Deadline: 21 December, 2020
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The Family Health International (FHI 360) is seeking to fill the role of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Advisor.
FHI 360 builds local capacity for the delivery of sustainable, high-quality, comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support services.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the assessment of inpatient, outpatient, and community-based reproductive health service readiness and quality assessment in conjunction with MoH, PO-RALG and consortium partners
- Design or refine family planning and reproductive health quality improvement and technical assistance activities and provide technical support in collaboration with government partners
- Provide technical support in the development and dissemination of tools, strategies for technical assistance and mentorship, materials, reports, and interventions for improving family planning and reproductive health service provision, access, and demand as part of an integrated project support strategy
- Work closely with assigned team to ensure activities and mentorship are implemented according to standard operating procedures and national guidelines for practice and quality
- Routinely assess changes in international guidelines and best practices and provide input on these changes to assist with government partner policy, strategy, and guideline revisions
- Assist with the implementation of the project by monitoring and documenting technical assistance and mentorship approaches, processes, and outcomes
- Monitor and maintain protocols, instruments, data sets, manuals, training and monitoring materials and reports
- Prepare reports and papers summarising project results, assist with publications, web pages and presentation development, technical briefs, or other necessary documents to facilitate research, best practices, policies and procedures related to reproductive health programming
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Health, Public Health, or a related field (medical training as a midwife or doctor preferred)
- Eight years, minimum, of technical assistance experience in health, particularly in the maternal and reproductive health and woman’s care areas
- Proficiency with database management software, Microsoft Office, and online search tools
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in Swahili and English
- Sensitivity to cultural diversity and understanding of the political, contextual, and ethical issues in assigned areas, particularly regarding spousal consent issues and patient autonomy
- Articulate and professional and able to communicate in a clear, positive fashion with stakeholders
- Experience in a similar position within a non-governmental organisation (NGO), government agency, or private company
- Excellent organisational and analytical skills and strong ability to manage and meet multiple tasks
- Working knowledge of concepts, practices and procedures with providing technical support for reproductive health activities/projects (highly desirable)
- Qualified female candidates particularly encouraged to apply
To apply and for more information, click here.
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