Institute Overview

Ifakara Health Institute (Ihi) is a leading research organization in Africa with a strong track record in developing, testing and validating innovations for health. Driven by a core strategic mandate for research, training and services, the Institute’s work now spans a wide spectrum, covering biomedical and ecological sciences, intervention studies, health-systems research, service delivery and policy translation.

Position Summary

Ifakara Health Institute through PfVIMT Project is seeking a qualified Field Worker who will be stationed at Bagamoyo to support community engagement activities. The Field worker will work closely with the Community engagement team, project coordinator, Lead clinician and project leader, to provide support on the community engagement activities, field coordination and any other duties assigned by the supervisor. This is an internal advert, internal applicants are encouraged to apply this role.

Responsibility:Duties and Responsibilities

• Build trust, better communication and improve the overall outcome of the project’s succession.
• To enhance protection, enhance benefits, create legitimacy and share responsibility that is facilitated through the incorporation of a community’s views and its participation in research.
• Engaging a community in the discussion to increase everyone level of awareness, allows individuals to advocate for their ideas and offers a format to gather advice or guidance based on the community expertise and experiences.
• To engage the community at the beginning and throughout the project to be more receptive to the outcome. b) Maintain long-term partnerships with the community.
• Support study and community engagement coordinators in planning, organizing, and coordinating study work including establishing and maintaining linkages with participating health facilities in the field and other key community stakeholders.
• Support in sensitization and recruitment of the intended studies and any other activities related to the community engagement process.
• Provide support to the project leader on proposal development, data collection, analysis and organizing DSF activities.
• Monitor participants satisfaction and complaints through the systematic collection of their views using customized feedback forms and liaise with the relevant study staff to address any concerns.
• Assist in training of staff involved in research on the use of data collection tools such as interview guides.
• Perform other duties assigned by supervisor

Skill :Desired Skills

Cultural competence of the rural communities.

Basic digital skills including Ms. Office and Data management tools.

Qualification Required:Essential Qualifications

Certificate in Social Works, Community Development or related fields

Preferred Language Skill :Preferred Language

Fluent in Kiswahili and English.

• Build trust, better communication and improve the overall outcome of the project’s succession.
• To enhance protection, enhance benefits, create legitimacy and share responsibility that is facilitated through the incorporation of a community’s views and its participation in research.
• Engaging a community in the discussion to increase everyone level of awareness, allows individuals to advocate for their ideas and offers a format to gather advice or guidance based on the community expertise and experiences.
• To engage the community at the beginning and throughout the project to be more receptive to the outcome. b) Maintain long-term partnerships with the community.
• Support study and community engagement coordinators in planning, organizing, and coordinating study work including establishing and maintaining linkages with participating health facilities in the field and other key community stakeholders.
• Support in sensitization and recruitment of the intended studies and any other activities related to the community engagement process.
• Provide support to the project leader on proposal development, data collection, analysis and organizing DSF activities.
• Monitor participants satisfaction and complaints through the systematic collection of their views using customized feedback forms and liaise with the relevant study staff to address any concerns.
• Assist in training of staff involved in research on the use of data collection tools such as interview guides.
• Perform other duties assigned by supervisor

• Cultural competence of the rural communities.
• Basic digital skills including Ms. Office and Data management tools.

• Certificate in Social Works, Community Development or related fields