mothers2mothers (m2m) is an Africa-based NGO that unlocks the potential of women to eliminate paediatric AIDS and create healthy families across ten sub-Saharan African countries. mam trains, employs, and helps empower women living with HIV to work as community healthcare workers in understaffed health centres and underserved communities. Through a peer-to-peer approach, these Mentor Mothers’ deliver a range of health services, advice, and support to women and their families. Started in Cape Town.

South Africa in 2001 with an initial focus on preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, m2m has innovated and built on its strengths and now provides family-centred support for a range of related health and social issues spanning pregnancy, birth, childhood, and adolescence. It also partners with governments and other NGOs on the adoption of its programme to spread the Mentor Mother Model and its benefits. m2m has a track record of scaling its services and proven impact. To date, m2m has reached over 11M women and children under two, and created more than 11,000 jobs for African women living with HIV.

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Project Coordinator

The role of Project Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating and overseeing implementation of the RMNCH/PMTCT/ECD Project in his/her designated cluster of facilities. To further its goal of identitying increasing uptake of Reproductive Health Services/ECD services and retaining them in care, m2m has broadened the scope of its peer based RMNCH/ PMTCT education and Psychosocial support model to provide services and incorporate ECD services regardless of gender. The post holder will work collaboratively with the available Project Coordinator and s/he will provide mentorship to Mentor Mothers with technical, management and administrative support.

This position will be based in Lilongwe.

Key Performance Areas:

Direct Service Delivery

• Pre-enroliment support
• Review the following:
• linkages within the facility to ensure all RMNCH/ECD clients are appropriately linked to care o enrolment and HTS registers

Patient Appointment

• Monitor the following:
• appointment diary is up-to date o patient attendance register is completed daily
• missed appointments and follow up registers with patients, are up to date

Defaulter Tracing & management

• Review the following:
• missed appointments transferred into defaulter tracing diary/register are up-to-date
• defaulter tracing register is up to date with outcomes recorded o home visit recorded
• Meet the Facility-in-Charge to verity lists of missed appointments submitted for physical tracing

Adherence Counseling

• Check the number of adherence education sessions performed

Psychosocial Support

• Check the number of:
• PSSGs formed and number of meetings held a week against the schedule
• disclosure sessions held and number of clients support in the process
• PHDP sessions held

Sample PSSG records (register, minutes of meetings etc.) for correct data

Support Viral Load Monitoring

Check the number of:

• lists of ART clients eligible for VL and those not been notified of their High VL results
• booster adherence sessions provided for patients with suppressed viral load
• Ensure VL/DBS collection and results are documented by Mentor Mothers.

Site Coordination

• Liaise with the designated facility focal point person to check Mentor Mother performance
• Capacity building of Mentor Mother on their roles and responsibilities through one-on-one mentorship
• Plan and coordinate a roster of Mentor Mother work schedules
• Manage any crisis at the site level and request assistance trom facility on
  Mentor Mother management as appropriate
• Coordinate weekly meetings with Mentor Mother to facilitate staff development
• Monitor Mentor Mother for signs or symptoms of stress or burnout; provide support or recommendations for referrals as appropriate
• Identity Mentor Mother training needs

Site Financial, Administration and HR

• Attend monthly Site Coordinator meetings and communicate learning back to Programmes Director and facility staff
• Addressing personal and professional challenges being faced by Mentor Mothers
• Participate in facility-level QI meetings
• Compile monthly statistics for each site and provide information to the Programme Manager
• Compile monthly reports on program activities
• Ensure that all project funds are accounted for at site level by compiling financial records and monitoring expenditure in line with mothers2mothers procedures
• Comply with all HR procedures and orient Mentor Mothers on policies, procedures, and expectations of them in their day-to-day work

Qualifications and Experience:

• Diploma in Public Health, Education, Nursing, or a related field.
• Those with experience managing adolescent projects will be preferred
• 3-5 years’ experience in programme Management

Competencies:

• Experience coordinating and/ or leading public health programmes in resource limited settings.
• Experience working with government specifically MOH
• Good working knowledge and understanding of HIV AIDS
• Good working knowledge of relevant ART care and treatment protocols and policies in Malawi
• Experience building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal, communication and staff management skills
• Problem Solving, methodical and independent work ethic
• Fluent in English and Chichewa
• Computer literacy

mothers2mothers is an equal opportunity employer. We particularly encourage applications from people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA), people with disabilities, women and previously disadvantaged people.

Competitive salary packages will be negotiable in accordance with m2m’s remuneration policies.

To Apply:

Interested applicants should apply for these positions via https://m2m.org/ who-we-are/careers/1118 by 7th September 2024.