HIV/AIDS Vacancies at SAATHII's Hyderabad office

Positions: Senior Program Manager, Monitoring Officers, Best Practice Documentation, Area Manager and Program Coordinators

About SAATHII

SAATHII is a capacity building organization that helps to scale up HIV prevention, care, support treatment services, through training, technical assistance, information dissemination, operational research, networking and advocacy. SAATHII) is headquartered in Chennai with operations and offices in Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karantaka, Manipur, West Bengal, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh

In the Hyderabad office, programs focus on training and technical assistance for organizations implementing Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission in high-prevalence states, Care and Support for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, and need-based TA to government and civil society sector. SAATHII has following openings that need to be filled. Interested candidates please send a cover letter detailing your eligibility for the specific position, an updated bio-data and three references to Saathii.jobs@gmail.com before May 30, 2009. Please specify the job code in your e-mail subject and cover letter.

1. Senior Program Manager (Job Code: HYD-SPM-609)

Senior Program Manager will be responsible for day to day oversight of all PMTCT programs of SAATHII, mentoring of diverse group of professionals, resource mobilization for expansion of the program, grant management and provision of technical support to the partners.

Responsibilities
• Day to Day oversight of the PPTCT teams
• Mentoring and capacity building of PPTCT teams.
• Partner management including assistance in preparation of renewal grants, contracting and financial issues.
• Technical Assistance including training, e-mail and telephone consultation and site visits to the partners
• Provision of technical assistance to SACS and DAPCU as requested.
• Review and finalization of monthly, meeting and site visit reports
• Preparation of annual reports
• Resource mobilization for program continuation and expansion through grant writing and in-kind donations
• Liaison with government and non-government stake holders working on PMTCT issues
• Preparation of standard operating procedures, training curriculum and modules

Qualification, Skills and Experience
• The candidate must be a post graduate in social science / public health/development management or its equivalent with 5-10 years experience in the field of HIV/AIDS with specific focus on care, support and treatment issues or maternal and child health issues.
• Proven ability in managing large programs.
• Proven ability in mentoring large teams of experienced individuals
• Ability to work with large network of health care providers from the government, private and non-governmental sectors.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Willing to travel to six high prevalence states.
• Experience in grant writing
• Experience in clinical management of HIV will be an asset.

2. Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (Job Code: HYD-MEO-609)
The Monitoring and Evaluation officer is responsible for the day to day data management and reporting related to EGPAF-PMTCT India program. The M&E officer will work under the guidance of Senior M&E officer towards gathering of data from the partners, data clarifications and cleaning, data analyses, preparation of technical reports and M&E tools, providing feedback to the partners (NGOs), submitting timely reports to the donor and the government.
Responsibilities
• Data collection from the partners on monthly basis (government reporting) and quarterly (EGPAF reporting)
• Data cleaning
• Data clarification from the partners
• Data analyses under the guidance of senior monitoring and evaluation officer
• Preparation of technical reports under the guidance of senior monitoring and evaluation officer
• Maintenance of centralised database
• Training of the partners and partner sites on M&E systems
• Assistance towards implementation of uniform M&E systems
• Research assistance

Qualification, Skills and Experience
• Advance degree in Public health, statistics and other social sciences
• Minimum of two to three years experience in monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS programs or other similar health programs
• Experience in data analyses an use of sstatistical software
• Experience in managing large data
• Ability to work with large network of health care providers from the government, private and non-governmental sectors.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Willing to travel to six high prevalence states.
• Ability to work in a team with minimum supervision
• Excellent interpersonal skills

3. Consultant for Best Practice Documentation (Job Code: HYD-AM-0409)

Responsibilities
• Documentation of best practices of EGPAF funded programs in India.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience
• An educational background in Medicine, Social Sciences or Public Health
• Extensive experience in documenting HIV related programs.
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative research
• Willing to travel extensively to the partners sites for data collection in four states.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines.

4. Area Manager (Job Code: HYD-AM-0409)

The key responsibilities of the position are to plan, implement and monitor PPTCT programs in 7-8 districts through PPP initiative of the government.

Responsibilities
• Supervise program coordinators responsible for program implementation
• Mapping, assessment, selection and enrollment of the hospitals as per the PPP criteria.
• Organize sensitization workshops/meetings in the operational districts
• Develop and implement district wise implementation plans
• Assist selected hospitals in implementation of the PPTCT program as per the PPP guidelines.
o Conduct site sensitization meeting
o Coordinate participation of the site staff in induction trainings conducted by SACS
o Establish PPP specific MIS at the selected sites
o Ensure uninterrupted supply of drugs, test kits, registers and IEC materials to the hospitals
o Provide ongoing mentorship for the site level staff as required
o Conduct refresher trainings as required
o Help establish PPTCT working team
• Participate in district review and coordinating meetings of DAPCU
• Periodic monitoring of the sites
• Preparation of monthly and quarterly technical reports

Qualification, skills and experience
• Post graduate in Social work / Social Sciences with 4 - 5 years of experience in public health preferably in the filed of HIV/AIDS and PPTCT program management and implementation.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills in English and Telugu.
• Willingness to travel 15-20 days/month in the initial six months and 15 days/month in subsequent month
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Proficient in the use of computers
• Strong analytical and documentation skills
• Ability to work in a team with minimum supervision
• Excellent interpersonal skills

5. Program Coordinators

The key responsibilities of the position is to help private hospitals to plan and implement PPTCT program 3 districts and provide on-site mentorship to counselors and lab technicians of these hospitals

Responsibilities:
• Assist Area Managers in selection of the sites
• Conduct sensitization workshops/meetings
• Provide start up assistance sites in establishing PPTCT program
• Organize trainings for the site level staff
• Provide on-site mentoring to the PPTCT staff
• Undertake district-wise mapping of other HIV/AIDS service providers, initiate linkages/referral systems and oversee the functioning of referral system
• Conduct monthly monitoring of the sites
• Develop monthly and quarterly quantitative and qualitative reports
• Participate in district level review meetings

Qualification and skills:
• Post graduate in Social work / Social Sciences having at least 2 -3 years of experience in HIV/AIDS and PPTCT program implementation
• Strong counseling and mentorship skills
• Excellent written and oral communications skills in English and Telugu.
• Willingness to travel extensively
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Proficient in the use of computers
• Strong analytical and documentation skills

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