Established in 1915 with Helen Keller as a founding trustee, Helen Keller International (HKI) works to save the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. Headquartered in New York City, HKI currently conducts programs in 21 countries in Africa and Asia as well as in the United States. HKI is known for sustainability, reliability, efficiency and the highest level of technical expertise in fighting and treating blindness and malnutrition. To accomplish its work, HKI builds the capacity of local governmental, civil society and private sector systems and infrastructure, and promotes the development of sustained, large-scale programs that deliver effective preventative and curative services for nutrition, eye health and neglected tropical diseases.
Country Overview:
Established in 1984, the HKI-Tanzania office was the organization's first in Africa set up to provide primary eye care services in central Tanzania. HKI has since expanded its role and currently works in partnership with the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoH), local NGO’s, and other national and international development partners in the areas of nutrition and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), particularly trachoma.
Scope of the Position:
HKI-Tanzania is the Coordinating Partner and an F&E Implementing Partner in the Trachoma SAFE Project through ICTC (International Coalition for Trachoma Control) funded by DfID and the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, with Sightsavers UK as Grant Manager.
HKI-Tanzania is seeking a program officer with monitoring and evaluation (M&E) skills and experience who will support the coordination and implementation of NTD programming in Tanzania for the remaining length of the Trachoma SAFE program.
Office Reports to: NTD Coordinator
Direct reports: None
Duration: 19 months (through June 2019)
Key Responsibilities (M&E):
• Develop improved data monitoring and evaluation systems which allow NTDCP and HKI to keep detailed track of general program data, assist in gathering and verifying data for the WHO dossier for TT elimination, formalize a system for data reporting through the district and regional levels, and build the NTDCP’s capacity to manage ongoing data collection.
• Accompany TT-Only Survey facilitation team on their training and field work to assist in ensuring quality of data collection during TT-Only Surveys.
• Work with NTDCP to implement high-quality surgical audits and spearhead the data analysis.
• Assist with implementation and ongoing support of an mHealth initiative (mobile-based application) to assist in patient tracking and data collection and analysis.
• Assist with other monitoring and evaluation tasks as needed.
Key Responsibilities (Program Implementation):
• Work with NTD Coordinator to plan and implement logistics and facilitate activities including country visits by donors, training and workshops, surgeon audits, meetings, technical supervision rosters, TT-only Surveys, programmatic supervision visits, and other program activities. Planning may include selecting dates and venues as well as preparation of invitation letters, agendas, lesson plans, Powerpoint presentations, minutes, and closing reports.
• Serve as a liaison with Implementing Partners, RECs and RNTDs, the NTDCP, and the Grant Manager and ensure that all queries, concerns, issues, and requests are followed up on promptly. This may include providing resources or programmatic advice, answering questions, and following up on requested data, documents, permits or other information.
• Work closely with the NTDCP in order to ensure strong planning and post-event reporting for technical supervision, surgeon audit, and NTDCP-only supervision visits.
• Represent HKI when participating in joint NTDCP/HKI supervision visits to the regions of the Trachoma SAFE Program and use technical skills to provide guidance and capacity building to these implementing partners; also submit detailed reports on these visits.
• Write and submit to HKI supervisors all required meeting minutes, fund reconciliations, and post-activity reports for program activities within one week of said activity.
• Oversee activity budgets and ensure that funds are spent according to donor and HKI policy, and assist with providing accurate financial and narrative reports to donors as needed.
• Work with HKI and NTDCP teams to identify challenges to achieving the goal of trachoma elimination by 2020 and develop and implement solutions to overcome those challenges.
Desired Qualifications, Experiences and Conditions
• The ideal candidate will be fluent in English and Swahili.
• Must possess a minimum bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as monitoring and evaluation, public health, statistics, etc.
• Strong data management, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, and communication skills.
• The ideal candidate has technical knowledge of trachoma, TT, and SAFE elimination strategies.
• Experience in hygiene and sanitation/environmental health is an added advantage.
• Should have experience with responsibility for donor-funded budgets.
• He/she will be a strategic thinker, who possesses strong critical thinking, problem-solving, analytical and presentation skills with the ability to influence high-level ministry officials at both regional and national levels.
