HIV/AIDS Officer

• UNICEF South Africa

HIV/AIDS Officer, NO-B at UNICEF

• Deadline:

20 October 2025

• Region:

Pretoria

• Type of employment:

Temporary

Job Description
HIV/AIDS Officer, NO-B, Pretoria, South Africa #134341 [Temp Appointment until 30 June 2026, open to South African nationals only]
Job no:
584912

Contract type:
Temporary Appointment

Duty Station:
Pretoria

Level:
NO-2

Location:
South Africa

Categories:
Health, HIV/AIDS

The HIV/AIDS Officer reports to the HIV/AIDS manager for supervision, and, will provide professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the adolescent SRHR and HIV programmes/projects including the Global Fund AGYW Strategic Initiative within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative program tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting of results. For every child, the right to health.

UNICEF's HIV response for children and adolescents must ensure that neither age, poverty, gender inequality, nor social exclusion determine access to life saving HIV prevention, treatment, and care. UNICEF and its partners' responses ensure all children are born free of HIV and remain HIV-free for the first two decades of life, from birth through adolescence. It means that all children and adolescents living with HIV have access to the treatment, care and support they need to remain alive and healthy. This is UNICEF's vision of an AIDS-free generation starting with children. Ending AIDS among children is vital to ending the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030 – the overarching goal of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) of which UNICEF is a confounding partner.

Within South Africa, the adolescent HIV portfolio includes a focus on adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) and adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV). Through strategic partnerships under the Global Fund AGYW Strategic Initiative and as part of the Centre for Disease and Control and Prevention, Estee Lauder foundation among other funds MAC (Monitoring Action Cell), UNICEF is committed to improving HIV and well-being related results for adolescents.

How can you make a difference
?
The HIV/AIDS Officer reports to the HIV/AIDS manager for supervision. The Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the adolescent SRHR and HIV programmes/projects including the

Global Fund AGYW Strategic Initiative within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative program tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting of results.

Roles and Responsibilities

Summary Of Key Functions/accountabilities

• Support to programme development, planning and implementation
• Provides technical assistance to NDoH (National Department of Health), SANAC (South Africa National AIDS Council) and UNICEF supported districts
• Programme management, monitoring, and delivery of results
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• Networking and partnership building
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

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HIV/AIDS Officer NOB TA**
Impact of results

The efficiency and efficacy of support provided by the Officer to programme preparation and planning and implementation of HIV/AIDS related programmes/projects contribute to accelerating UNICEF and national development efforts to eliminate new HIV infections among children and adolescents in particular young women and to provide life-saving protection, care and support to children and their families affected by AIDS that in turn contribute to achieving UNICEF's vision, commitment and goal to an AIDS-free generation that starts with children and the "Three Zeros" – zero new infection, zero deaths and zero discrimination.

Qualifications And Requirements

• Education: University Degree in public health, pediatric health, family health, health research, global/international health, health policy and/or management, environmental health sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, health education, epidemiology, orother health related sciences, is required.
• Work Experience: A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in HIV/AIDS planning and management and/or in relevant areas of health care, health/emergency preparedness at the international level and/or in a developing country is required. Experience in HIV/AIDS programme/project development in UN system agency or organization is an asset.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

How to apply

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All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

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More about this vacancy

• Date posted:

14 October 2025

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