Responsibilities
Leadership:
- Conduct a literature reviews and provide technical support to advance IPC knowledge in Tanzania and the various health projects.
- Participate and lead elements of human centered design workshops to gain deeper understanding of end users of IPC training and mentorship support needs
- Provide technical support to develop to guidelines, job aids and policies and procedures for both programs and government documents
- Provide technical assistance to operational research and evaluations.
- Support project teams to conduct assessments including baselines, program monitoring and endline surveys.
- Participate in relevant technical working groups and existing platforms to stay abreast of IPC in Tanzania and ensure best practices and internationals standards are incorporated into TWG discussions.
- Lead technical writing and provide technical feedback on proposals, documents and project reports
Management:
- Work collaboratively with project teams and headquarters staff to ensure proper financial projections, reporting, spending and compliance with project terms and conditions
- Work collaboratively with external stakeholders which may including WHO, Johns Hopkins University, CDC, CDC Atlanta and technical advisory group members
- Maintain relationships with government counterparts to ensure co-design and management of programming in Tanzania
- Directly contribute and provide data analysis to ensure that projects are meeting set targets, and identify opportunities to course correct if and when needed.
- Promote and support the dissemination of project best practices and lessons learned among project teams, key partners (including the MOH), local partners, WHO, CDC and PEPFAR collaborators
Required Qualifications
- Clinical degree with post-graduate level training in public health
- Technical expertise in IPC
- A minimum of 7 years of mid- to senior-level experience in designing, implementing or managing large, complex, community-level IPC projects
- Experience with human centered design and instructional design is a bonus
- Proven leadership skills, as well as skills in facilitation, team building and coordination
- Proven track record in working within a project team composed of several technical experts, project, finance and administrative staff for at least two years
- Strong change management, results-oriented and decision-making skills
- Strong leadership and technical capacity to support service delivery, especially at the facility level
- At least two years of experience living and working in Tanzania, including supporting implementation of national-level projects
- Demonstrated expertise working in a leadership capacity with international donors, senior government officials and policymakers
- Demonstrated experience in implementing public health projects of more than US$1 million per year in developing countries, with emphasis on IPC projects
- Strong leadership and technical capacity to support service delivery, especially at the community level
- Excellent interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
- Fluency in English
- Experience and understanding United States Government donors and their framework
- Ability to travel nationally and internationally
