Overview

ICAP at Columbia University is a Non-Governmental Organization affiliated with Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health (MSPH) registered in Tanzania as MSPH Tanzania LLC since February 2005 (SNo. 12987). ICAP currently operates in nine regions across Tanzania and employs over 200 people to deliver public health interventions in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly, and Children (MoHCDGEC) and the National AIDS Control Program (NACP).

Since October 2016, ICAP has been receiving PEPFAR funding from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for a 5-year project delivering HIV interventions as the community implementing partner. Known in the country as the FIKIA Project and currently in Year 2 of 5 for implementation, the project provides community-based HIV prevention interventions including HIV testing over half a million beneficiaries from key and vulnerable populations (KVP). The goal of FIKIA is to accelerate, expand, and improve the quality of comprehensive community-based HIV prevention services tKVP in order to achieve UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets. FIKIA implementation spans a total of 58 districts across nine regions, including Kagera, Kigoma, Mwanza, Geita, Simiyu, Mara, Pwani, Tanga, and Dar es Salaam.


ICAP employs competent, dynamic individuals with strong technical knowledge and public health management skills in implementing the program objectives, ICAP is now seeking to fill the below full-time staff positions for the FIKIA project. 
The enclosed Job Descriptions include vacancies for the following positions:


Program Improvement Manager (1 position) Technical Advisor, Combination Prevention Dar es Salaam with travel Up to 70% 
Program Improvement Officers 

Overall Job Function: 

The incumbent will be responsible to coordinate a team of program improvement staff supporting FIKIA implementation in select regions. S/he will directly supervise staff who will be working on the ground to support regional teams on special tasks related to HIV testing and linkage, including managing mobile clinic services.  

Specific Responsibilities and Duties: 

Lead and manage a team of implementation staff working under FIKIA with specific tasks for program improvement, including but not limited to: 

• Coordinate the identification and testing of at-risk children and their contacts; including managing referrals from the OVC partner as well as screening and testing children of KP. 
• Coordinate retrospective mop-up of all HIV+ clients diagnosed through FIKIA from October 2017 who have not been linked there, and ensure those out of care from previous cohorts are returned there. 
• Lead scheduling and coordination of clinic services delivered via the mobile trucks in implementing regions to ensure services are harmonized. Supervise the clinic staff and facilitate coordination with attached health facilities. 
• Ensure adequate data collection and timely, complete and clean reporting of data the central level. 
• Respond tother new or emerging innovations and priorities to address in the program in an organized, standardized manner. 
• Performing any other duties as assigned by the supervisor  
  
  

Required Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills: 

Required Education: Medically trained personnel with an MD degree, or higher 

Required: Minimum 7 years working experience in HIV care and/or HIV prevention  

Required: Minimum 5 years’ experience directly supervising/managing a multidisciplinary team, with demonstrated skills in leading teams of public health professionals 

Required: 

• Familiarity with PEPFAR-funded projects. 
• Experience interacting with Regional and local authorities.
• Flexible twork after normal working hours and weekends at various community locations
• Ability tinteract well with all targeted groups and peer volunteers by facilitating a nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory, and non-stigmatizing environment in the program, twelcome all beneficiaries regardless of their background.
• Demonstrated knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment, and adherence and psychosocial support programs
• Demonstrated ability tprovide strong technical guidance for any interventions related tHIV care and prevention tchildren and adolescents.
• Ability twork independently and travel extensively tremote areas of the island
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with fluency in Kiswahili and English
• Strong computer skills (MS Excel, Access, Word, and Powerpoint at minimum 

Mode of Application

Applicants should send their cover letter and CV before 30th September 2018 via email, mentioning the position applied for in the subject line to; icap-jobs-tanzania@columbia.edu. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.