• Provide quality and comprehensive counselling services to clients, family members, communities
• and partners, with focus on HIV and TB services
• Empower clients in chronic care to disclose their
• IV status to significant others
• Use index client testing to access HIV testing services among children, sexual partners/networks
• and family members
• Participate in the process of empowering clients
• with skills for self-reliance and making appropriate succession plans
• Participate in the mobilization and support of
• communities to offer HIV education and care
• Provide home-based HIV counseling and testing, and TB screening to household members
• Establish and support peer support groups for clients
• Participate in the drawing and implementation of the
• clinic work plans.
• Perform counselling and other support techniques and
• procedures as requested and prescribed by the
• clinicians
• High degree of Integrity, Empathy, Patience,
• Confidentiality
• Possess the ability to work under mental and physical
• stress
• Conduct home visits to clients on ART and TB for
• adherence support
• Provide information to clients, aimed at reducing their
• vulnerability to diseases and infections through health
• education.
• Participate in HIV/AIDS awareness at the clinic and
• sensitizations in the communities
• Support and supervise the facility with the YAPS
• activities including reporting.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor

• The ideal candidate must possess a minimum of a bachelor’s degree social work, counselling psychology, guidance or Diploma in Nursing or Midwifery with a
• certificate and experience in HIV counselling and
• guidance.
• Short term capacity development courses on HIV
• counselling is an added advantage
• The applicant should preferably have at least a year’s
• experience in HIV with Counselling, and have
• experience in supporting HIV / AIDS and TB prevention
• and care services (both facility and community).
• A clear and concise understanding of the psychosocial
• issues relating to health and illness
• Deep knowledge of care planning procedures
• Riding skills with a valid riding license is a strong

All applications must be addressed to; The Head Human Resources, Joint Clinical Research Centre, Plot 101 Lubowa
Campus off Entebbe Road, P.O Box 10005, Kampala-Uganda. Email: jobs@jcrc.org.ug
The application deadline is Friday, 20th June 2025 at 05:00 pm. Strictly two documents combined in one PDF are required (Application
letter and CV not exceeding 6 pages).
Note: JCRC is an equal opportunity employer. Any attempts of influencing the recruitment process will lead to automatic disqualification.