6 New Various Jobs at Afya Women Group (AWG) September 2024

Economic Strengthening and Livelihood Officers at Afya Women Group (AWG) September 2024

Job type: Full-time
Job Title: Economic Strengthening and Livelihood Officers (1 post)
Reporting to: Program Manager
Locations: Iringa MC, Kilolo DC, and Iringa DC
Job type: Full-time
Position Summary
The
Economic Strengthening Officer (ESO) is a crucial role within each
Councils Team implementing the USAID KIZAZI HODARI SOUTHERN PROJECT in
Tanzania. The overall objective is to support at-risk Adolescent Girls
and Young Women (AGYW) and OVC Caregivers in participating in Economic
Strengthening (ES) activities. The position holder will specifically
strive to integrate evidence-based financial literacy modules to empower
AGYW and OVC Caregivers to establish and sustain viable Income
Generating Activities (IGAs) at the Councils Team level.

Roles & Responsibilities

Coordination & Representation: 

• Represent
  AWG and coordinate with the Council Health Management Team regarding
  HIV and health-related activities at Councils Team.
• Hold monthly
  coordination meetings with Care & Treatment Centers (CTC) in the
  implementation area to support shared confidentiality, facilitate case
  conferencing, improve the bi-directional referral system, and ensure
  HIV-positive beneficiaries receive needed services at Councils Team.

Support & Supervision:

• Support
  Early Childhood Development (ECD) corners at targeted health
  facilities, including regular monitoring and supportive supervision at
  Councils Team.
• Support facilities to maintain an updated
  enrollment register that demonstrates the cascade of enrollment of CLHIV
  at the CTC at Councils Team.
• Support Community Case Workers
  (CCWs) to work with high pediatric volume CTCs to trace HIV-positive OVC
  who miss appointments, enroll them into the USAID KIZAZI HODARI
  SOUTHERN PROJECT, and link them back to services.
• Support CCWs
  to conduct HIV risk assessments for OVC during case management; refer
  and link at-risk OVC to HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC).

Program Implementation: 

• Schedule
  quarterly Sexual Reproductive Health Education outreaches to
  Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW), DREAMS Girls in school, and
  organize HTC outreaches for adolescents with high-risk behaviors at
  Councils Team.
• Work with Health Facility Implementing Partners
  to roll out a supplemental HIV curriculum to CCWs and ensure CCWs
  provide appropriate support to HIV-positive OVC and caregivers.
• Support
  CCWs to strengthen the capacity of caregivers to support HIV-positive
  OVC and ensure CCWs refer HIV-positive OVC and caregivers to PLHIV
  support.

Referral System Management: 

• Support
  the establishment of a bi-directional referral system to monitor
  beneficiaries through the HIV continuum of care as well as service
  completion for other health and social services.
• Monitor
  implementation, identify bottlenecks, assess performance metrics of the
  bi-directional referral system; proactively offer solutions, conduct
  quality improvement activities, and implement adjustments to improve
  referrals.
• Participate in quarterly council-level quality
  improvement meetings with relevant bi-directional referral system
  stakeholders; ensure actions from the meetings are implemented and the
  bi-directional referral system is improved at Councils Team.

Data Management & Reporting: 

• Work
  with the M&E officer to ensure all bi-directional referral data are
  accurate and produced weekly; use data for decision-making at Councils
  Team.
• Lead the development of a service directory for health,
  nutrition, and HIV services in the implementation area; update the
  directory at least once a year at Councils Team.
• Support CCWs to
  conduct nutrition activities, including nutrition assessments,
  counseling, and linkage to other nutrition service providers at Councils
  Team.
• Provide continuous supportive supervision to CCWs to
  ensure the provision of health-related services and referrals and
  linkages to appropriate services.
• Submit timely updates to the Program Manager for inclusion in quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports at Councils Team.
• Document lessons learned and best practices for experience sharing and replication at Councils Team.

Additional Duties: 

• Perform any other relevant duties as assigned by the Project.

Minimum Required Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

Case Management Officer (2 Posts) at Afya Women Group (AWG) September 2024

Job type: Full-time
Job Title: Case Management Officer (2 posts – one staff for each Team)
Reporting to: Program Manager
Line Manage: Community Case Workers (CCWs)
Locations: Iringa DC and Kilolo DC
Position Summary
The
overall purpose of the Case Management Officer (CMO) position is to
provide strategic leadership and management of the National Integrated
Case Management System (NICMS) function at AWG and Councils Team levels.
The job holder will ensure high-quality case management services are
offered to OVC caregivers and children and adolescents living with HIV
at the Councils Team level.

Roles & Responsibilities
Leadership & Supervision:

• Oversee Case Worker Coordinators and provide overall leadership for case management activities at Councils Team.
• Share
  direct supervision responsibilities of Community Case Workers (CCWs),
  Lead Case Workers (LCWs), and Community Health Workers (CHWs) with Case
  Management.
• Ensure that Case Management Coordinators provide
  continuous mentoring and support to CCWs; directly conduct supportive
  supervision to Case Management Coordinators.

Policy & Procedure Adherence: 

• Disseminate
  and ensure adherence to case management, child protection, referral and
  linkages, parenting, and M&E guidance, standard operating
  procedures (SOPs), and other job-aids that facilitate holistic case
  management at the household/community level.
• Ensure that all
  CCWs are oriented to the Child Protection Policy and Code of Conduct;
  take all cases of child abuse seriously and follow national protocols to
  ensure timely intervention.

Service Delivery:

•  Ensure
  that case management services delivered address the holistic needs of
  OVC and caregivers, including health, nutrition, education, protection,
  livelihoods, and psycho-social well-being.
• Conduct quality step-down trainings to Case Management Coordinators and CCWs at Councils Team.
• Regularly
  monitor case management activities and use the information to improve
  case management quality and implementation at Councils Team.
• Ensure CCWs complete required case management forms and that a case filing system is developed and maintained.

Partnerships & Community Engagement:

• Work
  in partnership with local government authorities as appropriate,
  including but not limited to District Executive Directors (DEDs),
  Council Health Management Teams (CHMTs), District Social Welfare
  Officers (DSWOs), and Ward-level officials.
• Create community
  linkages for broader community engagement of youth and caregivers in
  case management, child protection, parenting, etc.
• Map existing
  community cadres (Community Health Workers, Home-Based Care Workers,
  Para-Social Workers, etc.) in communities and assist government
  officials in recruiting and selecting CCWs for the National Integrated
  Case Management System (NICMS).
• Coordinate with local structures including health facilities and NPA-VAWC Committees at Councils Team.

Training & Development:

• Train CCWs on the NICMS and ensure they are equipped to handle case management effectively.
• Lead
  the development of a service directory for social services (in
  coordination with the Health and HIV Services Officer) in implementation
  areas; update the directory at least once per quarter at Councils Team.

Documentation & Reporting:

• Submit timely updates to the Program Manager for inclusion in the quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports.
• Document specific case management lessons learned and best practices for experience sharing and replication.

Additional Duties:

• Perform any other relevant duties as assigned by the Project.

Minimum Required Qualifications, Experience, and Skills
Education: