Rafiki Social Development Organization is a development and advocacy
non-Governmental and non-profit sharing Organization working with
Children, Youth, Marginalized and Vulnerable groups, families and their
communities to reach their full potential by advocating for their rights
and tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.
The Organization was established in January 2005 and registered under the NGO Act of 2002, issued with a registration number No.00NGO/00006336 to operate in Tanzania Mainland. Rafiki-SDO in partnership with PACT implement the USAID Adolescents and Children HIV Incidence Reduction, Empowerment and Virus Elimination project (ACHIEVE). ACHIEVE is a five-year global effort to reach and sustain HIV epidemic control among pregnant and breastfeeding women, adolescents, infants and children. The project is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and implemented by a Pact-led consortium of top global HIV/AIDS partners. The ACHIEVE consortium works with USAID Missions, national governments and existing response partners to identify gaps in HIV prevention and treatment programming among target populations. As part of its strategy, ACHIEVE is working to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and to empower youth to own their own future.
To facilitate smooth implementation of this project, Rafiki-SDO wishes to recruit qualified, experienced, motivated and dynamic individuals in the following positions available;
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JOB TITTLE: Assistant M&E Officer (1 POST)
Office location: Mara Region
Work station : Musoma Municipal Council
Reporting to: Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator
Duration: 1 YEAR / Renewable (full time) Salary: Attractive package Overview :
Serve as an active member of the Rafiki-SDO management team for the implementation of ACHIEVE Tanzania project with the primary responsibility of strategic leadership and management of Monitoring and Evaluation functions under the leadership and direction of Project Manager.
Responsib ilities:
The Assistant Monitoring and Evaluation officer must develop a close working relationship with the technical team (ESLO, CMOs, CMCs. HHOs etc.) to ensure quality data is collected and entered in the database. The assistant M&E Officer will be responsible for:
- Support in implementing and overseeing monitoring and evaluation activities in the council level, including development of Rafiki-SDO M&E plans and data collection frameworks to support data
management, and reporting.
- Support data analysis for their respective councils, visualization and use of data to assess daily and monthly Rafiki-SDO performance trends and help Rafiki-SDO management to interpret program
performance and implications of data for programming.
- Participate actively in generating data for Rafiki-SDO management monthly and quarterly narrative reports or other reports, as needed.
- Organize and supervises routine internal data quality assessments (DQAs) for each council under management of the Rafiki-SDO.
- Facilitate communication, technical and working linkages between technical team and M&E team within and between councils.
- Play a coordinating function for producing data and feeding to Rafiki-SDO management for program decision making at council and organizational level.
- Provided technical assistance to Rafiki-SDO technical team members (CMOs, CMCs, HHOs, ESLOs, DREAMS Officer etc.) on developing and monitoring targets in compliance with the developed and approved M&E plan.
- Conduct and coordinate provision of regular data collection and entry visits to Community Case Workers (CCWs); identify data entry challenges and provide technical assistance on data entry to CCWs.
- Serve as a mentor to Rafiki-SDO technical team members (CMOs, CMCs, HHOs, ESLOs, DREAMS Officer ) and provide technical assistance in various areas relating to M&E function.
- Organize and coordinate quarterly data review meeting at councils’ level by supporting program performance presentation preparations, and data interpretation.
- Organize and manage all Quality Improvement (QI) activities of the Rafiki-SDO. Other tasks as assigned
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Minimum Requirements:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in statistics, public health, Information technology, Computer science, demography, or other social science area.
- Academic qualification in monitoring and evaluation will be an added advantage.
- The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years professional experience working in Monitoring, Evaluation, and reporting, preferably working with donor funded programs.
- Adept at data quality assessment, data analysis, visualization, and use
- 2 – 3 years’ work experience supporting technical or programmatic activities in orphans and vulnerable children (experience with health facility setting a plus)
- Experience with DHIS2 preferred other software a plus.
- Experience implementing qualitative and quantitative research a plus
- Report writing and publication skills
- Excellent written, oral and presentation skills in English and Kiswahili
- Excellent peoples and partnership skills.
- Collaborative team player with leadership skills
- Experience with PEPFAR 3.0 funded projects in Tanzania is a plus
- The candidate should have experience in training / workshop facilitation, mentoring and proven ability to develop and maintain effective work relationships with government and other NGO counterparts.
Skills:
- Ability to work effectively with multiple teams, partner agencies and community members. Knowledge of different database software
- Proficient with MS Excel, SPSS, Stata etc.
- Availability and willingness to travel up to 50% time
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Job Title: HIV AND HEALTH OFFICER (1 POST)
Office location: Mara Region
Work station : Musoma Municipal Council
Reporting to: Project Manager
Duration: 1 YEAR / Renewable (full time) Salary: Attractive package Position Summary:
The overall objective of this position is to contribute towards strategic service delivery to OVCs and their caregivers, address critical barriers to service access, uptake, and adherence to scale up impact service delivery, advance progress towards 95-95-95 goals and improve health and social outcomes among OVC and their families. The job holder will ensure sound and vibrant bi-directional referral and linkage system, improved case identification, linkages to ART and Viral Load suppression among Children and Adolescents Living with HIV/AIDS.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Represent the Rafiki-SDO and coordinate with the Council Health Management Team regarding HIV and health related activities.
- Hold monthly coordination meetings with Care & Treatment Centers (CTC) in implementation area to support shared confidentiality, facilitate case conferencing, improve the bi-directional referral system, and
ensure HIV positive beneficiaries receive needed services.
- Support Early Childhood Development (ECD) corners at targeted health facilities, including regular monitoring and supportive supervision.
- Support the facilities to have an updated enrolment register at the facility that demonstrate the cascade of enrolment of CLHIV at the CTC.
- Support Community Case Workers (CCWs) to work with high pediatric volume CTCs to trace HIV positive OVC who miss appointments, enroll them into ACHIEVE Project, and link them back to CTCs.
- Support CCWs to conduct HIV risk assessments for OVC during case management; refer and link at risk OVC to HIV Testing and Counselling (HTC).
- Schedule quarterly Sexual Reproductive Health Education outreaches to Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW), DREAMS Girls in school and organize HTC outreaches for adolescents with high-risk behaviors.
- Work with Health Facility Implementing Partners to roll out a supplemental HIV curriculum to CCWs and ensure CCWs provide appropriate support to HIV positive OVC and caregivers.
- Support CCWs to strengthen the capacity of caregivers to support HIV positive OVC and ensure CCWs refer HIV positive OVC and caregivers to PLHIV support groups.
- Support the roll out of evidence-based curriculums relating to HIV (e.g., Steppingstone, Furaha Lifelong
Parenting (Sinovuyo), Sexual Reproductive Health Education, Care for Child Development, etc.)
- Support the establishment of a bi-directional referral system to monitor beneficiaries through the HIV continuum of care as well as service completion for other health and social services.
- Monitor implementation, bottlenecks, performance metrics of the bi-directional referral system; proactively offer solutions, conduct quality improvement activities, and implement adjustments to improve
referral outcomes.
- Participate in quarterly council level quality improvement meetings with relevant bi-directional referral system stakeholders; ensure actions from the meetings are implemented and the bi-directional referral
system is improved.
- Work with the M&E officer to ensure all bi-directional referral data are accurate and produced weekly; use data for decision-making.
- Lead the development of a service directory for health, nutrition, and HIV services in implementation area; update the directory at least once a year.
- Support CCWs to conduct nutrition activities, including nutrition assessments, counselling, and linkage to other nutrition service providers.
- Provide continuous supportive supervision to CCWs to ensure provision of health-related services and referrals and linkages to beneficiaries.
- Submit timely updates to the Program Manager for inclusion in the quarterly, semi-annual, and annual
- Document lessons learned and best practices for experience sharing and replication.
- Perform any other relevant duties as assigned by the Project Manager.
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Minimum required Qualifications, Experience and Skills Education:
- MUST be Diploma holder in Clinical Medicine or Nursing. Bachelor’s degree or higher in medicine or nursing will be an added advantage.
Skills:
- Good understanding of Government of Tanzania health policies.
- Strong M&E skills and experience in strategic information.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in Swahili and English including excellent training skills in working with adult learner leaners, particularly at the community level.
- Able and willing to work flexible hours as needed without constantly or close supervision
- Demonstrate leadership and team building skills.
- Diplomacy and negotiation skills that demonstrate ability to collaborate coordinate with a range of
stakeholders and complex priorities.
Experience:
- At least two (2) years’ experiences in a field position with an organization in public health or OVC programming. Experience in implementation of community programs in health/HIV, MNCH, TB/Malaria etc., is preferred.
- Experienced with PEPFAR 3.0 funded project in Tanzania.
- Experience implementing program and donor regulations, systems, and procedures. Experience in an Appreciative Inquiry (AI) approach in development and social work.
JOB TITLE: CASE MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR (1 POST)
Office location: Mara Region
Work station : Musoma Municipal Council
Reporting to: Case management officer
Duration: 1 YEAR / Renewable (full time) Salary: Attractive package
Responsibilities:
- Supervise Community Case Workers (CCWs) and provide continuous mentoring and support to ensure delivery of high-quality case management services.
- Disseminate and ensure adherence to case management, child protection, referral and linkages, parenting, M&E guidance, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and other job-aids that facilitate
holistic case management at the household/community levels.
- Ensure case management services delivered address the holistic needs of OVC and caregivers including health, nutrition, education, protection, livelihoods, and psycho-social well-being.
- Conduct quality step-down trainings to CCWs and facilitate monthly meetings in the field to introduce new topics, improve quality, and reinforce guidelines and procedures.
- Ensure CCWs complete required case management forms and case filing system is well maintained
- Work in partnership with local government authorities as appropriate, including but not limited to District Executive Directors, Council Health Management Teams, District Social Welfare Officers, and ward level officials.
- Create community linkages for broader community engagement of youth and caregivers in case management, child protection, parenting, etc.
- Assist in mapping existing community cadres (Community Health Workers, Home-Based Care Workers, Para-Social Workers, etc.) in communities and assist government officials to recruit and select CCWs for the National Integrated Case Management Training for CCWs.
- Ensure that all CCWs are oriented in the Child Protection Policy and Code of Conduct; take all cases of child abuse seriously and follow national protocols to ensure timely reporting.
- Ensure CCWs are coordinating with local structures including health facilities and Child Protection Committees (formerly known as Most Vulnerable Children’s Committees).
- Assist in the development of a service directory for social services (in coordination with the Health and HIV services Officer) in implementation areas; update the directory at least once a year.
- Submit timely updates to the Case Management Officer for inclusion in the quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports.
- Document lessons learned and best practices for experience sharing and replication.
- Perform any other relevant duties as assigned by the Case Management Officer.
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Minimum required Qualifications, Experience and Skills Education:
- Certificate in Social Work or Public Health. Certificate in Community Development, Community Economic Development (CED), may be considered.
- Diploma or higher, in the above-mentioned fields will be an added advantage.
Skills:
- Strong M&E skills and experience in strategic information
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in Swahili and English including excellent training skills in working with adult learner leaners, particularly at the community level.
- Able and willing to work flexible hours as needed without constantly or close supervision
- Demonstrate leadership and team building skills.
- Diplomacy and negotiation skills that demonstrate ability to collaborate coordinate with a range of stakeholders and complex priorities.
Experience:
- At least two (2) years’ experiences in a field position with an organization in public health or OVC
- Experience in Home Based Care (HBC), National Integrated Case Management Systems (NICMS), PEPFAR OVC/MVC differentiated care of services etc. is preferred.
- Experienced with PEPFAR 3.0 funded project in Tanzania.
- Experience implementing program and donor regulations, systems, and procedures.
- Experience in an Appreciative Inquiry (AI) approach in development and social work.
HO W TO APPLY:
If you believe you are the ideal person we are looking for, please submit your application letter to Executive Director, Rafiki-SDO, P.O.BOX 177, MUSOMA. Describing why you are the right candidate for this position, curriculum vitae detailing your experience, copy of educational certificates and three (3) professional referees from previous and current place of employment. Please send the application to ajira@rafikisdo.or.tz, via Postal or by hand at Rafiki-SDO Musoma, Bweri street.
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NOTE: For those who applying through email, should indicate the position title in email subject line. Rafiki-SDO will review the applications sent to the official e-mail address, Postal and application which will be submitted to Rafiki-SDO office. The closing date for the applications will be Tuesday, 12 April 2022, 17:00
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
