Tanzania Community Health and Social Welfare Systems Strengthening Program

Position Description: GENDER ADVISOR

 Background
The Community Health and Social Welfare Systems Strengthening (CHSS) Program is a five-year USAID funded cooperative agreement led by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. with partner World Education, Inc.  CHSSP goal is to build capacity of the Government of Tanzania’s health and social welfare structures at the community level to enable more accessible, higher quality health and social services for HIV affected and other vulnerable populations in targeted communities in Tanzania.

 Job Summary
Within CHSSP, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. leads the consortium partners in program planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. In order to achieve these aims, the Gender Advisor will provide technical support in gender analysis and integration for all aspects of the project, including identification of best practices, program design, implementation, technical resources (e.g., case studies and tools), and evaluation, in line with the GOT National Strategy for Gender Development. In support of field activities, the Gender Advisor will provide guidance to team members to ensure that the team is cognizant of the ways in which gender considerations impact the ways in which the team functions and how CHSS approaches its work; including that all team members have an in-depth understanding of how gender norms, inequalities and stereotypes impact program implementation, and ensuring that activities address the unique needs of men and women of all ages and abilities as well as gender barriers that may impede access to services. The Gender Advisor may also facilitate and/or prepare local consultants to implement gender-related training, technical assistance, and capacity building. The Gender Advisor is a full-time position based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and is a member of the Technical Team. 
The Gender Advisor will report to CHSSP Deputy Chief of Party and will supervise the Gender Officers.

 Primary Responsibilities and Duties:  

  • Under the guidance of the Deputy Chief of Party, coordinate closely with the Technical Team to maximize integration and synergies of the objectives and strategies of CHSSP to ensure an integrated approach to implementation among the consortium partners;
  • Provide timely and quality updates to the Deputy Chief of Party and the Technical Team on the status of development and implementation of relevant program strategies, priorities and work planning  initiatives for gender mainstreaming;
  • Coordinate closely with the Technical Advisor, Zonal Support  to engage the project’s Zonal Offices in the development of relevant program strategies, priorities and work planning initiatives for gender mainstreaming;
  • Coordinate closely with the Technical Advisor, Zonal Support in order to ensure timely provision of technical assistance and guidance to the Zonal Offices for implementation of relevant activities;
  • Ensure timely and qualitative contributions to the Technical Team for all necessary reports and especially quarterly reports, and semi and annual reports; 
  • Provide regular analysis on gender equality issues as they affect the project, especially all developments in Government related to advancing women’s rights and gender equality, synthesize and articulate the lessons, challenges, and risks for CHSSP related to gender, and apply these to on-going project planning and implementation;
  • Build and maintain strong, collaborative working relationships with relevant national government and civil society stakeholders to increase advocacy for participation of women and other vulnerable groups in decision-making processes for resource allocation for health and social welfare services;
  • Ensure all CHSSP systems strengthening efforts are aligned with PEPFAR 3.0 Human Rights Action Agenda, DREAMS’ Tanzania Strategic Plan, and the relevant GOT’s national policies and guidelines; 
  • Enhance the effectiveness and scope of CHSSP’s membership and participation in relevant national task forces, technical working groups, and coordination fora especially to develop/update relevant policies, guidelines, and standards to increase participation of women in decision-making processes for resource allocation for health and social welfare services and to reduce vulnerability of AGYW to HIV and violence;
  • Lead the design and implementation of the project’s gender mainstreaming interventions from the national, district, and community level with relevant government institutions as well as relevant civil society entities; 
  • Lead CHSSP in documenting successes, best practices, and challenges emerging from program activities in gender integration and gender equality contributing to participation of women in decision-making processes for resource allocation for health and social welfare services and to reducing vulnerability of AGYW to HIV and violence; and
  • Coordinate reporting processes on the gender thematic work and document lessons learned from review processes in order to continuously improve the quality of gender work.

All Jobs In Tanzania➦➥ Mkaguzi Blog Desired Qualifications:

  • Master's Degree in gender studies, or relevant social science discipline;  
  • Minimum of 10 years of increasingly responsible professional experience, five at the international level;
  • Extensive experience in research and policy-level analysis; Demonstrated experience advocating gender equality and conducting gender assessments and analysis particularly in relation participation of women in decision-making processes for resource allocation for health and social welfare services and to vulnerability of AGYW and key populations to HIV and violence; 
  • Knowledge of and commitment to the USAID Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy, the PEPFAR Human Rights Action Agenda, DREAMS, and PEPFAR’s focus on priority and key populations;
  • Substantial experience in applying a gender perspective, especially a transformative perspective, to project design, monitoring and evaluation, and building the capacity of others; 
  • Have highly developed professional conduct and ability to build strong partnerships with relevant national, regional and district leaders and represent the program among other government and donor stake holders;
  • Proven ability to provide leadership to relevant national task forces and technical working groups;
  • Proven ability to provide high level technical guidance to multi-disciplinary program implementation teams;
  • Proven ability to work effectively both individually and as a team member;
  • Demonstrated skills in spoken and written English at ILR Level 4 or the equivalent;
  • Demonstrated experience producing high quality English-language communication products such as progress reports, case studies, and research protocols;
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and other common software;
  • Ability to travel 30% of the time within Tanzania; 
  • Tanzanian national preferred.


 Interested candidates are required to send a cover letter and current CV before end of 03rd March, 2017 to
Chief of Party, 

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Email:: chss.recruitment@gmail.com
JSI Research & Training Institute Inc.
Community Health & Social Welfare Systems Strengthening Program/Tanzania
Tel: +255 759 467354
13 Pieter's Lane, 
Masaki, Dar es Salaam

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