Technical Adviser, Hiv/aids

COMPANY PRESENTATION **UNFPA Supports**: - Reproductive health care for women and youth in more than 150 countries - which are home to more than 80 per cent of the world's population - The health of pregnant women, especially the 1 million who face life-threatening complications each month - Reliable access to modern contraceptives sufficient to benefit 20 million women a year - Training of thousands of health workers to help ensure at least 90 per cent of all childbirths are supervised by skilled attendants - Prevention of gender-based violence, which affects 1 in 3 women - Abandonment of female genital mutilation, which harms 3 million girls annually - Prevention of teen pregnancies, complications of which are the leading cause of death for girls 15-19 years old - Efforts to end child marriage, which could affect an estimated 70 million girls over the next 5 years - Delivery of safe birth supplies, dignity kits and other life-saving materials to survivors of conflict and natural disaster - Censuses, data collection and analyses, which are essential for development planning Find in-depth information on careers with UNFPA and related cinfo's support on cinfo.ch: **The Position**: - The Technical Adviser provides strategic technical, policy, and programmatic leadership for the region in the area of expertise to ensure that the RO, and COs remain abreast of the Fund's policy and programme policies as well as current thinking and academic advance in HIV prevention affecting the ICPD Programme of Action. S/He maintains primary responsibility for coordination of provision of technical assistance and policy and programme support to the countries of the region in the area of HIV prevention and HIV/SRHR integration. S/he analyses continental trends more generally and East and Southern Africa regional trends more specifically and contributes to strategic action in response to these, contributing to the monitoring of UNFPA substantive areas being firmly placed within national development frameworks and programmes, including the achievement of the SDGs and the definition of the ICPD 30 development agenda. **Job Purpose**: - Under the overall leadership of the ESARO Regional Director and the direct supervision of the Deputy Director, the Technical Adviser works within an interdisciplinary team providing integrated programme and technical support to the region. S/he also liaises with other units at the HQ level, such as the Programme and Technical Divisions and the UNFPA Technical Network, ensuring the timeliness, adequacy, relevance, and quality of technical support to UNFPA operations. - The primary roles of the Technical Adviser are: - A. Strategic technical, policy and programme development, monitoring and oversight, - B. Quality control of the technical support and capacity development - C. Evidence and knowledge development and dissemination - D. Management and coordination of knowledge networks - E. Technical representation **Qualifications and Experience Required**: **Education**: - Advanced University Degree in Public health, medicine, sociology, HIV prevention work, demography, gender, economics, international relations, international development, public administration, management, or other field directly related to the substantive areas of the role. **Knowledge and Experience**: - Minimum 10 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in HIV prevention work and related substantive areas, of which at least seven years are at the international level; - Demonstrated expertise in the substantive area of work; and programme experience; - Strong track record of technical leadership, and proven ability to produce demonstrable results; - Demonstrated ability to network within the academic and development community; - Familiarity with management and monitoring tools is desirable; - Familiarity with ICT/ERP is an asset; - Field experience is strongly desirable.   **Languages**: - Strong written and spoken skills in English; French and/or Portuguese desirable. - ***: - ** Interview preparation**: When invited to the interview: Prepare for the interview by registering for a Job Application Support. - ** Additional services for Swiss nationals** who get invited to the selection process (written test, interview, assessment centre, etc.):