Community Health Worker/driver

2 weeks ago


Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

**Main purpose of the job**:

- To provide HIV counselling and testing to transgender people, link them to HIV treatment and prevention services and retain them in care using data-driven tracking and tracing of patients who are Lost to Follow Up
- Oversee peer educator teams responsible for mobilising transgender people
- Drive mobile clinic to community hotspots

**Location**:

- **Hillbrow - Johannesburg**

**Key performance areas**:

- Conduct health information, education and communication (IEC) activities with transgender people in the clinic and community settings
- Monitor condom and lubricant stock at project sites and arrange proactive distribution by peer educators
- Demonstrate condoms usage to clients at outreach sites
- Conduct pre and/or post-HIV test counselling
- Link transgender people to HIV prevention and treatment services
- Provide adherence counselling and support to clients on antiretroviral therapy (ART)
- Identify, track and trace transgender people at risk of becoming Lost to Follow Up in order to retain them in care
- Plan and facilitate risk reduction workshops and small group-based support sessions; contribute to ‘Creative Space’ sessions
- Coordinate and quality assure peer educator outreach activities, including micro-planning
- Conduct regular spot profiling activities to identify new or under-serviced hotspots and assist with population size estimations as required
- Mentor peer educators to perform their duties to the required standard
- If applicable, perform health-related duties under the supervision of a professional nurse
- Support data consolidation and other information from peer educators, prepare and submit monthly and quarterly reports to M&E Officer and Site Manager
- Perform related office administration duties of the programme
- Drive a mobile clinic

**Required minimum education and training**:

- **Grade 12**:

- **HIV Counselling and Testing Certificate**:

- **Valid driver’s license, including PDP Certificate**:

- **Fluent in English and other African languages (Sesotho and Zulu preferable)**

**Required minimum work experience**:

- **Minimum 6 months of working experience as a Peer Educator or Community Health Worker working in communities**

**Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities**:

- Basic HIV education and counselling
- Empathetic with good communication and interpersonal skills
- Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Be tactful, respectful and maintain confidentiality
- Able to work independently and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team

**TO APPLY**:

- Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
- Note AJ Personnel is fully POPI compliant.
- Note WHC, in accordance with their Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.

**Please note**:

- **AJ PERSONNEL is only responsible for the advertising of the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.**:

- **AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.



  • Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - To recruit participants from the community into a study, maintain retention of study participants through home visits/telephone tracking, assist with adherence and retention activities; participate in the process of raising awareness about the studies and creating a relationship between Wits RHI and the...


  • Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - To design and implement research projects on climate change and health, analyze study findings, and publish scientific articles - Work with multi-disciplinary research groups across Africa, in the EU, UK, and USA - Contribute to projects funded by the Wellcome Trust, NIH, and other donors within the Climate and Health...

  • Professional Nurse

    6 days ago


    Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - Provide comprehensive quality HIV and Primary Health Care services to transgender people within fixed and mobile clinical settings **Location**: - **Hillbrow, Johannesburg** **Key performance areas**: - Provide comprehensive gender-affirming clinical services within a multi-disciplinary team - Provide HIV Counselling and...


  • Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - To support formalizing research collaboration, data acquisition, and data protection for research conducted across the sub-Saharan African continent, as part of the Heat and Health Transdisciplinary (HEAT) Center **Location**: - **22 Esselen and Klein Street, Hillbrow - Johannesburg** **Key performance areas**: - Lead and...


  • Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - To support formalizing research collaboration, data acquisition, and data protection for research conducted across the sub-Saharan African continent, as part of the Heat and Health Transdisciplinary (HEAT) Center **Location**: - **22 Esselen and Klein Street, Hillbrow - Johannesburg** **Key performance areas**: - Identify...

  • Senior Researcher

    7 days ago


    Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - To design and implement research projects, analyze the research data, and publish scientific articles **Location**: - **Wits RHI -7 Esselen Street, Hillbrow, Research Centre - Johannesburg**: - **On the 3rd,4th, and 5th Floor** **Key performance areas**: - Participate in discussions regarding the future direction of...


  • Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - Ensure QA and QC activities performed effectively across studies **Location**: - **Wits RHI - 7 Esselen Street, Hillbrow, Research Centre - Johannesburg**: - **On the 3rd,4th, and 5th Floor** **Key performance areas**: - Review and ensure that the study has all essential regulatory documentation through routine updates as...

  • Study Coordinator

    7 days ago


    Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - To administer, maintain and coordinate the logístical aspects of clinical trials according to good clinical practice, the study protocol, and the standard operating procedures and to act as a pivotal point of contact for the clinical trial team and the donors **Location**: - **Wits RHI - Research Centre, 7 Esselen Street,...

  • Study Coordinator

    2 days ago


    Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - To administer, maintain and coordinate the logístical aspects of clinical trials according to good clinical practice, the study protocol, and the standard operating procedures and to act as a pivotal point of contact for the clinical trial team and the donors **Location**: - **Wits RHI - 7 Esselen Street, Hillbrow -...

  • Study Coordinator

    2 days ago


    Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - To administer, maintain and coordinate the logístical aspects of clinical trials according to good clinical practice, the study protocol, and the standard operating procedures and to act as a pivotal point of contact for the clinical trial team and the donors **Location**: - **Wits RHI -7 Esselen Street, Hillbrow,...

  • Pharmacist (Wits RHi)

    5 hours ago


    Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - To implement pharmaceutical services as per GPP and protocols for clinical research studies at Wits RHI **Location**: - **22 Esselen Street, Hillbrow - Johannesburg** **Key performance areas**: - Comply with all relevant legislative and regulatory requirements - Implement and maintain study-specific procedures according to...

  • Procurement Officer

    Found in: Whatjobs ZA C2 - 5 days ago


    Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    Main purpose of the job: To facilitate the purchasing and receiving of goods bought for Wits RHI projects through the operations department and to develop and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers Location: 7 Esselen Street, Hillbrow, Johannesburg Key performance areas: Source suppliers according to the organization’s criteria and...

  • Laboratory Manager

    2 days ago


    Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - To plan, organize, direct, control, and coordinate the operations of Wits RHI Ward 21 CRS laboratory, to ensure smooth running and compliance **Location**: - **22 Esselen Street, Hillbrow - Johannesburg** **Key performance areas**: - Plan the activities of the team and delegate tasks to ensure performance objectives are...

  • Procurement Officer

    Found in: Adzuna ZA B C2 - 1 week ago


    Hillbrow, South Africa Adzuna ZA B C2 Full time

    Main purpose of the job:To facilitate the purchasing and receiving of goods bought for Wits RHI projects through the operations department and to develop and maintain effective working relationships with suppliersLocation:7 Esselen Street, Hillbrow, JohannesburgKey performance areas:Source suppliers according to the organization’s criteria and...

  • Counsellor (Wits RHi)

    5 hours ago


    Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - To provide HIV rapid testing services and holistic HIV counseling and support to participants **Location**: - **Wits RHI - 7 Esselen Street, Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Research Centre**: - **On the 3rd,4th, and 5th Floor** **Key performance areas**: - Perform HIV rapid tests - Ensure related quality control procedures are...


  • Hillbrow, South Africa MES Full time

    **POSITION: Donor Finance Controller** **LEVEL**:C5** **LOCATION**:MES Head Office** **REPORT TO**:Manager Finance** **JOB PURPOSE** This position is part of the Head Office Finance Department. Donor Finance Controller is responsible for MES’s Donor finance, including, supporting the donor proposals, donor budgeting, forecasting and reporting revenue...

  • Data Manager

    2 days ago


    Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - Manage all data-related activities in the CRS, including database design, writing and implementing standard operating procedures, quality assurance, management of project dashboards, and analysis **Location**: - **Hillbrow - Johannesburg** **Key performance areas**: - Provide technical input into research tools, database...

  • Data Manager

    5 days ago


    Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - Coordinate the data processing and management activities of research projects such as developing standard operating procedures, overseeing data capturing, preparing and designing databases and performance dashboards, and establishing data quality control tools **Location**: - **Hillbrow - Johannesburg** **Key performance...

  • Procurement Officer

    5 hours ago


    Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - To facilitate the purchasing and receiving of goods bought for Wits RHI projects through the operations department and to develop and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers **Location**: - **7 Esselen Street, Hillbrow, Johannesburg** **Key performance areas**: - Source suppliers according to the...


  • Hillbrow, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

    **Main purpose of the job**: - To direct and coordinate Wits RHI Research project administration and related operational activities **Location**: - **Wits RHI - 7 Esselen Street, Hillbrow, Research Centre - Johannesburg**: - **On the 3rd and 4th Floor** **Key performance areas**: - Receive visitors to the research center - Awareness and adherence to...