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Implementation Officer
C4
P634 - ViiV ABYM
Lusaka - Lusaka District, Lusaka Province
10 Dec 2025 00:00
17 Dec 2025 00:00

Reports to Project Manager. The incumbent will work to mobilize, educate, and support adolescent boys and young men (ABYM) aged 15-24 in Lusaka. The role focuses on linking youth to youth-friendly HIV and sexual-reproductive health services, promoting safer behaviours, and strengthening community-health facility collaboration across designated catchment areas.

Location: CIDRZ Headquarters, covering sites in Matero main, George, Kanyama level one and Kanyama West, Chawama level one, Chilenje level one, Bauleni, Chainda, Ng’ombe and Kuku Health Post.

Main Duties:

  • Supervises Peer Educators during regular outreach in schools, markets, sports grounds, churches, youth clubs and informal settlements.
  • Leads efforts to identify and reach hard-to-reach ABYM (out-of-school, informal workers, high-risk hot-spots).
  • Mobilizes ABYM and AGYW to access HIV testing, PrEP, VMMC, STI services, condoms and SRHR information at Men’s Clinics, health facilities and mobile sites.
  • Oversees Peer Educators in delivering small-group and one-on-one education on HIV prevention (U=U, PrEP, condoms, VMMC), SRHR, STI prevention, contraception and safer sex.
  • Promotes gender-equitable norms, positive masculinity, non-violent relationships and informed consent.
  • Provides clear service information and refer clients using standard referral tools; follow up on PrEP initiation, VMMC appointments and return visits with facility staff.
  • Supports Peer Educators in youth advisory meetings, planning sessions and community dialogues.
  • Collects and share peer feedback on service quality, barriers and improvement suggestions with CIDRZ and facility teams.
  • Assists in organizing youth-led events, campaigns and Mens Clinic promotions.
  • Maintains accurate records of sessions, people reached (disaggregated by age and sex) and referrals using project tools/registers.
  • Submits weekly and monthly activity reports to the Project Manager.
  • Participates in review meetings, debriefs and training updates as required.
  • Works closely with facility staff, Peer Educators, CIDRZ field teams, youth networks and community-based organisations.
  • Represent the project and CIDRZ professionally in all stakeholder interactions.

Requirements:

  • Grade 12 School Certificate.
  • Minimum of a Diploma or Degree in Clinical Medicine, Nursing, Public Health or Social Work
  • Male aged 20 years and above
  • Prior experience working in a Men’s Clinic or Adolescent-Youth Friendly Corner (as provider or coordinator) is highly desirable.

Suitably qualified candidates are invited to apply. However, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.