Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, June 27 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Purpose:
As the UN Sexual and Reproductive Health Agency, UNFPA focuses on the delivery of the integrated programmes aimed at the realisation of sexual and reproductive rights (SRHR). Condoms are a highly effective, low-cost commodities for preventing HIV infection, other sexually transmitted infections, and unintended pregnancy. In several countries with high HIV prevalence, condom utilization falls significantly short of targets needed for impact, inequities in access to and utilization of condoms persist and particularly among young people recent trends show declining levels of condom use. As a follow-on to the Global Fund’s Strategic Initiative on Condom Programming that was established to address these challenges, UNFPA through a UN to UN agreement has been awarded a one-year condom programme to be implemented as part of a global programme of UN cosponsoring agencies under the overall outcome: Country and community capacities are strengthened to define, prioritize, implement and bring gender-responsive HIV combination prevention programs for and with key populations and other groups at high risk of HIV at a scale to drive impact and achieve national HIV prevention targets. The UNFPA specific component of the programme contributes to the global key objectives to (1) Strengthen the implementation of integrated services in HIV combination prevention and primary health care and (2) scale up condom distribution beyond health facilities.

You would be responsible for:
Overall Function:
• To support the Ministry of Health and provincial and district authorities in designing the scale-up based on learning from the Kabwe Province community condom last mile distribution model implemented in 2023 under the GC6 Global Fund supported under the Condom Stewardship Strategic Initiative to cover all Global Fund supported districts under GC7 grants in Zambia.
• Provide technical assistance that leads to shifts in national standard operating procedures and the optimization of investments from Global Fund HIV grants, PEPFAR and other partner programs to expand the delivery of condoms beyond health facilities to take condoms nearer to the users at community and improve delivery of combination prevention programs.
• Support actions of lead government agencies (NAC; MOH) to provide program stewardship and oversight, enhancing coordination across all sectors and aligning the collective work of key actors around the national condom strategy and operational plan, as well as the wider HIV and SRH response.
Communication, Coordination & Advocacy:
• Support coordination and actively participate in country condom and HIV prevention coordination and review meetings
• Establish and effectively communicate a vision for a healthy condom programme and market that will deliver sustained and equitable levels of condom use, while decreasing – where possible – reliance on external subsidy, development and implementation of condom operational strategy, which includes support for a Total Market Approach (TMA)
• Carry out all in-country actions of stewardship, community last mile distribution and innovative demand generation in support of the national condom programme and related condom programming aspects supporting the Global Fund target districts in Zambia.
Planning and implementation
• Facilitate in-country partners, including through capacity building, to scale up community-led condom distribution systems in selected provinces and districts in the county, optimizing investment by major funding streams, including USAID and Global Fund
• Facilitating NAC, MoH, ZAMMSA and partners to rollout and implement the integrated condom program delivery in priority Global Fund supported districts.
• Facilitating functionality of condom program tracking mechanisms with specific focus on last mile distribution and demand creation including through the NACMIS
Program analytics and quantification
• Design and implement relevant program analytics activities, supporting analysis, sharing, and application of data-informing programs
• Lead processes for compiling any condom programming good practices, abstracts and other documentation for sharing
Supply & Demand Initiatives
• Last mile distribution: supporting design and implementation of strategies to optimize the role of free condoms, condoms at a cost, and lubricants and ensuring condoms are available ‘when and where’ priority populations need them
• Work with RH Supplies teams to promote integrated supply chain initiatives
• Demand: support the design and implementation of evidence driven, user focused demand creation strategy and activities in line with strategy
Other: Undertaking any other tasks as may be assigned by the country office management team
Deliverables:
1. Q1 (July-Aug 2024): Work in partnership with district authorities and beneficiary KP and AYP community members to conduct geospatial hotspot mapping and integrate into the established condom last mile distribution tracking mechanism,
2. Q2 (Sept – Nov 2024): Conduct training of district condom focal points and hotspot focal points utilizing developed tools; mobilize, secure dispensers and install at mapped hotspots,
3. Q3 (Dec 2024 – Mar 2025): Support roll-out of expanded last mile distribution of free to user and discounted condoms to all Global Fund supported districts and functionalize commodity tracking mechanisms. Covers human resource requirement to enhance functionality of condom stewardship platforms at national and district levels,
4. Q4 (Apr – May 2025): Expand learning to all districts through national learning sessions.
5. May 2024 – May 2025: Strengthen and support sub-national condom coordination mechanisms
Indicators:
1. Number of people trained to support condom last mile distribution to scale up delivery of combination HIV prevention programmes
2. Number of condoms distributed through the mapped hotpots in implementation districts
3. Functionality of the national and provincial condom coordination platforms

Qualifications and Experience:
Education:
• Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, supply chain and logistics management, behavioral and social sciences or in a related field.
Knowledge and Experience:
• At least five years’ experience planning, implementing and managing projects or programmes, at national level;
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in planning, implementing and coordinating HIV prevention programmes desirable (including in relation to condom programming or programming around supply, demand and management of other health products);
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in results-based management desirable;
• Good skills in quantitative analysis of programme and financial data and their interpretation;
• Good written and oral communication skills;
• Computer literacy (with emphasis on databases development and management);
• Good organizational, analytical or interpersonal skills;
• Advanced working knowledge of English;

Required Competencies:
Values:
• Exemplifying integrity,
• Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,
• Embracing cultural diversity,
• Embracing change.

Core Competencies:
• Achieving results,
• Being accountable,
• Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
• Thinking analytically and strategically,
• Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,
• Communicating for impact.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education: Associate Degree

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