YRGT1126

YRGCARE; Ramagundam; On-site; INR 167,000 - 279,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 24 days

Health insurance

Professional development

Job summary

YR Gaitonde Medical Educational & Research Foundation (YRGMERF) invites applications for a Peer Educator to support outreach, plan service delivery, and identify at-risk groups for HIV/AIDS, promoting testing, condom use, and regular clinic visits at preferred clinics. The role requires literacy and knowledge of the local community, teamwork, and strong communication.

You will build rapport with stakeholders and assist with data reporting.

Qualifications

• Preferably literate with good knowledge of the local community.
• In Migrants project, 40% of total peers should be from the community representing the highest number of migrants.
• In truckers’ project, 40% of total peers should be ex-truckers or current workers.
• Peer educator selection through peer progression among volunteers connected to community sensitization and clinic services.

Responsibilities

• Planning and micro-plan preparation with demand analysis of commodities.
• Prepare weekly/monthly action plans for each hotspot and ensure supply of needles, condoms, lubes, and BCC materials.
• Discuss with community members and stakeholders to ensure field-level support for project implementation.
• Follow up STI and HIV cases; conduct home visits to HRGs who have not attended RMC or HIV testing.
• Advocacy and networking with stakeholders to support programme implementation.
• Identify and engage preferred providers for delivering project services after training by SACS/DAPCU/TSU.

Skills

Communication skills

Community knowledge

Team work

Rapport building

Education

Literacy with local community knowledge

Job description

Ramagundamu, India |

YR Gaitonde Medical Educational &Research Foundation (YRGMERF)

Compensation

Remuneration will reflect thecandidate’s experience and skills, subject to the approved budget

About YRG MERF

Established in1993, YRGMERF is a pioneering non-governmental organisation in India, committedto transforming lives through integrated healthcare, inclusive partnerships,and forward-looking research. Grounded in the values of integrity andsustainability, we address both immediate and evolving societal challenges,empowering communities to attain equitable and lasting health outcomes. Weprovide comprehensive services across prevention, care, support, and treatment,particularly for those affected by HIV and other infectious diseases.

Role Summary

The Peer Educator will be responsible forsupporting the outreach team in planning of service delivery by the project.The peer educators would be responsible to identify individual or groups whoare at risk of HIV/AIDS and their partners who require services including thenetworks. Peer educator will make inroads to these networks and motivate themto use condoms, recognize the need for regular medical checkup and visit topreferred providers or clinics, recognize the need for HIV testing and safedisposal of used condoms/needles and syringes. Will motivate the individuals orgroups to improve their self-esteem and communities to access services andother social development benefits

Key Responsibilities

Planning and Management

• The Peer Educator along withother project staffs would be responsible for preparing micro- plans, calculatedemand analysis of various commodities.
• Prepare weekly / monthly actionplan for each hotspot, ensure supply of needles/syringes, condoms, lubes, BCCmaterials adequately for each hotspot.
• Should discuss with thecommunity members and other stakeholders in preparing micro plan ensuring thatfield level support is ensured for smooth implementation of the project.
• Should ensure follow up of STIcases, HIV positive cases, home visit to HRGs who have not turned up for RMC orHIV testing.

Advocacy and Networking

• Will discuss and rope insupport of the stakeholders in smooth implementation of the Programme in thearea.
• Will be working with variouspower structures within and outside the community and would ensure theireffective participation in the Programme.
• Will identify and use preferredproviders for delivering the project services after due training by SACS orDAPCU or TSU

Commodity Supplies and Management

• Will support the ORW willmaintain records of free condoms or needles and syringes on lubes received fromthe project and distributed by self or peer educators.

Reporting:

• Provide data/informationrequired for preparation of reports.

Requirements

Recruitment Qualifications

Criteria

• Preferably should be literatewith good knowledge of the local community and for FSW, MSM and TG / Hijra PEsshould be from the same target group.
• In case of Migrants project-40% of the total peers should be from the community which represent highestnumber of migrants from source States.
• In case of truckers’ project-40% of the total peers should be ex-truckers or helpers and are currently inthe profession or are working with any other jobs.
• In case of IDU or FIDU projects- ex-users or community members be preferred.
• The peer educator selectionshould be done through a process of peer progression among the volunteers whoare associated with the project by way of helping in community sensitization, clinicservices.
• The peer educators should befrom the community in terms of their occupation, typology and age groups.
• Stakeholders, pressure groupsor members of power structures, family members of the target population shouldnot be preferably be engaged as peer educators.

Knowledge and Skills

• Should have strongcommunication skills and knowledge about community structures, communitydynamics, power structures within and outside the community which controls thecommunity.
• Ability to work in small teams,and flexible ways of working
• Ability to maintain simplefield records and have attitude to work in a team to complete pending works.
• Should be identifying with theissues of community and should not idolize with the behaviors.
• Should be a good community motivatorand should have rapport building skills.

Training Requirements

Micro-planpreparation and updating; condom demonstration and re-demonstration; basics ofSTI and HIV/AIDS; basics of NSEP/OST Programme; advocacy and networking; andsafe disposal of used needles and syringes from the field.

Peer Educator Norms The sourcedocument specifies the following norms:

• FSW and MSM TIs: 1 Peer Educatorper 60 HRGs.
• Additional FIDU in an existing IDUTI: 1 Peer Educator per 40 FIDUs.
• Core composite TIs with FSW andMSM, TG/Hijra, or IDU components: norms as applicable above.

Additional Duties

Undertake any otherresponsibilities assigned by the supervisor in support of project objectives.

Benefits & Work Environment

• 24 days of annual leave, inaddition to public holidays.
• Health insurance coverage.
• Opportunity to work in acollaborative and inclusive environment.
• Scope for learning andprofessional development.

YRGisan equal-opportunity organisation. At YRG, we are committed to supportinginclusion and diversity as part of our values. We celebrate employee’sdifferences in abilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, faith, and gender. Ourteam are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, whoshare a passion for improving people's lives.