Technical Lead

4 days ago


Pretoria, South Africa Foundation for Professional Development (FPD) Full time

**Job Title : Technical Lead - Improving Mental Health and**
**HIV/TB Service Integration (IMHSI)**

Reporting to : Principal Investigator / Deputy CEO

Location : FPD Head Office, Pretoria

Annual salary range : R1,546,646
- (Please note that the salary range mentioned is indicative only. The offer to the successful _
- qualifications and experience). _

**Purpose of the project**:
The purpose of the project is to implement data-driven, evidence-based approaches to support
access to appropriate mental health (MH) care for People Living with HIV (PLHIV) including
vulnerable/at-risk individuals and improve access to care and support for health care workers
(HCWs) providing HIV/TB services suffering from stress, burnout and related mental health
conditions.**

**Purpose of the position**:
To provide strategic leadership and oversee the implementation of data-driven, evidence-based
approaches to support access to appropriate mental health (MH) care for People Living with HIV
(PLHIV) including vulnerable/at-risk individuals and improve access to care and support for health
care workers (HCWs) providing HIV/TB services suffering from stress, burnout and related mental
health conditions. The role includes strategic oversight and involvement in stakeholder
engagement activities. The Technical Lead will provide oversight on the coordination of the work
of the IMHSI Head Office based team, Senior Provincial Liaison (SPL) Managers, Provincial Mental
Health Coordinators (PMHC), and the district and provincial partners that the project works with.

The position activities will focus on, but not be limited to supporting national, provincial and district
level government and PEPFAR partner efforts to implement evidence-based approaches around:
i) the development and implementation of various policies designed to achieve mental
health integration for people with MH conditions (into HIV/TB programmes, NCDs &
devolve MH care to PHC, community level and strengthen access to care for HCWs) ;
ii) addressing implementation gaps to improve access, retention, and adherence to
effective HIV/TB services

iii) decrease stigma/discrimination for PLHIV/TB affected by common mental health
disorders;

iv) develop referral pathways for mental health disorders (vertical and horizontal) ;
v) support interventions that will help decrease HCW stress, anxiety, and burnout to

improve the quality of HIV/TB services in SA
vi) support implementation science and evaluation projects to help document and refine

various models

**Scope of work**:
1. Technical Assistance support to SAG on policies, guidelines, and standard operating
procedures
- Strengthen mental health activities within NDoH primary health care (PHC) policies and

guidelines.**
- Enhance access to quality mental health services for PLHIV affected by mental health

conditions.
- Strengthen policies, guidelines, and SOPs for HCWs suffering of unhealthy stress, anxiety,

and burnout.
- Improve access to mental health services for HCWs suffering of unhealthy stress, anxiety,

and burnout.

2. Capacity development of SAG and DSP staff on the Mental Health needs/services for PLHIV/B
and at risk and vulnerable individuals
- Improve mental health training of PHC providers.
- Improve empathy of HCWs on mental health needs of PLHIV.
- Improve mentoring of PHC providers and CHWs on mental health needs of PLHIV.
- Improve retention in HIV care of PLHIV with mental health disorders.
- Improve the competency of DSPs to support the delivery of quality mental health services
- at PHC facilities.
- Improve HIV viral load (VL) suppression of PLHIV with mental health conditions.
- 3. Referral network development for improved access to Mental Health services for PLHIV and
HCWs
- Increase access to appropriate level of mental health services for PLHIV.
- Enhance access to mental health specialty care for PLHIV with complex mental health
- conditions.
- Increase access to appropriate level of mental health services for HCWs experiencing
- unhealthy stress, anxiety, and burnout.
- Decrease in absenteeism of HCWs providing HIV services.

4. Community / stakeholders engagement on improvement of Mental Health services for PLHIV
and at risk and vulnerable individuals
- Increase community awareness of common mental health disorders, their health impact,

and Mental Health services available.
- Decrease stigma and discrimination against PLHIV with mental health disorders.
- Increase meaningful involvement of key stakeholders in the development,

implementation, monitoring, and improvement of mental health activities at the PHC
setting.
- Increase community awareness of mental health services available to PLHIV.
- Accelerate buy-in of key stakeholders in support of the implementation of SAG mental

health activities.

**Qualifications**:

- Degree in the health sciences or a related field (essential).
- Master of Public Health or equivalent Master’s degree (essential).
- Mental Health related qualification (adv


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