Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the HTS optimization program, which includes but is not limited to supporting the design and implementation of project activities;
• Provide support to MOHCC and partners in designing and conducting analysis related to HIV testing and linkage to treatment and prevention services;
• Collect and manage relevant national and sub-national data including drafting data collection tools, leading data collection, managing and analyzing data sets, synthesizing analyses from data to support decision making;
• Conduct operational assessments and gap analyses to inform program implementation design and decision making at national and sub-national levels;
• Participate in and support technical working group and other meetings related to optimization of HTS and linkage to treatment and prevention;
• Support monitoring of project progress including preparing periodic reports and/or presentations on areas of focus while closely maintaining deadlines;
• Maintain excellent working relationships with relevant national, provincial, district and facility staff;
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Program Manager.

• University degree with a focus on science, public health or development;
• 2+ years of professional experience in the public health sector in Zimbabwe at national or sub-national level;
• Proven ability to learn and adapt quickly to new program settings with minimal supervision, learning new administrative and project management systems;
• A record of setting and achieving ambitious targets with limited guidance and an ability to think creatively about major challenges in Zimbabwe’s health sector;
• Excellent analytical skills, including strong proficiency PowerPoint, Excel, and statistical packages, such as STATA and SPSS;
• Exceptional communication skills, including communicating effectively in spoken and written English, and the ability to initiate, build and maintain relationships with stakeholders from different backgrounds.

Advantages:

• Demonstrated high level of analytical proficiency using tools such as Excel;
• Experience in project design, implementation, and building and deploying Monitoring & Evaluation tools;
• Knowledge and/or experience in Zimbabwe’s public sector in general.