Project Assistant - Tandahimba Integrated Malaria and MNCH Project

Position: Project Assistant - Tandahimba Integrated Malaria and MNCH Project

Location: Tandahimba

Deadline :Dec 2 2013

Description:

AMREF is an independent, non profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) whose mission is to “improve the health of disadvantaged people in Africa as a means for them to escape poverty and improve the quality of their lives”. AMREF has over 500 employees throughout Africa with its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. AMREF has offices in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa and Tanzania. AMREF has thirteen National offices in Europe and North America for liaisons and fundraising. AMREF Tanzania, one of the fast expanding country office programmes is largely supported by multilateral , Bilateral and national donors, implementing several programmes including HIV/AIDS/TB/STI, Family Health, Water and sanitation, Malaria, Training, clinical outreach and disaster management. AMREF Tanzania is therefore seeking to recruit highly qualified , experienced and motivated individuals to fill the following positions:- Job Objectives: To support community mobilization and sensitization activilies for a community based malaria intervention.

Qualification:

Qualifications and Experience:
• Diploma in health-related field; with further qualification in community health, community development or social work.
• Minimum two (2) years of work experience of working with community health projects
Community mobilization skills and knowledge of community participation.
• Experience in Community based malaria interventions and IMCI is of added advantage
Ability to work unsupervised and on tight schedule .
• Technical support to mother support group leaders to conduct client follow-up, facilitate HIV exposed children and adults to receive the continuum of PMTCT services;
• To Provide PMTCT and nutrition education as well as psychosocial support to HIV positive pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and male spouses including adolescents living with HIV.
• Participate in documentation of best practises, development of concept notes and funding proposals;
• Working closely with IEC and Community mobilization project officers in strengthening the
Community-based PMTCT services in the PMTCT sites;
• Follow up submission of monthly PMTCT reports from sub grantees and assist project manager in preparing quarterly reports;
• Assist in monitoring and reporting on PMTCT performance indicators Represent AMREF in various stakeholders meeting

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Support activities within communities through participatory planning, implementation and monitoring processes.
• Support and participate in community mobilization and IEC development activities for different community based malaria initiatives and conduct regular supportive supervision of the same.
• Support establishment and functioning of a Community Based Management Information Systems (CBMIS)

• Work in collaboration with health workers at peripheral health centre to mainstream aspects of community based health care into routine clinical work.
• Support community level training and other capacity building activities and conduct Compile activity reports

How to apply:

If you meet the criteria given above and are interested please send an application letter with CV indicating your present employer and position, daytime telephone contact, names and addresses of two referees. To be considered, your application must be received by 16.30 hrs on 2nd December 2013. All correspondence should be directed to: Email: jobs.tanzania@amreftz.org 

AMREF IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND HAS A NON-SMOKING ENVIRONMENT POLICY.
From Daily news Nov 25,2013.