Vacancy title:
Community and psychological HIV/AIDS service Advisor

Jobs at:
The Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC)

Deadline of this Job:
not later than 5.00 p.m., 31/1/2017

Duty Station:
Kampala

Job details:
Job Summary: The Community & Psychosocial HIV/AlDS Services (CPS) Advisor is responsible for all project activities that promote community based services and facility

• Community linkages along the continuum of care at HGF.

Key Responsibilities:

• Takes overall responsibility and technical leadership for the community based treatment & support teams, adherence systems at ACT supported HCF.
  
• Develop and distribute appropriate job aides/SOPs an education materials for treatment support staff an counseling services at HCF. /
  
• Document and share key lessons learnt from various treatment & support models, client tracking, adherence systems and their effectiveness.
  
• Network with other organizations involved in community based client support like adherence to ART and promote linkages between HCF and organizations providing HlV support services in their community.
  
• Support HCF in developing evidence-based clinical and community protocols and tools for community based interventions to support HIV patients in care and treatment in line with the MOH community strategy.
  
• Develop and disseminate counseling guidelines on treatment literacy, adherence assessment and support to HCF in line with national standards.
  
• Coordinate training of expert clients for adherence
  
• support and promote positive health dignity and prevention (PHDP) interventions at HCF.
  
• Work collaboratively with the ACT project team in implementing effective data collection, analysis and use to improve patient outcomes in targeted HCF.
  
• Participate in both clinical and administrative meetings as needed to promote continuity of care and treatment delivered by the HCF.
  
• Plan and provide capacity building for CPS staff and provide supervision, mentorship and coaching within targeted HCF.
  
• Liaise with the e MTCT and OVC Advisor and HCF focal persons for e MTCT and OVC to strengthen e MTCT/OVC community interventions including Mother Infant Pair follow up community-facility linkage strategies among others.
  
• Provide leadership in expansion of community based interventions in HIV prevention including priority/ key population outreaches, Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision.
  
• Provide leadership in operationalization and implementation of the PEPFAR Community Facility linkages Framework at HCF level.
  
• Provide technical leadership for all aspects of monitoring and evaluation for community-based interventions for ACT project.

Qualifications/Competencies:

• A Degree in Nursing, Social Work, Counseling or Community Psychology with 3 years’ experience years working in HIV/AIDS care and treatment setting, Post
  
• Graduate training in a related field will be an added advantage.
  Skills and Competencies
  
• Experience in HLV/AIDS Counseling
• Experience in capacity building, such as planning and facilitating trainings and providing technical assistance.
• Background in community development, management experience in the areas of, reproductive .health, community health, lMCl, MCH and HIV/AIDS is desirable.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and report writing skills
  
• Strong interpersonal and cross cultural skills
  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook) .

Job application procedure
The UEC would now like to fill the following job positions with competent and highly motivated candidates that are able to work effectively with the project team and the Uganda Catholic Secretariat (UCS). Interested candidates should submit their application to the address below not later than 5.00 p.m., 31/1/2017 clearly indicating the position applied for and addressed to:

The Secretary General Uganda Catholic Secretariat
Plot 672, Hanlon Road, Nsambya Hill
P.0. Box 2886, Kampala

A complete application shall have the following attached to it: 1. At least three letters of reference that must include one from the current or most recent employer. 2. Photocopies of academic certificates, degrees an testimonials. 3. Signed curriculum vitae only shortlisted applicants will be contacted in the week following the application deadline.