Title HIV and AIDS Programme Development Adviser: Basilwizi Trust
Location Binga
Job Information
Based in Binga, Zimbabwe with outreaches in Gokwe North, Hwange and Kariba districts
Three-month placement (with the possibility of renewal)
Please note that for this placement we are only able to consider applicants who are fluent in Tonga and/or Ndebele and able to start before 31 March 2013.Basilwizi has been operating and working with the Zambezi valley communities since 2002. In the last eight years, there has been a gradual increase in the community demand for Basilwizi programmes, particularly the HIV and AIDS programme. This programme has been directed towards empowering the local leaders in five wards of the Binga district to improve child protection systems for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children (OVCs), by tackling those cultural practices which fuel the spread of HIV.
The Progressio Development Worker (DW) will work as a HIV and AIDS Programme Development Adviser providing close technical assistance and capacity building on planning, advocacy and resource mobilisation for the Basilwizi Trust. Emphasis will be on building the knowledge and capabilities of its staff to scale-up comprehensive sexual reproductive health education amongst the youth/adolescents and traditional leaders in Binga. This also includes identifying and developing programmes that address the effects and drivers of the spread of HIV in the context of (Tonga) culture. The DW will support and build the capacity of the Basilwizi Trust in identifying and exploring resource mobilisation opportunities nationally and internationally on HIV and AIDS related interventions. The DW is also expected to understand HIV and AIDS programming in the context of culture.
The successful candidate should have a degree and/or post graduate qualification in Political Science, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or any other relevant discipline. You should have five or more years’ experience in field work around HIV and AIDS and community mobilisation; a minimum of three years’ experience in HIV and AIDS related community development work, involving fundraising, research, documentation and knowledge management, and two years’ experience in a fundraising role, including resource planning and proposal writing, preferably with community-based organisations. Demonstrable experience in monitoring and evaluation; non-formal adult education, training and mentoring; organisational development initiatives, and networking are essential. Demonstrable ability to use participatory approaches; a proven understanding of HIV and AIDS as a developmental and human rights issue; the ability to transfer skills and knowledge through formal or informal training and skill-sharing in identifying and introducing or incorporating emerging approaches to HIV and AIDS programming and strengthening member organisation structures; excellent interpersonal, communications and report writing skills, and the ability to mainstream gender in all areas of work are essential. You should be a strong team player with a commitment to team building and a consensus-led approach to work; excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to work on own initiative, prioritise, meet deadlines and plan and implement own work with limited support; an ability to communicate with a wide range of people of different cultural, educational and socio-economic levels; a readiness to work with people with widely differing belief systems and personal circumstances, including people living with HIV, and a willingness to undertake road travel in Zimbabwe.
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Application deadline: 17 Feb 2013
