Community Based Support Team Lead Vacant Position

An international organization is looking for a suitably qualified person to fill the following position.

Community Based Support Team Lead

TANZANIA

Scope of Work

The Community Based Treatment Support lead person will be part of the AIDSRelief Clinical Team, composed of HIV physicians, senior nurse practitioners, adherence and community specialist, laboratory specialists, and experts in monitoring and evaluation, and will support AIDSRelief in country treatment adherence programs, scale up and continuous quality improvement efforts in community intervention.

The Community Based Treatment Support Lead will be expected to play a key role in Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement of the points of service as this relates to adherence. This person, with help from other members of the clinical team, should be able to take initiative on helping sites improve their treatment programs through evidence-based information gathered through this continuous process.

Since all treatment centers are different in many ways, the scope of work provided will be dependant on each site's needs. The designated Community Based Treatment Support Lead is expected to provide the following services to the points of service:

1. Planned interactive and in depth analysis of challenges and barriers to efficient and effective community based treatment support/adherence programs. Specific focus on the efficiency of the care delivery system should be emphasized.

2. Close interaction with adherence/community and medical staff with emphasis placed on personalized practical training and case based didactic group sessions.

3. Provide targeted didactic and round table training sessions for treatment center, Adherence and community staff and the entire clinic staff

4. Work with the local adherence staff in development of patient education programs and facilitation of the creation of IEC materials. Didactic and practical training of community specialists, adherence counselors, and volunteers to support HIV treatment programs.

5. Liaising and negotiating with medical and non-medical staff internally, and with people in external organizations, e.g. social services, voluntary groups or the private sector;

Specific Activities:

• Manage the recruitment, selection, appraisal and development of AIDSRelief Adherence and Community Staff
• Oversee the day-to-day management of the adherence and community team
• Provide on-job training for both AIDSRelief & LPTF staff
• Gather and analyze data and use data to plan and measure performance for adherence/QAQI and community activities
• Evaluate new strategies and systems
• Extrapolate data for monitoring and quality assurance purposes
• Set budgets with relevant parties for adherence treatment support for patients
• Plan and implement strategic changes to improve service delivery
• Attend meetings, consolidate and write reports, and deliver presentations to a variety of audiences
• Network with local in-country organizations involved in adherence to ART and promote linkages between points of service and organizations working providing HIV support services in their community
• Ensure project activities comply with national guidelines and policies for HIV/AIDS and ART
• Identify, document and share various treatment models and their effectiveness with key lessons learnt on adherence from local partner treatment facilities
• Integrate evidenced based techniques and strategies such as use of peer reviewed articles and journals into preceptorship activities

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Masters Degree (required) MD or Doctor of Public Health (preferred) and related field with 3 years minimum experience.
• At least 2 years working in HIV/AIDS care and treatment at the national and/or international level
• Expertise in adherence and factors associated with nonadherence
• Prior experience in capacity building, such as planning and facilitating trainings and providing technical assistance
• Background in community development activities 
  
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Computer literate
• Ability to travel within and around Tanzania approximately 75% of the time.
• Strong interpersonal and cross cultural skills

MODE OF APPLICATION

Interested candidates should send their application letters, enclosing their CVs, copies of certificates, testimonials and names of three referees to the following postal address

Applications must be received within two weeks from the appearance of the advertisement.

TEA. No. 098,
P.O. Box8101,
Dares Salaam.

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