Lead Community Engagement Officer

2 weeks ago

East London, South Africa Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Full time

**Overview**:
**Reference**
DTHF-028

**Salary**
ZAR/month

**Job Location**:

- South Africa - Amatole District - East London

**Job Type**
Permanent

**Posted**
Wednesday, March 29, 2023

**Closing date**
12 Apr 2023 23:59

**LEAD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER (EC)**

**PERMANENT**

**EAST LONDON, EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE**

The Desmond Tutu Health Foundation (DTHF) is a registered non-profit organisation focused on the pursuit of excellence in research, treatment, training and prevention of HIV and related infections in Southern Africa.

We have fantastic job opportunities across our businesses for talented people wanting to realize their full potential. Could that be you? If so, we invite you to explore the possibility of joining us to play your part in Desmond Tutu Health Foundations’ exciting future.

The main purpose of this position is to develop plans and oversee strategic engagement with stakeholders and community partners (i.e., Provincial and District-level Departments of Health; AIDS Councils; local PEPFAR partners; community advisory boards; community-based partners; etc.). This will include strategically managing relationships with stakeholders and community partners, and to establish and maintain reporting and feedback mechanisms to all relevant structures. The incumbent will manage a team of Community Liaison Officers responsible for coordinating Community Advisory Boards (CABs) and community engagement activities for specific projects.

**Minimum Requirements**:

- Grade 12 Certificate with a bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences and Social Sciences Qualification or related field
- Minimum of 3 - 5 years’ demonstrable experience, in a leadership role (coordination or management), performing:

- Stakeholder management
- Community engagement
- Experience in managing staff
- Minimum of 3 years existing and demonstrable relationships with key stakeholders in Eastern Cape Province
- Minimum of 3 - 5 years’ progressive, demonstrable experience implementing, engaging with and facilitating Community Advisory Boards (CAB)
- Must have demonstrable understanding of the stakeholder and community structures in the Eastern Cape
- Demonstrable experience in developing strategic plans to engage communities based on study protocols
- Computer skills - Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook Express
- Must be fully fluent in Xhosa (speaking, reading and writing)
- Valid code 8 driver’s license
- Must live in or be willing to relocate to East London
- Excellent interpersonal and communications (written and verbal) skills
- Strong public speaking skills
- Lateral creative thinking & detail orientated
- Team player, as well as the ability to work independently
- Decision making & analytical skills
- Planning, attention to details and organising skills,
- Adaptive to change
- Ability to multi-task and Negotiation skills

**Advantageous**:

- Post-graduate certificate in health-related field
- Currently engaged in or completion of a Master’s degree in Public Health, Health Promotion or Communications, Community Development, or related field
- Project management training qualification and/or experience
- Track record of community development projects
- Extensive stakeholder networks and relationships
- Experience in community awareness campaigns
- Demonstrable experience engaging with Traditional Authority Leaders
- Project management training qualification and/or experience
- Strong social media skills
- Knowledge of research methodology

**Responsibilities**:

- Establish and maintain strong relationships with provincial, district and local stakeholders as well as relevant civil society, academic and community structures
- Based on Good Participatory Practice guidelines and best practices, develop and action strategic plans for community engagement in support of study needs
- Ensure that DTFH-EC is appropriately represented at relevant meetings and platforms, and support expansion of DTHF-EC’s visibility, outputs, and values
- Facilitate stakeholder engagement and relationships of project teams at ground level when and where required
- Organize and manage feedback activities for all DTHF-EC projects via meetings and written reports to relevant stakeholders and community structures.
- Develop support for DTHF-EC research programs in line with the district, provincial and national HIV/AIDS and TB programming.
- Ensure that TB/ HIV/ Mental Health features prominently in the research agenda within the civil society component of SANAC
- Support linkages between TB/ HIV/ Mental Health research and advocacy through local and provincial forums.
- Facilitate, participate in & monitor special events and outreach activities in support of DTHF-EC and collaborator research studies
- Oversee stakeholder management plan that includes a stakeholder and community mapping exercise; maintain an up-to-date stakeholder contact database which is accessible by all DTHF-EC teams.
- Ensure SA Good clinical practice guid

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