Summary
Date Posted: Friday, August 30, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Bakwata National HIV/AIDS Program (BAK-AIDS) is a Faith Based Organization (FBO) implementing HIV programs to support Tanzania Government efforts to reduce the rate of HIV pandemic in Tanzania. Since inception, BAK-AIDS has played a big role in supporting Tanzania’s social development initiatives by implementing health programs which include HIV and AIDS education and other economic programs.

With collaboration from USAID through Pact Tanzania, BAK-AIDS will implement comprehensive programs that contribute to improved health and social wellbeing of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and adolescents and their caretakers with the focus on improving access to HIV services.

BAK-AIDS is now announcing vacancies for various positions in 2 Districts of Simiyu region: Maswa DC and Busega DC .

  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 Centers (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 Community Case Workers (CCWs) to work with high pediatric volume CTCs to trace HIV positive OVC who miss appointments, enroll them into Kizazi Kipya 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 teen clubs and organize HTC outreaches for adolescents with high risk behaviors.
• Work with EGPAF 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.
• Ensure screening of caregivers for depression and link them to appropriate services.
• Support the roll out of evidence based curriculums relating to HIV (e.g. Stepping Stones, Sinovuyo Teens, 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.
• Coordinate quarterly district 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, counseling, and linkage to other nutrition service providers.
• Provide continuous supportive supervision to CCWs to ensure provision of health-related services and referrals and linkages to beneficiaries.
• Submit timely updates to the Program Coordinator 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 Coordinator.

Number required: 1 Health & HIV Services Officer in each district mentioned above
Job Skills: Not Specified

The applicants should also be able to demonstrate the following key competencies. Respect, integrity, diversity, adaptability, stress tolerance, innovation, building partnership, communicating with impact and building commitment.

• A letter of application and CV with copies of certificates, three referees, telephone number and E-Mail address (specify your preferred district)
• Deadline for submission of application is 10 days from the first appearance of this advertisement; before 10th September, 2019.
• Only short listed applicants will be contacted for interview

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Job application procedure
  Please send your application to
BAK-AIDS HQ,
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
P.O Box 20409, Dar es Salaam
E-mail: bakwatahivaids@yahoo.com

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