OUTREACH REGIONAL COORDINATOR POSITION

HJFMRI provides resources, services and personnel necessary to support and enhance HIV medical research for the Walter Reed Program—Tanzania.

Partners

Partnering with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, MHRP’s Walter Reed Program—Tanzania works to advance HIV research, prevention and care. Research is conducted in partnership with the Mbeya Medical Research Programme, a National Institute of Medical Research collaborating center.

HJFMRI and MHRP also support the Tanzania People’s Defense Force forPEPFAR-funded programs and have established pandemic influenza surveillance activities with the Tanzania People’s Defense Force.

Research and HIV Prevention

The Outreach Coordinator is the focal person for the outreach program imple-
mentation at the regional level The~ positiortwm"cOordinate and ensure high
quality program service delivery. S/he will be responsible for the provision of
technical assistance to all the outreach program Partners in the region. In
addition, s/he will be required to ensure efficiency; effectiveness and timeliness
of the program deliverables. .

Duties and Responsibilities:
Coordinate the overall implementation and management of the project activities
being implemented by the outreach partners;
Providing technical assistance (TA) in planning, implementing and evaluating
activities undertaken by Outreach partners in the region; .
Provide technical assistance (TA) to partners in the preparation of scope of
works, annual work plans, and implementation of the program activities;

Promote compliance among implementing partners by strengthening linkages
with local government and adherence to MoHSW guidelines;
Provide ongoing leadership, training and guidance to volunteers to ensure HIV
programming meets MoHSW standards; ,
;. To ensure ongoing training and service delivery activities are monitored, evalu-
ated, documented and disseminated to relevant stakeholders;
Identifying, documenting and disseminating best practices, success story and
lessons learned to members of the network;
To collect and review program and financial reports from partners on a
monthly/quarterly/annual basis and submit it to relevant levels;
To conduct supportive supervision to implementing partners;
Perform any other duties assigned in the general support of the program.


Qualifications
A Masters degree in Social Science or a health related course coupled with a
postgraduate training in Public health or Community Development or relevant
discipline.
Minimum of five years experience in managing HIV programs, particularly
community outreach programs including HIV Testing and Counseling, Palliative
Care/HBC and IEC/Behavioral Change Communication
Experience in managing donor funded projects preferably PEPFAR projects
Experience working with NGOs, FBOs/CBOs at the community level;
Strong leadership and management skills. S/he should be able to work under
minimum supervision and be able to mentor and supervise others;
Knowledge of proposal development, budgeting and reporting with excellent
writing skills;
Oomputer literate (Word, Excel, Internet, PowerPoint)
 

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Cover letters and resumes should be sent to
Human Resources Manager
P.O. Box 6396
Mbeya, Tanzania

OR
emailed to: recruitment@wrp-t.org

Applicants must include TITLE OF THE JOB in the SUBJECT LINE