Care and Treatment Lead – Bummhi

Background: Bummhi is a citizen led and governed non – governmental organization providing health systems strengthening services to the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW). BUMMHI is an implementing partner of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). through which it provides PEPFAR – funded technical assistance to MOHW in HIV testing, Care and Treatment, TB, PMTCT, DREAMS and Laboratory services.

Vacancy: Care and Treatment Lead

We are looking for a result driven, hardworking, assertive individual with good interpersonal skills to join us as the Care and Treatment Lead

Job Summary – The Care and Treatment Lead will ensure the implementation of HIV care and treatment services in alignment with donor and country policies and procedures. They will be guided by the organizing principles of continuous quality improvement through use of data for evidence-based decisions on the continuum of HIV services.

Reporting: This position reports to the Project Director – ABLE.

Essential functions:

• Design and lead project initiatives and technical assistance to increase retention in care, viral load suppression and monitoring
• Design and lead project initiatives to scale up high-impact strategies to optimize HIV treatment services
• Provide technical assistance for HIV programming across the clinical cascade of care and treatment particularly among priority populations.
• Assess barriers to clients not retained in care and monitor trends in order to make changes in the provision of services as necessary
• Lead the development of care and treatment annual work plans and oversee implementation of annual work plans
• Support monitoring and evaluation to answer key care and treatment questions including assisting in the development and tracking of performance indicators
• Support capacity building of the health care workers through training and mentorship
• Ensure care and treatment services effectively incorporate and consider gender and stigma reduction programming
• Coordinate and collaborate with Ministry of Health and Wellness and other stakeholders

Relevant Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Medicine: MD. MBBS. MBChB; post graduate qualification in public health/epidemiology is an added advantage
• At least 5-10 years’ experience in implementing HIV programs, with at least 3 of those years focused in care and treatment, including implementation of patient retention strategies
• Knowledge or experience in social, behavioral change communication implementation science Basic skills in Microsoft office applications