Community Liaison Officer (Samburu) at Gold Star Kenya

We are seeking to fill the Position of Community Liaison Officer to be based in Samburu.

Working Here

We value our employees and we believe our organization offers friendly working environment and a balanced work culture that inspires self-growth and professional excellence where individuals are inspired to live and driven by our core values:

• Teamwork
• Integrity
• Community engagements
• Quality
• Innovation

Where we work

Driven by our mission of Empowering communities to achieve better health our current team is spread across Kenya.

Position Summary: 

To oversee the planning and implementation of adherence, retention and community linkage services at USAID Tujenge Jamii- supported facilities within the county.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in the training of health facility-based staff and the community in stigma reduction
• Provide leadership in the design and coordination of the training activities in Retention, adherence support for community health workers, Peer Educators and Link desk person
• Ensure implementation of the defaulter tracing tools and system as per SOPs and in line with the national guidelines
• Provide technical assistance to health care facilities to conduct planning, implementation and evaluation of patient tracing and retention systems and related data management, data quality assurance, data summarization and analysis
• Coordinate community activities including contact tracing, Community ART Groups, community dialogue meetings and defaulter tracing.
• Work closely with community stakeholders including CSO and CBO to ensure quality integrated HIV services delivery within the community
• Identify and disseminate best practices in HIV retention and adherence programming within the community

Minimum Qualifications:

• Diploma/ Advanced diploma in Social sciences; Community development, Counselling psychology or equivalent. Degree will be an added advantage.
• Three (3) years project management experience working in adherence, counseling and psychosocial support and community linkages in HIV care and treatment
• Possess adequate facilitation, mentoring and counseling skills
• Familiarity with community HIV Retention interventions and facility retention programs including peer education.