Job Title: 12 Counselors (Jobs in Uganda for Fresh Graduates)
Job Location: Based at SCPs and Health Facilities in Jinja, Iganga, Mayuge, Bugiri, Tororo, Kamuli, Buyende, Namayingo, Kaliro and Namutumba
PIN: CPA3 – 03/17 -01
About Us:
Jobs in Uganda for Fresh Graduates: Action for Relief and Development is a community development organization dedicated to work with children and families in Uganda, to rise above their daily pressing needs. The Vision of ARD is community where children and families are able to live their full potential. Its mission is to Work with children and families to partake their rights and promote social transformation. In doing this, it focuses on issues of child health, child rights and family livelihoods that affect families in rural and hard to reach areas in Uganda.
Jobs in Uganda for Fresh Graduates: ARD is a non-profit, a non-political Humanitarian AID organizations founded in 2003. ARD seeks to address the causes and consequences of human suffering and poverty amongst some of the most vulnerable communities in South/Central and Somalia at large through participatory relief and development invention in partnership with Governmental and Non-Governmental Organization
Job role: Supporting ART and Child Survival.
Responsibilities:
Core Functions:
- Identification of people living with HIV/AIDS/TB, pregnant mothers and children below 1000 days.
- Conduct index contact tracing (ICT) for HIV/AIDS/TB, pregnant mothers and children below 1000 days.
- Linkage to ART services through the Food – based Approach promoted by ARD/ORDS
- Supporting adherence to and retention on ART (for HIV/AIDS/TB), pregnant mothers and children below 1000 days.
Other functions:
- Strengthening the Health Facility data system to follow up lost to follow clients.
- Supervision of ART Clinics and follow up activities.
- Initiating food based approach activities both at Health Facility and household levels.
- Data collection.
- Any other activities assigned by the supervisor.
Skills:
- Knowledge in HIV/AIDS counselling with a bias in ART and Nutrition.
- Knowledge in community mobilization.
- Computer literacy.
- Driving skills
- Supporting community base
Qualifications
- First degree in Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, Rural Development and Development studies.
- Professional training in HIV/AIDS and TB or Nutrition is a MUST.
- Experience in working with community HIV/AIDS and TB models promoted by TASO, Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), MoH etc is an added advantage.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applicants should follow the format as indicated in the Summary Form for applicants, download here (the filled form should not exceed 2 pages and please fill out all fields) and send it via E-mail to careers@arduganda.org.
Deadline: 5th February, 2017
Jobs in Uganda for Fresh Graduates: 12 No Experience NGO Jobs Uganda (Counselors) – ARD
