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Job Description
PATH is an international nonprofit organization that transforms global health through innovation. We take an entrepreneurial approach to developing and delivering high-impact, low-cost solutions, from lifesaving vaccines and devices to collaborative programs with communities. Through our work in more than 70 countries, PATH and our partners empower people to achieve their full potential.
PATH is collaborating with the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Zanzibar’s Ministry of Health, National and Zonal Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programmes (NTLP & ZTLP), National and Zanzibar AIDS Control Programmes (NACP & ZACP), and the Association of Private Health Facilities of Tanzania (APHFTA) to support a coordinated public and private-sector response to tuberculosis and HIV with support and funding through USAID and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). As a member of the PATH TB Technical team in Tanzania, the ACSM Regional Coordinator will guide the planning, implementation, and monitoring of PATH’s ACSM activities in coastal regions. These activities include:
- Working with community-based organizations (CBOs) to implement community activities such as conducting magnet theatre, conducting health education in the community, supervising CORPS as they conduct TB contract tracing, and coordinating with traditional healers and private drug sellers.
- Partnering with traditional healers to contribute to the referral system
- Deploying sputum fixers to collect sputum from the TB suspects to the laboratory for the diagnosis and giving the feedback.
- Engaging private drug sellers to contribute to the referral system.
- Engaging former TB patients as key leaders in community sensitization and referrals.
The ACSM Regional coordinator will work under the direction and supervision of the ACSM Technical Officer, based in Dar es Salaam.
Specific duties include:
- Train, supervise and mentor CORPs and staff from CBOs.
- Provide technical guidance and assistance to develop, implement and monitor interventions in line with the annual work plans, based on National TB ACSM strategy and informed by programmatic data.
- Disseminate and monitor use of ACSM materials among partners and health facilities in the region, including CBOs, CORPs, traditional healers, sputum fixers, private drug sellers and private and public health providers.
- Collaborate with technical staff to provide technical support to District TB/HIV Coordinators on ACSM activities.
- Contribute to work plan and budget development and review annually.
- Coordinate with government and project partners as needed.
- Monitor and collect information/data on ACSM activities implemented in the region. Guide the use of appropriate M&E tools to track and monitor ACSM activities among local public and private partners. Provide data and initial analysis/report on all activities to ACSM Technical Officer regularly.
- Document success stories and best practices of project implementation
- Represent PATH with technical partners at technical and donor meetings and other ACSM events as requested.
- Plan for expansion of ACSM activities as appropriate.
Required Skills
- Demonstrated ability to network with a range of external partners and community members.
- Expertise in health communications.
- Experience monitoring and reporting on program performance.
- Good written and oral communication skills in Swahili and English.
- Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment with administrative and technical staff.
- Strong supervision and management skills.
- Strong training and mentoring skills including experience in providing trainings to health workers and community workers.
- Strong computer skills, especially with Microsoft Excel ,Microsoft Word and power point.
- Experience working with community based organizations, civil society organizations and government agencies.
Required Experience
Degree in Sociology, Mass Communications, Public Health or advanced diploma in Health Education/Health Promotion with a minimum of three years' relative experience. Specific training in TB and TB/HIV is desirable.
PATH is dedicated to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.
Job Location
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF
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Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization Officer, Tuberculosis & HIV - Tanzania
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