Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, October 24 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
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.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Associate Degree

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 25th October 2023.
The application letter should be addressed to;
The PASADA Executive Director
P. O. Box 70225
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania.


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