Senior HIV Prevention Advisor

The USAID Project Management Specialist (Senior HIV/AIDS Prevention Advisor) is a senior public health professional and expert in strategic planning, program and activity design, budgeting, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of a broad range of agency-funded HIV/AIDS prevention program activities and studies. The incumbent serves as the team’s senior advisor on HIV/AIDS prevention issues, including testing and counselling, and provides leadership in identifying opportunities for U.S. Government (USG) engagement in HIV/AIDS prevention programming. This senior position ensures that the Mission has the necessary strategic, technical, and management expertise to handle and successfully implement priority HIV/AIDS prevention programs and activities in the Health Office portfolio. The incumbent is a U.S. government HIV/AIDS prevention program public health advisor to the host country ministries (including the Ministries of Health, Education, Youth  Sport and Child Development, and Community Development and Social Services), the National AIDS Council (NAC), partners, including those funded by the host government or the Global Fund and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the implementation of prevention program activities and studies. The incumbent represents USAID/Zambia on HIV prevention issues at technical, policy and strategic planning meetings, including meetings with collaborators and donor agencies.