Community-Led Monitoring Officer Job at Afya Plus
Community-Led Monitoring Officer Job at Afya Plus… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at Afya Plus.
Description;
Afya Plus is a local Non-Govcrnmcntal Organization registered in Tanzania under the NGOs Act No.24 of 2002 in August 2016 to contribute towards building of high quality and equitable health systems, delivery of people’s centered health services through evidence-based interventions, and ultimately have a community with better access to quality-integrated health services. We envision a community with equitable access to quality health sendees through working in partnership with the Government of Tanzania, local communities, and other key stakeholders.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To provide technical support to regional and council health management teams and other stakeholders on CLM activities aiming at using generated evidence-based information on improving social integration and linkages between facilities and community-based sendees related to C/ALHIV for better treatment outcomes.
- CLM Officer will lead designing and implementation of CLM activities for improving access and quality of HIV services; participate in the development and dissemination of national guidelines, policies, tools, and packages related to CLM pertaining to social sendees integration and referral mechanism including but not limited to dissemination and tracking effectiveness of devised tools and advise adaptation as appropriate.
- CLM Officer will also be responsible with regional level collaboration, coordination, monitoring, and documenting efforts between C4s Activity, and other USAID projects including ACHIEVE, Kizazi Ilodari and other relevant stakeholders on using generated CLM information on improving utilization of social sendees including OVC to families and C/ALIIIV for continuum of care.
- He/she will support and ensure the use of CLM approaches on facilitating effective linkages across projects and partners engaged at facility and community-based services for child and adolescent health and wellbeing, including of OVCs.
Required Qualifications
- Degree in Social Sciences, Sociology, Medicine or Nursing, postgraduate training in Community Development work or Master’s in public health will be an added advantage.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- At least 3 years’ experience working with HIV/AIDS and quality related programs (Pediatric HIV care, ART, IIBC, OVC) with particular focus on the quality improvement, and bidirectional linkages to social services and community-based projects.
- In depth understanding of Pediatric, adolescents and youths HIV-related policies and programs, quality improvement frameworks and systems issues in the Tanzanian context.
- Experience working with USG-funded health and/or other development programs.
- Demonstrated CLM skill set, with previous experience of working with community structures or social accountability systems.
- Experience with various capacity-building approaches, including mentorship, coaching, presentation, and facilitation skills.
- Fluent in both written and spoken Kiswahili as well as proficiency in English.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Application letter with detailed CV, indicating daytime contact telephone numbers and email address, as well as names and contact information of three referees should be submitted to the following email address: [email protected] indicating the job you arc applying for in the Subject line.” Female candidates arc strongly encouraged to apply.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Afya Plus seeks to fill these two positions with right candidates as soon as possible. Successful candidates will be required to report immediately after receiving an employment offer.
Application Deadline: 19th June 2023 at 5:00 pm (East African Time).
