Provincial Coordinator
1.BACKGROUND:
The Association for People Living with HIV [APLHIV] - A national initiative from UNAIDS in Pakistan aims to ensure that communities and the government listen to the experts – people living with HIV – when making decisions about treatment, care, support and prevention.
The Association was launched on World AIDS Day 2006 with the support of UNAIDS and its UN co-sponsors, and the Pakistan government. The aim is to make sure that people living with HIV and AIDS are consulted when decisions about prevention, treatment, care and support are taken at federal and provincial level. In keeping with the principles of greater involvement of people living with HIV and AIDS, all the executive board members of the association are HIV positive. Now, it is establishing the first network among people living with HIV and AIDS in Pakistan to provide a platform for them to speak in unison.
2.MAIN OBJECTIVES, RESPONSABILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANALYTICAL WORK:
APLHIV requires the services of individuals from the PLHIV Community to support the processes to develop and strengthen strategic partnerships and alliances for an expanded response at provincial leave; and to facilitate and support the active engagement of PLHIV Community – especially those most affected and vulnerable to HIV – in social dialogue, policy development and activity implementation.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Based in Provincial Capital [Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta], this position will involve working with a dedicated group of people living with HIV from all over the Province. Under the overall guidance & supervision of Provincial Executive Board, Principal Recipient [GFATM] and National Coordinator [NC] the incumbent will have to accomplish the following tasks:
To correspond with the National Coordinator and other members of the Association’s Provincial Board members related to the Provincial Chapter such as:
Coordination at Provincial Level and report to National Coordinator to ensure timely report to donorNetworkingWork plan development for provincial chapter After Provincial Ex. Board/NC Approval, perform tasks at Provincial levelEnsure the Objective Oriented implementation of the APLHIV annual work planCommunicate with Provincial Board including respective stakeholders on behalf of Association after getting approval from National Coordinator;To guide Provincial Board in preparing and to sharing technical and financial annual reports with Federal Secretariat in timely manner;To organize regular fundraising activities for the Association Provincial Chapter;To liaise between the Association at provincial level and individual PLHIV & to disseminate latest information of PLHIV networks on behalf of Federal Secretariat andEnsure coordination within Provincial Board.3.REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
3.1. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
FA/graduation degree from any recognized university of HEC3.2. YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:
At least 1 years experience in civil society and community mobilization, Coordination & collaboration and partnerships development.3.3. COMPETENCIES:
Analytical skills, communications abilities, teamwork …3.3.1 LANGUAGE:
Good knowledge of English and Urdu. Additional local/regional languages are desirable.3.3.2 FUNCTIONAL/TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
Strong interpersonal, representational and advocacy skills.Ability to facilitate and strengthen involvement of a range of external partners in HIV and AIDS work.Understanding of HIV and AIDS epidemic and its implications is highly desirable.3.3.3 PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
Cross cultural sensitivity, Strong analytical skills, Good interpersonal and communication skills, self-motivated, well organized. The candidate must present sensitivity towards HIV & AIDS and related sensitive issues i.e. confidentiality, other key venerable populations and PLHIV community.4.DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED WHEN APPLYING:
Interested individual/candidates must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:
Cover letterPersonal CVExpected salary PLHIV Candidates will be encouraged to apply.View the original article here
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