New Job Opportunity at MDH Tanzania – Senior Maternal and Child Health Manager
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Overview
MDH (Sub recipient) works in collaboration with Deloitte Consulting
Limited (Prime) to implement the USAID Boresha Afya – Southern Zone
Program aimed at improving HIV and TB prevention, care and treatment
services and outcomes across six regions of Tanzania. Through this
program MDH seeks to recruit qualified individuals to fill the following
vacancies which will require significant field work and travel up to
80% of the time.
Management and Development for Health (MDH) is seeking for suitable
Tanzanian candidates to fill the vacant post to lead the organization in advancing its mission and vision.
In this
regard MDH now invites applications from suitable, qualified and skilled
persons to fill the following available vacancies below…..
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Project: AFYA KWANZA
Location: DAR ES SALAAM
Reports to: DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS
Job Summary:
The
Senior Maternal and Child Health Manager is MDH’s overall technical
expert in all matters pertaining to reproductive, maternal, newborn and
child health (RMNCH) programs and services. She/ He provides technical
leadership and oversight of all RMNCH related interventions and
services. This includes; keeping abreast with key advances in RMNCH;
translating into practice, key program, national and global priorities
in RMNCH; as well as working with and providing technical support to
other MDH staff at supported regions and districts, key stakeholders at
national, regional and local government authorities, and other partners.
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Duties and Responsibilities
- To
lead and oversee planning, implementation, M&E and reporting of
PMTCT, EID, Paediatric ART and relevant RMNCH services under the Afya
Kwanza project, across all MDH supported regions. - To oversee
implementation of key program initiatives – in her/his unit – to address
program, donor and national priorities – such as index HIV testing,
Option B+, male involvement, tracking of mother-infant pairs, follow-up
of EID results and accelerating children’s treatment (ACT) – in line
with national guidelines. - To forge strong partnership with key
government ministries and offices at national, regional and council
level, support national efforts and provide TA to relevant ministries,
R/DMOs, R/DACCs and CHMTs in planning, implementation, M&E and
reporting of RMNCH services. - To oversee needs assessment, on
PMTCT, EID, Paediatric ART & RMNCH programs and services and
organize efforts to address these needs -; including capacity building
and health system strengthening – in collaboration with the R/DPMs,
R/DACCs, R/DRCHCos and CHMTs. - To ensure timeliness and accuracy
of PMTCT, EID, Paediatric ART and RMNCH data – as well as support
strengthening of the related M&E systems – in collaboration with the
M&E team. - Lead efforts to robustly analyse & utilize
PMTCT, EID, Paediatric ART & RMNCH data to inform plans, priorities
and resource allocation and write reports, best practices and lessons
learned for wider dissemination. - To lead efforts to identify
gaps in PMTCT, EID, Paediatric ART and RMNCH; design and implement
operational research (OR), PHE, secondary data analyses and CQI
initiatives to address these gaps; and write abstracts, posters
manuscripts, and policy briefs to widely disseminate findings. - To
implement and manage a robust capacity building program, for PMTCT,
EID, Paediatric ART and RMNCH HCPs; capitalizing on supportive
supervision, mentorship and on-job training in line with national
guidelines. - To supervise program staff under her/him across supported regions and councils.
- To
lead efforts in writing technical program documents including project
proposals, work-plans, reports, best practices, lessons learned and
other relevant documents, as required by the RPM. - To support and
advise the program director and deputy directors on all PMTCT, EID,
Paediatric ART and RMNCH issues and perform other relevant duties as
assigned by her/his supervisor.
NEW TANZANIAN JOBS, INTERNSHIPS AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES 2020 (1,319 POSTS)
Requirements: Education, work experience and skills
- Medical Officer
- Master of Public Health added advantage
- 5 years experience in Maternal and Child Health
- Experience in planning and implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
- Leadership and Analytical skills
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Interested
candidates should submit an application letter indicating clearly 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. MDH does not have any agents and does not charge any
fees to the interested candidates. Applications should be submitted by Monday 11th January, 2021, to the Director of Human Resource through e-mail hr@mdh-tz.org or dropped by hand at the MDH Head Office in Mikocheni B, along Mwai Kibaki Road, Plot No. 802.
Kindly note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
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