Senior HIV Service Officer

Common Vision for Development Association (CVDA) is an indigenous, non-governmental, non-for-profit, humanitarian aid association. It was established on October 28, 2005 by a group of dedicated persons from diverse social, economic, professional and religious backgrounds. CVDA has been re-registered and licensed by the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice, Charities and Societies Agency, on November 30, 2009 as an Ethiopian Residents charity in accordance with the Charities and Societies proclamation No. 621/2009 with registration No. 0588.

It has permission to work at the national level however so far operates marginal parts of Benshangule Gumuz Region, SNNPR (Hawassa, Yirgalem, Dilla, Yergachefe, Aletawondo, Wondo Genet, Chuko, Bule, Goreche and Gumer ), Oromia Region,West Showa Zone(Muger), Borena Zone (Hageremaireyam, Yabello & Moyale), Guji Zone( Adola, Shakiso & Borena Negele), West Arsi Zone (Shashemene, Arsi Negele, Adaba, Nensebo, Kokosa, Shala, Siraro, and Kore woredas) Afar Region; Zone 5; Delifage, Dewe, Telalek, Hadele Ele and Sumu Robi Zone 3 ; Gewane and Gelalo and City Government of Addis Ababa.

It is member of Consortium of Reproductive Health Association (CORHA), Union of Ethiopian Women Charitable Association (UEWCA), Ethiopian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative/EEITI/, Ethiopia Civil Society Coalition for Scaling up Nutrition/ECSC-SUN/ and Afar Region Health Partner Forum.

The following are CVDA’s vision, mission, goals, principles and values:

Vision

CVDA’s vision is to see where poverty is alleviated sustainably with favorable living environment in Ethiopia.

Mission

CVDA’s mission is to work with & for the poor community with priority attention for children and women towards alleviating socio-economic problem, food insecurity, reducing unemployment, enhancing productivity, promoting health care, quality education & environment conservation at various level for sustainable development.

Goal

To contribute to the endeavors of poverty alleviation through its integrated community based development program in different regions of the country.

Principles and values

• Integrity: Upholding the principles of honesty, responsibility, setting good example and maintaining the highest ethical standard possible,
• Courage of conviction: This is a basis of our pledge to fight against poverty and hunger. Therefore, CVDA’s shall always take side with the poorest and disadvantaged groups and help them bring about positive changes in their life.
• Accountability: This espouses CVDA’s ongoing commitment to account for its actions and to respond periodically to questions concerning its activities or answerability to those who will be affected by our decisions or actions.
• Transparency: This requires CVDA to take decisions and implement them in a manner that follows rules and regulations. Moreover, we shall provide our key stakeholders with reliable, relevant and timely information on matters that concern them.
• Impartiality and equity: This implies providing equal opportunity to all.

Principles

• Believe in the view that results can be achieved if the process is sound and suitable.
• Be frank, transparent, and trust-worthy and build and develop team spirit within the organization and with partners.

PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

• Reproductive and Primary Health Program
• Water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) Program
• Food Security, Livelihood Diversification and Natural Resource Conservation Program
• Education Program
• Emergency and Relief Program

Key ACCOMPLISHMENTS

CVDA has successfully implemented different food security, environmental conservation, income generating and HIV/AIDS project in collaboration with different stakeholders. On environment conservation activity; highly degraded land rehabilitated through soil and water conservation measure, area enclosure, vetiver grass and indigenous tree plantation, gabion established, stone and soil bund established, conservation agriculture introduced, biogas technology introduced and established, fuel wood saving stove established at HH level, spring water developed, washing stand, shower established.

Food security and Income of target group improved through beekeeping, poultry farm, fruit tree plantation/ apple, mango and orange plantation/, vegetable garden, false banana plantation, vetiver grass bank. Other group established group and individual business such as hair dressing, tea room, sugar and edible oil distribution, dairy farm, stone production, shower room and etc. On HIV prevention, care and support program target group and large community awareness raised on HIV prevention and living with HIV, counseling service, economic strengthen and improving balance diet intake, engaging in income generating activities, access for clinical service through referral linkage.

Food security and Income of target group improved through beekeeping, poultry farm, fruit tree plantation/ apple, mango and orange plantation/, vegetable garden, false banana plantation, vetiver grass bank. Other group established group and individual business such as hair dressing, tea room, sugar and edible oil distribution, dairy farm, stone production, shower room and etc. On HIV prevention, care and support program target group and large community awareness raised on HIV prevention and living with HIV, counseling service, economic strengthen and improving balance diet intake, engaging in income generating activities, access for clinical service through referral linkage.

Over all over 52 projects were implemented in different region and woredas since its establishment. In 2019/20 it has involved about 1630 volunteers and it has 74 full time staffs.

Common Vision for Development Association (CVDA) is Ethiopian Resident Charity, non-governmental, non-for-profit, humanitarian aid association seeks to hire well qualified professional for its ongoing USAID FF-HPCT Project.

Introduction

The USAID Funded HIV Prevention Care and Treatment Services is aimed to strengthen local HIV epidemic management in order to accomplish the three 95 targets/goals. HIV mitigation services for children at risk concentrate on case finding and connecting undiagnosed children living with HIV to treatment, improving health outcomes through HIV viral load suppression, and creating interpersonal, family, and community norms to achieve HIV and violence prevention among 10- to 14-year-old children.

USAID Family Focused HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment Service award represents a transition from two unique programs OVC & HIV Care and treatment to one integrated program. To serve families infected or affected with HIV who are newly diagnosed, at high risk of default, or do not achieve viral suppression. Hence, this TOR is to employ OVC Health Linkage Coordinators to closely oversee OVC HIVSTAT clinical Cascades at the implementation site, and supervise SSW with health-related activities.

Project Name: – USAID Family Focused HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment Service in Addis Ababa

Position Title: – Senior HIV Service Officer

Number of employee:-1

• Reports To: – HIV Service specialist
• Job Location: -Addis Ababa (Gulele) ,Ethiopia
• Salary: Based on organizational scale
• Vacancy opening date: August, 15 / 2025
• Vacancy closing date: August, 20 / 2025

Major Duty & responsibility include:

Common Vision for Development Association (CVDA) is Ethiopian Resident Charity, non-governmental, non-for-profit, humanitarian aid association seeks to hire well qualified professional for its ongoing USAID FF-HPCT Project.

The Senior HIV Service Officer will have the following five main functions:

• Facilitate linkage between Community to Health facility and vice versa putting the need and choice of the clients and their families at the center of the required care for linkage (Com Care application will be introduced to enhance referral and linkage services)
• Case management for PLHIV in the community including recording and reporting using paper based system which later migrate to Com Care application
• Build capacity of CRPs (volunteers) through providing trainings, mentoring and supportive supervision
• Build capacity of community structures (Community Committee (CCs) & Community Care Coalition(CCCs) ) by providing hands on support in planning, implementing and reviewing Community based HIV related activities such as identifying beneficiaries for community based support for linkage to relevant services.
• Recording and reporting of community services: will record and report community based care and support activities including electronically through introduction of Com Care application.

Roles and responsibilities

• Facilitate FF-HPCT’s engagement at community level,
• Engage community members in planning, implementing and reviewing community related activities including linking with the Health Extension Program
• Work with Health facilities in linking clients to other social services in the community such as psychosocial and economic support (counseling, IGA)
• Identify cases that are going to be referred to community from health facility together with the health facility provider or case manager collaborate with health facility level case managers in identifying stable and unstable clients
• Ensure linkage of clients refer from community to health facility
• Provide community based case management for stable and unstable patients in consultation with the ART centers together with CRPs
• Support follow up of clients at community level on appointment spacing
• Participate in community based service delivery model as per the MoH’s future guidance to differentiate care to clients need and preference
• Facilitate/Provide community based care and support for non-stable patients to lesson burden to health facilities and clients
• Assist CRPs in screening of TB, STI, Mental health and other OIs based on the need for such support
• provide technical assistance to Community Resource Personnel (CRPs)
• Training of CRPs to get them acquainted with task below for CRPs
• Mentoring and supervising CRPs to get them acquainted with task below for CRPs
• Review and improve of activities of CRPs
• Provide technical assistance to (CCs) and (CCCs)
• Be part of the CCs/CCCs and provide technical assistance in their routine tasks
• Participate in beneficiary identification including assessments of Households for economic vulnerability and food security
• Ensure volunteers are involved in a meaningful way as per the guidance of CC/CCCs
• Conduct Cervical cancer demand creation and refer clients for Cervical cancer screening service
• Conduct demand creation for CDSDM activities and support group formation in the health facilities
• Conduct index case testing at community level
• Receive list of families of index cases and apply risk assessment for testing
• Identify sexual networks of index cases in confidential and systematic manner
• Counsel high risk family members for testing and refer for health facility
• Conduct assisted partner notification and do community based testing based on clients’ preference.
• Facilitate testing process of self-test
• Use and implement Com Care app/mobile app for referral and linkage and case management
• Conduct NCD screening for PLHIVs at community level
• Oversee implementation of FF-HPCT in relevant community based activities including stigma reduction, Gender equality, women empowerment that contribute to improve targeted testing and quality of HIV care and treatment

Qualifications include:

• Education: BSC in Nursing/public health.
• Experience: 3 years’ experience.
• Ability to coordinate and support volunteers working in the community
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a team and support others in their work.