Overview

Jhpiego is an international non-profit health organization affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University. For more than 45 years now, Jhpiego has empowered front-line health workers by designing and implementing effective, low-cost, hands-on solutions to strengthen the delivery of health care services for women and their families. By putting evidence-based health innovations into everyday practice, Jhpiego works to break down barriers to high-quality health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Jhpiego, implementing a number of projects in Tanzania, wishes to recruit the following positions, available for immediate filling.

Position: Regional Coordinator [One position based in Mwanza]

The Regional Coordinator will work under The Challenge Initiative (TCI) Tupange Pamoja project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The program focuses on the rapid expansion of urban family planning programs leveraging a matching challenge fund to scale up of urban family planning programs. The Regional Coordinator will ensure technical, programmatic and financial planning, execution and monitoring of district/municipality program designs and TCI activities in designated geographies of Mwanza Region.

Responsibilities:

• Build the capacity of the geographies to implement TCI high impact interventions, including AYSRH through TCI’s technical coaching approach, including rolling out TCI University tools within designated geographies
• Support geography/local government Program Implementation Teams (PITs) to do landscape, prepare, review, implement and modify geography program designs and budgets
• Facilitate, review and synthesize geography activity/monthly/quarterly data and progress reports to identify lessons, challenges as well as coaching needs.
• Ensure quality and fidelity of implementation of TCI interventions by PITs /coaches including adaptation as appropriate to fit local context, guidelines and annual plans
• In consultation with Country Lead, coordinate and manage geography trainers, coaches and Sisi-kwa-sisi teams including mentoring /coaching of these teams and routing coaching requests accordingly (Services & Supply, Demand or Advocacy)
• Support the monitoring and tracking of monthly deliverables and verification of the same (as per FAA/program designs) including supporting financial tracking of TCI and geography commitments
• Conduct and support advocacy and marketing of TCI model to appropriate stakeholders j within the geography and working with local FP and AYSRHTCI champions within budget cycles to ensure continued FP resource commitment(s).
• Support geographies to leverage and coordinate with other FP stakeholders and implementers within the geography including supporting wider diffusion of TCI model/interventions among local stakeholders

• Foster intra and inter geography sharing of best practices and rewarding of high performers in collaboration with PITs
• Represent TCI interests in the geography including participation in local government. Technical Working Groups
• Support implementation of monitoring, evaluation, research and learning activities as per Tupange Pamoja strategy.
• Ensure timely submission of project progress reports and best practices.
• Work with country / local TCI FP & AYSRH Officer(s) to effectively deploy FP Classic & AYSRH interventions in participating geographies

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Social Sciences or related field. Post-graduate training is an advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience in implementing Reproductive Health/Family Planning (RH/FP) and or AYSRH programs
• Experience working with Donor / private-sector funded programs
• Field orientation and experience in Reproductive Health / Family Planning programming.
• Proven experience working with MOH and government’s staff and systems, particularly in area of Reproductive Health / Family Planning.
• Demonstrated technical and programmatic understanding of national RH/FP / AYSRH issues and policies
• Good understanding of RH/ FP/ and Health related issues, with a district focus is necessary.
• Experience working in a busy office within the private sector especially with an international organization
• Computer skills including demonstrated hands on-experience with MS Word, MS Power Point, and MS Excel.
• Proficiency in both written and spoken English

Jhpiego is an equal opportunity employer and offers a competitive package selected candidates in line with salary history, academic qualifications, and relevant experience.

To apply please indicate the position title on the subject line and regional of reference of your e-mail, i.e. Application for ART Outreach Coordinator All applications should also include an up-to-date CV with three contactable professional references, a cover letter, and your salary history,

Send the application through email: HRTZ@jhpiego.org

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The closing date for applications is two weeks after the first appearance of this advert.

Caution to the applicants:

There have been some bogus adverts online that require candidates to apply through some email addresses of public domains e.g. Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, etc. Kindly note: HRTZ@jhpiego.org is the address to use all the time. Please ignore any of those adverts, We also do not charge any application fee nor entertain any meetings or telephone calls. If shortlisted, you will get an official call from our office and receive required steps. If you suspect any wrong – doing kindly write to the Director of Human Resource, through inquiries.tz@jhpiego.org.