Program Officer

Engender Health’s vision

 PROGRAM OFFICER SOCIAL BEHAVIOR CHANCE COMMUNICATION & GENDER FOR

KEY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

PROGRAM:  SAUTI-TANZANIA
REPORT TO:   REGIONAL MANAGER
DUTY STATION:   MBEYA.
COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

Engender Health’s vision is Women and Girls First.  The vision is underpinned by the mission, namely catalyzing the value of women and girls by harnessing the power of sexual and reproductive rights and health. EngenderHealth is a leading global women’s health organization committed to ensuring that every pregnancy is planned, every child is wanted, and every mother has the best chance at survival.

Sauti za Watanzania (Sauti-TZ) is a new 5-year USAID-funded project that will support comprehensive community-based HIV prevention programming for key and vulnerable populations in Tanzania. EngenderHealth is a partner to Jhpiego-Tanzania in the implementation of this project. The goal of Sauti-TZ is to contribute to the improved health of all Tanzanians through a sustained reduction in new HIV infections in support of the Government Tanzania through deploying new, and/or enhancing existing, vulnerability-tailored high-quality combination HIV prevention; positive health, dignity and prevention (PHDP); and family planning (FP)and other  services for key and vulnerable populations (KVP) in selected regions of Tanzania.  Anticipated project results include:  1) Increased and timely use of HIV prevention and FP services; 2) Improved positive behaviors and social norms at the individual and community levels; 3) Reduced vulnerability of women through novel structural interventions; and 4) Increasingly sustainable comprehensive HIV prevention services for KVP. EngenderHealth is seeking applications from highly qualified candidates for Program Officer Social Behavior Change Communication for Key populations. This position is open to Tanzania nationals only.

Position Description: The PO for SBCC and Gender for Key and Vulnerable Populations will implement HIV prevention program targeting at risk groups in the region. Working with Vulnerable Adolescent Girls and Young women, female sex workers (FSW) and Men who have Sex with Men (MSM), s/he will monitor the implementation of the SBCC and gender activities in compliance with the overall regional work plan. S/he will play a key role in ensuring that the SBCC and gender activities are conducted according to the Sauti standard operating procedures, and that beneficiaries receive quality services; s/he will also play a crucial role in supervising and building the capacity of sub granted CSO, by participating to the monthly peer educators meetings, facilitating progress review meetings, visiting service delivery points, such as drop in centers and safe spaces, GBV screening sites, BCC group education and demand creation sites, among others. .  The PO for SBCC and Gender for KP will report to the Regional Manager, Jhpiego and work closely with the Senior Program Officer SBCC and Senior Technical Advisor Gender from the central office.

Key Responsibilities:

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

A: Social and Behavioral Change (55%)

Monitor the timely implementation of Social and Behavior Change Communication interventions
Provide capacity building to CSOs to ensure proper planning and implementation of SBCC related activities (demand creation, group and individual education sessions) in compliance with the Sauti SBCC Standard Operating Procedures (SBCC/Gender SOP)
Facilitate the development of monthly route plans based on the mapping reports and the peer educator’s guidance to guide effective roll out of joint demand generation activities by CSOs and biomedical services by the Jhpiego team
Facilitate SBCC trainings to CSOs officers, peer educators, empowerment workers, DREAMS PO and other relevant staff as required
Participate in the development and field test of SBCC approaches, materials and tools relying on innovative and responsive methodologies.
Conduct supervisory visits using the Sauti supervisory tools and to KP drop in centers (DICs) and AGYW safe spaces (SS) to assess SBCC activities and their integration into the other services; as well conduct visits to the BCC groups which are not meeting at DIC/SS and to the hotspots where peer educator conduct demand creation activities Ensure that all BCC groups receives biomedical services either at the DIC/SS or by the CBHTC+ teams.
Ensure smooth transition of the member of the SBCC groups into the WORTH+ groups
Link SBCC participants to biomedical services
Monitor the roll out of the AGYW vulnerability index by the peer educators
Conduct consultative meetings with KVPs to address specific SBCC service delivery and program bottlenecks, improve promotion of family planning and HIV/ AIDS risk reduction methods among KVPs
Coordinate regional technical inputs into the annual work planning
Work collaboratively with other project team members to ensure necessary project planning, development, resource availability and management activities function smoothly and efficiently

B: Gender (40%)

Monitor the timely implementation of Gender related interventions
Provide capacity building to CSOs to ensure proper planning and implementation of Gender related activities (e.g. GBV screening, sensitization meetings to police, SASA!) in compliance with Sauti Gender Standard Operating Procedures (SBCC/Gender SOP)
Conduct trainings in gender mainstreaming; GBV, gender and sexuality Support mobilization and advocacy activities to address stigma, discrimination and Gender Based Violence against key and vulnerable population
Gather community based information through available networks to facilitate the development and maintenance of site level GBV related directories for the purpose to refer and link post GBV survivors to relevant non Sauti services
Lead regional workshops for relevant stakeholders, staff and key actors on advocacy and Gender related topics
Conduct supervisory visits using the Sauti supervisory tools and to KP drop in centers (DICs) and AGYW safe spaces (SS) to assess Gender activities and their integration into the other services; as well conduct visits to the BCC / WORTH+ groups which are not meeting at DIC/SS and where the GBV screening is rolled out
Conduct gender equity assessment at biomedical service delivery points (CBHTC+, DIC, SS) using Jhpiego gender standard tool to assess gender equity programmatically and at service delivery sites, in terms of their ability to provide ethical and gender friendly services to KVPs.

ALLIANCE BUILDING AND NETWORKING (2%)

Promote and support the dissemination of project best practices and lessons learned among the project team, key stakeholders (R/CHMT, PEPFAR partners and any other local KVP partner), local partners (CSOs), and cultivate strategic relationships and alliances with other partners in the respective region
Establish effective work relationship with CBOs, FBOs, and CHMT & RHMT partners on program activities at regional level
Facilitate and participate in effective learning forums (meetings, workshops, etc.) internally and externally with program initiative stakeholders by using different advocacy techniques like lobbying meetings with health workers to provide friendly services to KPs

MONITORING, EVALUATION, LEARNING, AND REPORTING (3%)

Monitor regional implementation plans and progress to SBCC and Gender targets by the CSOs
Conduct supportive supervision to CSO sites
Document experiences, prepare program and site visits reports, presentations, briefs and articles/success stories
Work collaboratively with other project team members to ensure necessary program planning, development, and management activities function smoothly and efficiently and in an integrated manner
Monitor and assess the performance of CSOs and quality of data submitted
Monitor and assess community response at the project wards in the region

Key qualifications:

University degree in social sciences, public health, international development, or related field.
2-3 years’ progressive experience working with key population groups, and familiarity with internationally recommended policies.
2-3 years’ experience of supporting Gender Transformative SBCC interventions for HIV and GBV prevention programming; and
Fluent spoken and written English and Swahili.
Facilitation on gender transformative workshops

CLICK HERE  to submit your application online by 25th August, 2017. Please include the region of preference; details of your salary requirements and salary history (if possible, include a USAID biographical data sheet).

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