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Job Description
The Leprosy Mission (TLM) is a leading international Christian Organization with over 149 years of experience, active in over 30 countries, working towards the vision of Leprosy Defeated, Lives Transformed. We are active in projects reducing transmission of leprosy, stigma and discrimination. We are currently recruiting for a Zonal Leprosy Project Coordinator for Dare to Dream Project to work on secondment basis to Amhara Region, East Gojam Zone Health department.
Job Purpose
The overall purpose of the job is to strengthen leprosy program implementation and improve performance through high impact activity interventions and focused health facilities, organizations of persons affected by Leprosy (OPALs) and community support including public, private, and other health facilities in collaboration with the Program coordinator, regional, zonal and woreda TBL officers.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Project Development and Implementation
- Assist in designing, planning and implementation of projects
- Conduct need assessment in the respective project areas
- Involve in designing and planning projects and campaign at zonal office level
- Involve and assist in base line assessment and data collection process
- Establish zonal level technical working group and organize meeting and share minute
- Support in increasing visibility of TLMIE through coordination and planning with existing project and partners staff.
- Prioritize, plan and coordinate project activities accordingly as per requirements.
- Act as primary contact for Dare to Dream beneficiaries queries and concerns.
- Participate in prepare project proposals and develop project plan, schedule and budget.
- Assess potential risks and technical challenges during project implementation and develop appropriate mitigation plans.
Coordination and Representation
- Coordinate and enhance active case finding with the community and health facility level actors
- Enhancing routine contact tracing with HEWs and community resource persons
- Organize leprosy and skin camps together with zonal and woreda level health offices
- Organized training for different community resource persons, HWs and HEWs in collaboration with zonal health office
- Support self-care activities at individual, groups and association level
- Facilitate the linkage between community and HEWs, HEWs and PHCU and referral hospitals as well as with the OPALs.
- Support persons affected by leprosy to be a member of association/OPD in collaboration with women and social affair office
- Enhance the existing/establish referral linkage for case finding and management
- Coordinate and follow up the activities at community and health facility level
- Organize, facilitate and support contact investigation and community awareness activities/campaigns in coordinated manner
- Support and ensure quality facility based integrated leprosy screening services at health facility and community level
- Identify and share best practice and success stories in the implementation process of the project
- Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor
- Able to coordinate collaborating NGO and private partners and counterparts Coordinate and assist woreda TBL officers
- Coordinate and support any Leprosy control program at zonal level
- Represent TLMIE participation on meeting workshop and other any events conducted at zonal and woreda level
Monitoring & Reporting
- Conduct baseline assessment together with the project team members
- Ensure quality of care and service provision along the patient pathway
- Establish local level project advisory committee at zonal level from each project areas/districts
- Organize review meeting in every 6 month basis at zonal level with project advisory committee from each woredas and zonal representatives
- Support in development of Monitoring tools together with MEAL officer
- Support any assessment, monitoring and evaluation activities at field level
- Conduct joint supportive supervision and on job training at district health facility and health post level in collaboration with zonal health office
- Compile, analyze and share monthly/quarterly reports and provide feedback
- Extract and analyze leprosy report from DHIS2
- Collect data for TLM global key performance indicators (KPIs) and output data from the health facilities, Organization/Associations of Persons Affected by Leprosy, persons affected by leprosy and other organizations and compile in a quarterly, biannual and annual basis
- Monthly Visit or communicate health facilities which reporting new leprosy cases/case based visit and mentoring and providing on job training on leprosy diagnosis, treatment, complication management, recording follow-up and reporting.
- Provide technical support for TBL clinic, laboratory department, HIT, Triage, OPDs of each health facilities in collaboration with district and zonal key actors
- Closely work with MEAL officer in related to leprosy data handling and management,
- Development of tools for beneficiary feedback mechanism, collect the feedback and timely address the complaint and identifying learning.
- prepare project progress presentations for project advisory committee
- Collect and compile project reports from the community to the zonal level
- Support to HFs with standard tools/recording and reporting
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
- Diversity, equality and inclusion are central to TLM Ethiopia. We are committed to treating all employees and job applicants fairly, equally, and no less favorably than anyone else. Persons with disability and affected by leprosy are very much welcomed to apply.
Safeguarding
- We are committed to protecting children and vulnerable adults from any harm when engaging with TLM Ethiopia or its partners, and we expect all our staff to abide by our safeguarding policy. TLMI-Ethiopia has a zero tolerance policy towards any abuse, neglect and exploitation to all people. Successful candidates will be expected to submit a criminal background declaration; sign and comply with all organizational policies including the TLMI-E Code of Conduct and the TLM Global Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults Policy.
- Department/Project :Dare to Dream
- Report to: Program Coordinator
- Supervisee: N/A
Job Requirements
Qualifications and Experience
- Proven experience working with donor funded programs and Project management, monitoring skills; working with government and working in a multi-stakeholder environment is essential. Evidence of handling complex and diverse program.
- Master Degree in Public health and related field from recognized university
- Five or more years of work experience on Leprosy program
- Project management, monitoring and evaluation skill is required
Competencies
- Excellent communication, report-writing and problem solving skills.
- Ability to adjust to constantly changing situations while maintaining focus on delivery of projects.
- Experienced in DHIS 2 implementation
- Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
- Ability to think strategically; work creatively, effectively and in an innovative manner.
- Comprehensive knowledge and experience of Leprosy Diagnosis, Treatment and complication Management, Data handling and management and disability inclusion is essential.
How to Apply
Interested applicants who meet the minimum requirements of the job are invited to apply for the vacant position by sending their CV and application letter through e-mail at jobs@tlmethiopia.org.
For any enquiries about the vacancy announcement, you can call to +251113698621 or +251113699859
Closing date for application is April 18, 2024.
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