Job Type : Contract
Industry : Health
Education Level : Managerial Level
Location: Tabora, Kagera & Geita
Reports To: District
Project Manager (DPM)/Regional Community Services Manager (RCSM)
Job Summary:
The District Community Services Manager (RCSM) is
responsible for the implementation of MDH’s community and key and vulnerable
population (KVP) program in the district. She/he will work with the Council
Health Management Teams CHMTs, Community Volunteers, Civil Society
Organizations (CSOs), Health Facilities (HFs) and other stakeholders to support
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 tracking and
continuity of care and other services.
Duties and
Responsibilities:
1. To work with and support CHMTs, in the provision and
scale up of recommended community HIV prevention and KVP services including
Index and mobile HTS, HIVST, SNT, PrEP, SBCC, community ART, and patient
tracking and continuity of care.
2. To support the DPM in the implementation, monitoring and
reporting of the district workplan and ensure efficient linkages and continuum
of care between community HIV and KVP services with facility-based services.
3. To provide technical guidance and capacity building to
other community program staff, CHMT, CSOs and other stakeholders on the
provision of community HIV prevention, ART and KVP services in-line with
national and PEPFAR guidance.
4. To support dissemination and operationalization of
national guidelines, SOPs, job aids, IECs, training manuals, M&E and others
tools on the community HIV and KVP programming.
5. To support monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) of
MDH’s community program including data collection, quality assurance, analysis,
reporting and data utilization.
6. To work with CHMTs to conduct routine district feedback
meetings with key stakeholders to reflect on the community program
implementation and outcomes.
7. To support efforts to identify gaps in community HIV and
KVP program, and implementation of continuous quality improvement (CQI)
initiatives and operational research to address gaps.
8. To support analysis, documentation and dissemination of
MDHs’ community program outcomes and best practices via abstracts, posters,
manuscripts, policy briefs, presentations, and others.
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.
2. Master’s degree in public health, community development
or related is an added advantage.
3. At least three (3) years of experience working in
community HIV and KVP programs and services.
4. Demonstrable leadership experience in public health
programs and services with competencies in supervising individuals and teams to
deliver intended outcomes.
5. Experience in Health Communication and Prevention
programming including Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC).
6. Experience in MEL, data Analysis, Interpretation and
Utilization in the health sector.
7. 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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