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Program Officer – Community HIV Testing Services (3 positions)

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is the global leader in the fight against HIV and AIDS for Pediatric and families. In 2015-2016, EGPAF is supporting activities in 19 countries .  In Kenya, EGPAF works in partnership with the Ministry of Health and various County Governments to support HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment in 12 counties. EGPAF is mainly funded by PEPFAR through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

EGPAF seeks to recruit Program Officer –Community HIV Testing Services reporting to Technical Advisor – HIV Testing Services. The foundation will conduct Community HIV Testing Services covering 22 wards in Homa Bay County.  We therefore intend to hire experienced Program officer to oversee this work.

Job Summary:

The Program Officer will oversee establishment, expansion and implementation of a robust Community HIV Testing services program in Homa Bay, that entails provision of quality integrated HIV counselling and testing services and Linkage of HIV positive persons to HIV care and treatment services. He/she will be responsible for guiding HTS providers, Counsellor Supervisors, enumerators and other health care workers through imparting technical direction.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Establish a robust community HIV Testing services in Homa Bay County
  • Conduct a robust community entry process by engaging key stakeholders in the wards and sensitizing them on community HIV Testing Services
  • Capacity build the HTS providers, counsellor supervisors, enumerators and CHVs on Community/Home Based HIV Testing services
  • Conduct household enumeration in Homa Bay County
  • Oversee mobilization of community towards community HIV Testing Services
  • Implement community HIV Testing services using different strategies including door to door HIV Testing, moon light HIV Testing and HIV Testing Outreaches
  • Monitor and report community testing indicators on daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.
  • Responsible for coordination of appraisal for HTS providers, Counsellor supervisors and enumerators
  • Ensure quality of services is maintained at all stages

Minimum Requirements

Education and Experience:

  • Degree in Nursing, community Health, social science or other relevant discipline
  • 3-5 years relevant work experience in implementing HIV programs in the community level.
  • Experience in Community/Home Based HIV Testing services is desired.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Progressively experience in HIV/AIDS programming
  • Experience in managing  USG funded programs and reporting requirements
  • Evidence of excellent facilitation and teambuilding skills/experience required;
  • Experience in establishing and sustaining working relationships with the County government Ministry of Health
  • Significant and up to date knowledge of the current ART, PMTCT, TB/HIV, HTC guidelines, standards, tools and best practices
  • Demonstrated experience in organizing and facilitating training in HIV /AIDS prevention, care and treatment areas.
  • Knowledge of PEPFAR Program and NASCOP reporting requirements including familiarity with the data collection and reporting tools used by NASCOP
  • Proficiency in computer
  • Ability to work with limited supervision
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, report writing and analytical skills
  • Dedicated team player with ability and experience to work in a multidisciplinary team

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The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing pediatric HIV infection and eliminating pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention, care, and treatment programs. Founded in 1988, EGPAF supports activities in 19 countries around the world.

Elizabeth Glaser contracted HIV in a blood transfusion in 1981 while giving birth to her daughter, Ariel. She and her husband, Paul, later learned that Elizabeth had unknowingly passed the virus on to Ariel through breast milk and that their son, Jake, had contracted the virus in utero. The Glasers discovered, in the course of trying to treat Ariel, that drug companies and health agencies had no idea that HIV was prevalent among children. The only drugs on the market were for adults; nothing had been tested or approved for children.

Ariel lost her battle with AIDS in 1988. Fearing that Jake's life was also in danger, Elizabeth rose to action. She approached her close friends, Susie Zeegen and Susan DeLaurentis, for help in creating a foundation that would raise money for pediatric HIV/AIDS research.

The Pediatric AIDS Foundation had one critical mission: to bring hope to children with HIV and AIDS. Elizabeth made her first trip to Washington in 1988, when she met with President and Mrs. Reagan, representatives at NIH, and members of Congress. In 1989, the Foundation held its first fundraiser and awarded its first grant for research on the immune dysfunctions in children living with HIV. Dozens more Washington trips and research grants followed.Elizabeth lost her own battle with AIDS in 1994, and to honor her legacy, the Pediatric AIDS Foundation was renamed the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF). Under this name, EGPAF has become the leading global nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing pediatric HIV infection and eliminating pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs.Elizabeth’s legacy lives on in her son, Jake, who is now a healthy young adult.

About the EGPAF Logo In 1988, Ariel Glaser painted how she envisioned the world — as a beautiful garden kept bright with sunshine and surrounded by love. Her inspiration serves as the EGPAF logo, representing hope for children everywhere.

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0 USD Nairobi CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Program Officer – Community HIV Testing Services (3 positions)

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is the global leader in the fight against HIV and AIDS for Pediatric and families. In 2015-2016, EGPAF is supporting activities in 19 countries .  In Kenya, EGPAF works in partnership with the Ministry of Health and various County Governments to support HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment in 12 counties. EGPAF is mainly funded by PEPFAR through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

EGPAF seeks to recruit Program Officer –Community HIV Testing Services reporting to Technical Advisor – HIV Testing Services. The foundation will conduct Community HIV Testing Services covering 22 wards in Homa Bay County.  We therefore intend to hire experienced Program officer to oversee this work.

Job Summary:

The Program Officer will oversee establishment, expansion and implementation of a robust Community HIV Testing services program in Homa Bay, that entails provision of quality integrated HIV counselling and testing services and Linkage of HIV positive persons to HIV care and treatment services. He/she will be responsible for guiding HTS providers, Counsellor Supervisors, enumerators and other health care workers through imparting technical direction.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Establish a robust community HIV Testing services in Homa Bay County
  • Conduct a robust community entry process by engaging key stakeholders in the wards and sensitizing them on community HIV Testing Services
  • Capacity build the HTS providers, counsellor supervisors, enumerators and CHVs on Community/Home Based HIV Testing services
  • Conduct household enumeration in Homa Bay County
  • Oversee mobilization of community towards community HIV Testing Services
  • Implement community HIV Testing services using different strategies including door to door HIV Testing, moon light HIV Testing and HIV Testing Outreaches
  • Monitor and report community testing indicators on daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.
  • Responsible for coordination of appraisal for HTS providers, Counsellor supervisors and enumerators
  • Ensure quality of services is maintained at all stages

Minimum Requirements

Education and Experience:

  • Degree in Nursing, community Health, social science or other relevant discipline
  • 3-5 years relevant work experience in implementing HIV programs in the community level.
  • Experience in Community/Home Based HIV Testing services is desired.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Progressively experience in HIV/AIDS programming
  • Experience in managing  USG funded programs and reporting requirements
  • Evidence of excellent facilitation and teambuilding skills/experience required;
  • Experience in establishing and sustaining working relationships with the County government Ministry of Health
  • Significant and up to date knowledge of the current ART, PMTCT, TB/HIV, HTC guidelines, standards, tools and best practices
  • Demonstrated experience in organizing and facilitating training in HIV /AIDS prevention, care and treatment areas.
  • Knowledge of PEPFAR Program and NASCOP reporting requirements including familiarity with the data collection and reporting tools used by NASCOP
  • Proficiency in computer
  • Ability to work with limited supervision
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, report writing and analytical skills
  • Dedicated team player with ability and experience to work in a multidisciplinary team
2017-01-31

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