Senior Technical Advisor: System Strengthening & Partnerships at Anova Health Institute

Key duties and responsibilities

 Stakeholder engagement, Provincial and District Partner Coordination 

• Develop and update Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs( between Anova and Limpopo DoH, Department of Social Development, and other key stakeholders identified.
• Facilitate the signing off of MOUs and SLAs by relevant stakeholders.
• Identify potential threats to the Anova/DoH relationship and implement risk mitigation plans, working closely with other Anova managers.
• Coordinate and facilitate monthly meetings between DoH team and PEPFAR funded orgnaisations in Capricorn & Mopani district.
• Identify key stakeholders (key decision makers, implementers, and senior management) at district levels to enable successful implementation of the Anova programme.

Technical Support to Provincial DoH Team

• Provide Technical Assistance to DoH district HIV/TB programme managers to develop workplans, including activities to accelerate Treatment Initiation and Retention in line with the 95-95-95 strategy and NSP for HIV/TB/STI.
• Implement annual and quarterly joint strategic and work plan development: Through a consultative process to align work plans with the strategic directions and targets in national and provincial plans, the annual PEPFAR Country Operational Plan, and USAID priorities.
• Collaborate with DoH district counterparts, conduct quarterly reviews of HIV/TB programme performance against targets and support the development of quality improvement plans (QIPs) to address performance gaps.
• Implement Quarterly joint Program reviews: performance monitoring with DoH using the latest available site-level data for decision making, adaptive management, and continuous quality improvement to close Program gaps and improve equity.
• Collaborate with provincial and district DoH counterparts to ensure timely adoption of national health policies.
• Support and strengthen Health governance structures through targeted Management Development Training – budget planning, financial management, human resource planning and performance management.
• Communities of practice – capacitation of facility managers and tele-mentoring platforms.
• Provide administrative support and capacitation to clinic committees.
• Support AIDS Councils, encouraging private sector participation and use of community-led monitoring feedback

 CBO/CSO Engagement

• Community Development and Enhancement Program: Oversee organizational and technical capacity building program to improve the engagement of CBOs in HIV and social support services.
• Contracting local CBOs to deliver program targets: Provide oversight of Anova community sub-awardees.
• Ensure that CBO participation maximises geographic coverage, and priority populations (PLHIV, youth, key populations, and people affected by GBV).

Team Supervision

• In line with Anova HR policies and processes supervise and manage District Systems Strengthening, Programme Managers, District Community Managers, and other staff providing TA to local AIDS Councils and clinic committees.

Essential qualifications and experience

• A Master's degree in Public Health, Social Work, Health Administration, Business, Administration with a focus on public health, social sciences, social work, or related field.
• A minimum of eight years of experience with progressively increasing responsibility in designing, implementing and managing large, complex activities involving multiple partners.
• Demonstrated working knowledge and experience of the health care delivery system, the linkage between facility and community, and the network of community-based civil society organizations in South Africa.
• Demonstrated ability to liaise with senior government officials, dignitaries, executives of NGOs, FBOs, CBOs, the for-profit business community, and senior members of the donor community;)