Peer Educators X 2

**Main purpose of the job**:

- To conduct day-to-day study-related activities including HIV counseling and testing, participant recruitment, and data collection
- To adhere to the protocol guidelines and provide ethical study procedures amongst transgender individuals

**Location**:

- **East London**

**Key performance areas**:

- Provide HIV testing and counseling services in line with Department of Health guidelines
- Participate in demand-creation activities by educating and recruiting potential transgender
- individuals for the study
- Identify areas where transgender people are placed to enable the recruitment of participants
- Collect data from participants through structured interviews
- Adhere to study protocols, Good Clinical Practice (GPC) guidelines, and local requirements for the ethical conduct of research with human participants
- Support the team with any other research-related activities
- Refer participants for further services such as sexual and reproductive health and primary health care where necessary
- Maintain all participant files and filing systems
- Compile daily and weekly participant reports
- Take ownership and accountability for tasks and demonstrates effective self-management
- Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work are consistently and accurately maintained
- Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
- Take ownership of driving your own career development by attending training and development sessions and relevant meetings
- Attend training and development sessions such as HIV testing and counseling, and other related workshops

**Required minimum education and training**:

- **HIV testing and counseling training**:

- **Able to communicate and work with transgender people in community settings**

**Required minimum work experience**:

- **1-2 years working as a peer educator in health programs or research**

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

- Able to communicate in a professional and positive manner with stakeholders and colleagues
- Motivated, passionate, people-oriented, and proactive communicator
- Working overtime or over weekends may be required from time to time
- Organized, with a thorough and accurate approach to work and attention to detail
- Spoken and written fluency in English and isiZulu or isiXhosa
- Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds

**TO APPLY**:

- Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
- _AJ Personnel is fully POPIA Compliant._
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.

**Please note**:

- **Our Client, WHC - RHI, maintains mandatory Covid-19 requirements, and as such only Covid-19 vaccinated incumbents will be considered for positions.**:

- WHC, in accordance with its 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.
- AJ Personnel is only responsible for advertising the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
- AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.