Job description

Job purpose
 
We’re looking for a financially savvy, accounts assistant with the great supplier and internal customer relations skills to join our Finance team. The candidate will administer, control and follow up the receipt of payments within thirty days, as far as possible, while also providing general assistance to the finance manager and finance director.

Key result areas 

• Process debtor/creditor/supplier invoices accurately and on time every month
• Maintain debtors analysis as close to the 30 days as possible
• Handle debtor/creditor/supplier inquiries with tact and in a professional manner
• Collect post, deposit cheques
• Assist the financial manager with general administration work, as required

Description of tasks (non-exhaustive)

• Ensure billing info is accurate – debtors/creditors/suppliers
• Debtors and creditors Recon knowledge 
• Receives invoice list monthly and prints them
• Sends invoice to clients by email or post
• Receives advice on payment and checks receipt in a bank statement
• Prints client statements and sends to the client by email or post
• Follows up with debtors to promote earlier payment
• Undertakes general administrative duties to support financial manager
• Undertakes any other duties which may be reasonably requested from time to time

Company Description

Our cultural roots and deep, on-the-ground market immersion ensures we deliver relevant creative solutions, understanding the people who makeup South Africa’s main market, and connecting your brand with their hearts and buying behaviours.

Our strength lies in positioning global brands into Africa, as well as taking South African brands to the broader African market. We do this by creating standout brand presence through a deep on-the-ground cultural connection to the right market and its local catalysts.

At Boomtown, we see the power of people. Our people are the most valuable part of our business. They are insightful, world-class, creative, multidisciplinary, authentic and professional. We see all that they can be and endeavour to provide the best environment for them to thrive in.

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Requirements

• Two to three years of experience in a similar role
• FATD
• A quick starter
• Debtor/creditors experience
• A good manner with clients
• Able to develop good client relationships
• Accurate, neat administration
• Familiar with PC and finance software
• Pastel knowledge will be advantageous
• Age analysis
• Self-managed 
• Ability to work flexi-time 

Posted on 25 Aug 09:57

Peer Navigator (Cases Navigator) X4 – School Based HIV and GBV Prevention Programme vacancies are available at our Client, Wits Health Consortium’s Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (RHI) in Buffalo City x 2 and Alfred Nzo x 2 – Eastern Cape.

Background

The Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI) is a renowned African-led research institute that seeks solutions to Africa’s health challenges.

It is located within the University of the Witwatersrand and addresses some of the greatest public health concerns affecting our region, including HIV and its related problems, sexual and reproductive health and vaccinology. This is done through pioneering, multi-disciplinary research; responsive technical support and innovation in health services; and evidence-based policy development and advocacy with national, regional and global stakeholders.

Main purpose of the job

• Main purpose of the job is to strengthen active referrals and linkages between schools, community-based HIV testing points, HIV care and treatment facilities, and psychosocial support services to improve the wellbeing of learners, educators, education officials and community members. Reporting to the Linkage Coordinator, the Case Navigator will play a fundamental role in ensuring that clients are guided through the linkage network to overcome obstacles that may be in the way of receiving the prevention, care, treatment and support they require          This will be achieved by:
• Engaging with young people in High Yield Entry Points including schools and community hotspots to identify adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) most at risk.
• Facilitating and demonstrating available linkages to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) related services (including PrEP) at Wits RHI roving mobile units within the implementation areas

Location

• Wits RHI – Eastern Cape – Buffalo City X2
• Wits RHI – Eastern Cape – Alfred Nzo X2

Key performance areas

• Contribute to mapping of service points and managing community profiles for an effective linkage/referral system.
• Identify community structures such as Ward-Based Outreach Teams (WBOTs) and maintain relationships to facilitate ongoing support to learners/clients and ensure linkages to these as required.
• Maintain networks and linkage with key stakeholders such as USAID implementing partners, health care facilities, Community Based Organisations, Faith Based Organisations, SRH service providers, to ensure successful provision and uptake of services.
• Provide health talks on SRH topics Including PrEP and support clients to self-navigate My PrEP Journey, B-Wise and other relevant mHealth sites.
• Participate in health promotion and community outreach campaigns, including holiday programmes and youth events (these will occasionally occur on the weekend).
• Facilitate awareness and prevention conversations with young people in the schools and communities to motivate regular uptake of HIV testing.
• Participate in mobile clinic project activities and other related campaigns and events.
• Work with colleagues to enhance project goals and outputs.
• Distribute IEC materials on a continuous basis to young people.
• Build and maintain relationships with different stakeholders to enable the exchange of information to communities, and the roving mobile unit services.
• Identify the needs of young people, particularly AGYW, and come up with strategies to address them through active linkages.
• Take initiative to proactively resolve barriers and or support client cases via communication to Linkage Officers and Counsellors.
• Work closely with Principals, teachers, and School Based Support Teams to provide support to individual learners, or small or large groups of learners.
• Administer Rapid Risk Assessments to assist with the identification of learners who require social, educational, mental health and social support services because of their personal circumstances.
• Provide individualised support for clients requiring linkage to comprehensive SRH services including PrEP through face-to-face, phone calls or SMS (this may include escorting in some cases).
• Collaborate on creating action plans for clients identified with needs for immediate and on-going support.
• Organize schedules and manage appointments for clients to ensure they receive services in a timely manner in partnership with USAID treatment, care and OVC partners.
• Manage follow ups and ensure linkage to community resources.
• Work closely with the demand creation team to create demand (through different platforms – community events, radio shows, outreach programmes etc. in different settings, including promoting health awareness talks and distribution of various IEC materials to communities to raise the profile of PrEP as part of comprehensive SRH services.
• Always maintain patient confidentiality.
• Document accurately all phone calls, interventions, appointments, and other system for tracking and tracing linkages and follow ups
• Complete RRAs forms.
• Report on blockages that may arise from the continuum – from identifying AGYW at highest risk, demand creation, referral through to initiation.
• Collect relevant paper-based linkage and tracking data on all referrals/linkages for uptake of comprehensive SRH services including PrEP.
• Submit data to M & E team for capturing of successful linkages.
• 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 for driving own career by participating in ongoing training and development activities.

Required minimum education and training

• Grade 12

Required minimum work experience

• Must have worked as a volunteer in a community-based organization for at least 6 months and have knowledge of SRH education including HIV.

Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities

• Good communication skills. Must be able to speak more than one language, and preferably an African language spoken in South Africa.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Adaptable, approachable, empathetic, outgoing, and willing to take initiative. 

TO APPLY

• Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV – Please Apply Online
• Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
• The closing date for all applications is 03 September 2020.
• Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
• Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful.
• In accordance with our Employment Equity goals and plan, preference will be given to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.

Please note that 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

Lay Counsellor x4 – School Based HIV and GBV Prevention Programme vacancies are available at our Client, Wits Health Consortium’s Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (RHI) in Buffalo City x 2 and Alfred Nzo x 2 – Eastern Cape.

Background

The Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI) is a renowned African-led research institute that seeks solutions to Africa’s health challenges.

It is located within the University of the Witwatersrand and addresses some of the greatest public health concerns affecting our region, including HIV and its related problems, sexual and reproductive health and vaccinology. This is done through pioneering, multi-disciplinary research; responsive technical support and innovation in health services; and evidence-based policy development and advocacy with national, regional and global stakeholders. 

Main purpose of the job

• To provide holistic counselling and support to adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), caregivers and adults with regards to testing, disclosure, adherence, treatment and psychosocial support related to HIV.

Location

• Wits RHI – Eastern Cape – Buffalo City X2
• Wits RHI – Eastern Cape – Alfred Nzo X2

Key performance areas

• Develop and assist with implementation of support groups, wellness programmes.
• Provide support to peer educators and other counsellors (in community organisations or on outreach teams) regarding counselling guidelines, wellness programmes and support groups as and when required.
• Provide HIV and sexual reproductive health information to patients and caregivers that include but are not limited to adherence, ARVs, nutrition, PMTCT, hygiene, infant feeding.
• Provide pre- and post-testing counselling, one-on-one and with groups.
• Provide counselling regarding patient disclosure.
• Provide individualised support for patients newly diagnosed with HIV, including follow up contact through phone calls or SMS.
• Ensure patients newly diagnosed with HIV are linked to ART services and initiated on ART.
• Ensure patients testing negative for HIV are linked to prevention services.
• Assist clients with making appointments for first or follow up visits.
• Follow up to ensure clients attend their scheduled appointments.
• Assist with the identification of clients who require social grants as a result of their personal circumstances.
• Facilitate linkages between facilities and DSD, and support access to social grants and social support services in the community.
• Facilitate linkages for OVC between facilities and the community (NGOs, CBOs etc.).
• Identify community structures to provide ongoing support to patients and facilitate linkages to these as required.
• Strengthen linkages and referrals between clinics, schools and community structures for children and adolescents.
• In collaboration with WBOT teams and outreach team, follow up with patients who have defaulted by missing scheduled visits or non-adherence.
• Participate in health promotion campaigns, including holiday programmes and youth events, these will occasionally occur on the weekend.
• Distribute condoms and IEC material within the facility and community.
• Recruit clients for HIV counselling and testing in the community and at the facility.
• Motivate individuals and groups to bring their partners and children for HIV testing.
• Submit accurate and timeous data on activities undertaken.
• Compile reports of the relevant programme activities conducted (Analyse information recorded when necessary).
• Capture learner/patient information in patient files and/or on the relevant database.
• Assist with research-related activities as and when required.
• 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 for driving own career development by participating in ongoing training and development activities.

Required minimum education and training

• Grade 12, Accredited certificate in basic counselling and HIV.

Required minimum work experience

• 12 months’ experience in HIV counselling and testing.

Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities

• Fluency in more than one African language that is commonly spoken and written in Gauteng (Tswana, Sotho and Zulu).
• Experience with adolescent HIV counselling. Ability to prioritize tasks and work towards deadlines. Be a team player.
• Have good time management skills. Have done previous work in the community and know the area well

TO APPLY

• Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV – Please Apply Online
• Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
• The closing date for all applications is 28 August 2020.
• Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
• Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful.
• In accordance with our Employment Equity goals and plan, preference will be given to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.

Please note that 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

A Professional Nurse (Nimart) – School Based HIV and GBV Prevention Programme vacancy is available at our Client, Wits Health Consortium’s Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (RHI) in Buffalo City, Eastern Cape.

Background

The Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI) is a renowned African-led research institute that seeks solutions to Africa’s health challenges.

It is located within the University of the Witwatersrand and addresses some of the greatest public health concerns affecting our region, including HIV and its related problems, sexual and reproductive health and vaccinology. This is done through pioneering, multi-disciplinary research; responsive technical support and innovation in health services; and evidence-based policy development and advocacy with national, regional and global stakeholders.

Main purpose of the job

• To initiate PrEP, ART, manage HIV/TB clients, provide PICT and manage minor ailments in support of achievement of School Based HIV and GBV prevention programme targets; to lead the community-level team in the implementation of the Schools Based programme, and in quality improvement activities to ensure quality of care for HIV/TB clients (both children, youth and adults) and AGYW.

Location

• Wits RHI – Eastern Cape – Buffalo City

Key performance areas

• Screen patients on HIV in all services provided at the mobile clinic
• Refer HIV infected patients.
• Prescribe appropriate treatments.
• Initiate PrEP according to DoH guidelines.
• Identify and refer patients with ART failure or complications.
• Support counsellors and linkage officers in adherence issues and loss to follow up patients
• Review difficult cases with CoJ staff.
• Facilitate services such as down- and up-referrals.
• Assist with SOP’s that will improve the running of the mobile clinic e.g. up -referral SOP.
• Treat patients with HIV and other concomitant diseases or refer where appropriate.
• Establish a baseline needs assessment for health systems improvement in the clinic.
• Plan a tailored approach in conjunction with QIMs and technical experts taking into consideration the needs and priorities of the clinic.
• Develop a project plan and timeline for addressing the identified needs and priorities in conjunction with counterparts.
• In conjunction with the clinical team, implement CCMT programmes within the clinic.
• Implement the programme area in HCT and non-clinical prevention such as testing for HIV in TB patients, FP and STI, condom distribution, male circumcision and pre- and post-treatment adherence.Implement the programme area in PMTCT such as Paediatric diagnosis, care and treatment, reproductive health including family planning, general adult HIV treatment and chronic care, HIV wellness programmes, Tuberculosis screening and care, Nurse-initiated and managed ART.
• Monitor and review the implementation and progress of the programme work plans in conjunction with relevant stakeholders.
• Review challenges and achievements.
• Track changes made that lead to improved outcome measures at the clinic level.
• Compile and disseminate monthly reports to the Clinical supervisor.
• Integrate feedback from quarterly reports into programme implementation plan and subsequent progress reports.
• Compile relevant donor and WHI reports.
• Transfer quality improvement skills and methodology to clinic counterparts and identify gaps in knowledge.
• Participate in monitoring activities mandated by the Training Department.
• Provide ongoing coaching, mentoring, feedback and support.
• Participate in ongoing mentorship programmes initiated by other WRHI stakeholders.
• 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 for driving own career development by participating in ongoing training and development activities such as conferences, workshops etc.

Required minimum education and training

• Relevant Nursing diploma or equivalent
• Registration with South African Nursing Council (SANC).
• Dispensing License
• NIMART registration
• PrEP training

Required minimum work experience

• Minimum 3 years experience in managing HIV and/or TB

Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities

• Certification/experience in HIV Management. Sound technical knowledge PrEP, ARV, TB-HIV integration, treatment and care infectious diseases.
• Knowledge of national, provincial and district health structures.
• Experience working in a donor funded organisation / NGO or project-based environment.
• Knowledge of clinical systems and data management. Experience in training, material development and quality improvement.
• Exceptional organisational and administrative skills together with working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Ordered and systematic in approach to tasks. Attention to detail.
• Pro-active, able to exercise discretion and independent decision-making.
• Able to prioritize own workload and work towards deadlines.
• Self motivated, able to work independently and work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Able to speak other African languages.

TO APPLY

• Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV – Please Apply Online
• Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
• The closing date for all applications is 28 August 2020.
• Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
• Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful.
• In accordance with our Employment Equity goals and plan, preference will be given to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.

Please note that 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