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MDH

Management and Development for Health MDH is a non-profit, non-governmental
organization whose primary aim is to contribute to address public health
priorities of the people of Tanzania and the world at large. These priorities
include communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria;
Reproductive, Maternal, New-born and Child health RMNCH; Nutrition; Non-
Communicable Diseases of public health significance; as well as Health System
Strengthening. MDH strongly believes in and works in partnership with various
local and global institutions, Ministry of Health, Community Development,
Gender, Elderly and Children MOHCDGEC; President’s Office Regional
Authorities and Local Government PORALG; donor agencies; academic and non-
academic institutions; implementing partners; civil society, community-based
and faith-based organizations and others

In this regard MDH now invites applications from suitable, qualified and
skilled persons to fill the following available vacancies.

Position SENIOR MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH MANAGER

Project AFYA KWANZA

Location DAR ES SALAAM

Reports to DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

Job Summary

The Senior Maternal and Child Health Manager is MDH’s overall technical expert
in all matters pertaining to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health
RMNCH programs and services. She/ He provides technical leadership and
oversight of all RMNCH related interventions and services. This includes;
keeping abreast with key advances in RMNCH; translating into practice, key
program, national and global priorities in RMNCH; as well as working with and
providing technical support to other MDH staff at supported regions and
districts, key stakeholders at national, regional and local government
authorities, and other partners.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. To lead and oversee planning, implementation, M&E and reporting of PMTCT, EID, Paediatric ART and relevant RMNCH services under the Afya Kwanza project, across all MDH supported regions.
2. To oversee implementation of key program initiatives – in her/his unit – to address program, donor and national priorities – such as index HIV testing, Option B+, male involvement, tracking of mother-infant pairs, follow-up of EID results and accelerating children’s treatment ACT – in line with national guidelines.
3. To forge strong partnership with key government ministries and offices at national, regional and council level, support national efforts and provide TA to relevant ministries, R/DMOs, R/DACCs and CHMTs in planning, implementation, M&E and reporting of RMNCH services.
4. To oversee needs assessment, on PMTCT, EID, Paediatric ART & RMNCH programs and services and organize efforts to address these needs -; including capacity building and health system strengthening – in collaboration with the R/DPMs, R/DACCs, R/DRCHCos and CHMTs.
5. To ensure timeliness and accuracy of PMTCT, EID, Paediatric ART and RMNCH data – as well as support strengthening of the related M&E systems – in collaboration with the M&E team.
6. Lead efforts to robustly analyse & utilize PMTCT, EID, Paediatric ART & RMNCH data to inform plans, priorities and resource allocation and write reports, best practices and lessons learned for wider dissemination.
7. To lead efforts to identify gaps in PMTCT, EID, Paediatric ART and RMNCH; design and implement operational research OR, PHE, secondary data analyses and CQI initiatives to address these gaps; and write abstracts, posters manuscripts, and policy briefs to widely disseminate findings.
8. To implement and manage a robust capacity building program, for PMTCT, EID, Paediatric ART and RMNCH HCPs; capitalizing on supportive supervision, mentorship and on-job training in line with national guidelines.
9. To supervise program staff under her/him across supported regions and councils.
10. To lead efforts in writing technical program documents including project proposals, work-plans, reports, best practices, lessons learned and other relevant documents, as required by the RPM.
11. To support and advise the program director and deputy directors on all PMTCT, EID, Paediatric ART and RMNCH issues and perform other relevant duties as assigned by her/his supervisor.

Requirements Education, work experience and skills

1. Medical Officer
2. Master of Public Health added advantage
3. 5 years experience in Maternal and Child Health
4. Experience in planning and implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
5. Leadership and Analytical skills



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Email hr@mdh-tz.org

Interested candidates should submit an application letter indicating clearly
the position applied for, a detailed copy of their CV, and names and contact
information email addresses and telephone numbers of three work related
referees.

Applications should be submitted by 11 th January, to the Director of Human
Resource through e-mail **hr@mdh-tz.org**

**Kindly note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.**



Jobs in Dar es Salaam Tanzania Mdh Jobs in Dar es Salaam Senior Maternal And Child Health Manager Jobs in Dar es Salaam at Mdh Senior Maternal And Child Health Manager Employment opportunities Mdh


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