HTC Counselors Jobs in Western Kenya

The Afya Bora Consortium is a partnership of four African and four Unite States universities formed to provide future global health leaders with practical skills in leadership, program management and evaluation skills.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Global HIV / AIDS (DGHA) Western Kenya Branch is an attachment site for the Afya Bora fellowship under which a career development award has been granted to carry out a research study. 

We are looking for qualified and experienced personnel to fill in the following positions.

HTC Counselor



(4 Positions)

Job Summary:
 To offer quality HTC services to clients.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Offer quality HTC services to clients as per the NASCOP standards.
  • Ensure proper referrals and linkage of clients accessing HTC services.
  • Work with assigned team leader of the week and data clerk to ensure HTC targets are met.
  • Keep clients information in a confidential and private manner.
  • Perform data abstraction
  • Timely submission of filled data forms to the data clerk.
  • Perform any other duty as assigned.
Duration: 6 months

Minimum Qualifications

Education -
 Diploma in counseling, certificate in VCT, PITC & HBHTC is an added advantage; form IV leaver with minimum C–Plain in KCSE; training in facilitation of curriculum-based HIV interventions or teaching experience added advantage.
 
Experience - 1 years experience in the same position.
  
Competencies - Ability to counsel, test, pleasant personality, able to work under difficult terrain, ability to work some evenings, weekends and public holidays, and, excellence communication skills  

Submit applications, complete with CV, copies of certificates and testimonials, names and telephone numbers of two professional referees, current and expected salary, to reach the undersigned (email preferred) not later than 3rd May 2016.
 

The Principal Investigator
P.O. Box 3950, Kisumu
 
wangogn@gmail.com