Job Description

• Provides technical leadership and strategic direction to the development of policies, strategic plans, protocols and guidelines for adolescent Girls and Young women (AGYW)
• Serves as the lead technical expert on delivery of HIV prevention and sexual reproductive health (SRH) services to AGYW
• Provides expert guidance on appropriate technical and programmatic approaches for scale up of prevention and sexual reproductive health services for AGYW
• Ensures layering of services for HIV prevention, SRH and DREAMS programming in AGYW.
• Works closely with Monitoring and Evaluation staff to define data needs related to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for AGYW and Prevention programing, to regularly analyze micro
– level program data, and to report upon progress and results in a timely manner.
• Recommends evidence
– based improvements in the delivery of AGYW, HIV Prevention and SRH services.
• Assures communication and coordination with national and international agencies involved in AGYW policy, HIV, sexual reproductive health activities and related research in Rwanda
• Leads the Development of AGYW training curricula and materials
• Oversees the training of national and district
– level health personnel in AGYW HIV prevention and SRH services delivery
• Coordinates and supervises the national AGYW trainers’ team
• Collaborates with other RBC Divisions personnel to assure a coordinated response to AGYW needs
• Perform any other task as required by his/her supervisor

Job Profile

• Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology global equity or biostatistics or a degree in human medicine Demonstrated experience in HIV prevention programs targeted to Adolescent Girls Young Women (AGYW), HIV prevention for priority populations including adolescents and youth; social and behavior change communications, community development, gender and/or gender
– based violence preferably in Rwanda is a plus
• Background in capacity building (training, mentoring, technical assistance provision) is an added asset.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking and analytical skills, good judgment, and creative problem
– solving
• Fluency in English and Kinyarwanda required
• Computer literacy required