8 Community & KVP Services Coordinator Officers Jobs at Amref Health Africa in Tanzania

8 Community & KVP Services Coordinator Officers Jobs at Amref Health Africa in Tanzania is a non-profit public health organization supporting the Government of Tanzania to address public health issues including maternal and child health, HIV, TB, Malaria, and Nutrition in Tanzania 1987. Amref Health Africa in Tanzania is funded by The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through CDC Tanzania, to execute a robust HIV care and treatment clinical cascade project aiming to accelerate the achievement of the current 95-95-95 goals and the HIV epidemic control in Tanzania.

8 Community & KVP Services Coordinator Officers Jobs at Amref Health Africa in Tanzania

Branded as Afya Thabiti, this new project will be implemented in Mara, Smiyu, and Zanzibar from October 2023 covering facility and community-based prevention (including VMMC), care, and treatment services. Afya Thabiti will work in collaboration and with guidance from the Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly, and Children, Zanzibar Ministry of Health, and President’s Office Regions Authority and Local Government (PORALG). That said, Amref Health Africa -Tanzania is announcing the following vacancies to be filled soon: 

Position Title	Community & KVP Services Coordinator(1)/Officers (7)
Work Station	Mara-Coordinator (1), Officers (3), Simiyu-Officer (3), Zanzibar officer (1)
Reports to	Regional Project Manager

Job Summary

The incumbent will support the delivery of comprehensive and quality Community HIV Prevention and care services to achieve the 95-95-95 goals for HIV epidemic control. S/He will be responsible to strengthen KVP and another client-centered approach which will

improve HIV community services and client satisfaction. S/He will collaborate with clinical and health facility teams to oversee the implementation of client linkage and other related facility-based outreach services in the region.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support Community HIV testing and prevention services in collaboration with the related facility-based care and treatment service according to the national guideline
• Ensures effective cascade of HIV services from the linked HIV Identified cases, adherence counseling and retention to care and treatment to facilitating viral load suppression to KVP and other community groups
• Support Methadone Assisted Therapy as an HIV prevention approach (where appropriate) and facilitate proper linkage to HIV facility-based services according to the national guideline
• Jointly coordinate with respective health facilities to implement community ART and the related outreach services to accomplish expected scopes on KVP services and achieve the provided targets based on the National guideline
• Coordinate joint supportive supervision with R/CHMTs to community sites on HIV/AIDS services in supported districts according to the National Guidelines
• Provide technical support to community health workers (CHWs) and other related working tools to facilitate their community work in line with the National Guideline
• Participate in training, mentorship, use of training materials/curriculum, SOPs, and Job Aids useful to the CHWs according to the National guidelines and policies
• Participate in meetings/events relevant to the project and provide relevant technical contributions according to the Ministry of Health guidelines and PEPFAR policies
• Collaborate with all other project staff in the related program areas as would be needed

Qualifications, Experience & Skills Required

• A degree in community health or medicine or nursing or related A Masters’s degree in public health or other relevant field is an added advantage
• Proven experience and competence in implementing community health services in the Tanzania context
• Proven critical analysis skills and report writing
• At least 3 years of “hands-on experience” in HIV prevention services in a resource- limited country
• Experience working with Local Government Authorities and PEPFAR funded project
• Good interpersonal and people management skills-a team player and builder
• Good command of English and Swahili language will be an added advantage.

HOW TO APPLY:-

If you are AMREF Tanzania Staff and meet the criteria given above and are interested in the vacancies, please send an application letter and CV combined as one document indicating your present job position, daytime telephone contact, and names and addresses of three referees. Amref will conduct interviews at Tanga, Mara, Simiyu, and Dar es Salaam Offices to select qualified candidates.

To be considered, your application must be received by 16.30 Hours on August 18, 2023. Please mention the job title/vacancy name or use the job title as the subject line when applying for this position, failure to do that your application may not be retrieved. All correspondences should be directed to: Email: [email protected]. Direct application through mail or hand delivery will not be accepted.

Amref Health Africa is an equal opportunity employer and has a nonsmoking environment policy “Amref Health Africa is committed to the principles of safeguarding in workplace and will not tolerate any form of abuse, wherever it occurs or whoever is responsible”

Any Applicant attempting or communicating to the Amref Health Africa Management or Staff through phone calls, sms, text emails and other means will automatically be disqualified from this opportunity. All communications should be channeled to the provided official correspondence email above. Amref health Africa –Tanzania regrets that only short-listed candidates will be