Jhpiego, an Affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, is a global leader in improving healthcare services for women and their families.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Team Coordinator – HIVST Community Mobilizer
Locations: Abuja (FCT), Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Lagos
No of Team Coordinators: 4
Duration: 6 months (Initial contract of 3 months with possibility of renewal)
Responsibilities
- Provide oversight to the community mobilizers/TMA assistants to ensure successful implementation of demand side financing. Facilitate community entry and engagement of community gatekeepers, opinion leaders, traditional and religious leaders ahead of distribution activities of demand creators
- Coordinate the activities of demand creators and data entry clerks ensuring timely implementation and reporting.
- Work closely with participating PMVs and CPs, ensuring implementation of demand side financing activities are in line with protocol and flag any deviation from protocol
- S/he ensures that HIVST quality assurance practices are always performed at all times according to the national HIVST guidelines
- Ensure that participating PMVs and CPs are accepting voucher referrals from the community, demand creator distribution activities are matched with beneficiaries
- Support the training of community mobilizers on demand side financing, HIVST algorithm and standard operating procedure, waste management etc.
- Provide support, mentorship, supervision and guidance to demand creators and data entry clerks.
- Coordinate logistics of oral and blood based HIVST distribution to participating PMVs and CPs.
- Collate daily, weekly and monthly report from community mobilizers and participating CPs and PMVs, ensuring they are validated and reconciled
- Ensure timely preparation and submission of relevant program documents such as volunteer times sheets, daily attendance, accountability matrix
- Prepare slides on achievements and present during the biweekly review meeting of DSF activities
- Work with other local implementing Partners to ensure coordination, alignment of all private sector activities with no duplication
Required Qualifications / Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree (preferred) Health / Social Sciences, Statistics, Public Health or its equivalent experience.
- Prior experience in HIV(HIVST) programs and community mobilization/engagement.
- 2 – 3 years experience in program/project management.
- Experience in stakeholders’ engagement.
- Strong reporting and data analytic skills required.
- Must be resident in the state and LGA applying for.
Application Closing Date
9th March, 2022.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified consultants should send their updated CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title and Preferred Location as the subject of the email. e.g “Team Coordinator-HIVST Community Mobilizer, Abuja”.
Note
- CV and Cover Letter as one single Word document.
- The title/subject of your email and application should be the position you are applying for.
- Candidates that do not comply with the application instruction will be disqualified.
- Qualified female applicants are encouraged to apply.
- We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.
- Only shortlisted candidates will receive an invitation for an interview.
- JHU is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
