Vacancy Announcement 

Position Title: Key Populations Consultant

Function: MULU KP Activity

Department/Program: HIV&TB Department, USAID MULU KP Activity

Level: Consultant

Reports to: MULU KP Director, Program Management         

Based in: Addis Ababa

Duration of contract: TBC

Remuneration: As per organization pay

Application Deadline:  December 9, 2019 

Who we are?

We’re Population Services International (PSI), the world’s leading non‐profit social marketing organization. We work to make it easier for people in the developing world to lead healthier lives and plan the families they desire by marketing affordable products and services that range from mosquito nets to contraceptives to HIV testing. We are a $560m enterprise based in Washington, DC, operating in the private and public sectors in more than 65 countries.

Join us!

There are over 9,000 “PSI’ers” around the world. It’s a diverse group of entrepreneurs and professionals with an unusually wide range of backgrounds - from the medical industry to the music business - all with unique skills we bring to the job.

PSI/Ethiopia wants reimagine healthcare, put the consumer at the center, and whenever possible, bring quality care to the front door.  We achieve health impact in Ethiopia by working with both government and private partners and harvesting technology innovation to bring quality care closer to communities, schools, and homes.   We empower consumers by including them in the design of healthcare solutions, offering them more healthcare choices, and helping them to have a voice in influencing national priorities.  We work with all market actors in the health system to understand their needs, designing and delivering solutions so that market systems can sustainably serve consumers for the long term, helping to support the Government of Ethiopia in achieving Universal Health Coverage. 

 We are looking for a dynamic Key Populations Consultant to support development and implementation of comprehensive interventions targeting key populations. She/he will support MULU KP community-based interventions and support demand creation for HIV testing, ensuring targeted HIV testing for individuals with substantial HIV risk and support optimal linkage of HIV positives. The KP Consultant will also be engaged in generating and analyzing KP-related performance data in line with MULU KP M&E requirements. He/she will help ensure the delivery of high quality KP friendly HIV services in coordination with local implementing partner (LIP) teams. The KP Consultant will also be required to work with LIP and other relevant stakeholders to facilitate the transfer of appropriate knowledge, skills, approaches and tools to address the HIV/STI prevention needs of the key populations. She/he will help to enhance Index Case and Social Network HIV Testing in coordination with PSI and LIP staff.

Key Result Areas

• Effective HIV programming targeting Key Populations
• Demand creation of individuals at high-risk of HIV infection
• HIV Case Identification of the hard-to-reach KPs
• Capacity and capability building

 Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the design, implementation, and evaluation of HIV/STI prevention and behavior change communication interventions and HIV services to Key Populations
• Assist the overall planning and implementation of HIV case identification through ICT/PNS, social network and targeted outreach testing
• Contribute to the attainment of a 100% linkage of HIV positive individuals in coordination with the local implementing partners and public health facilities
• Be actively involved in the expansion and scale up of PrEP, HIVST, ICT and HIV recency testing and case-based surveillance
• Support community level providers in ensuring a KP friendly services
• Support tailored trainings to site level staff to ensure the delivery of a comprehensive and integrated HIV/STI/FP services
• Review and analyze site level performance data, document and disseminate lesson learned and best practices

 Generic Duties of the Position:

•  Support need based targeted HIV testing events in coordination with local implementing partners.
• Contribute to HIV case identification plans and re-design strategies when and where needed.
• Take part in the joint design and re-designing of innovative and tailored strategies to enhance new HIV case identification
• Facilitate the distribution of HIV prevention commodities and supplies to target groups.
• Support hotspot mapping for HIV testing targeting key populations
• Support the MULU KP team in assessing HIV needs of KP and identifying service delivery outlets

• Participate in TOT and basic trainings on comprehensive HIV services 

Background

•  Nurse or other medical background, or social science background with focus on behavior change, with two years of experience on KP HIV programming required

• Having a track record of supporting the development of innovative HIV service delivery strategies targeting hard-to-reach KPs is an advantage

• Experience in qualitative data collection among key populations

• Good interpersonal communication skills