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UNAIDS National Programme Officer Jobs 2023 – South Africa NGO Jobs

UNAIDS National Programme Officer Jobs 2023 – South Africa NGO Jobs.

UNAIDS South Africa looking for “National Programme Officer”.

Applicants with a Advanced university degree may apply on or before 20th October 2023.

The mission of UNAIDS is to lead, strengthen and support an expanded response to HIV and AIDS that includes preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support to those already living with the virus, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV and alleviating the impact of the epidemic. UNAIDS seeks to prevent the HIV/AIDS epidemic from becoming a severe pandemic.

UNAIDS National Programme Officer Jobs 2023

The UNAIDS has published a job vacancy announcement on 28th September 2023 for qualified South Africa’s to fill in the vacant post of National Programme Officer to be based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Recruiter Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Position National Programme Officer
Location Johannesburg, South Africa
Country South Africa
Total Vacant Post N/A
Qualification Advanced university degree
Experience Required Minimum 02 years
Application Deadline 20th October 2023

Main tasks and Responsibilities of the Position

Under the overall guidance of the Regional Director and direct supervision of Regional Programme Adviser-UBRAF/KM, the Programme Officer has the following key responsibilities:

Coordination of UN Joint Programme and UN Joint Team

  • Support Coordination of Unified Budget, Results and Accountability Framework (UBRAF) in the ESA region.
  • Support coordination of 2gether 4SRHR Programme including their planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting. Participate in regular meetings of the regional mechanism and track the implementation status of the joint programme.
  • Draft strategies in supporting the countries through technical coordination through relevant platforms for relevant populations.
  • Communicate effectively with countries and agencies in identifying and addressing specific needs and issues.
  • Organize regional meetings on relevant thematic areas for technical and political consultations with stakeholders as required by the regional team.
  • Draft TOR, Concept note, reports, meeting notes and compilation of relevant information for supporting the countries and RST team.

Support to Programme implementation, monitoring, and reporting (prevention, treatment, gender equality, and Financing)

  • Gather and synthesize information and knowledge to develop plans, periodic reports, and various relevant materials at regional and country levels to inform programming.
  • Support regional programme team leaders for followup actions with countries and partners.
  • Keep track of the implementation of the regional strategy on AIDS in collaboration with relevant team leaders and joint team members.
  • Organize periodic joint calls with Country Joint Teams to ensure timeliness and quality of the joint plan implementation in collaboration with RATESA country Focal Persons.

Knowledge Management

  • Identify catalytic case studies from countries and regional level and facilitate their documentation and dissemination.
  • Organize knowledge management activities with RATESA to continue learning and knowledge sharing e.g., webinar, community of practice and others as relevant.
  • Support the joint team members and RST programme teams for developing knowledge products e.g., briefing notes, fact sheets, process documents, and other tools, disseminate and monitor their utilization.
  • Compile regional knowledge products and offer innovative ways of knowledge sharing for maximizing their uptake.

Eligibility Criteria

Education:

  • Essential: Advanced university degree at Master´s level or equivalent in health, social science, communications science, or another related field. A first university degree and 4 years of relevant working experience will be considered as equivalent for internal candidates only.

Experience:

  • Essential: At least 2 years of relevant working experience in health programmes and demonstrated experience in coordination of diverse and complex teams.
  • Desirable: Experience in coordinating human rights, HIV, knowledge management programmes in the UN system.

Languages:

  • Essential: Proficiency in English.

Other Details

  • Vacancy No: UNAIDS/23/FT89
  • Grade: NO-B
  • Contract type: Fixed-term Appointment
  • Selection Process: Interview
  • Salary: Negotiable
  • Application Process: Online

How to Apply UNAIDS National Programme Officer Jobs 2023

Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.

Then to apply, go to https://erecruit.unaids.org/public………

The Closing Date: 20th October 2023

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Particulars Details Link
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Official Website www.unaids.org
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