SHDEPHA+ is a National Non-Governmental Organization, registered on 21 November 1994 with registration number SO 8216, and have received a new compliance registration number 00NGO/R1/00384 under the NGO act 2002. The organization aim to mobilize resources to help people living with HIV/AIDS and to fight the spread of the Disease. Although originally focusing on people living with HIV/AIDS, over the years SHDEPHA+ has expanded beyond HIV/AIDS and related issues to other development interventions and now covers both infected and affected by HIV/AIDS with over 10 branches countrywide.
SHDEPHA+ Head office is based in Kahama Municipal-Shinyanga Region with operations office across 9 Regions in Tanzania mainland the organization has been working with both National and International Donors, Local and Central Government and other stakeholders toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The Organization works with the Key and vulnerable Groups including Women, Children, Youth, People with special needs; and it gives special attention to the underserved and Marginalized populations such as People Living with HIV(PLHV).
SHDEPHA+ VISION: A democratic Community that is free of Poverty, Hunger, and Diseases and enjoys a good quality of education, standards of living, and social well being.
SHDEPHA+ MISSION: SHDEPHA+ is committed to reducing income and non-income poverty, hunger, human suffering, diseases, and the impact and spread of HIV/AIDS by empowering marginalized and vulnerable people, most at-risk populations, and communities in general to achieve Community-based and sustainable human development.
GOAL: Using SHDEPHA+ core values and mission to work toward the Millennium Development Goals to improve the lives of marginalized and vulnerable groups, most at risk populations, and communities in general.
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BACKGROUND
SHDEPHA+ is implementing a PEPFAR-funded project funded by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) of the Department of Defense (DoD) through HJFMRI Tanzania, as part of the HIV Prevention Care and Support Program in the Southern Highlands (SHL). This program focuses on collaborating with the Ministry of Health (MOH), PO-Regional Authorities and Local Government, and MCDGWSG to provide comprehensive community-based HIV prevention, care, treatment, and support services across the Southern Highland regions, including Mbeya, Songwe, Ruvuma, Rukwa, and Katavi.
The partnership with HJFMRI is aligned with the goal of reaching UNAIDS’ 95-95-95 targets: ensuring 95% of people living with HIV know their status, 95% of diagnosed individuals are on antiretroviral therapy (ART), and 95% of those on ART achieve viral suppression. For FY25, SHDEPHA+ will implement this HIV/AIDS Care and Support Program in Mbeya, with a focus on three key areas: HIV/AIDS prevention, community-based HIV services (CBHS), and HIV testing and counselling services (HTS).
To meet these goals, SHDEPHA+ provides services that address gender-based violence (GBV), community HIV testing (HTS), pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), especially for adolescents and youth aged 15-24. The program also focuses on key and vulnerable populations (KVP) at higher risk for HIV. In addition to prevention and testing, SHDEPHA+ engages in tracing clients who have missed appointments (MISSAPs) and those experiencing interruptions in treatment (IIT) to ensure continued care and contribute towards achieving the 95-95-95 targets.
Job type: Full-time
LINKAGE AND RETENTION OFFICER (1 POSITION)
Location: Mbeya
Report to: Program Coordinator – HIV Prevention, Care and Support Program
Contract: 1 Year (renewable based on the performance and funds availability)
JOB OBJECTIVE:
The primary objective of the Linkage and Retention Officer is to facilitate the seamless connection of individuals diagnosed with HIV to care and treatment services, while ensuring long-term retention in these services. This role focuses on supporting clients in initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART), reducing loss to follow-up, and improving adherence to treatment. The officer will work closely with healthcare providers, counselors, and community health workers to monitor and track clients, provide psychosocial support, and address barriers to retention. The goal is to contribute to the achievement of the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets by strengthening linkage systems and ensuring clients remain engaged in care until viral suppression is achieved.
Roles and Responsibilities
Preferred Qualifications and Experience
HOW TO APPLY:
This is Full-time Job, If you meet the criteria given above and interested in the vacancies, please send an application letter and CV combined in as one document indicating your present/recent employer and position, daytime telephone contact, names and addresses of three referees.
In addition, it is mandatory to fill in the form provided in the link below: https://forms.gle/QBJbt9NBrtetx1Pf6
DEADLINE
To be considered, your application must be received by 17.00 HOURS on Monday 15th October 2024 the subject line of your job application email should mention the job position that you are applying as it appears in this advertisement. Failure to do that your application may not easily be retrieved.
All correspondences and applications should be emailed to: recruitments@shdepha.org
Disclaimers
For more information about the organization, please visit https://shdepha.org/
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