New New Job Vacancy MOROGORO at HACOCA Tanzania – Biomedical Technical Officer
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| HURUMA AIDS CONCERN AND CARE (HACOCA) |
Jobs in Tanzania 2020: New Job Vacancies at HACOCA Tanzania, 2020
Introduction:
HURUMA
AIDS CONCERN AND CARE (HACOCA) is a registered Non- Governmental
organization with its Head Quarters in Morogoro Municipal. It is a
non-profit making organization incorporated under NGO act. 24/ 2002 of
Tanzania to carry out interventions towards improving the quality life
and well-being of marginalized communities in Morogoro region by
promoting health, nutrition, education and household income.
HACOCA
has partnered with FHI360 to implement the so-called EpiC project, a
five (05) years HIV prevention project funded by the U.S. President’s
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) which is dedicated to achieving and
maintaining HIV epidemic control.
HACOCA is looking for
enthusiastic, creative, energetic individual to support the
implementation of the project as described below….
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Position: Biomedical Technical Officer
Job Objective:
Biomedical
Technical Officer is responsible for provision of technical oversight
and direction of project biomedical services. He/she is required to
collaborate with the Program lead team to provide technical assistance
on the provision of Key and Priority (PP) Population – focused HIV
prevention, HIV Testing and Counselling (HTC), combining Pre-Exposure
Prophylaxis (PrEP) services, HIV Self Testing (HST), Family Planning
(FP), and linkage to Care and Treatment Services. This include
provision of guidance, monitoring and technical assistance on biomedical
services to government/ certified health providers at all program
councils.
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Main duties and Responsibilities:
- Coordinate council biomedical services in collaboration other project staff, implementing partners and other key stakeholders.
- Train
and mentor government/ certified health providers and CHMTs to address
their attitude and belief towards KVPs, as well as improve the capacity
of providers to deliver biomedical services. - Coordinate and
offer technical guidance to timely implementation of biomedical services
i.e. Mobile HTS, Index Testing, PrEP, HIVST and Recency Testing to
health care workers (HCWs) - work closely with senior level
counterparts at the CHMT, Council care and treatment partners, and other
government and non-governmental partners to advance HIV biomedical
prevention for key and vulnerable population in the implementation
council. - Supervise the overall HIV case management i.e.
identification, linkage and retention of KVP clients to care and
treatment services. - Ensure the operationalisation of the
National Guidelines for Comprehensive Package of HIV Interventions for
KVPs and others i.e. STI, FP and GBV. - Prepare monthly service
plans based on the mapping reports and the SBCC POs’ guidance to guide
effective roll out of demand creation and biomedical service activities. - Monitor implementation of monthly service plans, performance and progress to biomedical targets
- Supervise
and provide technical support to government/ certified health, peer
navigators, educators and mobilisers, assess biomedical activities and
their integration into the other program services - Liaise with the DACC and DRCHCO to ensure availability of biomedical supplies at the service delivery points.
- Ensure the dissemination of national policy, standards, and guidelines
on KVP, PrEP, HIVST and HIV programming at the council level - Document experiences, prepare program and site visits reports, presentations, briefs and articles/success stories
- Work collaboratively with other project team members to ensure
accountability mechanism, assess progress to targets and quality of data
submitted - Assist with the identification of professional development needs for government/ certified providers and other field staff.
- Performs other related tasks as required by the Organisation.
Qualification: Medical or nursing degree required, with additional training in public health desirable
Working Experience:
-At
least 3 years demonstrated experience working in areas of biomedical
HIV prevention including: HIV care and treatment (required), HIV
counseling and testing services, and Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH).
- Knowledge
of health and development programs in Tanzania including familiarity
with the national KVP, youth and gender guidelines, standards and
protocols. - Experience in programs serving KVP and addressing
gender norms. Demonstrated cultural sensitivity and sound understanding
of the needs of KVP and other vulnerable groups. - Experience in
working with LGA, NGOs, CBOs and health facilities to implement public
health projects , especially those working with vulnerable populations. - Ability to manage tight deadlines and deliver high volumes of work with minimal supervision.
- High degree of proficiency in written and spoken English communication.
- Well-developed computer skills.
- Fluent in speaking and writing English and Swahili.
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MODE OF APPLICATION:
All qualified candidates should send
their fully filled Applications including a covering letter, academic
certificates (copies) and detailed CV to hacocavacancies@gmail.com.
Deadline for applications is 16:00 4th October 2020. Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted for further processes.
NOTE:
HACOCA is an equal opportunity employer. The organization does not
discriminate individuals on the basis of race, age, color, religion,
sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender
identity, marital status, disability and genetic information.
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