Community Outreach Organizer (MSM)

Company Description

Lan Pya Kyel Association (“LPK”) is a non-profit, non-political and non-sectarian organization. It is local organization in Myanmar. LPK is currently providing full comprehensive package of HIV prevention and treatment to vulnerable populations particularly, sex workers and men who have sex with men and Transgender Women. Organization has been implementing HIV and related programs throughout the country since 1st March 2021.  Lan Pya Kyel is now inviting applications to fill the following position:

Job Description

1. Program Implementation

• Create and establish positive relationship with gatekeepers for program activities.
• Travel in town and out of town (if necessary) to promote safer behaviours amongst high-risk populations, according to outreach schedules.

• Conduct health education (HE) sessions to cover minimum prevention package to target groups using defined LPK methods and IEC materials.
• Support to achieve all phases of HIV cascade of Care (Reach, Test, Treat & Retain), HIV Index testing and TB Case Finding, etc.,
• Ensure all positive clients receive proper post-test counselling and are successfully referred to NAP within required timelines.
• Ensure strong coordination and regular communication with NAP for smooth referral, confirmation of ART initiation, and timely feedback on referred clients.
• Work in line with IPC messages designed for high-risk populations group.
• Effectively use job-aids like flipcharts and other tools as an augmenter to bring behaviour change in target population.
• Give necessary pamphlets, brochures and promotional items to target audiences after HE sessions as needed.
• Regular access reports to check outreach worker report and closely follow how her teams and individual outreach workers are performing.
• Involves proactively in aligned with organizational change in new program implementation or innovative strategies under guidance and request of senior management team.
• Actively perform in planning, organizing and involving in special campaigns/events/weekly and monthly activities.

1. Program Development

• Keep updated about high-risk populations context and cruising points and hotspots in the city.
• Keep finding new cruising points and new areas for high-risk populations.
• Ensure in updating the hotspots in individual outreach worker area as biweekly/monthly basis (regular mapping exercise).

1. Outreach Team Management

• Supervises 2 to 10 Outreach Workers
• Develops monthly and weekly outreach plan (frequency of contacts plan, list of cruising points, weekly coverage, weekly activity) for each outreach worker in her team; and the plan and the checking are aiming to ensure that program targets and objectives are achieved by the outreach workers under her supervision.
• Monitors closely M&E data to check achievements of targets and adapt the outreach plans and take immediate actions as needed to fix on gaps/challenges.
• Conduct routine meetings with respective team individually to discuss targets Vs achievements, challenges and to share experiences in working with clients;
• Visits to the hotspots with each outreach Worker once a month at least (provides supervision on weekly basis); gives regular constructive clients feedback to Outreach Workers about their communication skills (accuracy of messages, interaction with audience) according LPK IPC guidelines, using the supervision form. Those visits aim at maintaining outreach worker motivation and ensuring services quality delivery;
• Supervises new outreach workers daily during their probation period and assesses probation performance to inform to Project Officer that decision of contracting or not;
• Monitoring of outreach workers’ communication skills, working performance and helping them to initiate contacting with relevant persons.
• Conduct needs/skills assessment based on supervision reports, and provide and/or organize training and refresher training for the team, in technical, programmatic and operational areas, as needed.
• Use the proper LPK’s monitoring checklist to assess outreach performance and collecting of client’s feedback as mentioned schedule or coaching individually in need.

1. Reporting, Administration, Finance and Logistics

• Report to Project Officer for related activities on weekly basis during weekly meetings and actively contributes to staff meetings.
• Ensure outreach workers are fully competent and correctly using M&E and reporting systems.
• Ensure proper documentation and follow-up of client referrals.
• Perform any other duties as required by Project Officer or LPK Program management team.
• Fill the supervision and feedback reports (weekly and monthly); check the peer diaries and reports of the outreach workers under her supervision and submit to the Project Officer in time.
• Guarantee the compliance to LPK guidelines, such as Peer Manual, Code of Conduct and Policies.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or any graduate.
• Working experience in HIV/TB projects/programs with high-risk and marginalized populations is a must.
• Must have outreach program experience in HIV/TB projects.
• Must have good communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Basic knowledge of English and computer.

Additional Information

09 250325460, 09 250168734