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SAATHII Job Opportunities
Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS Care and support Programs in Government Medical Institutions in Salem district
SAATHII is seeking to fill the following vacancies for an APAC-funded HIV care and support program in Salem district, focused on capacity-building of government sector medical institutions. The project duration is 7 months (September 2006 – March 2007).
All positions require strong oral, written, and communication skills, ability to plan and organize, work in teams, willingness to travel. Remuneration is competitive and will be commensurate with skill-set, and experience.
Interested candidates are requested to send a cover letter detailing their eligibility for the position, an updated bio-data, and two references to saathii.jobs@gmail.com before September 10, 2006. Please specify the position you are applying for in your e-mail subject.
Candidates are required to join within a week after selection.
POSITION 1: Project Coordinator (Care and Support Project - Salem)
(JOB CODE: CHEN-CSS-PC0906)
Location: Salem
Travel: Within Salem District and Travel to Chennai when needed
Duration: 7 Months
No. of Posts: 2
Qualifications and Experience
∑ MBBS/ Post graduate medical degree or diploma/MD/PhD/Public Health
Also Post graduate in social sciences/development management or its equivalent with a minimum of 3 years experience in the field of HIV/AIDS with specific focus on care, support and treatment issues.
∑ Experience in project management/coordination (preferable)
∑ Community public health knowledge
∑ Experience working with government sector health facilities and NGOs, CBOs and Positive Networks.
∑ HIV/AIDS Clinical expertise
∑ Experience in capacity building, training
∑ Qualitative and quantitative analytical skills
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POSITION 2: Training Manager (Care and Support Project - Salem)
(JOB CODE – CHEN-CSS-TM0906)
Location: Salem
Travel: Within Salem District and Travel to Chennai when needed
Duration: 7 Months
No of posts: 1
Qualifications & Experience
∑ Post graduate in social sciences/public health/MBBS/development management or its equivalent with a minimum of 3 years experience in the field of HIV/AIDS with specific focus on care, support and treatment issues.
∑ Experience in coordinating training programs.
∑ Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Tamil are critical.
∑ Excellent computer skills including MS office, excel, power point and use of Internet.
∑ Proven ability to develop and maintain working relationship with partners from the government, non-government and academic sectors.
∑ Ability to work in a large and diverse team.
POSITION 3: Documentation specialist (Care and Support Project - Salem)
(JOB CODE – CHEN-CSS-DS0906)
Location: Salem
Travel: Within Salem District and Travel to Chennai when needed
Duration: 7 Months
No of posts: 2
Qualifications & 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.
∑ Proven writing or documentation skills.
∑ Experience in developing formats/tools/surveys/manuals.
∑ Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Tamil are critical.
∑ Excellent computer skills including MS office, excel, power point and use of Internet.
∑ Proven ability to develop and maintain working relationship with partners from the government, non-government and academic sectors.
∑ Ability to work in a diverse team.
POSITION 4: Onsite supervisor (Care and Support Project - Salem)
(JOB CODE – CHEN-CSS-OS0906)
Location: Salem – taluk level – preferably at secondary level hospital/NGO
Travel: Within Salem District and Travel to Chennai when needed
Duration: 7 Months
No of posts: 6
Responsibilities
Responsible for onsite supervision of all activities at the taluk levels related to the program
1. Responsible for coordinating all of the taluk level activities
2. Facilitates the HCP training at taluk level and carries out initial training evaluation and mid term KABP survey with the help of Documentation Officer
3. Assists Training Manager in developing and implementing training plan for follow up training
4. Administers follow up training evaluation
5. Develops site visit tool in consultant with project coordinator
6. Helps establishing linkages between HCPs and other service providers
7. Develops taluk level resource directory of service availability, philanthropist and other stake holders
8. Facilitates taluk level coordination meeting and PHC level monthly meeting
9. Assists training manager in organizing exposure visit in Namakkal and Tambaram
10. Compiles monthly reports based on taluk level activities and sends to documentation officer and project coordinator for collation
Qualifications & Experience
∑ The candidate must be a post graduate in social science / public health/development management or its equivalent with 1-2 years experience in the field of HIV/AIDS. Freshers also can apply.
∑ Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Tamil are critical.
∑ Excellent computer skills including MS Office and use of Internet.
∑ Proven ability to develop and maintain working relationship with partners from the government, non-government and academic sectors.
