The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience, and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 170 countries and territories, working with Governments and people on their own solutions to global and national development challenges to help empower lives and build resilient nations.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the pledge to leave no one behind reflect the interconnectedness of health and sustainable development issues such as the widening economic and social inequalities, the climate crisis, rapid urbanization, the continuing burden of HIV and other infectious diseases (e.g., malaria, tuberculosis, COVID.19), the growing burden of non-communicable diseases and the emergence of health threats. The scope and scale of delivering health and well-being for all demands innovative partnerships and financing.
UNDP’s partnership with the Global Fund (GF), in line with UNDP’s HIV and Health Strategy 2022-2025: ‘Connecting the Dots’, makes a vital contribution to UNDP’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the pledge to leave no one behind. When requested, UNDP acts as interim Principal Recipient (PR), working with national partners and the Global Fund to ensure management, implementation, and oversight of GF grants, while simultaneously strengthening health institutions and systems for national entities to assume the PR role over time.
UNDP has an important role in supporting health outcomes by supporting countries to address the social, cultural and economic determinants of HIV and health, in partnership with UN entities and other organizations. This is done through UNDP’s core work in reducing inequalities and social exclusion that drive HIV and poor health, promoting effective and inclusive governance for health, and building resilient and sustainable systems for health. UNDP also contributes through its coordinating and convening role in bringing together multiple partners and resources at national and local levels.
As a trusted, long-term partner of The Global Fund (GF), UNDP’s value proposition lies in providing an integrated package of development solutions to strengthen institutions to deliver health services. Through its contributions as interim Principal Recipient (PR) and provider of technical assistance in over 53 countries since 2003, UNDP’s provision of integrated policy, implementation and capacity development support to countries has yielded significant health and development results in challenging operating environments. Proactive risk management and investing in sustainability are the cornerstones of UNDP’s portfolio management approach and providing technical assistance to national counterparts during all phases of implementation, strengthening legislation, policies and regulatory frameworks, and building capacities across key functional areas, including financial management, health information systems, procurement and supply chain management. Within the HHD Group the Global Fund Partnership and Health Systems Team (GFPHST) is a dedicated team providing support to UNDP Country Offices implementing health and development programmes.
UNDP was designated by the Global Fund to support national stakeholders in the implementation of the HIV and tuberculosis grant in Congo. UNDP has set up a Global Fund project team specifically dedicated to the implementation of the grant signed between UNDP and the Global Fund in Congo. UNDP is recruiting a Specialist in HIV program management to support the National AIDS Control Program (PNLS).
2– Scope of work
The HIV program management specialist in support of the PNLS will assume the following responsibilities:
The HIV Program Management Specialist will report to the PMU Program Specialist and will work in close collaboration with the Global Fund Project Coordinator and other PMU departments (Program and Finance).
3- Competencies:
Expected Demonstration of Competencies | |
Core | |
Achieve Results:
| LEVEL 3: Set and align challenging, achievable objectives for multiple projects, have lasting impact |
Think Innovatively:
| LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems |
Learn Continuously
| LEVEL 3: Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiences |
Adapt with Agility
| LEVEL 3: Proactively initiate and champion change, manage multiple competing demands |
Act with Determination | LEVEL 3: Think beyond immediate task/barriers and take action to achieve greater results |
Engage and Partner
| LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate complex landscape, champion inter-agency collaboration |
Enable Diversity and Inclusion
| LEVEL 3: Appreciate benefits of diverse workforce and champion inclusivity |
4- Cross-Functional & Technical competencies:
Thematic Area | Name | Definition |
Business Direction and Strategy | Negotiation and Influence | Ability to reach an understanding, persuade others, resolve points of difference, gain the advantage in the outcome of dialogue, negotiate mutually acceptable solutions through compromise and create ‘win-win’ situations |
Business Direction and Strategy | System Thinking | Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system |
Business Development | Collective Intelligence Design | Ability to bring together diverse groups of people, data, information or ideas, and technology to design services or solutions |
Business Management | Communication | Ability to communicate in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication. to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience. Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels. |
Partnership Management | Relationship Management | Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding |
2030 Agenda: People | Health | Procurement services for PPE and laboratory equipment for national COVID-19 responses Procurement services of health products Diagnostic capacity and procurement of laboratory equipment, consumables and reagents |
2030 Agenda: People | Health | Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) |
Min. Academic Education |
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Min. years of relevant Workexperience |
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Required skills and competencies |
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Desired additional skills and competencies |
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Required Language(s) (at working level) | English and French are the working languages of the UN Secretariat. For this position, fluency in French and English is required. |
Professional Certificates |
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