Country Representative

• Manages, implements, and monitors systems, services, staff and budgets to achieve financial, administrative and programmatic goals.
• Responsible for the implementation and oversight of technical activities in the work plan.
• Supervises and provides technical guidance and mentorship to the team on technical assistance and project implementation.
• Oversees the development and monitoring of local organization sub-awards in compliance with their rules and regulations.
• Works collaboratively with the entire team in Thailand and ensures strong coordination among team partners on the implementation of technical activities.
• Ensures project achieves high quality results in accordance with the targets identified in the work plan.
• Maintains a strong working relationship with their counterparts through regular communications to jointly solve project management and implementation issues and through timely and accurate technical and financial reports.
• Coordinates and meets with, as appropriate, USAID, the Ministry of Health, and local and international partners and other stakeholders in Thailand. Serves as the point person for interactions with USAID/Thailand, implementing partners, and the Government of Thailand and MOH.
• Works closely with staff in the Asia Pacific Regional office, Washington DC and Durham, North Carolina to provide regular updates and coordinate with the global project.
• Directly supervises 5 7 technical, programmatic, and administrative/logistics staff in Thailand.
• Leads the development of Scopes of Work, memorandums of understanding (MOUs), technical management of activities for consultants and local institutions partnering with them to ensure that activity timeframes and budgets are met and products are reviewed and finalized.
• Reports regularly to the above supervisor and also the EPIC/HQ (Project Director, EPIC), Regional Director, APRO and to USAID/EPIC on progress and status of EPIC activities in Thailand.

• Proven skills and experience in the management of HIV prevention, care, and treatment projects for key populations in Thailand.
• Knowledge of processes for developing and implementing HIV prevention, care, and treatment programs with key population groups in Thailand.
• Design, implementation, and management of HIV public health/international development programs funded by USAID.
• Proven skills in mentoring, leadership and networking.
• Established relationships with senior staff members of the Ministry of Health Bureau of AIDS, TB, and STDs (BATS), the National Health Security Organization (NHSO), and provincial health offices.
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and understanding of the political and ethical issues surrounding public health issues among key populations in Thailand.
• Ability to manage and complete numerous tasks with a high degree of organization and limited resources.
• Experience working with civil society organizations to plan and implement HIV and/or health-related activities.
• Experience of proactively identifying risk, addressing issues and appropriately communicating these to the project staff and USAID.
• Experience of establishing strong working relationships with colleagues from different organizations and cultures.
• Experience identifying, designing and brokering public-private partnerships.
• Ability to meet deadlines with strong attention to consistency, detail, and quality.
• Ability to travel within country or region and internationally if needed.

• Masters level degree in Public Health (preferred) or related field or equivalent.
• At least 8 years of demonstrated key population group management expertise, with substantial HIV prevention, care, and treatment experience with men who have sex with men and/or transgender individuals.
• At least 2 years of demonstrated experience in helping to transition interventions supported by international donor funding to domestic budgetary support.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Thai nationality required.

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