Save the Children has been operating in Tanzania for extra than 30 years. We are operating with the government, neighborhood agencies and other worldwide organizations to lessen baby malnutrition, enhance new-born and maternal health, support and fortify early youth development and number one schooling systems. We strengthen infant safety structures for prone children, promote children’s participation and contribution to policy and resource allocation for offerings which situation them, guide, and respond to emergencies.
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Role Purpose
Save the Children is searching for a New born and Child Health (NCH) Technical Advisor for an anticipated 5-12 months USAID-funded challenge in Tanzania. The motive of the project is to facilitate government-led leadership and enhance sustainable coordination to boost up profits in reproductive, maternal, new born, baby and adolescent health effects. This function will provide strategic path inside the layout, management, implementation, and tracking of high pleasant new born and baby health interventions, working closely with applicable units at all degrees of the MOH and with respective partners at national stage and within goal regions. The NCH Technical Advisor will represent the undertaking at diverse new born and toddler health national technical operating companies and committees, and make certain deliverables within these technical regions are applied according to the set paintings plan with necessary adjustments as required primarily based on getting to know and satisfactory practices while capturing key training discovered.
Contract Duration: 1 Year, renewable
No of Vacancies: One (1) Position
Reporting to: Associate Technical Director
Location: Dodoma/Dar es Salaam
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Working underneath the Associate Technical Director, and in collaboration with the Technical Director, the NCH Technical Advisor will take the lead in executing the techniques and plans of the NCH component inside the Project.
Working in collaboration with the SCUS NCH technical advisors for the implementation of trendy techniques, lead new born and toddler fitness related technical help and potential constructing within the assignment. S/he's going to lead the layout of technical assistance and ability constructing for globally advocated contemporary high effect proof primarily based new born and baby health interventions that help kids continue to exist and thrive via prevention and treatment of neonatal and toddler illnesses. This will encompass national level coverage management and ownership for new born and toddler fitness.
Ensure the recruitment and training of fitness application body of workers in technical areas of information as appropriate and make sure availability of suitable expert improvement possibilities
Oversee the NCH activities and make certain sturdy coordination with the alternative thematic regions of the Project.
Will work alongside the MOH to ensure country wide priorities are considered throughout implementation, to reinforce the first-class, get right of entry to, efficiency and sustainability of NCH programs in the context of included MNCH care in Tanzania
Will lead table reviews and facility tests activities to determine desires at the start of the undertaking and because the challenge sports are being implemented.
Working with the MOH group and can be accountable to put into effect NCH high interventions in mission supported areas
Will be responsible to target implementation help to the low performing areas and councils based on statistics evaluate, supportive supervisions findings, records analysis and consultations.
Work with council health control teams and will collaborate on microplanning to improve comprehensive council health making plans and application budgets to boom insurance of NCH services in a sustainable manner.
Provide technical support to make sure linkages and synergies at provider shipping level from network to facility degree including facilitating community engagement and outreach offerings.
Coordinate and offer new born and baby health technical assist to critical MOH and Regional and Council Teams to deal with recognized gaps and rolling out activities to enhance first-rate of new born and toddler care
Collaborate with the MOH staff to ensure technical integrity, first-class, and dimension of new born and baby health software implementation in any respect stages.
Build capability of focused regional MOH personnel in new born and toddler health, the use of demonstrated training processes, mentorship and fine improvement methodologies techniques to enhance provider shipping and quality.
Incorporate new born and baby health best practices into strategic making plans, implementation, and tracking and evaluation of activities to improve health services.
Maintain strategic relationships with centered MOH nearby and district teams and different relevant stakeholders for the clean implementation of application sports.
In collaboration with the regional and country wide groups, reinforce the prevailing technical platform on new born and child health getting to know, co-facilitate the periodic overview of new born and child fitness to tell programming within the challenge, countrywide pointers and rules.
In collaboration with Advocacy colleagues, lead on new born and baby health-centered advocacy projects and function a neonatal and toddler fitness technical resource for the Advocacy branch.
Contribute to policy briefs and role papers to articulate key advocacy messages as and whilst required associated with the program in coordination with other sectoral technical advisors
In collaboration with Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning group and different technical colleagues, expand and make use of data capturing and reporting gear making sure donor and MOH compliance as well as making sure facts best and guarantee structures for RMNCAH are up and running.
Actively participate in national and broader organizational New born and Child Health Technical Working Group (TWG), ensuring that each one undertaking components coordinate and collaborate efficiently, selling the sharing of technical sources, learning and mutual support.
As important, participate within the development of research protocols and gear associated with neonatal and toddler fitness, aid infant health-centered research activities, make certain research dissemination, and beautify learning and understanding management.
Work intently with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer and take a lead in making sure that the mission has strong monitoring plans, baselines, opinions and opinions in line with project designs and donor pointers. Recommend the inclusion of recent software signs as wanted.
Regularly analyze the facts within the indicator overall performance tracking desk (IPTT) and take suitable movements to assist application implementation is on the right track for achieving the agreed goals;
Qualifications and Experience
Clinical Medical physician, with a post graduate diploma or public health degree or equivalent combination of schooling and revel in. Paediatrician is quite desired.
At least 7+ years of applicable paintings revel in in successful implementation of a brand new born and baby health software.
Previous running relationships within USAID packages and with key multilateral corporations, bilateral donors, academic institutions.
Demonstrated ability to work inside a multi-faceted health improvement program in collaboration with countrywide MOH employees and nearby and international partners
Familiarity with MNCH programming and regulations in Tanzania.
A established tune document in presenting mentorship and supervision to strengthen healthcare offerings; training and use of fine improvement processes
Familiarity with proof-based neonatal and baby fitness interventions and pleasant practices which are the focal point of this assignment.
Ability to paintings in a complex environment with more than one duties, brief cut-off dates and intense pressure to carry out.
Ability to work independently and additionally as a team chief/member with various team of partners and counterparts.
Ability to guide and oversee teams.
Excellent interpersonal and verbal exchange abilities (oral, written and presentation).
Excellent pc abilties and revel in running with Microsoft Office programs.
English fluency (verbal and written) required.
Ability to travel within Tanzania.
How to Apply.
Please examine the full information of the location at and follow as instructed. Only quick listed candidates could be contacted for Interview.
Application last Date: thirty first March 2021
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Female candidates are strongly advocated to apply
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The closing date for submitting the utility is 31 March 2021
