Job Type : Contract
Industry : Health
Education Level : Junior Level
Location: Kagera, Geita & Dar Es Salaam
Reports To: District Community Services Manager (DCSM)
Job Summary: The Community ART Officer (CAO) is responsible
for the day-to-day field implementation of MDH’s community ART program and
services. She/he will work with the Council Health Management Teams (CHMTs),
Community Volunteers, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Health Facilities
(HFs)/ Health Care Providers (HCPs) and other stakeholders to support provision
of recommended community ART services, tracking and continuum of care for
patients on ART care.
Duties and
Responsibilities:
1. To support provision and scale up of community ART
services as well as patient tracking and continuum of care of ART patients in
line with the program work plan and national guidelines.
2. To work with HCPs/ HFs to efficiently organize community
ART delivery services including enrolment of eligible clients, working with
WEO/VEO to secure preferred community locations and ensure effective scheduling
and communication.
3. To support comprehensive community ART outreach services
which integrate other essential services including viral load testing, early
infant diagnosis, clinical ART monitoring and others.
4. To work with the Retention team, HFs/ HCPs to support
community/home based tracking and returning to care, patients who have dropped
out of care and ensure timely feedback.
5. To support engagement, capacity building and supervision
of community outreach volunteers (COVs), expert clients (CECs), HCPs,
community-based Health services providers (CBHS) and other stakeholders in the
provision of community ART and tracking services.
6. To ensure efficient linkages and continuum of care
between community ART and HF services.
7. To support dissemination and operationalization of
national guidelines, SOPs, job aids, IECs, training manuals, M&E and others
tools on the community ART services.
8. To support efforts to identify gaps in community HIV and
KVP program, implementation of continuous quality improvement (CQI) initiatives
and operational research to address gaps.
9. To support monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) of
community HIV prevention and KVP services including data collection, entry,
quality assurance, analysis, reporting and utilization.
10. To support analysis, documentation and dissemination of
MDHs’ community program outcomes and best practices via abstracts, posters,
manuscripts, policy briefs, presentations, and others.
11. To perform any other related duties as may be assigned
by the supervisor.
Requirements:
Education, Work experience and Skills:
1. Bachelor Degree or Diploma in Medicine, Nursing or
related Health Field.
2. At least three (3) years of experience in community HIV
and KVP programs and services.
3. Demonstrable competency in overseeing ART services,
patient tracking/ retention services.
4. Experience in MEL, data analysis, interpretation and
utilization in the health sector.
5. Fluent in both written and spoken English and Swahili
Languages.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates for any of the above positions should
submit an application letter, a detailed copy of their CV, names and contact
information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of three work related
referees. The candidate MUST clearly indicate the Title of the position applied
for (as it appears in the advertisement) on the heading of the email.
Applications should be submitted to the Human Resource Director through
email hr@mdh.or.tz by 30th September 2021. MDH DO NOT
have any agents and DO NOT charge any fees to the interested candidates. Kindly
note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
(MDH) is an indigenous-Tanzanian non-Governmental Organization with principal place of business in Tanzania. MDH's central office is located at Mikocheni B, along Mwai Kibaki road in Dar es Salaam.
MDH’s work is primarily in public health service and research in Tanzania and the world at large. MDH seeks to mobilize and engage a team of skilled, experienced and motivated Tanzanian professionals to work in collaboration with the government and with other local and international experts to address public health priorities through evidence based interventions.
MDH’s core business encompasses design, implementation and
evaluation of programs and research in Communicable diseases, Chronic
non-communicable diseases, Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health,
Nutrition, Health Information Systems, Health System Strengthening and others.
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