Feed
The Children (K) is expanding its HIV/AIDS program coverage to Kajiado central
District and requires a person who has wide experience in the HIV/AIDS field to
coordinate project activities in the area.
The project emphasizes the delivery of HIV preventive services to the
community. In addition, the project will increase care and support to people
infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in order to mitigate the effects of the
epidemic.
Project Coordinator
The Project Coordinator will be responsible for the implementation of all
project activities to ensure the project produces the results identified in the
Annual Work Plan.
Key Performance Areas:
1. Liaise and consult regularly with the relevant local authorities, community
leaders and beneficiaries, collaborating partners, and other stakeholders where
appropriate, in conjunction with the Program Manager, in relation to the
planning, designing and implementation of all the community-based project
activities in the assigned area.
2. Coordinate t h e mobilization o f People Living with HIV/AIDS and Orphans
Vulnerable Children to enable them identify viable activities geared towards
self-reliance;
3. Prepare periodic project work plans and budgets as required
4. Make regular visits to all beneficiary sites within the project area to
assess and verify existing
beneficiary caseloads, project needs, problems, delivery and utilization of
project inputs and support to project beneficiaries, and advises the parties
concerned accordingly;
5. Supervise the Project staff, Community volunteers/educators and take
appropriate action to ensure efficient and effective services are delivered
6. Participate in developing monitoring and evaluation tools as part of FTC
HIV/AIDS program team
7. Maintain an inventory of project assets and ensure the proper use of the
same
8. Represent FTC in district Health coordination meetings as necessary
Qualifications
- University
degree in social sciences, public Health or related disciplines
- Substantial
knowledge of development and understanding of the HIV/AIDS issues;
- At
least 5 years of e x p e r i e n c e in the field of HIV/ AIDS project
management
- Previous
work with Non-Governmental organizations
- High
integrity, motivated, self-driven, team player and mature person able to
work with minimum Supervision.
- Strong
in people skills
- Knowledge
of the Maasai language an added advantage
HIV Prevention Officer
Feed The children HIV/AIDS program requires a HIV Prevention Officer to work in
Mailwa & Maparasha locations of Kajiado Central District.
Duties and responsibilities:-
- Develop
Innovative HIV prevention interventions for comprehensive HIV/AIDS
information and education to the vulnerable, most at risk, youths in and
out of school and the general population in the target areas.
- Organize
community mobilization activities within the communities and train/assess
performance of peer educators and home-based care volunteers.
- Establish
and maintain partnership and good working relations with youth groups,
women and men groups to facilitate implementation of planned activities.
- Collaborate
and network with relevant partners and stakeholders to enhance service
delivery to the community.
- Monitoring
behavioral change of youths and other groups benefiting from the HIV
interventions.
- Establish
linkages/ referral with other organizations for youths, the HIV infected
and the general community with various needs.
- Participate
in HIV prevention -related coordination/stakeholders meetings on behalf of
the organization.
- Set
targets and indicators for implementation and evaluation of the
interventions respectively, determining quality of outcomes and prepare
monthly reports.
- Disseminate
and distribute HIV/AIDS materials to target audience, to improve
knowledge and understanding and motivate behavior change.
- Organize
and facilitate HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC) services to the
communities.
Qualifications
- A
Bachelor’s degree in Social/Health sciences or its equivalent
- Experience
with and technical knowledge of current HIV/AIDS issues and trends.
- Training
on Behavior Change Communication
- Good
social and interpersonal skills.
- Have
the ability to work in a culturally sensitive community
- Self-driven
personality able to work with minimum supervision.
- Good
verbal and written communication skills.
- Prior
experience of working with the Maasai community and Knowledge of the
language an added advantage
Social Support Officer
Feed The children (K) HIV/AIDS program requires a HIV/AIDS Social Officer to
work in Mailwa & Maparasha in Kajiado Central District.
Duties and responsibilities:-
He/she will set technical direction for social support undertaken by the
project, including the development of support groups.
- Conduct
baseline studies using participatory approaches to identify the number of
persons as well as orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) afflicted and
affected by HIV/AIDS so as to determine their capacities, available
resources and coping mechanisms.
- Develop
and implement social support programs, work with Community Health workers
and caregivers to provide counseling, home-based care and psychosocial
support to persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) including orphans and
vulnerable children (OVC) afflicted and affected by HIV/AIDS.
- Provide
leadership using participatory community methods to improve the
communities’ understanding of HIV/AIDS and their role in care and support
of the infected people.
- Develop
strategies to reduce or eliminate stigma and discrimination related to
HIV/AIDS.
- Develop
training/ education on HIV/AIDS for the people infected with HIV, their
families and the community.
- Establish
support groups and counseling services to provide individual and group
therapy to the PLHIVs
- Initiate
Income generating activities for selfreliance
- Encourage
the youth to attend voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) to reduce risk
behaviors aimed at decreasing stigma as more people know their HIV status.
- Prepare
periodic progress reports and annual reports showing achievements against
planned targets as well as providing justification for performance
variances and areas of improvement
- Identify
and network with the relevant Government Ministries, local NGOs, CBOs and
FBOs to enhance service delivery, referral and effective response to the
beneficiaries.
Qualifications
- A
Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, or closely related discipline
- Sound
technical knowledge and experience of programs designed to prevent HIV.
- Experience
with and technical knowledge of current HIV/AIDS issues and trends.
- Training
on Behavior Change Communication
- Good
social and interpersonal skills.
- Have
the ability to work in a culturally sensitive community
- Be
Computer literate and a team player.
- Self-driven
personality able to work with minimum supervision.
- Good
verbal and written communication skills.
- Prior
experience of working with the Maasai community and Knowledge of the their
language will be an added advantage
If you meet the requirements of the above position, please send
your application letter, detailed CV, and email contacts of three (3)
references; to hr@feedthechildren.co.ke by 2nd February 2012
We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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