TB/HIV Officer at MDH

TB/HIV Officer at MDH

Job Title: TB/HIV Officer at MDH
Reports to : DACC
Deadline: 2nd December 2022
Location: Dar es Salaam

Job Summary :

The TB/HIV Officer works with and supports the MDH RTB-HIV Manager to ensure efficient implementation, M&E and reporting of TB/HIV services in her/his respective region including direct field coordination of key program priorities such as Isoniazid prevention therapy (IPT), intensified TB case finding and multi-drug resistant TB diagnosis and management. She/he is responsible for field implementation, coordination and reporting of TB-HIV initiatives in her/his respective region under the guidance of the RTB- HIVM and in collaboration with DPMs and other MDH staff and relevant regional, council and health facility staff.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support implementation, M&E and reporting of TB-HIV services under the Afya Kwanza project, as well as other relevant activities.
• Support implementation of initiatives to address key program, donor and national priorities – such as intensive TB screening and case finding among PLHIVs and IPT- in line with national guidelines.
• Provide TA to the DACC, DTLC and HFs in planning, implementation, M&E and reporting of TB- HIV services.
• Support RTB-HIV Manager to assess and implement initiatives to address skill and resource needs in TB-HIV services through supportive supervision, mentorship, on-job training, CQI and other approaches in collaboration with R/DTLC.
• Support timely collection and submission of TB-HIV data – as well as support strengthening of the related M&E systems – in collaboration with the M&E team.
• Support RTB-HIV Manager in writing technical program documents including reports, best practices, lessons learned and other relevant documents.
• Support and advise the RTB-HIV Manager on all TB-HIV issues and perform other relevant
• duties as assigned by the RTB-HIV Manager.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned by the Supervisor.

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Requirements, Education, work experience and skills
1. Degree or Advanced diploma in medicine, nursing or related field with relevant national registration.

Master’s degree in Public Health or related field is an added advantage.
At least two (2) years of experience working in public health programs/ services.
At least two (2) years of experience in design, implementation, management and M&E of TB-HIV or related clinical and public health programs and services.
Experience in using CQI, PHE and OR techniques to address public health challenges.
Experience in writing reports, best practices and lessons learned.
Excellent command of Swahili and English languages, in written and oral communication.
Experience in basic computer applications such as MS Word, Excel, Power point and internet.
Ability to work under pressure and stringent deadlines.

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Special Employment Condition

Employment Contract that will end on 29th September, 2023

How to Apply:

To Apply for this Job register or login to https://recruitment.mdh.or.tz/ and from the Dashboard click on Search Vacancies button.

The deadline for submitting the application is 2 December 2022.

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