Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS) is an indigenous NGO established in 2011 under nongovernmental organisation act No 24 0f 2002. Since 2012, THPS has worked in partnership with the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC), Ministry of Health of Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar and President Office, Regional Administration and local government (PORALG). Programs supported include provision of HIV prevention, care, treatment and support services in Kigoma, Pwani, Mtwara and Zanzibar with support from Centres for Diseases Prevention and Control (CDC). THPS is also funded by the Joint UNAIDS to support demand creation among women living with HIV (WLHIV) and other low income women for cervical cancer prevention, screening and treatment in four regions of mainland Tanzania i.e. Geita, Njombe, Tanga, and Songwe.

THPS has just been awarded funds to implement the Global Fund program in mainland Tanzania as a Sub Recipient to AMREF – Health Africa in Mwanza, Mara, Shinyanga, Simiyu, Morogoro, Dodoma, Singida, Tabora, Pwani, Tanga, Mtwara, Mbeya, Manyara, Kilimanjaro and Arusha regions. The focus is to support HIV Prevention programs for Key and Vulnerable Populations (KVP) through collaboration with civil society and local government authorities in the specified geographical regions and districts.

THPS is currently seeking highly experienced, committed and motivated Tanzanians to fill in the following position:

TITLE: KVP Strategic Information (SI) Advisor (1 position)

REPORTS TO: Director of Monitoring and Evaluation (THPS)

LOCATION: Central Office Dar es Salaam (with frequent field travel up to 75%)

OVERALL JOB FUNCTION: To provide overall technical support in the planning and implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities required for Key and Vulnerable Population Project within District and regions supported by THPS. Work with the Director of M&E to build sustainable capacity of Regional and District health teams (RHMT and CHMTs) as well as ZIHTLP and CSO’s in managing health information systems related to KVP programs under THPS support. This includes capacity to quality data management and its use for program improvement.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Responsible for the overall coordination of Monitoring and Evaluation of KVP activities
• Provide leadership on timely reporting of quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports
• Provide leadership on reviews of database managers and hiring of data managers
• Coordinate KVP M&E team meetings and work plans and track of the outputs
• Assist to refine KVP M&E materials and data management systems
• Provide technical support in the process of data quality assurance, data cleaning and summarization
• Provide leadership for capacity building of the KVP ME team to improve national M&E systems, use of data and timeliness of reporting.
• Conducts rigorous data analyze and work closely with project team, prepare all technical and program documents in high standard 6
• Provide inputs on funding applications and renewals
• Monitor regional implementation plans and progress to KVP targets by the CSOs
• Conduct supportive supervision to CSO sites
• Document experiences, prepare program and site visits reports, presentations, briefs and articles/success stories
• Work collaboratively with other project team members to ensure necessary program planning, development, and management activities function smoothly and efficiently and in an integrated manner
• Monitor and assess the performance of CSOs and quality of data submitted
• Monitor and assess community response at the project wards and districts in the region
• Conducts M&E capacity development regularly for project staff, counterpart staff and sub-grantees to ensure quality data collection and use.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:  

• Required: Bachelor Degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, international health, or a related discipline. A background in a medical-related field is an advantage
• Advance degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health or related discipline will be an added advantage
• Required: Working for 4+ years of experience in the design, implementation and management of health monitoring and evaluation systems. HIV/AIDS or KVP epidemiological experience preferred. Experience with primary collection of clinical data, design of forms and data collection instruments, and data analysis is an advantage
• Required: Extensive experience with Microsoft Access and Excel and one or more of the following statistical analysis packages (SAS, SPSS, STATA)
• Excellent communications skills in English and Swahili
• Leadership skills, team building and good interpersonal skills

How to apply:

Interested applicants should send application cover letter one-page maximum and CV four pages maximum by March 31st 2018 with the Posititon title in the subject line to hr.thps@gmail.com. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Please do not attach any certificates when submitting online.

THPS is an equal opportunity employer; Women, People living with HIV/AIDS and People with disability are encouraged to apply.