Capacity Strengthening Manager - South Sudan (12-101)

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Responsibilities:
• Provide mentoring to the MOH and South Sudan Center for Census, Statistics and Evaluation staff to conduct HIV surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, support health information systems, and conduct data analysis and interpretation, and use data to strengthen government strategic information capacity;
• Support the MOH to analyze, interpret, use and disseminate data for status updates, projections and modeling, policy formulation, stakeholder dialogue, health service planning and improvement, and resource allocation with all stakeholders at local, regional and national levels and in support of all program areas including HIV, STIs, TB and malaria;
• Support the MOH in training, policy, and guidance development in all areas of HIV including but not limited to MOH health officials’ attendance at trainings, workshops or conferences, which may be sponsored by the US government or other organizations, support stakeholders’ meetings; and support to publish policy, guidance or other documents for dissemination and use;
• Support the SS Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) through provision of technical assistance to strengthen the CCM, develop Global Fund proposals and monitor activities funded under the Global Fund
• Support the development of regulator boards/councils for nursing, midwifery, laboratory and physicians to develop standards and regulations for the sector
• Facilitate in-country planning and review meetings for technical assistance activities
• Increase impact through strategic coordination and integration with national and international partners;
• Strengthen and leverage key multilateral organizations, global health partnerships and private sector engagement;
• Encourage country ownership and invest in country-led plans;
• Advise and assist the MOH and the South Sudan Center for Census, Statistics and Evaluation staff to conduct HIV surveillance, data analysis, interpretation, and use to strengthen the government strategic information capacity
• Report to, and communicate routinely about program progress and developments with the International Medical Corps South Sudan and Washington Program Office;
• Ensure project compliance with all reporting and financial requirements of CDC, and with those requirements stated in the annual work plans;
• Supervise local and international consultants work.