REGIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING COORDINATOR

Tanzania Community Health and Social Welfare Systems Strengthening Project 

Position Description

REGIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING COORDINATOR

Reporting to:     Regional Director

Location: CHSS regional offices in Mwanza

Background  

The Community Health and Social Welfare Systems Strengthening Program (CHSSP) is a five-year PEPFAR/USAID funded cooperative agreement led by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. with consortium partners Initiatives Inc. and World Education Inc/Batwana. The program will be implemented in 18 regions of Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar. CHSSP aims to contribute to PEPFAR 3.0 goal of HIV epidemic control by 2020 through supporting the systems strengthening priorities set by the Government of Tanzania (GOT) for health and social welfare services toward improving health, wellbeing and protection outcomes for Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW), Most Vulnerable Children (MVC) People Living with HIV/AIDs (PLHIV), as well as key populations.

The guiding principles of CHSSP are to promote gender equality, increase efficiencies in the use of resources, expand impact and sustainability, and increase accountability.

Job Summary

Within CHSSP, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. leads the consortium partners in program planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. In order to achieve these aims, the Regional Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Systems Strengthening Coordinator is a full-time position based in the CHSS regional offices in Mwanza.  Reporting to the Regional Director, the Regional CSO Systems Strengthening Coordinator is primarily responsible for supporting deliverables under the following strategy:  

Strategy 3.3     Strengthen organizational and management capacity of CSO to better serve priority and key populations  

Primary Responsibilities and Duties:  

•    Under the guidance of the Regional Director, coordinate closely with the regional team to maximize integration and synergies of the objectives and strategies of CHSSP to ensure an integrated approach to implementation among consortium partners:

•    Build and maintain strong, collaborative working relationships with relevant selected CSOs involved in planning and providing  health and social welfare services, especially for the HIV care continuum;

•    Support relevant selected CSO, specifically those representing the needs and issues of AGYW, MVC, PLHIV, MSM, FSW, and PWID to conduct organizational capacity assessments and develop clear and achievable improvement action plans tailored to their specific organizational and management needs;

•    Conduct regular supportive supervision, coaching, and mentoring activities, as per agreed action plans, to ensure CSOs strengthen their organizational and management capacity to 1) advocate for the service needs of priority and key populations with districts and other stakeholders; 2) participate in LGA planning and budgeting; 3) increase representation of the issues and needs of priority and key populations in planning and budgeting processes;  

•    Provide targeted support to CSOs to help them engage in community and district level planning, budgeting and monitoring of services especially for PLHIV/AGYW/MVC and key populations;

•    Ensure dissemination of relevant currently available national policies and guidelines CSOs are expected to comply with in planning and providing health and social welfare services, especially for the HIV continuum of care;

•    Document successes, best practices, and challenges related to CSO systems strengthening activities; and

•    Ensure timely and qualitative contributions for all necessary reports and especially quarterly reports, and semi and annual reports.

Qualifications:  

•    Hold a degree or advanced diploma in Public Health, International Development or an equivalent field; Master’s degree or Post Graduate Diploma in related fields will be an advantage;

•    Have at least  5 years’ experience working with CSOs implementing community-based health and social welfare programs,  and/or systems strengthening, especially to improve the HIV continuum of care for AGYW, MVC, PLHIV, MSM, FSW, and PWID; 

•    Have good understanding of LGA structures and systems that CSOs are expected to collaborate and coordinate with in order to plan for and provide health and social welfare services at district, ward, and village levels; 

•    Have a good understanding of current national policies and guidelines CSOs are expected to comply with in planning and providing health and social welfare services, especially for the HIV continuum of care;

•    Experience providing technical assistance to CSOs, including NGOs and FBOs, especially those representing the needs and issues of AGYW, MVC, PLHIV, MSM, FSW, and PWID.

•     Ability to liaise effectively and manage participatory processes with a range of local government and civil society stakeholders at the district, ward, and village levels;  

•    Creative and capable of working independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team; 

•    Fluent speaking and writing in English and Kiswahili and able to produce quality

    products in English such as progress reports, presentations, program briefs, and case studies;

•    Excellent interpersonal and management skills;

•    Experience in sub-Saharan Africa required, Tanzania experience preferred; and

•    Tanzanian national preferred.

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Terms of Application

To apply please send your cover letter, CV and copy of certificates through e-mail to chss.recruitment@gmail.com  by 21st December, 2016.