Regional Program Coordinator (4 Posts) - Ariel Glaser Pediatric AIDS Healthcare Initiative (AGPAHI)

Regional Program Coordinator (4 Posts)

  

Application Deadline: Friday 14th October, 2016 at 5pm.

 The Ariel Glaser Pediatric AIDS Healthcare Initiative (AGPAHI), an affiliate of Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Organization (EGPAF) is Tanzanian led and managed national organization focusing largely on HIV and AIDS and other related health programs. AGPAHI implements all its programs in collaboration with Tanzania Government Entities through the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC) and President’s Office – Regional Administration and Local Government (PO RALG) and other stakeholders. AGPAHI supports the provision of high-quality HIV and other health services and ensures that efforts are well-integrated into existing regional and district health systems.

AGPAHI will be implementing various projects that are highly demanding and thus the organization is looking for a motivated, result driven, qualified and competent staff to feel various management positions as per the AGPAHI organogram

Purpose

The Ariel Glaser Pediatric AIDS Healthcare Initiative (AGPAHI) intends to recruit several positions to hold different leadership positions in the organizations. The successful candidates will lead the different components of the organization with the aim of achieving the organizations’ mission and vision and specific project goals and objectives.

Position: Regional Program Coordinator (4)

Duty Station: Mwanza, Geita Mara and Tanga

The Regional Program Coordinator is responsible for the leadership, coordination and management of the technical team staff in their Regions with the main objective being to ensure highest attainable technical performance to ensure quality services are provided in the AGPAHI supported programs.

Major Duties and Responsibility

 to coordinate the planning, implementation and monitoring of AGPAHI supported projects

 To collaborate with Regional and district authorities to provide technical assistance to AGPAHI supported sites

 Development of quarterly joint activity schedules for AGPAHI projects to be used for development of program officers’ work plans

 Facilitate the timely implementation of activities for AGPAHI supported projects through effective coordination of AGPAHI program officers’ activities

 Guide activities to be implemented by Program officer’ at field level, approve travel requests, review and approve activity reports

 Coordinate visits to AGPAHI supported sites by donors, AGPAHI senior officials and other stakeholders as needed

 Coordinate training for AGPAHI supported health facilities and overseeing implementation of the trainings

 Coordinate the development of donor reports for all AGPAHI supported projects with timely submission to supervisors

 Coordinate the support by program officers to AGPAHI sub-recipients including monitoring of subs work plans, activity implementation and reporting

 In collaboration with Strategic information unit oversee the implementation of data analysis continuous quality improvement and quality assurance activities

 Attend stakeholders’ and donor meeting as requested by supervisors

 Conduct performance reviews of and guide annual development of goals and objectives by supervisees

 Coordinate continuous medical education of AGPAHI program staff and documentation of best practices/lessons learned

 Perform any other duty as assigned by supervisor

Required qualification/Skills/Ability

 Degree or equivalent in medicine or social sciences; Master degree in Public Health is an added advantage

 Three to five years’ experience working in NGO implementing health related projects

 Over two years of experience implementing HIV and AIDS related initiatives

 Experience of supervising staff with good communication skills and ability to effectively manage time

 Computer skills with experience of using Microsoft office package and statistical packages

 Knowledge in HIV and AIDS current national guidelines, policies and standard operating procedure

 Knowledge of HIV and AIDS national reporting system and quality assurance

 Experience in facilitating HIV related trainings

How To Apply

AGPAHI is an equal opportunities employer and these positions is open to all, but ONLY qualified candidates should submit a CV and a cover letter explaining how the experience detailed in the CV will contribute to the requirements of the position and references to AGPAHI.

Submission can be dropped physically or by post in the address below:

Kazi Services Limited

3rd Fl. Infotech Place,

Plot 565, Kawe, Mwai Kibaki Rd.

P.O. Box 34023

Dar es Salaam

For more information please visit: http://www.agpahi.or.tz/agpahi-media/job-vacancy.html

Deadline is: Friday 14th October, 2016 at 5pm.