Home-Based Partner Education and
Testing (HOPE) Study
Position:Community Health Workers
Position:Community Health Workers
2 Positions
Location:Kisumu
Position Duties and Responsibilities:
- Administer questionnaires to participants
using smart phones
- Perform Home Based Testing and Counseling
- Present basic education about HIV testing and
prevention
- Convey the importance of facility delivery and
exclusive breastfeeding
- Ensure proper administration of consent
procedures
- Map household locations using smart phone’s
GPS capabilities
- Prepare field reports and progress reports for
the study coordinator
- Work collaboratively with an opposite gendered
health worker
- Ensure that data are collected accurately and
resolve any discrepancies
- Conduct participant follow-up activities and
feedback sessions
Qualifications:
- Minimum of an O-Level Certificate Mean Grade C
(Plain)
- Certificate in HTC or PITC
- Training in research ethics
- Minimum of 6 months previous experience with
field research activities
- Experience with community mobilization.
- Basic computer skills particularly for
Word-processing, spreadsheets and e-mail
- Familiarity with the Kisumu region and
geography
- Strong communication skills in English,
Kiswahili and Dholuo
Desirable qualities, skills and
abilities:
- Experience in research, health and development
- Minimum of one year work experience in HTC
service provision
- Diploma in psychology, sociology, Social
Sciences, Community Work, Public Health, or Nursing
- Familiarity with smart phone technology for
data collection
- Attention to detail and good work ethic
- Flexible and ability to work with minimal
supervision
- Respectful, punctual, hardworking,
conscientious
- Ability to work effectively as a member of a
collaborative team
Expectations:
- Full-time position
- Position length is 9 months, provided good
performance
- Yearly contracts offered based on period in
financial year
- Competitive salary based on qualifications and
experience
- Based in Kisumu, with travel throughout the
surrounding area as needed
Position:Nurse Counselor
1 Position
Location:Kisumu
Reporting to:Study Coordinator
Position Duties and Responsibilities:
Position Duties and Responsibilities:
- Screen and enroll eligible women at the
antenatal clinic
- Ensure proper administration of consent
procedures
- Administer screening and enrollment
questionnaires to participants
- Utilize Open Data Kit (ODK) on mobile phones
to complete data collection
- Ensure that data are collected accurately and
resolve any discrepancies
- Perform follow-up visits with participants in
clinic setting
- Perform HIV rapid testing and counseling for
adult participants
- Collect uncontaminated blood samples from
infants on filter paper for HIV testing
- Present basic education about HIV testing and
prevention
- Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly reports
for the Study Coordinator
- Provide on-going counseling and make relevant
referrals for on-going support including medical clinics, TB clinics,
support groups, post test clubs, etc.
- Assist with Maternal and Child Health
activities as needed
- Perform other duties as directed by study coordinator
Qualifications:
- KRCHN or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing
- Minimum of one year previous experience in
clinical or research activities
- Familiarity with HIV-testing, prevention, and
treatment strategies
- Basic computer skills particularly for
Word-processing, spreadsheets and e-mail
- Strong communication skills in English,
Kiswahili and Dholuo
- Female candidates encouraged to apply
Desirable qualities, skills and
abilities:
- Experience with couple counseling and HIV
testing, PMTCT, and/or HIV treatment
- Certificate in Voluntary Counseling and
Testing or HTC from NASCOP
- Training in research ethics
- Familiarity with smart phone technology for
data collection
- Attention to detail and good work ethic
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Respectful, punctual, hardworking,
conscientious
- Ability to work effectively as a member of a
collaborative team
Expectations:
- Full-time position
- Position length is 9 months, provided good
performance
- Competitive salary based on qualifications and
experience
- Based in Kisumu, with travel throughout the
surrounding area as needed
Interested individuals who meet the
above qualifications should submit a letter of interest via email to
hope.study.ke@gmail.com by 15th August 2014, indicating the position title on
the subject line.
Additionally, a recently updated CV,
1 letter of reference, and the contact information for 2 additional references
should be included as attachments.
