SAATHII–Job Opportunities for Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS Care and support Programs
in Government Medical Institutions in Salem district

Last date to apply 10-09-2006
Location Salem, Tamilnadu, India


SAATHII is seeking to fill the following vacancies for an APAC-funded
HIV care and support program in Salem district, focused on
capacity-building of government sector medical institutions.

The project duration is 7 months (September 2006 – March 2007).

All positions require strong oral, written, and communication skills,
ability to plan and organize, work in teams, willingness to travel.
Remuneration is competitive and will be commensurate with skill-set,
and experience.

Interested candidates are requested to send a cover letter detailing
their eligibility for the position, an updated bio-data, and two
references to saathii.jobs@... before September 10, 2006. Please specify
the position you are applying for in your e-mail subject.

Candidates are required to join within a week after selection.

POSITION 1: Project Coordinator (Care and Support Project - Salem)
(JOB CODE: CHEN-CSS-PC0906)

Location: Salem
Travel: Within Salem District and Travel to Chennai when needed
Duration: 7 Months
No. of Posts: 2

Qualifications and Experience

* MBBS/ Post graduate medical degree or diploma/MD/PhD/Public Health
Also Post graduate in social sciences/development management or its
equivalent with a minimum of 3 years experience in the field of
HIV/AIDS with specific focus on care, support and treatment issues.
* Experience in project management/coordination (preferable)
* Community public health knowledge
* Experience working with government sector health facilities and
NGOs, CBOs and Positive Networks.
* HIV/AIDS Clinical expertise
* Experience in capacity building, training
* Qualitative and quantitative analytical skills


POSITION 2: Training Manager (Care and Support Project - Salem)
(JOB CODE – CHEN-CSS-TM0906)

Location: Salem
Travel: Within Salem District and Travel to Chennai when needed
Duration: 7 Months
No of posts: 1

Qualifications & Experience:

* Post graduate in social sciences/public health/MBBS/development
management or its equivalent with a minimum of 3 years experience in
the field of HIV/AIDS with specific focus on care, support and
treatment issues.
* Experience in coordinating training programs.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Tamil are
critical.
* Excellent computer skills including MS office, excel, power point
and use of Internet.
* Proven ability to develop and maintain working relationship with
partners from the government, non-government and academic sectors.
* Ability to work in a large and diverse team.

POSITION 3: Documentation specialist (Care and Support Project - Salem)
(JOB CODE – CHEN-CSS-DS0906)

Location: Salem
Travel: Within Salem District and Travel to Chennai when needed
Duration: 7 Months
No of posts: 2

Qualifications & Experience

* The candidate must be a post graduate in social science / public
health/development management or its equivalent with 5-10 years
experience in the field of HIV/AIDS with specific focus on care,
support and treatment issues.
* Proven writing or documentation skills.
* Experience in developing formats/tools/surveys/manuals.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Tamil are
critical.
* Excellent computer skills including MS office, excel, power point
and use of Internet.
* Proven ability to develop and maintain working relationship with
partners from the government, non-government and academic sectors.
* Ability to work in a diverse team.


POSITION 4: Onsite supervisor (Care and Support Project - Salem)
(JOB CODE – CHEN-CSS-OS0906)

Location: Salem – taluk level – preferably at secondary level hospital/NGO
Travel: Within Salem District and Travel to Chennai when needed
Duration: 7 Months
No of posts: 6

Responsibilities

Responsible for onsite supervision of all activities at the taluk
levels related to the program

1. Responsible for coordinating all of the taluk level activities
2. Facilitates the HCP training at taluk level and carries out initial
training evaluation and mid term KABP survey with the help of
Documentation Officer
3. Assists Training Manager in developing and implementing training
plan for follow up training
4. Administers follow up training evaluation
5. Develops site visit tool in consultant with project coordinator
6. Helps establishing linkages between HCPs and other service providers
7. Develops taluk level resource directory of service availability,
philanthropist and other stake holders
8. Facilitates taluk level coordination meeting and PHC level monthly
meeting
9. Assists training manager in organizing exposure visit in Namakkal
and Tambaram
10. Compiles monthly reports based on taluk level activities and sends
to documentation officer and project coordinator for collation


Qualifications & Experience

* The candidate must be a post graduate in social science / public
health/development management or its equivalent with 1-2 years
experience in the field of HIV/AIDS. Freshers also can apply.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Tamil are
critical.
* Excellent computer skills including MS Office and use of Internet.
* Proven ability to develop and maintain working relationship with
partners from the government, non-government and academic sectors.