Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation Officer - Mwanza


Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation Officer - Mwanza - Seconded to the Government of Tanzania
Tracking Code
5345
Job Description
Note:  This position reports to PATH and is seconded to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Government of Tanzania and will be sitting in Mwanza Regional Hospital with the mix of other ministry staff.
PATH is an international nonprofit organization that transforms global health through innovation. We take an entrepreneurial approach to developing and delivering high-impact, low-cost solutions, from lifesaving vaccines and devices to collaborative programs with communities. Through our work in more than 70 countries, PATH and our partners empower people to achieve their full potential.
PATH is collaborating with the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Zanzibar’s Ministry of Health, National and Zanzibar Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programmes (NTLP & ZTLP), National and Zanzibar AIDS Control Programmes (NACP & ZACP), and the Association of Private Health Facilities of Tanzania (APHFTA) to support a coordinated public and private-sector response to tuberculosis and HIV with support and funding through USAID and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). As a member of the PATH TB Technical team in Tanzania, the ACSM Regional Coordinator will guide the planning, implementation, and monitoring of PATH’s ACSM activities in two districts. These activities include:  
  • Engaging Community’s Own Resource Persons (CORPs) as key leaders in community sensitization and referrals.
  • Supporting and monitoring community-based organizations (CBOs) to implement community activities such as conducting magnet theatre, conducting health education in the community, supervising CORPS as they conduct TB contract tracing, and coordinating with traditional healers and private drug sellers.
  • Partnering with traditional healers to contribute to the referral system.
  • Deploying sputum fixers to collect sputum from TB suspects to the laboratory for diagnosis and providing feedback.
  • Engaging private drug sellers to contribute to the referral system.
  • Collaborating with regional and district leadership, health management teams and health facility staff.
 Specific duties in these selected two districts include:
  • Train, supervise and mentor CORPs and staff from CBOs.
  • Provide technical guidance and assistance to develop, implement and monitor interventions in line with the annual work plans, based on National TB ACSM strategy and informed by programmatic data.
  • Disseminate and monitor use of ASCM materials among partners and health facilities in the region, including CBOs, CORPs, traditional healers, sputum fixers, private drug sellers and private and public health providers.
  • Collaborate with technical staff to provide technical support to District TB/HIV Coordinators on ACSM activities.
  • Support and monitor TB/HIV Project School Health activities (in case of Kisarawe district).
  • Contribute to work plan and budget development and review annually.
  • Monitor and collect information/data on ACSM activities implemented in the region. Guide the use of appropriate M&E tools to track and monitor ACSM activities among local public and private partners. Provide data and initial analysis/report on all activities to ACSM Technical Officer regularly.
Required Skills
  • Experience with health communications.
  • Experience monitoring and reporting on program performance.
  • Good written and oral communication skills in Swahili and English.
  • Strong supervision and management skills.
  • Strong training and mentoring skills including experience in providing trainings to health workers and CBO staff.
  • Strong computer skills, especially with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.
  • Experience working with community based organizations, civil society organizations and government agencies.
  • Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment with administrative and technical staff.
  • Availability to travel up to 25% annually.

Required Experience
Advanced diploma in health education/health promotion with a minimum of three years of experience in some of the following areas: community TB, advocacy, communication, social mobilization, TB-DOTS, and HIV/TB. Specific training in TB and TB/HIV is desirable.
Job Location
Mwanza, TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF

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