Community Coordinator - East London_Amathole at TB HIV Care

Purpose of the position:


The Community Coordinator will provide operational management of the HIV/TB/STI comprehensive prevention package of service. The package focuses on HIV and TB prevention, in active case finding & same day ART initiations and TB preventive therapy (TPT). The HIV newly diagnosed and the TB contacts are to be case managed by the mobile team. The mobile teams provide screening for HIV, TB, Covid-19, STI's, non-communicable diseases, condom promotion and distribution with navigation of referrals into a facility and laying the HIV negative girl & women with priorities population prevention programmes. They are responsible for executing the Index Testing modality & sexual partner/s case finding with the biological children =<19 years old and the HIV self-screening modality with distribution in primary assisted and secondary unassisted methodology.


Minimum Requirements


Diploma in Nursing or Bachelor's degree (B. Cur) in Nursing
HIV Management Diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience
NIMART and preferred dispensing licence
Current SANC registration
3 yrs experience in HAST programme coordination
Valid code 08 driver's licence
Clear criminal record


Duties and Responsibilities


Provides operational and technical support to the Nurse Clinician in the CB HTS programme
Meet weekly and monthly with Programme Director: HTS and Care & Treatment
Index testing and HIVSS modalities with same day ART initiations of HIV newly diagnosed client, sexual partners & biological children, commence adherence support and monitor ART care.
Meet quarterly with DOH (sub district, district and province) managers, community stakeholders and other service providers, so as to engage them in scaling up the THC package of service provision
Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement activities
Provide programme reports to Programme Director, HTS Project Coordinator and indirectly to Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Provides mentorship to Nurse Clinicians
Adheres to Infection control standards


Skills and Competencies


Cost Consciousness - Works within approved budget
Excellent communication skills
Attention to detail
Knowledge on budgets & forecasting
Excellent organisational and administration skills
Solid people management with empathy


Deadline:19th April,2026