Job Adverts For Health and HIV Service Officer Position

Job Adverts For Health and HIV Service Officer Position

Posted on: 17 Oct, 2023

ABOUT PASADA

PASADA is a faith-based organization operating under the Catholic Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam. PASADA strives to reach the poorest of the poor living with HIV/AIDS and provide them with compassionate care, treatment, and support services. Although sponsored by the Catholic Church, the services offered by PASADA are available to all individuals without discrimination of any sort.

PASADA ACHIEVE PROGRAM

PASADA as a Sub-grantee to Deloitte Tanzania is implementing the Kizazi Hodari Southern Zone project in six councils of the Pwani region namely, Kibaha TC, Bagamoyo DC, Chalinze DC, Kisarawe DC, Kibiti DC, and Mkuranga DC

Kizazi Hodari Southern Zone project is a five-year project (March 2022 to February 2026) funded by the American People through USAID aiming at supporting the Government of Tanzania’s (GOT) Ministry of Health to achieve HIV epidemic control by improving the health, well-being, and protection of OVC and youth in high HIV burden communities within the Southern Zones of Tanzania. The program intends to increase access to and use of health/HIV, social, and protection services among OVC and youth in order to contribute to 95-95-95 goals: 95% of persons living with HIV (PLHIV) know their HIV status; 95% of PLHIV who know their status are on treatment; and 95% of PLHIV on treatment are virally suppressed, by 2030.

In order to maintain high-quality level services and to meet our clients’ and donors’ expectations, we wish to invite applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following position:

POSITION: HEALTH AND HIV SERVICES OFFICER (1 POST)

Reporting to: Project Manager

Line Manage: Community Case Workers/Community Health Workers

Locations:       Kisarawe DC, Kibiti DC and Mkurunga DC

Position Summary:

The overall objective of this position is to contribute towards achieving HIV epidemic control by improving the health, well-being, and protection of OVC and youth in high HIV burden communities within the Southern Zones of Tanzania. The program intends to increase access to and use of health/HIV, social, and protection services among OVC and youth in order to contribute to the 95-95-95 goal. The job holder will ensure a 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 PASADA and coordinate with the Council Health Management Team regarding HIV and health-related activities at the Council Team level.
• Hold monthly coordination meetings with Care and Treatment Centers (CTC) in the implementation area to support shared confidentiality, facilitate case conferencing, improve the bi-directional referral system, and ensure HIV-positive beneficiaries receive needed services at the council team level.
• Support Early Childhood Development (ECD) corners at targeted health facilities, including regular monitoring and supportive supervision at the council team level.
• Support the facilities to have an updated enrollment register that demonstrates the cascade of CLHIV enrollment at the CTC at the Council Team level.
• Support Community Case Workers (CCWs) to work with high pediatric volume CTCs to trace HIV-positive OVC who miss appointments, enroll them into the ACHIEVE 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 Counseling (HTC).
• Schedule quarterly Sexual Reproductive Health Education outreaches to Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW), and DREAMS Girls in school and organize HTC outreaches for adolescents with high-risk behaviors at the Councils Team level.
• 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 rollout 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; proactively 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 at the Councils Team level.
• Work with the M&E officer to ensure all bi-directional referral data are accurate and produced weekly; use data for decision-making at the Councils Team level.
• Lead the development of a service directory for health, nutrition, and HIV services in the implementation area; update the directory at least once a year at the Council Team level.
• Support CCWs to conduct nutrition activities, including nutrition assessments, counseling, and linkage to other nutrition service providers at the council team level.
• Provide continuous supportive supervision to CCWs to ensure the provision of health-related services and referrals and linkages to beneficiaries.
• Submit timely updates to the Program Manager for inclusion in the quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports at the Councils Team level.
• Document lessons learned and best practices for experience sharing and replication at the Councils Team level.
• Perform any other relevant duties as assigned by the Project Manager.

Minimum required Qualifications, Experience and Skills

Education:

• MUST be a Diploma holder in Clinical Medicine or Nursing.
• A bachelor’s degree or higher in medicine or nursing will be an added advantage.

Skills:

• Good understanding of the Government of Tanzania's 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 learners, particularly at the community level.
• Able and willing to work flexible hours as needed without constant or close supervision.
• Demonstrate leadership and team-building skills.
• Diplomacy and negotiation skills that demonstrate the ability to collaborate and coordinate with a range of stakeholders and complex priorities.

Experience:

• At least two (2) years of working experience in a field position with an organization in public health or OVC programming. Experience in implementing 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) to recruitment@pasada.or.tz. In your CV, please indicate three reputable referees. Send your application before 23^rd October 2023.

The application letter should be addressed to;

The PASADA Executive Director

P. O. Box 70225

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania.

NON-DISCRIMINATION NOTE:

PASADA advocates and upholds the principle of equal opportunity for all and does not discriminate in its shortlisting, selection, or employment practices that are based on race, creed, sexual orientation, religious basis, sex, nationality, political affiliation, gender bases, marital status, inability or disability, or any other form which does not constitute merits.