Vacancy title:
Zonal AGYW Officer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Admin & Office]

Jobs at:
Tanzania Youth Alliance (TAYOA)

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, October 10 2025

Duty Station:
Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, and Mwanza | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, September 30 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

• Job Summary: The Zonal AGYW Officer will ensure quality implementation of behavioral, structural, and biomedical interventions targeting Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) within the councils of project implementation. The officer will work closely with Regional/Council Health Management Teams (R/CHMTs), local CSOs, health facilities, and other implementing partners to strengthen linkages and track AGYW service layering. The role includes overseeing sub-recipients (SRs)/CSOs implementing AGYW interventions in the regions and ensuring quality HIV combination prevention interventions.

Main Roles and Responsibilities

• Support the Zonal Coordinator in designing and rolling out biomedical, structural, and behavioral interventions targeting AGYW.
• Facilitate community empowerment and capacity-building activities through linkages and collaboration with grassroots partners, enabling communities to spearhead HIV and AIDS prevention initiatives.
• Support AGYW enrollment and retention in the project.
• Support linkages of GBV survivors to health facilities and other service delivery points for post-GBV and VAC services, including PEP, FP, STI services, basic psycho-social assessment, counseling, care, support, forensic evidence collection, and referrals to police or legal systems and other community services.
• Address gender roles, cultural norms, behavior change with multiple concurrent partners, and rights-based programming.
• Build capacity of peer educators and community service providers to deliver quality services to AGYW.
• Organize monthly peer educator meetings for updates, data collection, review, and addressing challenges during project implementation.
• Liaise with Council HIV and AIDS Coordinator (CHAC), TASAF/PSSN Coordinator, District AIDS Control Coordinator (DACC), community development officers, police gender desk, social welfare officers, and other government officials for effective coordination.
• Strengthen referral and linkages between health facilities and community service delivery points for comprehensive AGYW services.
• Provide technical support and leadership to CSOs, community health workers, and peer educators engaged in AGYW activities.
• Organize and participate in peer-led sessions to assess effectiveness and provide support.
• Support peer educators in conducting parenting interventions and AGYW economic strengthening activities.
• Collaborate with the M&E officer for clarity of indicators, quality of M&E data collection tools, data quality, and reporting; prepare reports and document best practices and success stories.
• Liaise with CHMT, especially DACC or DHMIS, for coordination of quarterly data entry into the national reporting database DHIS2.
• Supervise AGYW peer educators on routine service delivery.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field, sociology, social work, community development, or any related discipline.
• Prior work experience in OVC, HIV, and AGYW-related programs.
• Demonstrate high value of integrity and strong values, including confidentiality.
• At least three years of experience in public health, healthcare management, or HIV and TB project management.
• Experience in managing or coordinating public health projects, including planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Experience working directly with communities, engaging them in project activities, and building partnerships with local organizations.
• Ability to design, implement, and evaluate OVC and HIV-related programs tailored to the needs of AGYW.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and software to track project outcomes and make data-driven decisions.
• Familiarity with providing counseling and emotional support to AGYW and their families.
• Knowledge of local and national policies related to HIV and AIDS, as well as laws and regulations affecting AGYW.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to assess project effectiveness.
• Familiarity with relevant software and tools for data management, project tracking, and reporting.

Core Competencies and Skills

• Excellent data management and analytical skills.
• Ability to mentor and build capacity of partners.
• Strong problem-solving, planning, and communication skills.
• Ability to convey complex information to diverse audiences.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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