Outreach Program Officer - 4 position - Walter Reed Southern High lands AIDS Program

Job Title Outreach Program Officer - 4 position

Reports to Regional Outreach Coordinator

Location Mbeya

Assigned districts in Rukwa, Katavl, Mbeya and Songwe

The Outreach Program Officer (OPO) is the focal person for the outreach program implementation at the district level. The OPO will work closely with Regional Outreach Coordinator (ROC) and Program Technical Leads/Advisors to serve as the primary technical expert and contact for HJFMRl's outreach program activities at the organizational and community level. S/he will facilitate the development, modification, and/or adaptation of appropriate community services strategies, with the goal of improving both clinical and community access to and use of services. The OPO is expected to collaborate across technical areas to strengthen linkages for the continuum response from sexual prevention, Gender Based Violence, HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC) to Care. S/he will build the capacity of local partner organizations and HJFMRI staff to deliver high-quality community based services in the assigned districts in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide technical support in the development of approaches and strategies for mobilizing partner organizations and communities for the establishment or strengthening of community based strategies and activities;

Liaise and consult regularly with the relevant authorities, partner organizations, health facilities, community leaders and beneficiaries in relation to the planning, design and implementation of HJFMRI and partner activities;

Support the development of integrated, innovative and gender sensitive interventions for the provision of comprehensive HIV and AIDS services for key populations and priority populations and their sexual partners;

Facilitate and provide overall leadership and sound advice at facility and community settings and improve client adherence to ART

Build the capacity of the partner organizations and government technical staff to deliver high-quality community based services;

Provide on-going support through coaching, supervision visits and mentoring to partner organizations and HJFMRI staff in implementing community/outreach based activities;

Document, consolidate and disseminate knowledge and information regarding best practices, lessons learned, and, proven approaches in the district;

Ensure quality implementation, achievement of results for activities within the HJFMRI project and within partner projects, and collaborate with other HJFMRI program staff to ensure effective teamwork;

Participate in development of annual work plans, budgets and reports for community and outreach activities; and ensure integration of project activities into wider HJFMRI and partners annual plans;

Provide ongoing leadership, training and guidance to

Outreach Partners' Program Staff and volunteers to ensure

HIV programming and implementation meets MoHCDGEC standards;

Liaise with the M&E team to ensure that outreach program components are functional (e.g. clarity of indicators, quality of M&E data collection tools, data quality and reporting).

Develop and maintain good working relationships with other partners, governmental and non-governmental, within the districts;

Provide technical assistance to other HJFMRI programs including Medical, Lab, Research & other projects as needed;

Perform any other assignment or duties that may be required to support the general program

Qualifications:

Degree in Social Sciences and behavioral sciences (e.g. public health, epidemiology, education/educational psychology, social work, nursing, etc.)or Advanced

Diploma in health/counseling/ psychology/ social work or other HIV and AIDS related discipline and/or postgraduate training in Public or Community Development or relevant

Discipline;

Medical background is an added advantage;

Minimum of three years experience in managing HIV program, particularly community outreach programs including HIV Testing and Counseling, Palliative Care/HBC and IEC/Behavioral Change Communication and OVC support or impact mitigation

Experience in managing donor funded projects

Experience working with NGOs, FBOs/CBOs at the community level;

Knowledge of the current developments and best practices in the field of HIV and AIDS prevention, globally and in Tanzania;

Should be able to work under minimum supervision and able to mentor others;

Knowledge of proposal development, budgeting and reporting with excellent writing skills

Cover letter and resumes should be sent to the

Human Resources Manager

P.O.Box  6396 Mbeya or emailed to recruitment@wrp-t.org. NOTE: To be considered applicant must put the TITLE OF THE JOB in the subject line.

Deadline: 15^th March 2017

Source Dailynews,1^st March 2017