Program
Associate for Health Systems Strengthening for HIV
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Project Overview and Role:
USAID’s ProtectHealth, based
in Manila, the Philippines, in collaboration with other USAID projects,
supports the Government of the Philippines (GPH) to enhance access and
financing to meet key human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB) and
family planning (FP) outcomes while realizing its goal of achieving universal
health care (UHC). USAID’s ProtectHealth will specifically support GPH’s
implementation of the UHC Law by addressing policy and institutional
bottlenecks within the health financing system.
USAID’s ProtectHealth is providing technical assistance (TA) to enable the GPH
to rapidly and effectively enact financing reforms envisioned in new
legislation on UHC (Republic Act 11223) and HIV and AIDS (Republic Act 11166).
Specifically, USAID’s ProtectHealth is supporting the Department of Health and
PhilHealth enable key reforms and improvements in the sustainable financing of
HIV, in line with support already being provided in the domain of TB and FP.
Support to these agencies will be in line with key national priorities to
reduce HIV incidence, improve the care and treatment cascade, strengthen
prevention programming and case identification, and move closer to epidemic
control in the Philippines, while achieving a sustainable financing status for
the HIV program. In this context, USAID’s ProtectHealth will assist in
strengthening health systems, with focus on financing mechanisms for HIV, which
include but are not limited to the following sources: PhilHealth (e.g.
Outpatient HIV AIDS Treatment Package), and budgets from the Department of
Health (e.g. for the National HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Program,
Epidemiology Bureau). The project may work on various aspects of financing for
HIV, such as estimating total future domestic investment requirements,
designing strategies to sustainably finance key existing and new interventions
(e.g., PrEP, index testing, etc.) at scale through the different funding
streams, aligning with the UHC Law provisions and the post-COVID-19 “new
normal” for health service delivery in the context of integrating local health
systems.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
This is a mid-level position
responsible for managing, executing elements, and overall monitoring of the
implementation of various activities in the HIV-related portfolio of the
USAID’s ProtectHealth project. The duties of the Program Associate for HSS will include, but
not be limited to:
Manage assigned HIV-related tasks, including their deliverables and other desired outputs;
Provide technical assistance support to the DOH/PhilHealth or other government agencies in the implementation of the HIV-related activities, which includes but is not limited to budgetary financing, insurance benefits, and local health system integration and delivery of HIV interventions, aligned with UHC Law implementation in general and given the national strategy for HIV and AIDS, in particular; assistance from other staff will be provided on an as needed basis;
Monitor the timelines of activities within the overall technical framework of the project,
Draft related reports, communications and other relevant documentation required;
Coordinate with the Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (RMELFA) Advisor and team to strengthen the financing and delivery of PhilHealth-related HIV benefits;
Coordinate with the Advisor for Health Financing and Health Systems Strengthening and team to strengthen budgetary planning and performance for the NASPCP at the national level, and help mainstream HIV services in selected high-burden HIV sites that endeavor local integration;
Coordinate with the NASPCP, PhilHealth, Philippine National AIDS Council and Epidemiology Bureau officers and staff on HIV-related program discussions, and other HIV-related USAID implementing partners in their activities in support of the HIV program;
Collaborate with other staff in the Manila office or in the regions outside Manila, as well as Palladium Headquarters (Washington, DC) based staff on technical analysis and report writing;
Attend internal and external meetings ;
Perform
any other technical or managerial tasks related to the HIV portfolio as may be
directed by the Chief of Party or his/her designate.
Required Qualifications:
Advanced degree in public
health, economics/health economics, biostatistics, or related field or MD;
At least 3 years work
experience in the Philippine social development sector such as health systems,
health financing (e.g. PhilHealth), policy analysis, health research, project
management and related analytical work.
Experience in technical or
managerial roles with HIV-related programming in the Philippines, and/or with
related infectious disease (TB preferred) prevention and treatment activities
especially previous experience supporting the NASPCP will be a distinct
advantage;
Proficiency in MS Office applications;
Sound written and verbal communication skills in English;
Strong organizational skills to ensure activities, schedules and progress of
work are on schedule;
Ability to work with a low level of supervision and as a part of a team when
required.
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