Care recruits 01 Deputy Chief of Party

Care recruits 01 Deputy Chief of Party

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The Continuum of prevention, care and treatment (CoPCT) of HIV/AIDS with Most-at-risk Populations in Cameroon (CHAMP) project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under Cooperative Agreement No. AID-624-A-14-00003, began on April 15, 2014. The program is implemented by CARE International in Cameroon in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Metabiota, (MB), Moto Action, and six local community-based organizations (CBOs). In collaboration with PEPFAR agencies, the Government of Cameroon, the Global Fund, and other key stakeholders, CHAMP works in tandem with community-based partners to strengthen and expand human rights-affirming, evidence-based, client-friendly HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for men who have sex with men (MSM), female sex workers (FSW) and their children, and sex worker clients in Cameroon. The program aims to increase demand for, and access to, quality community and clinical services by reinforcing and expanding the creation of safe, friendly, competent community-led platforms, and integrating interventions within the larger services network. CHAMP also contributes to the evidence base as a learning program that helps drive strategic decision-making and resource planning. Starting in October 2019, the program will be extended for three years under the name CHAMP II. The program will build on the existing USAID-funded CHAMP program, with expansion to six regions and additional population groups. One of the requisites for the award is to transition complete ownership of planning, implementation, program and financial monitoring, and reporting to local partners by the end of the agreement. Local counterparts will include the Transition Lead Organization (TLO), which will serve as the primary granting and oversight organization throughout the transition phase, and sub-grantees that will receive funds under the TLO.

The Deputy Chief of Party – Programs (DCOPP) will lead technical management and oversight of CHAMP program interventions. S/he will provide direct supervision to CHAMP technical staff members who will serve as technical leads for a) prevention, b) care and treatment, c) monitoring and evaluation, and d) policy, advocacy, and enabling environment interventions. The DCOPP will ensure that partners, including the TLO, consortium partners, and sub-grantees implement well-coordinated services that meet the needs of key and priority populations at international best practice standards.

The DCOPP will work in collaboration with the COP, the Organizational Development and Transition Technical Advisor (ODTTA), the Deputy Chief of Party – Finance and Administration (DCOPFA), the CARE Cameroun Country Director, the CARE USA Senior Technical Advisor – HIV/AIDS, and additional technical and administrative team members to ensure that the TLO and subgrantee partners have the requisite capacity to manage for results against PEPFAR targets throughout the cooperative agreement. This will include transfer of technical skills and competencies in service planning, provision, monitoring, supervision, analysis and evaluation, data use for decision making and course correction, and reporting and reporting against benchmarks and targets. The DCOPP will lead the incorporation of technical innovations, quality assurance and improvement, implementation with fidelity, learning exchange among partners, sharing of lessons learned and best practices nationally and globally, and bringing to scale successful approaches.

Specifically, the DCOPP will work with CHAMP, TLO, and sub-partner technical leadership and frontline staff to a) conduct relevant needs assessments; b) lead strategic planning exercises; c) develop/adapt effective implementation models, approaches, standard operating procedures, job aids, and tools for ensuring implementation with fidelity; d) ensure that key and priority population communities are meaningfully involved in the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs; e) develop and implement quality assurance and improvement systems across the services continuum; f) ensure the delivery of a comprehensive set of prevention, care, treatment, and enabling environment interventions according to international standards; g) address stigma, discrimination, and other structural drivers of HIV acquisition and transmission; h) coordinate interventions with the Government of Cameroon, other USG-supported partners, and key stakeholders at the national and regional levels; i) collaborate with M&E and program team members to ensure timely and effective data analysis and use for course correction, and reporting.

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