Community Liaison Assurance Manager

Location:

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Posted:

September 06, 2021

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CURRICULUM VITAE OF SIPOKAZI CYNTHIA SITSHEKE

Section1: personal details

Surname : Sitsheke

First name : Sipokazi

Id number : 870**********

Date of birth : 22 May 1987

License : code 08 driver’s license

Gender : Female

Marital status : Single

Nationality : South African

Home language : Isixhosa

Other languages : English, Sesotho, Isizulu

Health status : Excellent

Postal address : 72 Bedbord Ave

Bellaire

Durban

Contact number : 078-***-**** / 072-***-****

Email address : **********@*****.***

Section 2: educational qualification

YEAR : Matric

YEAR : Certificate in adult Education

Institution : Walter Sisulu University

Major Subject : Communication Skills, Adult Learning &Facilitation, Development studies, Adult Basic Education & Consumer Studies

YEAR : BSc in Health Promotion

Institution : Walter Sisulu University

Major subjects : Health Promotion, Primary Health Care, Research Project & Theory, Psychology {Understanding of human behavior & determinants of human behavior}

YEAR : Municipal Financial management

Institution : Bantubanye skills

Currently studying : LLB

Institution : UNISA

Modules : HMLLB Research, Family Law, Law of persons, Research literacy for Law, Labour Law, Law of Delict

Section3: work experience

February 2021-Current : PSI

District : uMgungundlovu (Pietermaritzburg)(KZN)

Position : Demand Creation Coordinator

Duties : Develops work-plans for demand creation at the regional level

Participate in strategic and implementation planning meetings as required.

Supports in the development and reviewing of key messages and delivery tools for demand creation

Participate in developing or revising IEC/promo materials (such as flipcharts, fliers, information booklets and referrals).

Participate in the development and review of Training Manuals and schedules

Work with the regional team to ensure adherence to SOPs

Identifies training needs with the Provincial managers and develops a training plan

February 2020- 30 Sept 2020 : John Snow Inco…(JSI)

District : EThekwini (Durban)

Position : Demand Creation Specialist

Duties Provide broad oversight and managerial support to the demand creation activities at district level

Provide technical support to ensure that demand creation activities are developed and implemented in conjunction with DoH targets and guidelines.

Provide technical support to the district based demand creation supervisors and their teams to implement culturally sensitive demand creation interventions to meet project targets.

In collaboration with the District VMMC Manager, plan and manage the logistics for demand creation team.

Establish and maintain good working relationships with community based organizations that support/implement demand creation activities

Participate and contribute to development and implementation of district work plans.

Contribute to quarterly reports, activity-specific reports, and drafting of success stories.

Monitoring of VMMC demand creation progress and reporting at district level

Contribute to training of local staff, community organizations and sub-awarded NGOs

Mobilizer and communication staff planning and organizing at district level.

Oversee both demand creation and the in-service communication/counseling activities

2018-February 2020 : AQUAH, Pietermaritzburg (UMngungudlovu)

Unit : Demand Creation

Position : Demand Creation Manager

Duties : Drafting plan for DC team at the district level

Working closely with the Program manager to

Managing staff leave by developing and monitoring an annual leave schedule for subordinates to avoid service disruption

Guiding and supporting teams on all services delivery components in accordance with NDOH guidlines

Liaising with the Quality Assurance Manager, Provincial QA officer, Provincial and District Department of Health to identify needs and follows up on findings on Quality assessments conducted in the province

Guiding teams to timeously order commodities from a supply chain partner to avoid stock outs and ensure uninterrupted VMMC services

Reviewing and actioning demand creation and service delivery data on daily, weekly and monthly basis

Compiling and submitting comprehensive and statistically accurate weekly and monthly update reports to the VMMC Program Manager

Continuously engaging with Provincial, and District DOH Management including service delivery teams and other stakeholders towards the scale-up of VMMC service.

January 2018-August 2018 : MRC

Position : Community Liaison Officer (CLO)

Duties : Monitor outreach and community engagement activities

Maintain documentation and training records of community involvement activities, as per South African Good Clinical Practice Guidelines (SAGCP)

Analyse and submit outcome reports on community outreach and education timeously

Engage community stakeholders in respect of recruitment, retention and adherence strategies

Conduct quarterly meetings with the management staff of the Department of Health including members from clinics and hospitals

Update site referral logs with current active health/social service providers

July 2010-December 2016 : Matatiele Local Municipality

Position : HIV/AIDS Coordinator

Unit : Special Programmes

Duties : Work in unit that provide education and community awareness to designated groups.

Coordinate, Plan, Supervise and Implement all the HIV/AIDS activities within the municipality.

Manage Local AIDS Council and liaise with Eastern Cape AIDS Council and District AIDS Council.

Compile reports for LAC, DAC and ECAC.

Provide secretariat role to Local AIDS Council. Distribute condoms to High Transmitting Area’s, Coordinate the mobilization of the marginalized individuals to empower them.

Prepare periodic project work plans and budgets to ensure utilization of project, resources;

Supervise the Community volunteer Counselors and take appropriate action to ensure efficient and effective performance.

Community outreach and conducting awareness campaigns on, Primary health care, Chronic Disease designated group’s Management, Prevention of

Communicable and Non-communicable diseases, Youth programmes, HIV/AIDS programmes, Training Community Care Workers.

Section 4: Strengths:

Organizational

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Coordinating

Facilitating

Problem solving

Section 5: Reference.