Dreams Liaison Officer job at Infectious Diseases Institute

Vacancy title:
Dreams Liaison Officer

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Health Science , Category: Healthcare ]

Jobs at:

Infectious Diseases Institute

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, February 06 2024 

Duty Station:
Within Uganda , Masaka, East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, January 29 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
General Summary
The district DREAMS liaison’s officer main responsibility will be to engage Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYWs) in her district in order to identify HIV predisposing factors unique to them and bring these to the attention of the implementing partners DREAMS technical team. They will also provide guidance on implementation modalities that are proposed by the AGYWs in a bid to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS among them. The DREAMS champion will further participate in advocacy engagements by working with communities to protect AGYWs and promote DREAMS programming to other district AGYW stakeholder including Local government authorities for possible adoption.

Key Responsibilities
1. Work closely with CDOs, sub county ambassadors and group peer leaders to identify and build a pool of DREAMS ambassadors up to the parish level and subsequently oversee their work.
2. Plan and facilitate workshops with PEPFAR DREAMS Ambassadors and provide mentorship supporting identification, reporting and follow-up of VAC and SGBV cases in assigned District.
3. Promote access and retention on PrEP for high risk AGYW
4. Foster community involvement in the DREAMS program for increased community buy in and community commitment to protect and link vulnerable AGYW at risk to DREAMS services.
5. Participate in advocacy and coordination platforms at district level technical meetings with the IPs to ensure voices of AGYW are heard during decision making on priorities that affect AGYW.
6. Work with Sub County and Parish Coordinators to ensure community safe spaces for AGYW are functional and actively maintained to support DREAMS service layering.
7. Support implementation and monitoring of the DREAMS program in the assigned District and documentation success stories and any service delivery issues.
8. Support quality improvement activities and promote DREAMS Programming as a prototype for positive youth development program at the district and any other forum as deemed necessary.
9. Generate public attention about the DREAMS program and factors that affect adolescent girls and young women in the community predisposing them to risk of acquiring HIV.
10. Any other duties assigned by the supervisor

Person Specification
• Must be 18-27 years’ old
• Should be available to work full time
• Must be able to read and write in both English and the local language of the DREAMS District
• A graduated beneficiary and or engaged in the DREAMS program for at least one year.
• A resident in that DREAMS district.
• Exhibit natural leadership skills.


Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Health/ Medicine jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Tuesday, February 06 2024
Duty Station: Masaka
Posted: 29-01-2024
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 29-01-2024
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 29-01-2077
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