VACANCY – HIV/AIDS PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
ALIGHT works with its partners and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to refugees, displaced people and host communities – to better survive conflicts and crisis, and to rebuild lives of dignity, health, security and self-sufficiency. ALIGHT presently works in and with partners in seventeen countries globally. ALIGHT has consistently operated in Rwanda since the year 1994, and today has a strong and committed team of over eight hundred personnel who include full time staff, community mobilizers and incentive workers– implementing programs in Reproductive Health, HIV and Nutrition; also, Livelihoods/Economic strengthening, and Sexual and Gender Based Violence Prevention/ Protection. Our work in Rwanda currently covers all the refugee locations and their kind Rwandan-host communities. And we are always looking to expand and, jointly with our partners, offer lasting impact with and for the communities we serve! ALIGHT is looking for a qualified, self-driven and committed individual to join its team as HIV/ AIDS PROGRAM Coordinator in any of the field sites (Refugee Camps) where Alight has active operations with fixed term contract to March 2024.
PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:
Based at the refugee camp site level, the HIV/AIDS Coordinator is responsible for the planning, management, implementation, and monitoring of HIV/AIDS programming in the camp.
PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES;
- Oversee and coordinate all the activities of the HIV/AIDS sector;
- Develop and executive workplans and activity plans for the HIV/AIDS sector to meet annual goals;
- Ensure that all HIV/AIDS project have well-defined performance indicators and output monitoring mechanisms;
- Supervise HIV/AIDS staff on completing project activities monitoring work performance and ensuring protocols and standards are being followed;
- Develop counseling testing and ARV-distribution protocols that will be used in the identification and management of HIV/ AIDS;
- Develop strategies/action plans to maintain compliance of HIV/AIDS program activities/goals with national protocols;
- Coordinate with logistics, nutrition staff, laboratory staff pharmacist to ensure availability of ARV drugs, supplemental food for PLHIVS, contraceptives, PEP kits and testing materials;
- Develop HIV/AIDS education tools to be used by HIV/AIDS staff and community health workers to sensitize beneficiaries on prevention of HIV transmission prevention of mother-to-child transmission, testing for HIV, prevention of social stigmatization of PLHIVs, and treatment of HIV;
- Build the capacity of PMTCT Nurse, HIV social assistants, and VCT Counsel on identification and treatment of PLHIVs;
- Coordinate with other coordinators on planning and achieving program goals;
- Support/direct coordination of HIV/AIDS staff with other sector staff, particularly with other health staff;
- Monitoring: compile, submit, and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual data from the HIV/AIDS sector, create and supervise surveys, analyze survey data and develop action plans based upon HIV/AIDS data;
- Represent Alight in sector meetings and communicate HIV/AIDS information to donors, leadership, government bodies, and coordinating bodies;
- Perform any other duties assigned by Alight Heath Coordinator, or any other Alight Senior Manager.
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:
- University degree in heath or nursing, with emphasis on HIV/Infectious Disease;
- Minimum 2 year’s experience in HIV/AIDs programming;
- Knowledge of HIV/AIDS protocols, including SPHERE standards, WHO protocols, and Rwandan MoH HIV/AIDS protocols;
- Experience in analyzing and interpreting HIV/AIDS data and writing reports to a high technical standard;
- Experience of designing, implementing and analyzing HIV/AIDS surveys;
- Knowledge of the regional political and social conditions;
- Strong Communication skills in Kinyarwanda and English is mandatory; French oral / Writing skills, Kiswahili oral skills also preferred;
- Excellent organizational, administrative and management skills;
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment;
- Experience working in protracted refugee situation and/ or previous experience in Rwanda as plus;
- Experience in managing and working with a multicultural staff;
- Strong participatory leadership and interpersonal skills;
- Computer skills, especially MS Office;
- Ability to motivate and counsel staff working in a refugee camp environment
KEY BEHAVIORS & ABILITIES:
- Strong leadership and management skills, process improvement and team building;
- Excellent written and verbal communication, including effective presentation and facilitation skills;
- Excellent strategic thinking, process management and problem-solving skills;
- Collaborative, result oriented management style;
- Initiative, resourcefulness and innovation;
- Experience in managing multi-cultural and multi-level in numerous programs;
- Strong participatory leadership and interpersonal skills;
- Ability to motivate staff and lead a high performing team in a politically sensitive environment;
Interested and qualified candidates should submit 1 page Cover letter, and updated CV (maximum three pages) and names, title and contacts of three professional referees, to include most current employer/supervisor (all in/as one document) – via email only to: RWJobs@wearealight.org with the POSITION applied for clearly indicated in the subject line. The deadline for submission of applications is January 15th 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Alight is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status. Alight complies with all applicable laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.
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