Job Information
Job Description
- Serve as the PEPFAR interagency DREAMS Coordinator and provide leadership and oversight for DREAMS activities across the USG PEPFAR portfolio.
- Coordinate DREAMS planning, monitoring, reporting, and communications activities, including preparation for and facilitation of DREAMS partner meetings and quarterly AGYW Strategy Steering Committee meetings.
- Support interagency technical assistance visits.
- Provide support and coordination for the USG PEPFAR team in its partnership with GoM efforts addressing AGYW, including implementation of the Malawi’s National HIV Prevention Strategy, National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan, Health Sector Policy on Comprehensive HIV Prevention, and the National AGYW Strategy.
- Support and advise the coordination of partners involved in the multi-sectoral response to gender-based violence (GBV), especially related to the DREAMS initiative.
- Work directly with other DOD, PC, USAID and CDC related HIV technical leads and implementing partners drawing upon data generated from the DREAMS Database.
- Engage key stakeholders including the Government of Malawi, UN organizations, the Global Fund, and other donors on AGYW activities and seek opportunities for joint programming, and on behalf of the USG, participate in quarterly Prevention Technical Working Groups meetings hosted by National AIDS Commission or Ministry of Health with an aim to ensure transparency and harmonization of USG investments with other in-country investments.
- At the request of the Chief of Mission, provide briefing, progress reports, memoranda, and other Front Office communications materials.
- Document and share success stories and best practices disseminating to local and global audiences.
