and/or who are representative of the key populations affected by HIV are also actively encouraged to apply.

      Duties & Responsibilities:

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