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# Job Description


BACKGROUND

Amref Health Africa in Tanzania is a non-profit public health organization
supporting the Government of Tanzania to address public health issues
including maternal and child health, HIV, TB, Malaria and Nutrition in
Tanzania since 1987. Amref Health Africa in Tanzania is funded by The U.S.
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief PEPFAR through CDC Tanzania, to
execute a robust HIV care and treatment clinical cascade project aiming to
accelerate the achievement of the current 95-95-95 goals and the HIV epidemic
control in Tanzania. The project branded as Afya Kamilifu Project is
implemented in Tanga and Zanzibar since October, 2018, Simiyu Region since
2020. From October 2020 this project will extend its operations to Mara Region
covering facility based and community based HIV care and treatment services.
Afya Kamilifu project works – in collaboration with and with guidance from the
Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and
Children, Zanzibar Ministry of health and President’s Office Regions Authority
and Local Government PORALG. That said, Amref Health Africa -Tanzania is
announcing the following vacancy to be filled soon

Position Title VMMC Technical Advisor

Reports to Technical Director- DCP Services

Location Dar es Salaam

Start Date October 2021

Job Summary
The Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision VMMC Technical Advisor provides
technical expertise in the scale up and implementation of quality and safe
VMMC services in the supported regions. S/He serves as a member of the central
technical team and effectively provides technical, strategic and operational
leadership to develop and implement a preventive strategy for VMMC that
decreases men’s risk of acquiring HIV and increases VMMC coverage including at
low coverage areas to reach saturation and achieve the greatest HIV prevention
impact possible, with particular focus on reaching adult men and high-risk
populations in supported regions. The VMMC Technical Advisor will organize
VMMC activities through MOHCDGEC, PORALG, R/CHMTs and Afya Kamilifu regional
staff and be responsible for advising and managing VMMC service delivery
according to national guidelines at static and satellite health facilities,
outreach, and mobile sites. S/He ensures all key deliverables in VMMC
programing for Afya Kamilifu are attained at high performance levels.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership and oversight in the development, planning and
monitoring of program implementation to deliver comprehensive package of safe
and

quality VMMC services that increase awareness, demand, and coverage of VMMC
services among target age group at supported regions.

Provide technical support to MoHCDGEC, PORALG and R/CHMTs including the
development of guidelines, standard operating procedures SOPs, protocols,
and dissemination of packages for HIV prevention and VMMC capacity building
and
Provide technical support to project teams on implementation and monitoring of
quality VMMC services across the supported sites
Collaborate with MoHCDGEC to ensure operationalization of the National VMMC
sustainability roadmap and document successes and challenges to inform further
programming
Support pilot of successfully models for VMMC program integration within the
comprehensive facility and community HIV services platforms
Develop work plans including strategies and smart objectives/activities for
VMMC services integrating appropriate interventions including HIV prevention,
care and treatment
Provide technical expertise on surgical procedures and approaches, techniques
and new technologies g. device driven circumcision, making the procedure
safer, efficient and cost effective and in line with WHO and PEPFAR adopted
National requirements and standards
Support technical assistance and supervision of VMMC sites and ensure
adherence to National guidelines and SOP’s for implementing VMMC services
Support strengthening/establishment of community-based demand creation,
mobilization, linkages, referrals and interventions for HIV prevention and
VMMC
Conduct rapid assessment of safe medical circumcision health facility
infrastructure, equipment, staffing, and training needs; develop and support
site-specific action plans for scale up of of VMMC static sites
Lead in designing on approaches to scale up of VMMC coverage in districts and
among un met populations
Ensure compliance with national and international standards and best practices
for program implementation and that all program activities are implemented in
accordance with national guidelines and policy, protocols, SOPs, good clinical
practices and ethical/regulatory requirements
Work with strategic information team to design and implement a plan to monitor
VMMC outputs per site and ensure targets allocated to each site/district are
Lead in integration of QI processes to enhance quality VMMC services and
minimize adverse events AEs; support robust data collection of AEs.
Develop and timely submit technical VMMC program progress reports and updates
as scheduled on weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual
Lead preparation and documentation of program success stories, case studies
and best practices for dissemination at relevant
Participate in National Technical Working Group for VMMC and professional
forums representing Afya Kamilifu and provide technical assistance in to lead
design, planning and implementation of innovations related to VMMC in
collaboration with MOHCDGEC and NACP

Qualifications, Experience & Skills required

Doctor of Medicine degree MD and/or Master’s degree or equivalent experience
in public health, social sciences or health related field.
More than five 5 years of demonstrated experience in VMMC programming as a
block of HIV prevention intervention working with donor-funded
Knowledge and thorough understanding of VMMC standards, requirements,
recommendations and guidelines per WHO, PEPFAR/CDC and national
Ability to work independently with strong management and supervisory skills
Excellent interpersonal, training, facilitation, team building and problem-
solving skills
Excellent written and oral presentation skills with fluency in English and
Experience working with NGO’s and/or donor-funded programs



Send your Application Through










Email jobs.tanzania@amref.org

If you meet the criteria given above and interested in the vacancies, please
send an application letter and CV combined in as one PDF document indicating
your present employer and position, daytime telephone contact, names and
addresses of three referees. All interviews will be conducted at Amref Health
Africa country Office in Dar es Salaam for shortlisted applicants. To be
considered, your application must be received by **16.30 HOURS October 04,
2021** . The subject line of your job application email should mention the job
position that you are applying as it appears in this advertisement. Failure to
do that your application may not be easily retrieved. All correspondences and
applications should be emailed to **jobs.tanzania@amref.org**

Amref Health Africa is an equal opportunity employer and has a non-smoking
environment policy; Women and People with disability are encouraged to Apply

“Amref Health Africa is committed to the principles of safeguarding in
workplace and will not tolerate any form of abuse, wherever it occurs or
whoever is responsible”

Any Applicant attempting or communicating to the Amref Health Africa
Management or Staff through phone calls, sms, text emails and other means will
automatically be disqualified from this opportunity. All communications should
be channelled to the provided official correspondence email above

Amref health Africa –Tanzania regrets that only short-listed candidates will
be



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