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Job Title:	Program Manager II - Planning and Monitoring (PMPM), AIDSRelief
Department:	Nigeria
Requisition #:	I 09 142

AIDSRelief is an eight-year Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) program funded by the Human Resource Service Administration (HRSA) as part of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Led by CRS, AIDSRelief is a five-member consortium operating in ten countries. As of 2009, the program is treating more than 166,000 HIV/AIDS patients with antiretroviral therapy. AIDSRelief/Nigeria is working to build the capacity of local hospitals and faith-based institutions to manage and provide quality HIV and ART treatment services. In Nigeria, consortium members (CM's) include CRS, which acts as prime and supplies both administrative and supply chain support, and two technical leads: the Institute of Human Virology, for clinical support, and Futures Group, for strategic information. In 2009, AIDSRelief/Nigeria works with 34 comprehensive treatment facilities and 39 more limited facilities. The majority of these Local Partner Treatment Facilities (LPTF's) are faith based organizations. A total of 35,860 PLHIV are eligible for treatment under the Nigeria program. Like other PEPFAR partners, AIDSRelief has been charged with transitioning program management to a local partner by 2012.

Because of the multi-donor, multi-CM, multi-LPTF nature of the program, planning and monitoring of program quality require an extraordinary level of coordination, and that coordination is the primary responsibility of the PMPM. The job entails documenting plans and progress as appropriate, instituting quality management practices based on CM input, and most importantly ensuring good communication/representation of program issues among CM's/LPTF's and with the donor.

Specific Responsibilities:
1. Document plans and progress reports as appropriate:
a. Lead CM and LPTF input into, and ensure the accuracy of the Country Operating Plan, the Continuing Application, and such other proposals as may be necessary for AR operations.
b. Coordinate input into the AR Local Planning Documents, especially the Results Framework and SOW's.
c. Lead CM and LPTF input into and ensure the accuracy of all donor reports. These include but are not limited to Annual and Semi-Annual Reports for HRSA, Annual Program Reports for CDC, Quarterly Reports, CDC Monthly and Quarterly Reports, and Monthly Bullets for HRSA and CDC.

2. Facilitate quality management:
a. Disseminate program plans among CM's and LPTF's, and respond to questions and comments.
b. Ensure that systems are in place for enabling quality management by CM's and LPTF's. These systems include but are not limited to Results Framework and Dashboard Reviews by the CTCT, Monthly Reports by LPTF's, etc.

3. Support AIDSRelief's data demand and information use approach among CM and LPTF staff:
a. Track deviations from Results Framework and CM SOW's and make recommendations to the CoP when targets and obligations are not being met.
b. Support PM tracking of deviations from LPTF agreements (including targets) and make recommendations to the SPM and as appropriate CoP.
c. Ensure that staffing is in place for promoting quality management by: 1. Supporting the staff development activities of the AR/CRS Management Team and, 2. Ensuring that systems are in place to evaluate the impact of all training conducted under the AR grant.
d. Collect training impact information for monitoring and reporting purposes.
e. Create a learning environment by making operational use of the extranet and other resources in CRS and as desired with other CM's.

4. Ensure good communications:
a. Prepare meeting agendas, organize inputs, and ensure the recording and dissemination of results in a collaborative fashion.
b. Channel information about external visits among CM's.
c. Prepare advocacy pieces to inform the wider community about the success of the AIDSRelief model with the objective of propagating it.
d. Identify and document case studies, best practices, and lessons learned.

5. Supervision:
a. Manage and provide support to the activities of the Program Assistant, in particular with logistical support for trainings.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
The PMPM will supervise one Program Assistant

Key Working Relationships:
Internal: Country Representative; AIDSRelief CoP; AIDSRelief Grant Manager; AIDSRelief Senior Program Manager; AIDSRelief Senior Supply Chain Specialist; AIDSRelief Sustainability Advisor and Specialist; Head of Programming; HIV/AIDS-Health Section Head; CRS Finance and Administration Staff; RTA for HIV/AIDS; CRS/US Global Management Team; Program Quality and Support Department.
External: LPTF staff; other CM representatives (Futures Group, Institute of Human Virology); representatives of the US and Nigerian Governments; Implementing Partners and PVOs involved in HIV/AIDS programs; regional and country HIV/AIDS networks; regional and country-wide faith-based networks.