Job Type : Contract
Industry : Health
Education Level : Managerial Level
Location: Geita, Kagera & Tabora
Reports to: Regional
Program Manager (RPM)
Job Summary:
The Regional Community Services Manager (RCSM) is
responsible for the overall leadership of MDH’s community and key and
vulnerable population (KVP) program in the region. She/he will oversee
provision of recommended community HIV prevention, ART and KVP services
including Index and Mobile HIV Testing Services (HTS), HIV Self-Testing (HIVST)
and Social Network Testing (SNT); Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP); Social and
Behavior Change Communication (SBCC), community ART, patient trackinga and
continuity of care, and other services, in collaboration with Regional and
Council Health Management Teams (R/CHMTs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs),
other community stakeholders and Health Facilities (HFs).
Duties and
Responsibilities:
1. To lead development, implementation, oversight and
reporting of MDH’s regional work-plan on community and KVP services and ensure
synergies with other MDH programs/ services.
2. To work with R/CHMTs to support implementation and
scale-up of recommended community-based HIV prevention and KVP programs and
services including Index and mobile HTS, HIVST, SNT, PrEP, SBCC, community ART,
and patient tracking and continuity of care.
3. To provide technical guidance and capacity building to
other community program staff, R/CHMTs, CSOs and other key stakeholders on the
implementation of MDH’s community program in-line with national and PEPFAR
guidance.
4. To contribute towards development, review and dissemination
of national guidelines, SOPs, job aids, IECs, training manuals, M&E and
others tools on the community and KVP programming.
5. To lead monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) of
MDH’s community program including data collection, quality assurance, analysis,
reporting and ensure data-driven programming.
6. To work with R/CHMTs to conduct routine regional feedback
meetings with key stakeholders to reflect on the community program
implementation and outcomes.
7. To lead analysis, documentation and dissemination of
MDHs’ community program outcomes and best practices via abstracts, posters,
manuscripts, policy briefs, presentations, and others.
8. To lead efforts to identify gaps in community HIV and KVP
program, design and implement continuous quality improvement (CQI) initiatives
and operational research to address gaps.
9. To contribute towards expanding MDH’s portfolio in HIV
and other public health programs through writing grants and operational
research proposals.
10. To perform any other related duties as may be assigned
by the Supervisor.
Requirements:
Education, Work experience and Skills
1. Bachelor Degree in Medicine, Nursing or Related Health
Field with Master’s degree in public health, community development and/or
related field.
2. At least five (5) years of experience in community HIV
and KVP programs and services.
3. Demonstrable leadership experience in public health
programs and services with competencies in 2 supervising individuals and teams
to deliver intended outcomes.
4. Experience in Health Communication and Prevention
programming including Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC).
5. Experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL),
Data Analysis, Interpretation, Utilization, CQI and Operational research in the
health sector.
6. Fluent in both written and spoken English and
Swahili Languages
How to Apply
Interested candidates for any of the above positions should
submit an application letter, a detailed copy of their CV, names and contact
information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of three work related
referees. The candidate MUST clearly indicate the Title of the position applied
for (as it appears in the advertisement) on the heading of the email.
Applications should
be submitted to the Human Resource Director through email hr@mdh.or.tz by 30th September 2021. MDH DO NOT
have any agents and DO NOT charge any fees to the interested candidates. Kindly
note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
(MDH) is an indigenous-Tanzanian non-Governmental Organization with principal place of business in Tanzania. MDH's central office is located at Mikocheni B, along Mwai Kibaki road in Dar es Salaam.
MDH’s work is primarily in public health service and research in Tanzania and the world at large. MDH seeks to mobilize and engage a team of skilled, experienced and motivated Tanzanian professionals to work in collaboration with the government and with other local and international experts to address public health priorities through evidence based interventions.
MDH’s core business encompasses design, implementation and
evaluation of programs and research in Communicable diseases, Chronic
non-communicable diseases, Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health,
Nutrition, Health Information Systems, Health System Strengthening and others.
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