Job Description

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

About AHF:

Headquartered in the US with its Asia regional office in Cambodia, AHF Thailand is a non-profit organization that strives to strengthen testing, medical treatment and advocacy for people living with HIV/AIDS. AHF Thailand was established with support from international, governmental and local organizations. AHF Thailand provides community-based HIV rapid testing services and linkage to medical care through partnership with local CBOs and government facilities.
To accommodate the country program expansion, AHF Thailand is looking for a Thai national to fill the position of Program Coordinator.

Position Summary:

Reporting directly to the Senior Program Officer and under overall supervision of the Country Program Director, this position is responsible for coordinating prevention activities of AHF Thailand, both online and offline. The incumbent assists the Senior Program Officer and the M&E Assistant in improving quality of care at facilities based on regular performance analysis. S/he assists with the planning, monitoring/supervision, evaluation and preparing M&E related reports for AHF Thailand, in addition to the process of data collection, data validation and verification, and analysis regarding HIV testing and treatment programs in the Thailand.  S/he assists the M&E Assistant to ensure that the M&E tools and system are followed and complied with properly and contributes to overall program coordination. Additionally, s/he assists the team in the coordination and implementation of programmatic and marketing activities, particularly social media as well as all advocacy activities, to enhance visibility of AHF Thailand and its mission.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:

Prevention activities:

• Assists with the country program’s prevention activities among all CBO partners, strategizing targeted outreach testing to maximize testing outcome.
• Coordinates with all CBOs on a regular basis to monitor, revise and improve testing among high-risk populations.
• Assists the team in strengthening online testing promotion.
• Develops new testing strategies, both online and offline, to enhance targeted testing.
• Monitors and evaluates all testing activities on a regular basis to inform programmatic improvement.
• Assists in the promotion of other relevant testing i.e. cervical cancer screening, TB, etc.

Monitoring & Evaluation:

• Coordinates the collection, collation, validation, verification and reporting of key Country Program indicators for all assigned supported sites and ensure accurate and quality data submissions.
• Assists the country team to conduct periodic data audits and data quality assessments with the various data managers.
• Assists the country team to develop quality assurance system for all levels: from data collection and transmission, to data entry and analysis.
• Supports AHF Thailand’s key partners to ensure that the program’s M&E activities are integrated, meaningful and achievable.
• Identifies and implements required interventions to ensure data quality and efficient data collection at site level.
• Supports M&E activities including periodical report production, support supervision, and technical oversight of partners.
• Participates in and provides M&E support in the new and existing partners / sites which will involve planning, orientation of data collection tools, M&E framework design, implementation, monitoring & evaluation and reporting.
• Develops good working relations with other data staff and partners to ensure that M&E remains a high priority in the country program.
• Assists in the implementation of activities in the approved M&E work plan.

Marketing & Advocacy:

• Assists in the development and roll-out of country marketing and PR/media communications.
• Assists the team in implementing and monitoring marketing strategies in line with the organization’s priorities to promote public awareness/engagement, brand visibility, service referral and behavioural change.
• Assists in the design and implement campaigns to expand AHF Thailand’s target audience reach, especially youth\MSM\Sex workers\HIV+ groups, with particular focus on condom promotion, rapid testing, etc.
• Assists in the development of effective prevention messaging for dissemination.
• Liaise with PR agencies to ensure effective implementation of all marketing activities.
• Assists with AHF press conferences and media events.
• Assists the team in all advocacy activities, both at organization’s and sites’ levels.
• Enhances AHF’s visibility at BMA and provincial meetings, as may be required.
• Participates in AHF meetings and call conferences, as may be required.

Other duties:

• Assists the team to develop annual training work plans.
• Assists the team to organize training, coaching, mentorship and support supervision activities for all cadres of staff under the Thailand care program and projects as may be required.
• Takes minutes of the meeting as assigned.
• Provides assistance to Country Program Director as directed.
• All other duties as may be assigned by the Country Program Director.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor degree in any related field
• Practical experience and skills in outreach and testing
• Practical experience in online testing promotion desirable
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation desirable
• Familiarity with social media and experience in coordinating marketing events a must
• Preferably with previous experience in handling HIV/AIDS/STI program / project
• Experience working with community-based organizations and healthcare facilities highly desired

Computer / Software Skills and Abilities:

• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office – Word processing, databases, spreadsheets, presentation software, internet research and electronic mail
• Ability to prepare graphs and charts.
• Familiarity with social media communication applications a plus

Language Skills:

• Working English communication required
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence a plus

Other Skills & Abilities / Qualifications:

• Familiarity with HIV / AIDS situation in the country
• Willing to travel to project sites
• Flexible, proactive and able to organize work independently and as part of a team

How to apply:

Should you be interested, please send an application letter with an updated CV to Mr. Tuss Abdulloh at tuss.abdulloh@aidshealth.org. The deadline for application is 10 January 2023, no later than 18.00 hrs. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.