Summary
Date Posted: Monday, September 04 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Main Purpose of the Job:
The OVC Support Officer will play a critical role in the planning and implementation of OVC interventions in the Cluster Areas. Working with the district and community structures, the Social Worker shall be responsible for identifying beneficiaries, conducting individual and household vulnerability and prioritization assessments and identifying children, youth and care givers whose HIV status is unknown and linking them to HCT, and those that are food insecure and out-of-school and link them to comprehensive OVC services.

Key Outputs
• OVC services and resource mapping done
• Data sources of high burdened communities identified
• District OVC service Directories
• Functional linkages and referral linkages
• OVC monitoring and tracking mechanism developed
• OVC para social workers trained
• Case plans developed by para social workers
• Quarterly sub county referral meetings held
• Economic opportunities for the AGYWs identified and utilized
• Village Savings and Lending Associations (VSLA) functional

Key Duties and Responsibilities
Conduct participatory OVC services and resources mapping exercise to identify all existing community, CSO, public and private sector service providers
• Identify data sources of eligible households within the high burden communities
• Develop updated district specific OVC service directories
• Identify Para social workers and orient them in administration of project tools, beneficiary enrollment, case management, referral and linkages
• Create functional linkages and referral networks of all service providers identified in the project catchment areas.
• Work with the Linkages and Referrals Coordinators to develop a mechanism for monitoring and tracking OVC services referral completion
• Conduct quarterly sub-county referral reflection meetings to share progress, gaps and case conferencing
• Train Para social workers in HIV/AIDS management and psychosocial support
• Facilitate Para social workers to make case plans, referrals and follow up to completion
• Engage corporate partners and faith-based organizations to create economic opportunities for the AGYWs
• Empower families to provide a nurturing environment and meet children and youth’s most critical care needs such as food security, and physical and mental health.
• Provide children, families, and caregivers with life-skills training and education to build selfesteem, resiliency and awareness of available support services.
• Help children, youths and families to build internal and external resources through parenting classes and family support groups, or peer support groups, and safe social spaces for children and youth.
• Provide quality counseling to children, youths and their caregivers to address psycho-social and health issues arising from HIV infection.
• Explore the socio-economic systems around OVC households to establish support for them
• Strengthen child–caregiver interactions and increase families’ access to health, nutrition, livelihood, and education to enhance child, family, and community well-being.
• Help community-based social- and Para-social workers to identify child welfare services and support family access to these services in specific communities.
• Help Para social workers to build relationships and links with other communities, CSOs, and government offices to broaden families’ access to coordinated care.
• Carry out regular capacity assessments of community member roles and responsibilities; identify gaps and recruit community members to fill those gaps to support vulnerable children.
• Train and support community Para social workers and VHTs in their roles.
• Help to deliver training programs to Para-social workers and VHTs and help them to access additional training opportunities.
• Train Community Facilitators for Village Savings and Lending Associations (VSLA)
• Facilitate formation of VSLA Groups at community level
• Monitor performance of sub-grants to VSLA groups
• Monitor the school performance of pupils and students’ beneficiaries of the Education Subsidy
• Track performance of Household Economic Strengthening interventions and link OVC households to other economic empowerment programs.
• Any other duties as may be assigned by your immediate supervisor

PERSON SPECIFICATIONS: OVC Support Officer Minimum Qualifications and Experience:
• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in social sciences, education, psychology, public health or a related field
• Evidence of a professional qualification in HIV/AIDS Counselling
• Demonstrated computer skills in MS Office Applications and experience in strategic information management is an added advantage
• At least 1 years’ experience in a field position with an organization in public health or HIV/AIDS or OVC programming

Key Skills
• Demonstrated community mobilization skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in local language and English, including report writing.
• Excellent training skills using adult-learning principles, particularly at the community level
• Experience in developing and managing referral systems is preferred.
• Ability and willingness to work flexible hours as needed and with minimum supervision.
• Demonstrated leadership and team-building skills.
• Proven ability to ride a motor cycle is a MUST.



Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Send your soft copy application via email to: recruitment@aicug.org  stating your salary expectation and start date.
Combine all your application documents i.e, cover letter, CV & certified copies of academic documents into one PDF document.
Deadline for application is 15th September, 2023, 5:00pm.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.
Only online applications submitted via email will be accepted. Consider your application unsuccessful if not contacted within five (5) weeks after the closing date of the advert.
AIC is an equal opportunity employer committed to having a diverse work force and does not ask for money at any stage of recruitment.


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