Community Support / Advocacy Officer at TB HIV Care

Purpose of the position:

• Community Support Advocacy Officer role will focus on establishing and maintaining partnerships with the CSS Small Grant CBOs and FBOs, local coordinating forum on health and or AIDS; and representing the AYP programme at those fora. This role is also ideally placed to manage and update the sub-district-based services directory for easy service plan referrals and report on the Human Rights Violations

Minimum Requirements    

• Social sciences degree, public health preferable
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in lobbying/support/human rights or programming in the public health or HIV field
• Experience in establishing partnerships within a CSS Small grant CBOs and FBOs
• Experience in AYP health, social and legal rights
• Experience in harm reduction and AYP programming beneficial
• Experience in conducting training
• Computer proficiency in MS Office
• Ability to travel as and when required
• Clear criminal record

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Establishing, maintaining and supporting the rights and needs of AYP in selected district
• Playing a key role in the networking and engagement with district stakeholders such as clinics, SAPS and DSD.
• Conduct sensitisation training to stakeholders per quarter.
• Participate in regular meetings with programme team to discuss progress and address challenges to continuously improve engagement
• Ensure linkages to the district AYP networks are made within the district
• Identify gaps of services for AYP and strategies with the programme team to ensure they are filled
• Ensure the implementation of the operational plan
• Engage with and build the capacity of the AYP network in the district
• Recruitment of beneficiaries at all entry points (Schools, Safe Spaces, Communities, TVETS, etc.)
• Complete the NACOSA enrolment, risk assessment and service plan forms with the AYP
• Identify AYP hotspots for mobilisation
• Return to Core risk assessment to be done with enrolled AYP’s every six months
• Provide HIV, Tuberculosis, Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) and Gender-based Violence (GBV) information to beneficiaries
• Refer all sexually active AYPs for HIV testing to Miet Africa every six months
• Educate AYPs on risk reduction and prevention interventions and record accordingly
• Conduct outreach activities including male and female condom demonstrations and provide current and accurate health information to AYPs regarding PrEP & other services
• Assist with recreational, educational and economic strengthening workshops
• Monitor the activities of the peer educators
• Support on identifying AYP in need of further psychosocial support
• Capturing the beneficiaries onto biometric system is mandatory.

Skills and Competencies    

• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Computer literacy and IT skills
• Problem-solving
• Stakeholder management
• Excellent organisational and administration skills
• Reporting and statistics

Deadline:16th January,2026