Management and Development for Health (MDH) is a non-profit,
non-governmental organization whose primary aim is to contribute to
address public health priorities of Tanzania and world at large. The
priorities include: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis; Reproductive, Maternal,
New-born and Child health (RMNCH), Nutrition; Non-Communicable Diseases
of public health significance; as well as Health System Strengthening.
MDH strongly believes in and works in partnership various local and
global institutions, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender,
Elderly and Children (MOHCDGEC); President’s Office Regional Authorities
and Local Government (PORALG); donor agencies; as academic and
nonacademic institutions; implementing partners; civil society,
community-based and faith-based organizations and others. MDH (Sub
recipient) in collaboration with Deloitte Consulting Limited (Prime)
through USAID funded Comprehensive Client-Centered Health Program–HIV
and Tuberculosis (C3HP HIV TB) seeks to recruit qualified individuals to
fill the following vacancies based in Dar es salaam and 6 supported
regions of Iringa, Lindi, Morogoro, Mtwara, Njombe and Ruvuma.
POSITION TITLE: Manager – Care &Treatment Service Delivery (1 Post)
LOCATION: Dar es Salaam Region
REPORTS TO: Senior Manager Quality Service Delivery 3
Position Summary:
The Manager- Care &Treatment (ART delivery, FP&CECAP) Service
Delivery is a member of the central technical team responsible for
providing technical guidance on care and treatment services, family
planning integration and CECAP services under the project. Working
closely with the Senior Manager Quality Service Delivery, s/he provides
technical assistance to the central and regional team ensuring effective
implementation of interventions related to care and treatment family
planning integration and CECAP in facility settings; as well as working
with and providing technical support to other project staff at supported
regions and regions, key stakeholders at national, regional and local
government authorities and other partners.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Lead and oversee planning, implementation, M&E and reporting of
Care & Treatment (ART delivery, FP &CECAP) services and other
relevant activities across all supported regions and councils.
2. Oversee implementation of initiatives to address key program, donor
and national priorities, including 2nd and 3rd 95 interventions,
Cryptococcal program, FP/HIV integration and CECAP in line with national
guidelines.
3. Forge strong partnership with key government ministries and offices
at national, regional and council level, support national efforts and
provide TA to relevant ministries, RHMTs and CHMTs in planning,
implementation, M&E and reporting of HIV testing and prevention
services.
4. Oversee needs assessment, on Care &Treatment (ART delivery, FP
& CECAP) services and organize efforts to address these needs;
including capacity building and health system strengthening – in
collaboration with the R/CHMTs.
5. Oversee and ensure efficient management project expenditure and other resources as per approved work-plan and budget.
6. Work with the project M&EL unit to put in place an efficient
system for routine Care &Treatment (ART delivery, FP&CECAP) data
recording, cleaning, reporting and utilization.
7. Lead efforts to robustly analyse and utilize Care &Treatment (ART
delivery, FP&CECAP) data to inform plans, priorities and resource
allocation and write reports, best practices and lessons learned for
wider dissemination.
8. Lead efforts to identify gaps in Care &Treatment (ART delivery,
FP&CECAP) services; 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.
9. Implement robust capacity building programs, for Care &Treatment
(ART delivery, FP&CECAP) services; capitalizing on supportive
supervision, mentorship and on-job training in line with national
guidelines.
10. Supervise program staff under her/him across supported regions.
11. Lead efforts in writing technical program documents including
project proposals, workplans, reports, best practices, lessons learned
and other relevant documents, as required by the supervisor.
12. Support and advise the project leadership on all Care &Treatment
(ART delivery, FP&CECAP) issues and perform other relevant duties
as assigned by her/his supervisor.
Requirements: Education, Work experience and Skills:
1. Medical degree (MD or equivalent).
2. Master’s degree Public Health or related discipline preferred.
3. Minimum 8 years’ work experience in facility-based HIV program
services including 5 years’ experience with Care & Treatment program
planning and implementation at the national or regional level.
4. Working knowledge of PEPFAR-funded HIV programs.
5. Demonstrable leadership experience in public health programs and
services with competencies in supervising individuals and teams to
deliver intended outcomes.
6. Experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL), Data
Analysis, Interpretation, Utilization, CQI and Operational research in
the HIV care and treatment, FP/HIV integration, Cervical Cancer
screening program.
7. Fluency in both written and spoken English and Swahili Languages.
8. Strong computer skills (MS Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint).
9. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and strong
problem-solving skills. 10. Ability to travel to implementation regions a
minimum of 50% of time
HOW TO APPLY:
Interested candidates for any of the above position should submit an
application letter, a detailed copy of their CV, names and contact
information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of three work
related referees. The candidate MUST clearly indicate the Title of the
position applied for (as it appears in the advertisement) on the heading
of the email. Applications should be submitted to the Human Resource
Director through email [email protected] by
8 th December 2021. MDH DO NOT have any agents and DO NOT charge any
fees to the interested candidates. Kindly note that only shortlisted
applicants will be contacted.
The deadline for submitting the application is 08 December 2021.
