HIV Service Specialist

Love for Children and Family Development Organization /LCF/ is an indigenous, non-governmental, non –profit, secular, legally registered Ethiopian resident charity working to building self-reliant and self –sufficient generation in Ethiopia through comprehensive and sustainable development approach. LCF implementing different development programs to change the well being of deprived, excluded and vulnerable children and youths found in its operational areas and ensured the sustainable resilience to take part in the social and economic activities of their communities

Currently LCF is operational over the twenty two districts of Kolfe Keranio Nifas Silk Lafto and Lemi Kura Sub –cities in four core programmatic areas namely, Early Childhood Development (ECD), Basic Education, Youth Development and OVC care and Support project.

LCF is currently looking for competent, qualified and interested applicants for LCF –USG Family –focused HIV prevention, Care and Treatment program that will be implemented in partnership with Mekdim Ethiopia National Association (MENA) on the following position.

Major duty & responsibility for Position:

• Plan, organize, implement and Monitor site level care and treatment activities as per the USG standard operating procedure.
• Oversee the overall site level implementation of CHW and CWs to insure high level of program performance.
• Provide day to day technical mentoring support to the CHW which will facilitate standardized delivery of services to the targeted beneficiaries.
• Facilitate linkage between Community to Health facility and vice versa. Putting the need and choice of the clients and their families at the center of the required care.
• Liaise with local government administration, community care coalition or community committees, health facilities and other community level actors for effective implementation of the project.
• In collaboration with the project team, able to organize and facilitate trainings, review meetings and workshops.
• Facilitate facility to community and community to facility referral to strengthen partnership.
• Organize site level quality improvement team meetings and act as chairperson of the team.
• Collect periodic reports from CHWs, CWs and other community strictures, compile appropriately and report to the concerned body based on USG requirement.
• Participate in meetings organized by the government and non-government organizations representing LCF.
• Build capacity of CHWs, and CWs (volunteers) through providing trainings, mentoring and supportive supervision
• Build capacity of community structures (Community Committee ) by providing hands on support in planning, implementing and reviewing Community based HIV related activities such as identifying beneficiaries for community based support for linkage to relevant services

Number of position: 1

Term of employment: Terms of employment for the position are contract base with possible extension based on proven performance and availability of fund.

Reports to: Coordinator /PM/

Education:

• BA/MSC Degree in health science (Public health/Nurse)

Experience: 

• A minimum of /3 years for BSC and 1 years for MSC)