New Job Opportunity at JHPIEGO Tanzania – Senior Technical Advisor: Clinical and Training/Training Lead
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Overview
Jhpiego is an international non-profit health
organization affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University. For more than
46 years now, Jhpiego has empowered front-line health workers by
designing and implementing effective, iow-cost, hands-on solutions to
strengthen the delivery of health care services for women and their
families.
By putting evidence-based health innovations into everyday
practice, Jhpiego works to break down barriers to high-quality health
care for the world’s most vulnerable populations.
Jhpiego,
implementing a number of projects in Tanzania, wishes to recruit the
following positions below, available for immediate filling…
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Location TZ
Job ID 2021-4200
Experience (Years) 7
Category International Positions
Overview
Jhpiego seeks a Senior Technical Advisor: Clinical and Training/Training
Lead for an upcoming Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)/PEPFAR-funded voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) project
in Tanzania. The project aims to contribute to the PEPFAR goal of
achieving HIV epidemic control through the scale-up of quality, safe
VMMC services targeting adult men and high-risk populations for HIV
prevention in Tanzania. The project will work in CDC priority regions to
reach males >15 years and saturate VMMC services in low coverage
areas in Geita, Kagera, Mwanza, Shinyanga, Simiyu, Mara and Kigoma
regions. The project will operate over a 5-year period.
The
Senior Technical Advisor will provide technical leadership and project
oversight in the areas of Health Care Worker/Community Health Worker
(HCW/CHW) training and capacity building in VMMC service provision
include AE prevention and management, Quality Improvement/Quality
Assurance (QI/QA) and data quality and use as it relates to Voluntary
Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC).The Senior Technical Advisor/Training
Lead will also provide technical assistance at the
National/Regional/District and Facility level ensuring ongoing capacity
and expertise is built within the existing MOH and PORALG structures in
the areas of VMMC service provision, QI/QA and data quality and use for
sustainability.
The position will operate under the leadership of
the Deputy Project Director/VMMC Lead and will oversee and ensure the
technical and methodological soundness of all project activities. In
collaboration with project team and partners, the position will support
the design and implementation of service delivery strategies based on
international scientific evidence, country context based best practices,
and PEPFAR standards, policies and procedures.
This position is contingent upon award from CDC. Tanzania nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Responsibilities
- Provide
technical oversight, strategic direction and definition of appropriate
project activities with a focus on capacity building health care
workers, community health workers and local government authorities. - Support
implementation of a system to ensure capacity and technical quality of
trained health care workers, managers and supervisors to ensure high
quality provision of VMMC services - Develop and/or update
evidence-based training materials, standards, job aids, and curricula,
supervisory systems needed for implementation of the Project to meet the
needs of CDC and the Government of Tanzania - Provide mentoring
and capacity building at the individual, facility, district and regional
levels in specific areas of expertise including but not limited to: - Strengthen
relevant departments of the MOH to plan, lead and oversee training of
MOH staff to become effective managers of training processes. - Advocates
with MOH to design, refine and facilitate VMMC training using
innovative, cost efficient and effective training/learning approaches. - Works
closely with stakeholders to strengthen national health training
systems including supplementary trainings such as data quality and use, - Supports the overall change management process related to improving health training systems
- Collaborates
closely with QI, M&E and Demand Creation leads on training needs
and approaches to support project objectives and outcomes. - Provide
technical assistance for targeted reviews of in-service and/or
pre-service education needs impacting VMMC services, and related
supportive supervision activities and implementation - Coordinate advocacy, and policy and training support, across project regions as required
- Lead
the formulation of innovative approaches, sustained capacity and scale
up of targeted HCW/CHW capacity building VMMC service provision, QI/QA
in HIV prevention, care, and treatment as it relates to VMMC and data
quality and use services - Actively participate in relevant
technical advisory/working groups and professional forums representing
the project and/or Jhpiego - Work with health care providers,
local authorities, community members and project team members to
identify clinical, community-based to national service delivery issues
that impede access to care and uptake of services and develop
context-based solutions - Identify and implement appropriate
facility- and community-based strategies to address HCW/CHW capacity
building in VMMC service provision, AE prevention and management, QI/QA
in HIV prevention, care, and treatment as it relates to VMMC services
and data quality and use and other targeted areas identified from
service delivery gaps - Identify training needs for clinical and
community healthcare providers and assist in the design and
implementation of measures to address those needs - Work closely
with the VMMC Program Lead/DCOP and Principal Investigator/Chief of
Party on setting project priorities and directions, and responding to
requests for support from local counterparts - Work with M&E
staff to design, implement a plan to track data/results related to
targeted HCW/CHW capacity building in QI/QA, data use, and reporting of
AE/NAE in HIV prevention, care, and treatment as it relates to VMMC
services to inform adjustments in project implementation - Collaborate
with all local stakeholders and implementing partners, especially the
Ministry of Health, PORALG and other US and international implementing
partners, to ensure that all activities conform to the requirements and
regulations - Document successes, lessons learned and challenges
in implementation as well as reports of project activities and results
to the project and donor, including routine quarterly and annual reports
and other reporting requirements as requested - Document and
maintain an inventory of successful tools and approaches for targeted
HCW/CHW capacity building in VMMC service provision, QI/QA, data quality
and use and reporting of AE/NAE in HIV prevention, care, and treatment
as it relates to VMMC services to inform adjustments in project
implementation - Author/co-author abstracts, presentations, and articles for journals and conferences
- Supervise technical staff
- Manage technical contributions of subgrantees, including defining scopes of work
- Maintain
excellent relationships with CDC, National AIDS Control Program,
MOH/PORALG and in-country stakeholders and develop rapid responses - Provide
technical leadership to the development the project strategic plan,
work plan, and project monitoring, in close collaboration with CDC,
MoHCDGEC, PORALG at all levels and IPs to ensure timely implementation
and compliance to the requirements and regulations of the award
NEW TANZANIAN JOBS, INTERNSHIPS AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES 2021 (1,319 POSTS)
Required Qualifications
- A Clinical Degree (doctor or nursing), and Master of Public Health preferred
- At
least 7-8 years’ experience implementing and/or providing technical
assistance in HCW/CHW capacity building, specifically in QI/QA and HIV
prevention, treatment, and care - At least 7 years’ experience in
implementing and/or providing technical assistance of $15M per year in
donor-funded projects and in the design and implementation of overseas
health projects; preferably in Tanzania, specifically the regions of
Geita, Kagera, Mwanza, Shinyanga, Simiyu, Mara and Kigoma - Demonstrated experience providing capacity building assistance at individual and organizational levels
- Skilled
in at least two or more of the following technical areas: strengthening
service delivery projects; training; pre-service education; performance
and quality improvement; monitoring and evaluation - Demonstrated
experience with a mix of practical technical skills in QI/QA
initiatives and standardization and reporting of AE/NAE necessary for
HIV prevention, treatment, and care and VMMC service delivery at the
regional, national, clinical and community-level - Demonstrated
in-depth understanding of Tanzania healthcare system, particularly the
public health system, experience living and working in Tanzania
preferred - Familiarity with CDC’s administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems
- Proven track record managing a project team composed of several technical experts and fostering team work
- Excellent
diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain
interpersonal and professional relationships with CDC, host-country
counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders such as
NGOs, CSOs, and the private sector - Expertise in research to practice—identifying and adapting best practices to specific project contexts
- Excellent verbal, written interpersonal and presentation skills in English and Swahili
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Ability to travel nationally to project sites
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Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.
Please apply at www.jobs-jhpiego.icims.com
Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume, references, and salary history.
For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org
Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee
benefits package including: medical and dental plans; paid vacation,
holidays and sick leave; personal accident insurance; 403(b) retirement
plan; life and disability insurance; travel insurance; education
assistance plan and more.
Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
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