United Nations Development Program Office is seeking a highly qualified professional to fill in position of

Chief Technical Advisor on HIV/AIDS (CTA)

The Chief Technical Advisor will be employed by UNDP and will be responsible for:

• Maintain continuous dialogue with the Government and other key partners to provide knowledge based advisory services and to ensure proper integration and co-ordination of project with other related development efforts;
• Advocate, promote awareness and understanding of issues and responses related to the all important goals which Ukraine has committed to at the Millennium Summit and other global conferences; promotes clarity and understanding on the role and issues of UNDP; represent project accordingly at public events;
• Contribute to national development documents in the thematic/sectoral areas of project;
• Lead project team and provide professional opinions in areas of expertise. Build partnership between national executing agency and UNDP CO, overseeing strategic planning and coordination of the project activities to ensure that objectives are reached;
• Provide continuous assessment and analysis of the achievement of project objectives and results;
• Provide technical support and assistance to the Government, UN Country Team, UNDP and other parties in strengthening of the national capacities to develop and sustain a sound response to HIV/AIDS epidemic;
• Interact with UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS technical working groups and UNAIDS relevant Technical Working Groups;
• Assist in the development of the national guidelines and protocols in the areas of HIV surveillance, prevention, support, monitoring and evaluation;
• Ensure collaboration between key partners for development, review and dissemination of technical resource materials on strategic planning, surveillance, human rights policy, activities related to the HIV prevention domain;
• Ensure technical collaboration and exchange of information and experiences among country regions and networks within Ukraine;
• Promote awareness and understanding of issues and responses related to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ukraine;
• Ensure the exchange of knowledge on collection, reproduction and dissemination of the national best practices examples;
• Facilitate training sessions for national professionals in HIV/AIDS domain as needed/ requested;
• Contribute to the meetings of the State AIDS Commission;
• Liaise with key governmental stakeholders, Country Coordination Mechanism for the Global Fund and the ACT NOW Programming Specialist on technical issues;
• Represent UNDP at forums relevant to HIV/AIDS issues;
• Catalyze mobilization of additional cost-sharing resources from the government, donors and other partners to fully leverage UNDP’s resources in the project;
• Develop partnerships with other individuals and organizations to ensure wide participation in development issues that UNDP is addressing; UNDP’s most valuable resource -knowledge – to be shared widely;
• Maintain relationships with donors and present a clear analysis of how their financial support has contributed to the results they requested and promote the programme to new donors;
• Mobilize resources for the program to meet the overall objectives.
• Perform other duties as required.

• Knowledge of the management principles and organizational behavior;
• Ability to work with a wide cross-section of partners, Governments, NGO’s, communities, media and international donors;
• PhD with a minimum of 5 years experience in a field relevant to the position;
• Professional knowledge, background, skills and at least 10 years of experience in the areas related of HIV/AIDS;
• Previous work experience dealing with national and international projects on HIV/AIDS in the region;
• Experience in planning and managing international technical assistance programs, including direct responsibilities for administering of project’s budget;
• Knowledge of UN and UNDP systems (relevant international experience is highly desirable);
• Ability to communicate and work with Ukrainian stakeholders and international organizations;
• Strong organizational abilities and innovative thinking;
• Networker and best-practices provider;
• Excellent writing and communication skills;
• Computer literacy;
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work under pressure
• Fluency in English is a must; Ukrainian and Russian are highly desirable.

Applications (most recent CVs) in English language with the reference to this position are to be submitted:

to e-mail address: vegorov@un.kiev.ua, or fax (044) 253-26-07.

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UNDP will use a transparent and competitive screening process, though will only contact those applicants in whom there is further interest. Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.