Gender Coordinator - TACAIDS

UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
TANZANIA COMMISSION FOR AIDS

JOB VACANCY

JOB TITLE: GENDER COORDINATOR
DURATION: 12 MONTHS
LOCATION: TACAIDS HEADQUARTERS - DAR ES SALAAM
REPORTS TO: DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY

BACKGROUND
Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) is an Independent Development under the Prime Minister’s Office. TACAIDS’ main function is to coordinate all activities relating to the fight against HIV and AIDS as it is stipulated in the Act of Parliament No. 22 of 2001

TACAIDS with support from UN -Women is recruiting a gender Coordinator to support its coordination responsible of enhancing gender equality and equity into the HIV and AIDS responses at local levels. He/she will coordinate with the regional and district level personnel (Regional Coordinators TACAIDS and Regional Community Development Officer) to ensure smooth implementation of initiatives at regional and local level

JOB DESCRIPTION
• Coordinate the review of the 2012 National Gender Operation Plan for HIV and AIDS and support the development dissemination and implementation of a revised gender Operational Plan for HIV and AIDS response in Tanzania mainland and beyond in partnership and close collaboration with other Departments and Units
• Work closely with the capacity Building Officer the key Population Office and Gender Focal Person at TACAIDS to strengthen the capacity of the key stakeholders in mainstreaming gender in HIV plans and interventions at all levels on the basis of approved guidelines
• Identity/develop strategies and activities to ensure that gender and human rights issues are addressed in the HIV response in different sectors, including the Ministry of Health and social Welfare, The police, MCDGC, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Information, Youth, Culture and Sports as well as the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs
• Provide technical oversight and management of Gender and HIV task Force activities. This will include coordination of gender and HIV and AIDS related technical meetings, reviews and auditing
• Ensure the development of a gender responsive M&E framework and development of performance indicators to measure the progress in relation to the implementation of HIV responses based as well as to provide inputs to multi sectorial forums and regular TACAIDS reports

QUALIFICATION
• The applicants must have at least a Master’s Degree in Public health, with skills in epidemiology, Medical Anthropology Economics, Social Science or any related disciplines
• At least 5 years experience of working on gender issues in relation to development and/or public health issues
• Technical expertise in the field of gender equality/gender mainstreaming in relation to HIV and AIDS
• Fluency in spoken and written English and swahili and competency in computer applications
• Familiarity with the social-cultural and economic environment in Tanzania including HIV and AIDS programming experience i.e. Prevention, Care, Support and Treatment

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES
• In-depth knowledge of management and development policy issues, particularly in the area of gender equality and the empowerment of women
• Demonstrated capacity to promote knowledge sharing and knowlge management
• Good knowledge of gender issues and women’s empowerment issues
• Ability to organize and complete multiple task by establishing priorities
• Ability to access a wide range of opinions and variety information and capacity to think broadly a cross range of complex social issues
• Establishes, builds and sustains effective relationships with clients, demonstrating understanding of client’s perspective anticipates clients need and addressed them promptly
• Demonstrates very good understanding and experience in monitoring, evaluation and results based management
• Outstanding writing skills with proven ability to meet tight deadlines
• Good IT skills including databases and office software packages

REMUNERATION
Attractive remuneration will be offered to a successful candidate

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Interested candidates are invited to send their application letter together with their CV and copies of certificates (in hard copies) by 27/2/2015, addressed to

Executive Chairman
Tanzania Commission for AIDS
Sokoine Drive/Lithuli Road
P.O. Box 76987
Dar es salaam
Tel: +255 22 2122651/2125127
Fax: +255 22 2122427
Email: Ec@tacaids.go.tz

Only shortlisted candidates will be contracted