New
Job Opportunities At Management & Development For Health, Apply
Management
and Development for Health (MDH) is a not for profit organization in Tanzania
contributing to address public health priorities. MDH works with the Ministry
of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children; as well as
academic and non-academic institutions to address the problems of Tuberculosis,
Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health and to undertake
initiatives to advance public health research, education, and services for
improving the lives of people. MDH (Sub recipient) in collaboration with
Deloitte Consulting Limited (Prime) through USAID BORESHA AFYA SOUTHERN ZONE
PROGRAM seeks to recruit a qualified individual to fill the following position:
Position:
TB ADVISOR- 6 posts
Location:
MTWARA, MOROGORO, NJOMBE, IRINGA
Reports
to: REGIONAL TECHNICAL MANAGER
Job
Summary:
The TB
Advisor is a self-motivated individual who will be responsible for providing
technical support to TB and TB/HIV program activities with the different
partners including the supported facilities. The TB Advisor’s main objective is
to oversee day-to-day implementation USAID Boresha Afya Southern Zone supported
TB and TB/HIV program in the respective region and lead implementation and
reporting of project activities, outputs and outcomes. She/he will coordinate
effective engagement of key stakeholders at his/ her region in the
implementation of project activities, including regional and district TB and
Leprosy coordinators (R/DTLCs), community-based service providers and direct
project beneficiaries’/peer clients and other USAID Boresha Afya Southern Zone
regional team members.
Duties
and responsibilities:
To
coordinate and oversee day to day implementation of project activities in
assigned region in line with approved work-plan and budget
Support
the national guidelines and strategies in accelerating TB diagnosis and
management in-line with the 3Is initiatives.
Design
and implement community sensitization activities to mobilize and engage key
project stakeholders – including R/CHMTs, health facilities, community leaders
as well as direct project beneficiaries – in project implementation,
monitoring, evaluation and reporting.
Lead
efforts to identify, capacity build and effectively engage key community
resource persons – including CSOs, former TB/ peer patients and sputum fixers –
to accelerate TB case detection and management
Support
implementation of integrated and comprehensive package of TB/HIV collaborative
services at all levels through Supportive supervision and mentorship
Coordinate
capacity building activities for supported facilities and community health care
workers’ /sputum fixers
Lead
initiatives to accelerate early detection of drug resistant TB cases, linkage
to care, and treatment/adherence support to ensure successful treatment
outcomes
Implement
an efficient system for routine project data recording, cleaning, reporting and
utilization of program data for planning, decision making and resource
allocation
Support
Continuous Quality Improvement initiatives through: –
Mentoring
of health facility teams to build local capacity for CQI activities
Assist
facility teams to understand flow chart and process analysis for systems
improvement
Monitor,
track and collect periodic data/reports from health facilities and provides
guidance and recommendations related to tracked indicators and outcomes;
ensuring proper and timely documentation of QI activities and results
Lead
efforts to identify, document, scale-up and disseminate best practices and
lessons learned in TB diagnosis, management and overall project implementation.
To
organize and support routine meetings with key project stakeholders to share,
monitor and evaluate project progress towards assigned targets.
To
report to and update his/her supervisor on the progress of project
implementation on weekly basis or as required by his/her supervisor
Perform
any other relevant duties as assigned by his/her supervisor.
QUALIFICATIONS
AND EXPERIENCE
Advanced
Diploma or Basic degree in Medicine or Nursing. Post graduate qualification in
Public Health or other related field will be an advantage.
Technical
expertise in TB prevention care and support
At least
3 years’ experience in managing TB Programs
Demonstrate
understanding of the Tanzania Health System and policy environment
Excellent
written and oral communication and presentation skills in English and Kiswahili
TO
APPLY:
Interested
candidates should submit an application letter indicating the position applied
for, a detailed copy of their CV, and names and contact information (email
addresses and telephone numbers) of three work related referees. Applications
should be submitted by 14th June 2018 to the Human Resource Manager through
email hr@mdh-tz.org or dropped by hand at the MDH’s Head Office in Mikocheni,
along Mwai Kibaki Road, Plot No. 802. Kindly note that only shortlisted
applicants will be contacted