Number of employee:-1         

Report 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 Junior 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. 

Duties & 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 

Duration of employment: form date of employment up to December 30, 2017 with high possibility of extension based on performance and availability of fund. 

Job Requirements

Qualifications include:

• Education: BSC in Nursing/public health.

• Experience: 1 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.            

How to Apply

Application procedure: through email: hr@cvdaethiopia.org  CC habetamubirhanu12@gmail.com 

Write on subject of the email; position and also attach summary sheet 

Registration place: submit summary of your profile as per format below, copy of application letter, C.V stating 3 work related reference & minimum salary expectation and other confidential: Head office;   Bekele Eshte Tower, which is along Torhailoch Total road 5th floor, Room No.504 

For further information contact 0113691051

You can deliver in had or submit through email. 

Format for Summary of Application :- Please fill this form and attach when you apply.

Name of applicant Position applied Qualification  Field of study Year of graduation Year of Work experienceTitle of HIV project managed Salary expectationNGOGov’t