Career Opportunities at Scatec ASA Anova Health Institute

Anova is an NGO that empowers people and changes lives. Good health and quality of life is what motivates us to provide healthcare solutions and support for those who need it most. The successful candidate will develop and implement activities aimed at strengthening HIV testing, care, and support in and outside DoH health facilities.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Support the implementation of 90-90-90(95-95-95) TB/HIV activities at primary healthcare level.
• Initiate eligible patients on ART and provide follow-up care.
• Mentor professional nurses to competency level (and enrolled nurses where required) at DoH facilities on Nurse-Initiated-Management of HIV (NIMART).
• Provide training with new HIV and TB guidelines, protocols, and SOPs, supporting facility teams with implementation plans and strategies, including monitoring of successful implementation.
• Supervise and oversee Anova DSD Professional and Enrolled Nurses working in supported facilities.
• Monitor performance and targets for TB/Adult, Pediatric and Adolescent HIV/PMTCT programmes at primary healthcare level and provide mentorship and technical support to improve performance.
• Identify gaps within the health system and implement quality improvement plans to address identified gaps.
• Facilitate implementation of chronic treatment clubs/adherence clubs and implementation of the National Adherence strategy in primary healthcare facilities.
• Participate in outreach campaigns aimed at mobilising clients for HIV testing services, initiation of ARVs, uptake of contraceptives, etc.
• Participate in preparation and attendance for USAID visit at the supported facility and follow up on facility USAID action items to oversee their implementation in supported facilities.
• Review facility Phuthuma performance indicators and develop improvements plans for non-performing indicators.
• Compile and submit weekly and monthly feedback reports on activities to line manager timeously and any other report as per request.

 Essential qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Postgraduate qualification as a Professional Nurse with Primary Health Care specialty (Nurse Clinician).
• Registration as a professional Nurse with the South African Nursing Council.
• Experience working in primary healthcare facilities in the public sector.
• NIMART trained and certified as competent to work independently.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience managing HIV-positive patients.
• Familiar with latest HIV Management, TB and PMTCT guidelines.
• Ability to travel within Johannesburg & Sedibeng Health District.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good report writing skills.
• Relationship management.
• Strong organisational skills, including time management and multi-tasking skills.

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Role Requirements

Experience & qualifications:

• Grade 12/ Matric /NQF level 4
• Computer experience in Microsoft Office, especially MS Excel, MS Word
• Up to 1-year experience in data capturing and data collection in a health system, research environment or within the public health sector.
• Trained in basic HIV and adherence counselling and testing is beneficial
• At least five years of experience working with PLWHA especially within the communities is beneficial
• Ability to speak Xitsonga and Northern Sotho (Sepedi)

Key Competencies

Generic Skills:

• Fast and accurate data capturing and entry skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Innovative, proactive and team player.
• Good time management skills.
• Excellent administrative and organizational skills.
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Good facilitation and communication skills.
• The candidate must be sensitive to cultural differences as well as political, confidential and ethical issues pertaining to patient information.

Technical skills:

• Experience with TIER.Net and HIV/ART Clinical stationery
• Able to follow and refer to established procedures.
• Ability to liaise with people at all levels, internally and externally

Attributes:

• Shown affiliation and passion with community-based activities
• Strong interpersonal
• Maintain confidentiality

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We are seeking a Community Coordinator to contribute to the organizational and funder goals through professional leadership of comprehensive community services with overall strategic integration, program coordination, and health care improvements of the district/sub‐district/nodes in line with allocated budget and project goals and protocols. The community support coordinator will work in collaboration with the programme OTLs by providing administrative and coordination support to the programme. This includes the management of the programme OTLs.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate all ANOVA Health Institute- programme activities and implementation management at assigned district/sub- district level/nodes. 
• Develop and maintain key relationships (liaison) with relevant government department and staff, and other stakeholders with a view of joint problem solving and addressing challenges. 
• Assist the OTL’s with their workplans and the workplans of CHWs monitoring community activities and maintaining a calendar of events to promote awareness of the organization’s mission. 
• Assist OTL’s with the arrangement of community/stakeholder/ward council meetings – Re: COPC approach & MDT at facilities. 
• Training, coaching and mentorship of the OTLs for improved programmatic outcomes. 
• Use the data for decision-making so that OTLs can be made aware of shortfalls and to identify best practices for learning. 
• Analyse and report on the success of events and marketing initiatives, making recommendations for future improvements. 
• Implementation of review and analytic controls for critical programme data, identifying bottlenecks and instituting timely corrective actions together with relevant 
• Provide accurate and regular situation/progress reports to management. 
• Reports must be submitted at required due dates for the allocated sub-districts and/or relevant sites. 
• Supervision of administrative staff and their work output as well as monitor the quality of work. 
• Support recruitment of qualified technical staff to implement work plan activities effectively. 
• Ensure that all OTLs are inducted on all the Anova policies and procedures and offer refresher training (in collaboration with HR). Where needed, monitor routinely that policies are being implemented.  
• Document best practices and replicate them where possible. 
• Arrange routine bi-monthly meetings per sub-district to review performance and to address operational challenges (with M&E). 
• Develop and manage quality assurance system/s ensuring that all Anova and provincial health care protocols are adhered to. Facilitate multi-disciplinary staff meetings to ensure synergy among programme components. 
• Ensure that proper inventory system is in place and being implemented. 
• Develop systems and professional standards including aligning to government standards ensuring the continuum of care. 
• Have a good understanding of the routine monthly report indicators.

Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Skills Required

• Registration as a Professional Nurse with the South African Nursing Council
• Nursing/Health or an equivalent management qualification from an accredited college or university and/or relevant experience. 
• Prior experience in community outreach, event planning, or customer service.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and social media platforms.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Drivers Licence and own vehicle 
• Computer Literate – MS Office 
• A Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a manager or team supervisor delivering primary healthcare services including HIV/TB/STI, home based care, etc. 
• In-depth understanding of program issues and policy work at local and district level. 
• Demonstrated ability in writing and presenting programs. 
• In-depth knowledge of Western Cape Department of Health community programme, rules and regulations and reporting requirements

Closing date: 17 March 2024

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Anova is an NGO that empowers people and changes lives. Good health and quality of life is what motivates us to provide healthcare solutions and provide support to those who need it most.

We are seeking for an Office Administrator to assist with the general administration of the CBS program in respective nodes and to liaise with the provincial and site offices regarding their office requirements and processing thereof.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Providing Administrative support to the Outreach Team Leader team.
• Collecting petty cash from the provincial office as when required.
• Receive all grocery orders from site offices and place orders accordingly.
• Liaise with site offices regarding “ad hoc” requirements from provincial office and vice versa.
• Distribute printing, consumables, etc when needed.
• Adhoc general admin and filing as requested.
• Assist Community Coordinator with all delegated tasks.
• Where necessary attend meetings with community coordinator.
• Coordinate training in nodes (submission of nominations)
• Assist with logistical arrangements of outreaches where necessary.
• Maintain asset registers at site offices.
• Act as liaison between site offices and provincial offices.
• Assist in preparations with M&E governance Audits.
• Assist with the distributing of timesheets to the Outreach Team Leader.
• To liaise with the provincial and site offices regarding their office requirements and processing thereof

Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Skills Required

• Proven experience as an Office Administrator or similar role
• 1 years’ experience in working within the department of health community programmes.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and other office productivity tools
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Detail-oriented and able to multitask
• Knowledge of office management procedures and basic accounting principles
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Grade 12 or equivalent; additional qualifications in office administration or related field is a plus
• Driver’s license and own car

Closing date: 17 March 2024

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We are looking for a skilled Data Capturer to support the project through direct service at facility level who will carry out data-related admin work, capture patient’s files, generate defaulter reports, and compile monthly statistics.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Capturing of information onto Internal systems
• Ensure data captured is accurate.
• Support staff on the and demand creation teams in community engagement activities.
• Respect patient confidentiality always.
• Support geolocational data capturing in the field for all points of interest.
• Conduct regular data editing and updates as required.
• Perform data quality control.
• Reconcile data between all data sources used.
• Perform any other relevant and reasonable tasks which may be required from time to time.
• Maintain & Capture both paper-based documentation and electronic data systems as and when required.
• Timely submission of leave requests
• Timely submission of timesheets
• Daily/ weekly submission of reports
• Collate daily and weekly data and submit to our online system.
• Verify all reported data against source documents.
• Implement quality improvement strategies as guided by Management.
• Ad Hoc Data Processing
• Attend all relevant meetings and provide feedback.

Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Skills Required

• Grade 12 Certificate 
• Computer literate
• Be organized and have attention to detail.
• Professional and a solution driven.
• Maintain private and confidential information.
• Management of Self
• Innovative
• Driven
• Motivated
• Confident
• Ethical and Integrity
• Planning & Organisation

Closing date: 17 March 2024

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We are looking for a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer to effectively lead and coordinate the implementation of M&E systems focused on data collection, analysis, and reporting of results for the Community Base Services Project. The M&E Officer will report to the Project Manager and work in close collaboration with the Community Coordinators and the Outreach Team Leaders, as well as counterparts to ensure that quality data are available to program teams to guide decision making.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
• Accomplishes staff results by communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring.
• Develops personal growth opportunities.
• Defines objectives, identifies, and evaluates trends and options, chooses a course of action, and evaluates outcomes.
• Maintains quality service by enforcing quality and customer service standards, analysing and resolving quality and customer service problems, and recommending system improvements.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Conduct visits to sites to provide supervision, operational assistance, training and support, as well as to ensure that M&E tools are understood and being implemented effectively.
• Manage the flow of regular reports into the CBS programs for internal & external use.
• Encourage the collection and use of information at multiple points in the program's implementation to track progress toward predetermined goals narratives about the quality of the data they contain.
• Maintenance of standard health data information systems across all supported sites
• Document standard operating procedures outlining processes for completing work.
• Provide on-going M&E technical assistance to CBS & DOH, Community partners.
• Conduct weekly, monthly, and quarterly data quality reviews (DQAs) of reported.

Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Skills Required

• A minimum of a 3-year Diploma/Bachelor’ degree in development related subjects (preferable)
• Or A minimum 3 years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation of development programs
• A valid Driver's License is preferred.
• Good knowledge of programme and Project Cycle Management and Development.
• Communication and analytical skills
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, Power point: SPSS Ms Access, STATA, Excel, or other statistical software package desired
• Attention to detail.
• Analysis and Problem Solving
• High degree of accuracy in handling and managing statistical data
• Oral and written communication
• Planning and organising
• Good judgement capabilities
• Ability to provide coaching and mentoring to junior staff.
• Capacity development

Closing date: 17 March 2024