About the position
Background:
- The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) is a major global player in infectious disease intelligence
- The NICD is a source of knowledge and expertise in regionally relevant communicable diseases to the South African Government, SADC countries, and the African continent
- The NICD assists in the planning of policies and programs and supports appropriate responses to communicable disease problems and issues
Division: NICD, Centre for HIV and STI
Main purpose of the job:
- To provide support for training, mentoring and coaching for health staff of public sector to improve the Case Surveillance uptake and contribute to the implementation, co-ordination, training, mentoring and coaching for health practitioners in the public sector to improve the uptake of Case Surveillance as defined in the relevant regulations
Location:
Key performance areas:
- Establish case surveillance system networks and foster good working relationships with case surveillance key role players from Provincial to District and Facility levels, to ensure the smooth implantation and running of the case surveillance system within the provinces
- Place a key role in the implementation and establishment of an integrated national case surveillance system at facility and district level
- Play a pivotal role in ensuring efficient information flow of data collection, collation, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of case surveillance data to the public sector information/data
- Maintain close liaison with all relevant case surveillance personnel such as the CDC directorate, environmental health practitioners, IPC teams, information management and HIV-related programmes at district, sub-district and facility level to enhance reporting of HIV and HIV related conditions and feedback thereof
- To develop case surveillance related training materials together with the case surveillance team
- Routinely train health staff in public sector on the utilisation of case surveillance to enhance the management of people living with HIV
- Mentor and coach Health Care Worker in the process and use of the case surveillance system
- To support and track performance of the case surveillance system
- Establish efficient platforms to provide feedback to Health Care Workers and other relevant bodies
- To act as the liaison between local level DoHs and the NICD and ensure resources available at the NICD are made available to the local levels for smooth functioning of the case surveillance system
- Ensure that standard operating procedures and guidelines for implementation and management of the case surveillance system including SOPs for data collection, collation, analysis, interpretation and dissemination are adequately disseminated to all relevant users but using the systems and channels already existing within the provinces
- Provide support in the implementation of such SOPs by provincial DOH at district and facility level
- Trouble shoot and provide guidance to various stakeholders on the implementation and use of the case surveillance system
- In close collaboration with the case surveillance team, ensure optimum data quality and timely analyses of surveillance data
- Benchmark the case surveillance system against local best practice to ensure alignment with national standards and regulations
Required minimum education and training:
Professional Body Registration:
Required minimum work experience:
- 5 years of relevant working experience
Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities:
- Must have a Driver’s license
- Experience in training diverse audiences
- Knowledge of South African DoH systems at district and local level
- Computer literacy in database and word processing
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Ability to work under pressure with the attention to details
- Good time management, planning, organizing, interpersonal and project management skills
TO APPLY:
- Only if you meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV with two contactable references and a cover letter (maximum one page)
- Please Apply Online and complete your registration via our website to enable and protect you as a candidate, and to accept the new POPIA terms and conditions
- This will then create your permanent profile with which you can apply for all jobs as advertised by AJ PERSONNEL
- However, you may remove your profile from AJ PERSONNEL when you are no longer in the job market
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position
- 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
- Closing date: 11 June 2026
- Note: No CV will be accepted after the closing date
Please note:
- WHC, in accordance with its Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto
- AJ Personnel is only responsible for advertising and the response handling on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium
- AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position
Desired Skills:
- DoH systems
- Project Management
- Surveilance Officer
- Professional Nurse
- Durban
- KZN
- Diploma
