You are sold on the value of communities in global health and get excited when you find opportunities to resource communities most affected by HIV to lead interventions. You come alive when working hands-on with community-based organizations. By nature, you are an organizer and doer. You are extremely wellorganized, able to learn quickly and have an acute attention to detail. Project management is your middle name! You work well in teams, can prioritize in the face of competing issues, remain balanced and efficient in the face of stress, while maintaining a good sense of humour. You are flexible and can excel in a constantly changing external environment like advocacy, that often requires frequent programmatic, financial, and operational adjustments. You are hip and happening in the face of technology.
Job Description
ITPC is a global activist network that fights for universal access to optimal treatment and diagnostics. As an issue-based coalition, ITPC uses HIV as an entry point to the right to health, partnering with affected communities across the world to address treatment access issues for diseases including diabetes, hepatitis C and hypertension.
Our operational hub, in Johannesburg, South Africa, supports a small global (and remote) team to carry out our mandate to ensure that everyone in need of treatment can get it. This position is at the heart of trying to improve the effective implementation of ongoing program activities in the global team.
ITPC has secured funding to implement a high-impact, local, community-led monitoring initiative in South Africa and Malawi under its ‘Watch What Matters’ strategic focus area.
The Citizen Science Life Maps Officer will administer and coordinate the implementation of Life Maps in South Africa and Malawi. Life Maps is a component of the Citizen Science project aiming to support and augment data collected through the CLM methodology in South Africa and Malawi. ITPC will undertake a mixed-methods, community-led study that uses participatory research methods to empower recipients of care to report directly on their own needs and experiences for healthcare provision. Life Maps will recruit recipients of care encompassing people living with HIV and HIV/TB co-infection, including participants who may be classified as belonging to ‘key populations’, and will utilize structured assignments to collect participants testimonials. Tools will be used to facilitate participatory data collection analysis, including digital and visual media. The materials needed to gather this data will be provided to participants during the project, and interactive engagements on needs and potential uses of technologies will be explored between ITPC research and CLM leads and participants.
The Life Maps Officer will report to the Citizen Science Life Maps Manager, working in close collaboration with the project team to support the Life Maps function.
The candidate should ideally be based in Gauteng, South Africa. This anticipated start date for this post is March, 2022.
Main Responsibilities
Develop plan and coordinate the recruitment of Life Maps members in South Africa
Co-produce qualitative indicators and data collection tools for the Life Maps capture, in collaboration with the ITPC Qualitative Research Advisor
In collaboration in the NGO project partner, facilitate the IRB-clearance process in South Africa for the cohort study
In collaboration with the ITPC Research Advisor (qualitative data) and Citizen Science Life Maps Manager, conduct training of the South Africa Life Maps participants
Directly implement Life Maps in South Africa
In collaboration with the Life Maps Manager, collate, analyze and disseminate results of Life Maps Manage data collection and quality with project participants
Ensure data protection of the respondents is in compliance with donor regulations, national laws and ITPC data protection policy
In consultation with the Life Maps Manager and Finance staff, assist with project procurement, budgeting and finance reports Provide technical assistance and training for digital data capture including photography and video capture, application and software use for study participants
Develop monthly progress reports, and contribute to the donor annual reports
Support the development of communications products, based on the cohort results
Troubleshoot and provide any other technical assistance required to execute the project successfully
Education and Experience
Minimum 5 years relevant experience in health sector, M&E or public health, specifically developing and execution of program evaluations
Information Technology training an advantage
Graduate degree preferred Required Skills
Language preference – ability to work in English (other South African languages an advantage)
Experience with digital photography and photo editing an advantage
Advanced computer experience (MS Office) and data analysis skills and software
Experience in web-based and electronic-based data/M&E management tools and practices
Interest, experience, and/or academic training in HIV/AIDS, public health, human rights, international development, or related field is a plus
Compensation
This is a Fixed-term employment ending December 2024 with an annual salary and benefits range of USD $25 000 to $29 670 commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Application Process
ITPC has retained People Scope to handle the recruitment process for this position.
Apply via email with your CV and cover letter to [email protected] with the Subject: “ITPC Life Maps Officer Application: LAST NAME, FIRST NAME” no later than 25th of March 2022, 5:00pm South Africa. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Persons living with HIV and/or HCV and who are from key affected populations are strongly encouraged to apply.
To learn more about ITPC please visit: www.itpcglobal.org