Maternity Africa is Hiring: Nurse-Midwife

Maternity Africa, a Christian-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing fistula treatment and quality maternity care for marginalized women throughout Tanzania, is seeking a compassionate and skilled Nurse-Midwife to join our team.

About Maternity Africa

We are committed to delivering clinical excellence with love, kindness, and compassion, regardless of race, religion, or ethnicity. Maternity Africa operates from its base at Kivulini Maternity Centre, located outside Arusha in Northern Tanzania.

The Role: Nurse-Midwife

This vital role involves providing high-standard maternal nursing care to vulnerable pregnant women. You will be instrumental in offering care during antenatal, delivery, and postnatal periods, as well as supporting patients undergoing fistula treatment and surgeries. We are looking for a professional who exhibits respect, compassion, and kindness, and is eager for continuous learning and professional development through opportunities provided by local and international mentors.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing prenatal and postpartum care for pregnant women.
• Tending to patients and newborns during labor and delivery.
• Performing routine gynecological care, including examinations.
• Educating patients on parenting and family planning.
• Maintaining patient medical records.
• Collaborating with other healthcare professionals and referring patients to specialists when necessary.
• Testing for and diagnosing various medical conditions.
• Providing emotional support for expectant and new mothers.
• Administering vaccinations to children under 5 years.
• Providing all types of family planning methods to mothers.
• Writing records, tutoring student midwives, and identifying high-risk pregnancies.
• Monitoring and administering medication, injections, and intravenous infusions during labor.
• Undertaking any other duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Skills, and Competencies Requirements

• A minimum of a Diploma in Nursing and Midwifery.
• Nursing and Midwifery registration certificates from TNMC.
• A valid nursing practicing license.
• 3 years of minimum working experience in the labor ward, RCH, and operating theatre.
• Competent in managing Obstetric emergencies.
• Great interpersonal skills to develop professional relationships with patients.
• Must have Microsoft Office skills.
• Must be able to practice compassionate care, kindness, and love to patients.
• Conversant with both written and spoken English and Kiswahili for effective communication.
• Collaborative/teamwork skills to work effectively with other medical care providers.

Application Guidelines

Interested candidates should submit the following documents to recruitment@maternityafrica.org:

• Qualifications credential certificates
• A cover letter
• A curriculum vitae
• A current TNMC practising license

The application deadline is 23rd February 2026.

Please note that if you are not contacted within 14 days of the closing date, your application was unsuccessful. Maternity Africa does not charge any fees throughout its recruitment process.