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PROJECT COORDINATOR (PEPFAR)

Project Description Summary

This project shall focus on adolescents and young people living with HIV
(AYPHIV). This is because the adolescent HIV epidemic and particularly
adolescent who are Lost to Follow (LTF) represents one of the challenging
public health issues in Zambia. In the health facilities where we are working,
the prevalence of Lost to Follow Up (LTFU) from ART is higher in adolescents
than in adults. To strengthen HIV services delivery for adolescents, this
project proposes to use differentiated service delivery (DSD) as an initiative
to enhance service delivery benefits and improve retention to care for AYP.
Improving comprehensive counseling services, follow-up for adverse reactions
and introducing an ART outcome evaluation program may help reduce LTFU to an
acceptable level. This project shall highlight the need to better understand
the health-seeking behaviors of patients on ART and implement strategies in
HIV clinics for better tracking services and minimizing LTFU from HIV care.
Change in way of tracing services like community education, scaling up of
health extension services community wide, and increasing awareness may reduce
LTFU. Therefore, the project is now in need of a coordinator.

Overall Purpose of the Role of the Coordinator

The Project Coordinator will guide the overall implementation of the project
within 12 months. He/she will be responsible for the overall management of the
3 project implementing sites, reporting to the management and critical
stakeholders. He/she will take charge of community volunteers ensuring the
project fulfils donor expectation.

Main Duties/Expectations

1\. Hold orientation and regular planning meetings
2\. Develop a common understanding and consensus on partnership and seamless
project implementation with other community partners
3\. Establish procedures that effectively utilize records to enhance LTFU
tracing
4\. Conduct review meetings with team and partners
5\. Establishment of an adolescent network to enhance communication for the
cross pollination of lessons and challenges and the Establishment of online
interaction platforms and calendars (what’s app, face book, Twitter etc) to
sustain online communication
6\. Lead the team that will conduct defaulter tracing/follow up of clients
that have been lost to follow up at health facility to enhance adherence and
retention in care, strengthen alliance and enhance interface between the
communities and facilities to bring LTFU back into care.
7\. Lead the team that will conduct adherence counseling and psychosocial
support through peer support and adolescent care clubs to improve adherence
and retention and establish an effective system for data collection, analysis,
and use of LTFU data between community to facility levels
8\. Collaborate and strengthen community-based networks at community and at
the site-levels to Implement evidence-based case finding approach in various
targeted communities.
9\. Conduct orientation in case finding approaches for service providers
including CHW, with a strong focus on identifying adolescents.
10\. Implement and sustain effective linkage procedures and systems for all
newly identified PLHIV into care and treatment
11\. Establish effective interface/reporting system between communities and
facilities to ensure smooth hand-off of identified patients to facility and
rapid treatment initiation
12\. Forge strong relationships with the community to increase awareness and
promote uptake of clinical services address/prevent further LTFU and support
tracing and return to care

Other Assignments Specific to OYDC Centre

For OYDC Centre, your job will be to plan, budget, oversee and document all
aspects of the activities at the centre. You will work closely with both M&E
Manager and Project Manager to make sure that the scope and direction of the
centre is on schedule and that the project is getting the necessary input from
all support departments. You will coordinate all activities of the centre,
from planning, implementation, to completion and working closely with centre
clinician and M&E for evaluation.

KEY FUNCTIONS

1\. To arrange, discuss and agree with program staff, service providers and
other stakeholders on proposed activities, implementation and monitoring plan,
roles and responsibilities of each team member.
2\. Ensure that all grant required activities for the centre, indicators and
objectives are successfully met within the project timeframe and allocated
budget
3\. Constantly work with the team to develop new and innovative ideas to
promote the image of the centre
4\. Work closely with the team to update project activity plans and discuss
challenges/solutions
5\. Schedule regular site visits and supervision where possible to ensure
quality of services, accurate data collection and verify consumption rates of
services.
6\. Attend regular meetings (Mandevu clinic and Matero level 1 hospital) and
any other coordination meetings
7\. Produce timely reports for review

Qualifications and Experience

1\. Diploma or higher qualifications in public health, project management, M&E
or related
2\. Experience in managing medium size public health projects is added
advantage
3\. Experience in working with adolescents will be a plus
4\. Must be resident in Lusaka

Address your cover letters to the advertiser, Box 37178 Lusaka and send
together with your updated CV by email ONLY fredmc@zambia.co.zm copying
bernardamiti@gmail.com by or before close of business of 25 August 2020. Only
shortlisted applicants will be contacted.



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