USAID/PEPFAR funded Community HIV Care and Treatment (CHCT) project is implemented by Project HOPE as a prime and its partners, Management Sciences for Health (MSH), Population Services (PSI), Network of Networks of HIV Positives (NEP+), and National Network of Positive Women Ethiopians (NNPWE). The program aims to accelerate and sustain HIV epidemic control in Ethiopia in the selected scale up woredas of Amhara, Tigray, Oromia, Harari, Gambella, Somalia, Benishangul Gumuz, Afar and SNNP regions, as well as Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa city administrations. The objectives and interventions are designed to impact UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals and address Ethiopia’s challenges associated with delivering community based HIV care and treatment services.
The position holder is expected to work 40 hours per week. The positions require working with multiple projects in which Project HOPE is a lead partner and sub partner. The task requires closely working with the Ministry of Health, Federal HAPCO, regional Health Bureaus, Sub awarded LIPs and other governmental and non-governmental stakeholders.
POSITION: Economic Strengthening and Food Security(ES/FS) Speialist
REPORTS TO: Community Service Delivery Director
LOCATION: Addis Ababa
Job purpose
The position holder is expected to accomplish the following tasks of Project HOPE:
The Economic Strengthening and Food Security (ES/FS) Specialist coordinates the economic strengthening and food security activities of the sub awarded LIPs at national level by working closely with the FHAPCO, Regional HAPCO and partners. The position holder, together with relevant national staff of the project, participates in national and regional coordination platforms and development of national strategies & guidelines regarding food economic strengthening/livelihood and nutrition for PLHIV. As the project mainly focuses on facilitation of linkage of PLHIV to programs working on ES/FS in their communities, the position holder is expected to advise the Project Management Team (PMT) and LIPs on strategies and means of liaisoning to such support. She/he will actively participate in the capacity building efforts of the project to community structures of GoE and LIPs on ES/FS activities through technical assistance. In collaboration with the M&E and quality assurance team of the project, she/he will be engaged in improving data quality, operational research and quality improvement interventions related to ES/FS activities of the project. All in all, the specialist is expected to coordinate and facilitate the ES/FS activities of the project and ensure the efforts are contributing in achieving the “90-90-90” targets.
Duties and responsibilities
Qualifications
Qualifications include: