This is a continuing activity under COP08.

This funding supports salary and local costs of one (1) ABc FSN position, plus local costs only of one (1)

ABc Fellow under the Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP) awarded to Public Health Institute (PHI) in

FY07. Local costs include benefits, travel, office costs, and administrative support. [Since the GHFP is an

HQ mechanism, salary and related expenses for the ABc Fellow are included in a related AB activity under

prime partner PHI].

The local ABc FSN position is entitled, 'Community Risk Reduction Assistant'. This individual will manage

and administer USAID/Mozambique PEPFAR programs, supporting HIV prevention as a member of the

Behavior Change and National Response (BC & NR) unit of the HIV/AIDS Team. The CRR Assistant will

serve as Activity Manager and provide technical expertise to and administrative oversight of behavior

change communication (BCC) and community risk reduction activities related to promoting delay of sexual

debut and abstinence for youth, partner reduction, mutual faithfulness and, as appropriate, correct and

consistent condom use, as well as activities fostering enabling environments and communities supportive of

these behaviors. The CRR Assistant will initiate and foster linkages between PEPFAR prevention programs

to HIV care, treatment and other Strategic Objective (SO) programs, such as family planning and food

security, managed by USG and other stakeholders. The CRR Assistant is also a member of the PEPFAR

Interagency Prevention Working Group and the Mozambique PEPFAR Interagency Team.

This entry covers costs for USAID/Mozambique staff and related support required to plan, manage,

oversee, and report on Emergency Plan activities. Estimated costs for FY 08 are higher than those for FY

07 (but still less than the recommended 7% level) due to the rapid increase in program size and complexity,

budgeting for positions previously supported by OE funds, and increases in shared Mission costs borne by

the HIV/AIDS Team.

USAID requests 21 new positions, bringing total planned staff to 47 management, technical and

administrative positions. Of the total, three positions are technical non-management positions that are

funded within the AB, C&OP, and OVC program areas.

USAID has budgeted for nine new technical management/program manager positions in FY 2008. This

includes staff to manage cross-cutting activities such as gender-related activities, public-private

partnerships, capacity development for local NGOs, and nutritional support. New positions are also

requested in areas such as child development, pharmaceutical logistics management, and health and

nutrition linkages where USAID has growing programs and provides technical leadership. Positions

essential for sound management and accountability are also requested, including two Deputy Team

Leaders, a Legal Advisor, and a Site Monitoring Specialist. USAID also proposes to fund positions in the

USAID Office of Administrative Management, Procurement Management Unit, and Program Office that are

key to PEPFAR implementation. Hence, of the new positions, six are existing OE-funded staff supporting

PEPFAR whose contracts will be funded by PEPFAR for the first time in FY 2008. PEPFAR will still receive

substantial support (30% of time) from 18 OE-funded positions. All new positions have been developed

through interagency analysis and collaboration, in keeping with the Staffing for Results Guidance.

The requested funds include the following: (1) $3,750,300 in Emergency Plan staff costs (including salary,

benefits, administrative support, and entitlement travel); (2) $439,570 in office costs and $964,400 for non-

office costs, including residential furniture and maintenance; (3) $302,000 in ICASS charges; (4) $252,000

in IRM tax charges for HIV/AIDS program and support staff; (5) $998,650 in other program costs, including

the Emergency Plan share of the Mission air charter contract for site visits and support, translation services,

in-country and international travel including conferences, and a variety of other program support costs.

USAID has faced challenges in hiring professional staff for Mozambique. International recruitment is

challenging due to the need for Portuguese language capability and the high demand for HIV-related

professional skills, both in Mozambique and worldwide. The market for qualified Mozambican staff is

fiercely competitive due to human resource constraints, and the USG local compensation plan is not

attractive to many potential Foreign Service National employees. Nonetheless, adequate staffing is critical

to results, sustainability, and accountability, and solutions have been identified to reduce recruiting time and

fill vacancies. For example, USAID has won USAID/Washington approval to offer pre-service language

training at post (only one other USAID post, Indonesia, is authorized to do this). This will greatly expand the

range of eligible candidates and improve staff effectiveness. In addition, efforts to recruit Third Country

National PSCs have been expanded. USAID will also bring in short-term experts in recruitment and

contracting to expedite hiring and will explore greater use of the new Public Health Institute Fellows

Program.

ICASS and IRM costs have been entered as separate activities.