JOB Title: Health and HIV Officer (2 Positions)

JOB Title: Health and HIV Officer (2 Positions)

Posted on: 19 Sep, 2024

Background Information:

Pastoral Activities and Services for people with HIV/AIDS Dar es Salaam Archdiocese -PASADA TANZANIA is a Tanzanian faith-based organization operating since 1992 in Tanzania and owned by Catholic Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam having over 25 facilities. PASADA TANZANIA reaches all the poor, under privileged, infected, and affected by HIV and AIDS including communicable and non-communicable diseases. We provide the needy people with a comprehensive range of services along with the continuum of care including medical, spiritual, psychosocial, and palliative care services through deploying community-based approaches in the provision of healthcare and livelihood improvement activities. We also engage in resilience building to vulnerable community members (including but not limited to Children & Adults, OVC, Adolescents and their Caregivers) in addressing the structural drivers of the epidemic to control and mitigate its adverse effects. Although sponsored by the Catholic Church, the services offered by PASADA TANZANIA are available to all individuals without discrimination of any sort in Tanzania. Additionally, educational and awareness raising programs are carried out at facility and community levels with the objective of reducing stigma and discrimination and promoting behavioral change, thereby limiting the spread of the virus.

KIZAZI HODARI PROJECT

Kizazi Hodari Southern Zone Project is a five-year project (2022 to 2027) funded by USAID with the aim of Improving health, well-being, and protection of OVC and youth in high HIV burden communities. The Project is implemented by Deloitte Consulting Limited, as the prime implementing partner, through the partnership with PASADA Tanzania. The activities are executed through family and communities and engage the social welfare workforce including Community Case Workers (CCW), Lead Case Workers (LCWs) and National Integrated Case Management System (NICMS) Assigned Officers. It includes coordination and integration with the health workforce and PEPFAR clinical partners (THPS) to improve bi-directional referrals between clinical and community for efficient HIV service delivery with complementary social service delivery.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative, energetic individual to fill the following vacant positions for the Kizazi Hodari Project;

JOB Title:             Health and HIV Officer (2 Positions)

Reporting to:       Program Manager

Locations:            Pwani

Position Summary:

The overall objective of this position is to contribute towards strategic service delivery to OVCs and their caregivers, address critical barriers to service access, uptake, and adherence to scale up impact service delivery, advance progress towards 95-95-95 goals and improve health and social outcomes among OVC and their families.

The job holder will ensure sound and vibrant bi-directional referral and linkage system, improved case identification, linkages to ART and Viral Load suppression among Children and Adolescents Living with HIV/AIDS.

Roles & Responsibilities:

·         Represent the CSO and coordinate with the Council Health Management Team regarding HIV and health related activities.

·         Hold monthly coordination meetings  with  Care  &  Treatment  Centres  (CTC)  in implementation area to support shared confidentiality, facilitate case conferencing, improve the bi-directional referral system, and ensure HIV positive beneficiaries receive needed services.

·         Support Early Childhood Development (ECD) corners at targeted health facilities, including regular monitoring and supportive supervision.

·         Support the facilities to have an updated enrolment register at the facility that demonstrates the cascade of enrolment of CLHIV at the CTC.

·         Support Community Case Workers (CCWs) to work with high pediatric volume CTCs to trace HIV positive OVC who miss appointments, enrol them into Kizazi Hodari Project, and link them back to CTCs.

·         Support CCWs to conduct HIV risk assessments for OVC during case management; refer and link at risk OVC to HIV Testing and Counselling (HTC).

·         Schedule quarterly Sexual Reproductive Health Education outreaches to Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW), DREAMS Girls in school and organize HTC outreaches for adolescents with high-risk behaviours.

·         Work with Health Facility Implementing Partners to roll out  a  supplemental  HIV curriculum to CCWs and ensure CCWs provide appropriate support to HIV positive OVC and caregivers.

·         Support CCWs to strengthen the capacity of caregivers to support HIV positive OVC and ensure CCWs refer HIV positive OVC and caregivers to PLHIV support groups.

·         Support the roll out of evidence-based curriculums relating to HIV (e.g., Steppingstone, Furaha Lifelong Parenting (Sinovuyo), Sexual Reproductive Health Education, Care for Child Development, etc.)

·         Support the establishment of a bi-directional referral system to monitor beneficiaries through the HIV continuum of care as well as service completion for other health and social services.

·         Monitor implementation, bottlenecks and performance metrics of the  bi-directional referral system; pro-actively offer solutions, conduct quality improvement activities, and implement adjustments to improve referral outcomes

·         Participate in quarterly council level quality improvement meetings with relevant bi- directional   referral   system   stakeholders; ensure   actions   from   the   meetings   are implemented and the bi-directional referral system is improved.

·         Work with the M&E officer to ensure all bi-directional referral data are accurate and produced weekly; use data for decision-making.

·         Lead the development of a service directory for health, nutrition, and HIV services in implementation area; update the directory at least once a year

·         Support CCWs to conduct nutrition activities, including nutrition assessments, counselling, and linkage to other nutrition service   providers.

·         Provide continuous supportive supervision to CCWs to ensure provision of health-

Related services, referrals, and linkages to beneficiaries.

·         Submit timely updates to the Program Manager for inclusion in the quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports.

·         Document lessons learned and best practices for experience sharing and replication

·         Perform any other relevant duties as assigned by the Project Manager.

Minimum required Qualifications, Experience and Skills

Education:

·         Diploma holder in Clinical Medicine or Nursing.

·         Bachelor’s degree in medicine or nursing will be an added advantage.

Skills:

·         Good understanding of Government of Tanzania health policies.

·         Strong M&E skills and experience in strategic information.

·      Excellent written and oral communication skills in  Swahili and  English  including excellent training skills in working with adult learner leaner’s, particularly at the community level.

·         Able and willing to work flexible hours as needed without constantly or close supervision

·         Demonstrate leadership and team building skills.

·         Diplomacy and negotiation skills that demonstrate ability to collaborate coordinate with a range of stakeholders and complex priorities.

Experience:

·         At least two (2) years’ experiences in a field position with an organization in public health or OVC programming. Experience in implementation of community programs in health/HIV, MNCH, TB/Malaria etc., is preferred.

·         Experienced with PEPFAR 3.0 funded project in Tanzania.

·         Experience implementing program and donor regulations, systems, and procedures.

·         Experience in an Appreciative Inquiry (AI) approach in development and social work.

Job Application Procedure:

Please send your application letter along with the updated curriculum vitae (CV) in one document to recruitment@pasada.or.tz. In your CV, please indicate three reputable referees. Send your application before 30^th September,2024.

The application letter should be addressed to.

 Executive Director,

PASADA Tanzania,

P. O. Box 70225

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania.

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