Job Opportunity : Community Activities Officer

Community Activities Officer

Job no: 493016

Work type: Regular Full-Time

Location: Cameroon - Yaoundé

Categories: Technical/Clinical/Quality Improvement/Training

Project Description

ICAP at Columbia University’s Targeted Programmatic Support Across Countries under the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Under PEFAR (hereinafter, PSA), is a project that provides technical assistance (TA) and capacity-building support to the Ministry of Public Health/National AIDS Control Program, in collaboration with key stakeholders and local partners, to improve HIV care and treatment services in 74 health facilities located in three regions of Cameroon: Adamawa, North, and Far North. The overall goal of the project is to build targeted health facilities’ capacity to develop, support and sustain progress towards achieving United Nations’ 95-95-95 targets.

Job Purpose

The Community Activities Officer(s) will be under the supervision of the Community Activities Coordinator, working with community actors and ICAP staff, to develop and strengthen facility-led community activity programs in the North and Far North. Specific roles and responsibilities are described in detail below.

Roles and Responsibilities

Serve as the link between ICAP-supported health facilities (HFs), community-based organizations (CBOs), and other local non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Work in collaboration with CBO focal points and psychosocial agents/case managers (APS) for the robust monitoring of facility-led community activities.
Work in close collaboration with CBOs and local NGOs to achieve the three “95” targets in HFs in assigned region.
Support and promote community sensitization campaigns on HIV (prevention of new positive cases, viral load, differentiated service delivery, index case testing, etc).
Coordinate community testing and monitor linkage to treatment for newly identified cases and for patients who have already been identified as HIV+ at HFs.
Ensure continuous capacity-building and support of community stakeholders working in HIV
Collaborate with special services that particularly focus in supporting survivors of gender-based violence (GBV).
Become actively involved with Community Health Workers (CHWs) in HIV activities, notably in searching for pregnant women at their homes and around the community, and connecting them to HFs.
Improve referral and counter-referral systems between the community and HFs.
Work in collaboration with ICAP Cameroon’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) team in order to develop data collection tools for community-level data.
Render available commodities and materials necessary for HIV activities at CBOs.
Collaborate with NGOs that focus on key populations (KP), and provide differentiated services in a complementary manner.
Monitor the implementation and effectiveness of enrollments of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in care at HFs.
Collaborate with CBOs that focus on OVCs, for the provision of select community services (index case testing, PCR testing, viral load testing).
Conduct regular analyses regarding the OVC program’s contribution to achieving the 3 “95” targets.
Work in collaboration with ICAP Cameroon’s site mentors and site support coordinators to enroll patients in community-based dispensation of antiretrovirals (ARV).
Monitor the provision of quality services to stable patients (i.e. patients on ART for at least 1 year with no adverse reaction, no other illness, and evidence of undetectable viral load) at different partner CBOs.
Monitor viral load testing for patients at different partner CBOs.
Share and discuss any difficulties encountered in the field with the Community Activities Coordinator and the Regional Team Lead
Participate in coordinated monthly meetings between ICAP, RTG-HIV, and the NGOs, CBOs, and other local community partners in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Create monthly activity reports to be submitted to the supervisor.
Carry out any other tasks that may be assigned by the Supervisor(s) within the framework of the PSA project

Experience, Skills, and Minimum Required Qualifications

Must have a minimum of a Masters degree in Public Health, Social Science, Anthropology, or other appropriate corresponding degrees.
Must have a minimum of 2-3 years of experience in community health. Experience in HIV will be an asset.
Experience working with international NGOs or government organizations.
Strong analytical capacity, strong written and verbal communication, and good interpersonal skills.
Strong mastery of Microsoft Office programs.
Must write and speak English well.
Knowledge of French language is desired.

Advertised: 19 Jun 2020 W. Central Africa Standard Time

Applications close: 28 Jun 2020 W. Central Africa Standard Time

All applications must be submitted ONLINE at : https://icapacity.icap.columbia.edu/en-us/job/493016/community-activities-officer

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