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Position Title: Field Officer (multiple positions)
Reports to: Community Coordinator
Supervises: Field Assistants
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Location: Mwanza
Travel: Up to 70% in intervention districts outside of job location
Overall Job Function:
Reporting to the Community Coordinator, the Field Officer is responsible to manage the day-to-day field implementation of community-based HIV services in the intervention district, focusing on HIV testing and prevention activities such as DREAMS, PrEP, condom programming, peer-based outreach, among others. Supervising field assistants, the team will work alongside healthcare providers and peer volunteers.
Specific Responsibilities and Duties:
Develop district-level workplans for implementation of HIV testing and prevention activities in the community including supervision of field activities
Ensure activities are implemented according to the district workplan, and facilitate coordination of logistics, human resources, and supervision of activities
Ensure HIV testing and prevention services are provided in line with WHO, national, donor, and ICAP policies and procedures and uphold principles of ethics and confidentiality.
Manage recruitment, training, and supervision of peer volunteers supporting HIV testing and prevention activities.
Liaise with operations and supply chain staff to ensure adequate supplies of commodities and tools required to implement the workplan
Schedule human resources and fleet resources needed to accomplish community-based activities.
Organize mapping and remapping of geographic locations for service delivery.
Ensure health facilities and healthcare workers participating in community-based services are appropriately trained and oriented
Monitor program performance at the district level, ensure timely and accurate submission of activity reports and make adjustments as needed to the implementation plan
Supervise Field Assistants including their scheduling, performance management, and capacity building.
Liaise with council authorities and health facility leads to agree on project plans and monitor progress in the community
Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor
Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills:
Required Education: Medically trained personnel (nurse, clinical officer, MD, MBBS, or equivalent) who have current qualifications and training in phlebotomy and HIV testing duties.
Required Technical Experience: Minimum 3 years experience providing or supporting HIV testing and prevention with demonstrated familiarity with MOH systems, tools, and procedures for HIV testing and prevention.
Required Managerial Experience: Minimum 1-year experience supervising other staff in the relevant technical areas.
Excellent speaking, reading, and writing skills in English and Kiswahili
Excellent computer skills, at minimum with Microsoft Office package
Ability to maintain confidentiality regarding clients’ health status and the sensitive information contained in data sources.
Flexibility to work after normal working hours and weekends at informal gatherings and entertainment centers and travel extensively to remote areas, including islands.
Ability to interact well with all targeted groups and peer outreach workers by facilitating a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory, and non-stigmatizing environment in the program, to welcome all key and vulnerable population beneficiaries regardless of their background
Must be a Tanzanian Citizen
Reports to: Community Coordinator
Supervises: Field Assistants
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Location: Mwanza
Travel: Up to 70% in intervention districts outside of job location
Overall Job Function:
Reporting to the Community Coordinator, the Field Officer is responsible to manage the day-to-day field implementation of community-based HIV services in the intervention district, focusing on HIV testing and prevention activities such as DREAMS, PrEP, condom programming, peer-based outreach, among others. Supervising field assistants, the team will work alongside healthcare providers and peer volunteers.
Specific Responsibilities and Duties:
Develop district-level workplans for implementation of HIV testing and prevention activities in the community including supervision of field activities
Ensure activities are implemented according to the district workplan, and facilitate coordination of logistics, human resources, and supervision of activities
Ensure HIV testing and prevention services are provided in line with WHO, national, donor, and ICAP policies and procedures and uphold principles of ethics and confidentiality.
Manage recruitment, training, and supervision of peer volunteers supporting HIV testing and prevention activities.
Liaise with operations and supply chain staff to ensure adequate supplies of commodities and tools required to implement the workplan
Schedule human resources and fleet resources needed to accomplish community-based activities.
Organize mapping and remapping of geographic locations for service delivery.
Ensure health facilities and healthcare workers participating in community-based services are appropriately trained and oriented
Monitor program performance at the district level, ensure timely and accurate submission of activity reports and make adjustments as needed to the implementation plan
Supervise Field Assistants including their scheduling, performance management, and capacity building.
Liaise with council authorities and health facility leads to agree on project plans and monitor progress in the community
Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor
Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills:
Required Education: Medically trained personnel (nurse, clinical officer, MD, MBBS, or equivalent) who have current qualifications and training in phlebotomy and HIV testing duties.
Required Technical Experience: Minimum 3 years experience providing or supporting HIV testing and prevention with demonstrated familiarity with MOH systems, tools, and procedures for HIV testing and prevention.
Required Managerial Experience: Minimum 1-year experience supervising other staff in the relevant technical areas.
Excellent speaking, reading, and writing skills in English and Kiswahili
Excellent computer skills, at minimum with Microsoft Office package
Ability to maintain confidentiality regarding clients’ health status and the sensitive information contained in data sources.
Flexibility to work after normal working hours and weekends at informal gatherings and entertainment centers and travel extensively to remote areas, including islands.
Ability to interact well with all targeted groups and peer outreach workers by facilitating a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory, and non-stigmatizing environment in the program, to welcome all key and vulnerable population beneficiaries regardless of their background
Must be a Tanzanian Citizen