Job Description

• Vijayawada and Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.
• Posted 1 day ago

LEPRA Society is an organization working for people affected by Leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, TB, HIV/AIDS & other NTDs, and Eye Care and is governed by a board of distinguished individuals from across India. SAATHII is selected as the Principal Recipient (PR) to implement the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) supported HIV and TB projects for 2024-27. LEPRA Society will lead as a Sub Recipient for the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
About Care and Support Centre(2.0): The national program proposes transforming the current CSC to improve care and support services for priority PLHIV subgroups, as well as incorporating the EVTHS care cascade in accordance with NACO's revised strategy for meeting the second and third 95 UNAIDS fast-track targets. To strengthen care and support services, the project will work with both public and private ART centers to provide tailored care to the following priority PLHIV subgroups (including but not limited to): (a) Newly identified PLHIV initiated on ART; (b) ICTC linkage loss cases; (c)PLHIV Missed ART Treatment and are Lost to Follow up cases; (d) PLHIV with more than 1000 copies/mL viral load and less than 200 cells/mm3 CD4 count;(e) PLHIV newly initiated on second-line or third-line ART;(f) Co-infected individuals (NCD); (g) HIV+ Pregnant and Lactating Women; (h) HIV Exposed Infants (HEI); (i) Discordant couples and index cases; (j) HIV+ high-risk groups and incarcerated population; (k)Co-infected individuals (TB).



The project will also help to achieve the national EVTHS goal by providing a comprehensive cascade of services to HIV-positive pregnant and lactating women, as well as exposed infants, in accordance with national EVTHS guidelines. The cascade services include peer counseling, ART adherence monitoring, spouse testing, institutional births, post-delivery services, ARV prophylaxis, cotrimoxazole preventive therapy, infant feeding guidance, early infant diagnosis, family planning services, and syphilis-reactive positive pregnant women follow-up. The program will extend primary prevention efforts among adolescents and youths through collaborations with Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram and the Youth Affairs Department of SACS.



The position is for immediate employment
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES


• The M&E and Training Officer (METO) will report to the SPM-CSC. On an average one METO will be catering to around 7 SSRs. The METO will have the following responsibilities:


• Support the SPM-CSC in oversight of the grant CSC 2.0 component


• Support the SPM-CSC in the timely selection and on-boarding of the SSRs


• Ensure timely recruitment of the SSR staff


• Support the SPM-CSC in preparing annual, quarterly and monthly plans


• Ensure the SSRs are able to implement the project as per the program's logical framework, and SOP, and are able to achieve the region-specific outputs and outcomes of CSC 2.0


• Guide the SSR teams on implementation strategies, and regularly conduct data driven review meetings (SSR Quarterly Review Meetings - Cluster Wise) to track program progress


• Ensure the uniform implementation of M&E systems across all the SSRs and conduct frequent data quality audits at the district level


• Build the capacity of SSR staff on data management (recording, validation, triangulation, and reporting), and data quality assurance


• Ensure that the SSRs are able to properly use the project's MIS systems, and data recording and reporting tools and formats


• Conduct regular Supporting Monitoring Visits (SMV) and RDQA visits to the SSRs on monthly basis


• Visit the sites to provide technical support to program and site staff to improve program and data quality


• Coordinate with DAPCU/ DISHA/SACS - M&E / other officials for timely data reporting, verification, validation, and triangulation


• Coordinate with ARTC for data triangulation and data cleaning


• Ensure that the SSRs are able to prepare high-quality programmatic reports and submit to SACS, NHM, and SR


• Any other responsibility as relevant to project implementation assigned by immediate supervisor



QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILL-SET



• The candidate must possess a graduate/post-graduation degree or higher qualification in Social Work, Sociology, Anthropology, Public Health, Statistics, and population studies (Demography) with experience in M&E domain or public health programs. Experienced and knowledgeable candidates from the community (PLHIV/KP) are also eligible to apply and will be considered.


• A minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in program monitoring and evaluation in the health or development sectors


• Experience working in HIV prevention, care, support, and treatment programs in the GFATM program is an added value.


• Excellent and advanced skills in MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint


• Working experience and knowledge required on analytical and data collection and processing software packages (like Access, Power BI, and SPSS) will be an added advantage.


• Skills strongly required in the development of a basic MIS system include data processing, data analytical skills, and constructive feedback mechanisms.


• Excellent written and verbal communication in English and the regional language of the state where working is preferred.


• Strong commitment to work in the areas of HIV/AIDS and sexual and reproductive health and rights.


• Ability to work independently and as a team player in a complex, multicultural environment, with demonstrated leadership, communication, networking, and presentation capabilities.


• Willingness to travel extensively (12-15 days a month) in the assigned state.


Please note that we can communicate only with shortlisted candidates at every stage of the selection process.


Remuneration: Rs 45,000 Per month (CTC)
HOW TO APPLY?


If you have the skills and necessary experience and are interested in this position please forward your application along with covering letter and detailed resume in the specified format downloaded from www.leprasociety.in (Get Involved - "career column") to hrd@leprahealthinaction.in specifying the REF.NO : METO528 & Post applied for on or before the due date.


LEPRA Society is an equal opportunity employer.




LEPRA Society's management reserves the right to modify the contents of this position description at any time