COMMUNITY LIAISON OFFICER (9 POSITIONS) – DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICE

Job Description

The Northwestern Provincial Health Office under the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PERPAR) Project through a Cooperative Agreement (CoAg) with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is Seeking for eligible, self-motivated and qualified applicants for the positions listed below for the various levels (Provincial, District, Facility and Community).

JOB PURPOSE:
To coordinate community mobilization through community outreach programs and supervise the Community Health Workers in order to improve awareness and uptake of HIV prevention and treatment activities
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Community Partnership: Coordinates Actions Groups and Community Based Organizations in order to create a strong and harmonious linkage between the community and health facility structures in order to promote integrated implementation of health programs
• HIV Testing Services: Undertakes and supervision the provision of HIV Testing Services to clients at Community Level according to National HIV Consolidated Guidelines in order to contribute to HIV epidemic control.
• HIV Treatment (ART): Undertakes and Supervises Community Health Workers to promote retention in care in order to maintain continuum of HIV prevention and treatment services.
• Tuberculosis (TB) Prevention: Supervises and undertakes community activities for TB contact tracing, defaulter tracing and active case finding to halt and eliminate TB in the community Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
• (VMMC): Undertakes and supervises community activities with VMMC Foot Soldiers that create awareness and increase demand for VMMC services and link clients to appropriate care in order to reduce the incidence of HIV Cervical Cancer.
• Undertakes and supervise community activities to create awareness and demand for cervical cancer screening services in women to prevent cervical cancer in HIV positive women.
• Prevention: Undertakes effectively the provision of primary and secondary prevention programmes in order to control new infections and avoid recurrence of infections Supervision Supervises effectively human and other resources in order to attain the set targets Quality Improvement and Assurance Manages effectively performance

assessment and quality assurance/improvement for public health in order to ensure adherence to set standards and improve service delivery.
• Budget: Undertakes timely, preparations of budgets for the community in order to facilitate the acquisition of financial and material resources.
• Capacity Building: Conducts mentorship and onsite trainings for Community Health Volunteers in order to improve awareness, uptake and treatment outcomes.
• Monitoring and Evaluation: Monitors the performance of all Community HIV Program targets in order to facilitate implementation of appropriate interventions.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND OTHER ATTRIBUTES SECONDARY EDUCATION:
• Full Grade 12 School certificate with at least 5 O level credits or better

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Diploma in Psychosocial Counselling

MINIMUM PRE-JOB WORK EXPERIENCE

• 3 years’ relevant work experience

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:

(i) Written Skills

• Ability to write comprehensive and analytical reports

(ii) Oral Skills

• Excellent spoken and written English

• Ability to speak and understand Local language, a must

(III) OTHER SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES:

• Good counseling skills

• Analytical skills

• Integrity

• Good interpersonal relationship

• Confidentiality

• Good conduct and sober minded

• Ability to execute duties with minimum supervision.

Interested candidates meeting the above stated qualifications and attributes and willing to work in rural areas are required to submit their applications with the following documents:
Curriculum vitae with Three (3) traceable referees academic and professional qualifications, Full Registration with relevant professional bodies and latest Practicing Licenses where applicable.
Please note that the advertisement will run from 13th to 25th November, 2024.

Applicants should only apply for one position. Multiple applications will not be considered.

An attractive package will be offered to successful applicants who will be appointed on contract terms for an initial period of one (1) year subject to renewal depending on satisfactory performance and availability of funds.
All applicants should provide valid phone numbers and valid email addresses for easy communication and must clearly indicate the position applied for.
Please note that all applications should be sent in hard copy to the
Provincial Health Director,
P.O Box 110099 Solwezi.

All applicants MUST enter their details and attach all relevant documents in the link provided below.
Qualified candidates who poses an understanding of the local context related to Health service provision are encouraged to apply.
Differently abled suitably qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply.