POSITION TITLE: Senior Community Services Manager
LOCATION: Dar es Salaam Region
REPORTS TO: Deputy Director of Programs (DDP – SD)
The Community Services Senior Manager (CSM)is a senior technical expert on the community and key and vulnerable population (KVP) program. She/he will provide technical leadership and advice on the recommended community HIV prevention, ART and KVP services including Index and Mobile HIV Testing Services (HTS), HIV Self Testing (HIVST) and Social Network Testing (SNT); Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP); Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC), community ART, patient tracking and continuity of care, and other services. She/he will support MDH Regional teams to implement the community and KVP program successfully, and liaise with the Government, donor, and other key stakeholders as needed and guided by her/his supervisor.
1. Lead the development, implementation, oversight, and reporting of MDH’s community KVP program work plan and ensure synergies with other MDH programs/ services.
2. Support MDH regional teams to implement and scale-up of recommended community-based HIV prevention and KVP programs and services including Index and mobile HTS, HIVST, SNT, PrEP, SBCC, community ART, and patient tracking and continuity of care.
3. Provide technical leadership in the development of Social, Behavioral Change Communication (SBCC) interventions and materials
4. Provide technical leadership and capacity building to MDH regional program teams, R/CHMTs, CSOs, and other key stakeholders on the implementation of MDH’s community program and other SBCC interventions.
5. Lead MDH efforts to contribute to develop, review and disseminate national guidelines, SOPs, IECs, training manuals, M&E, and other tools on the community, SBCC, and KVP programming.
6. Lead monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) of MDH’s community program including data collection, quality assurance, analysis, reporting, and ensure data-driven programming.
7. Support the MDH team, MOHCDGEC, PORALG, and R/CHMTs to conduct feedback meetings with key stakeholders to reflect on the community program implementation and outcomes.
8. Lead analysis, documentation, and dissemination of MDHs’ community program outcomes and best practices via abstracts, posters, manuscripts, policy briefs, presentations, and others.
9. Lead efforts to identify gaps in community HIV and KVP programs, design and implement continuous quality improvement (CQI) initiatives, and operational research to address gaps.
10. Contribute towards expanding MDH’s portfolio in SBCC and other public health programs through writing grants and operational research proposals.
11. Perform any other work-related duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.
1. Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences.
2. Master’s Degree in public health, community development, and/or related field.
3. A minimum of Five (5) years of work experience in community HIV, SBCC, and KVP programs and services.
4. Demonstrable leadership experience in public health programs and services with competencies in supervising individuals and teams to deliver intended outcomes.
5. Experience in Health Communication and Prevention programming including Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC).
6. Experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL), Data Analysis, Interpretation, Utilization, CQI, and Operational research in the health sector.
7. Fluent in both written and spoken English and Swahili languages.
Interested candidates for any of the above positions 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 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 hr@mdh.or.tz by 19th October 2021MDH DO NOT have any agents and DO NOT charge any fees to the interested candidates kindly note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.