New Job Opportunity at Compassion International Tanzania – Program Health Support Specialist

 Compassion International

Program Support Specialist
Location: Tanzania
Type: Full time
Job ID: R640
The role of Program Health Support Specialist
will provide subject matter expertise regarding the health of all
program beneficiaries (pregnancy through youth). This role will
collaborate with other Support Specialists, Program Trainers and
Partnership Facilitators to ensure staff and Frontline Church Partners
(FCP) are adequately informed and equipped to ensure preventative and
curative care for all beneficiaries.
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Responsibilities

• Maintains
  a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for
  Jesus Christ, maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing
  with people within and outside of Compassion, and faithfully upholds
  Compassion’s ministry in prayer.
• Acts as an advocate for
  children. Understands and advances Christ’s mandate to protect children.
  Raises awareness of the needs of children and takes active steps to
  help protect against neglect, abuse, and exploitation of children.
  Promotes the dignity, respect, positive treatment, potential of children
  in all circumstances.
• Serve as a SME to country leadership in developing country health strategies.
• Interpret
  and contextualize the global physical and mental development outcomes
  and indicators for Compassion Holistic Child and Youth Development
  program.
• Maintain subject matter expertise on healthy physical
  and mental development theory, and practice; and support in mobilizing
  health related resources.
• This role will also review &
  analyze relevant program data to identify areas of concern, health
  trends and will work with the Church Facing Teams to support FCP to
  identify intervention and local and Compassion resources to address
  needs.
• Supports overall holistic child development and provides
  ongoing subject matter expertise in individual areas of specialization.
  Aids partnership facilitators and cross-functional staff and managers by
  providing coaching and knowledge within area of specialty. Supports
  child development community learning and improvement among staff and
  other stakeholders.
• Regularly assesses changing need for and
  ability to deliver programming within area of expertise. Consolidates
  national and local data to identify common gaps and patterns. May
  develop strategy; maintains and supports the implementation of strategy
  within area of expertise. Provides advice in support of other strategy
  development with the national office as needed.
• Provides skilled
  program design support to other staff. Supports the ongoing development
  and implementation of local program design in alignment with the global
  objectives. May provide expertise to other national office
  professionals, support staff and FCP staff/volunteers to ensure that
  Frontline Church Partners are adequately informed and equipped to
  provide holistic development to caregivers, children and youth.
• May
  facilitate the identification of resource components (internal and
  external) for specific child development strategies and plans in support
  of partnership facilitator efforts with FCPs. May provide information
  to management and other decision-makers regarding allocation of
  appropriate resources. May provide input to and/or develop Interventions
  for funding within area of expertise.
• Designs, implements, and
  monitors specific holistic child development strategies and
  interventions. Serves partnership facilitators by providing
  capacity-building and child/youth/caregiver engagement activities in
  area of expertise. May contextualize portions of curriculum relevant to
  their expertise or other resources for child and youth development.
  Works with partnership facilitators by ensuring intervention records,
  reports, and other documentation are accurate, complete and delivered to
  appropriate stakeholders.
• Reviews data, reports and utilizes
  findings to support management and key stakeholders in improving program
  initiatives, interventions and child outcomes.
• May provide expertise to other program support staff in the national office.

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Faith

• Has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Culture

• Accountable
  for supporting, upholding, and engaging in Compassion’s core “Cultural
  Behaviors” in all internal and external communication and relationships.

Skills & Competencies

• An understanding of the national health care system
• An understanding of the health and developmental milestones
• Ability to review/analyze health data, reach conclusions and provide clear decisions/recommendations on health strategies.
• Ability to think programmatically and make appropriate recommendations/decisions on a national health strategy.
• Ability
  to effectively train non-medical personnel in basic health topics and
  assist lay leadership adapt best practices to the local context.
• Ability to collaborate well both internally & externally.
• Ability to network and build partnerships with other ministries & organizations for resource mobilization.
• Ability to represent Compassion on a professional level.
• Ability to communicate (verbal & written) in a clear and effective manner.

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Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health (Nursing or medicine), Higher Public Health degree will be an added advantage

Experience

• 2 to 3 years Experience working in this or similar position or field.

*Equivalent education, training and/or certification may be substituted for experience and education shown above
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Working Environment Office – Standard Office Environment
Physical Demands Sitting, standing, and/or walking for up to 8 hours per day
Travel Requirements May be required to travel up to 10% of normal schedule

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