Vacancy title:
Technical / Health Advisor

Jobs at:
Pathfinder International

Deadline of this Job:
28th December 2018

Duty Station:
Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: 7th December 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

Pathfinder International is a global leader in sexual and reproductive health. We place reproductive health care at the center of all that we do—believing that it is not only a fundamental human right, but is critical for expanding life opportunities for women, families, communities, and nations, and paving the way for transformations in environmental stewardship, decreases in population pressures, and innovations in poverty reduction. Pathfinder provides women, men, and adolescents with a range of quality health services—from contraception and maternal care to HIV prevention and AIDS care and treatment. Pathfinder strives to strengthen access to family planning, advocate for sound reproductive health policies, and, through all our work, improve the rights and lives of the people we serve.

JOB DETAILS:

Job Description

Position Summary: Provides technical leadership in a program area. Collaborates with project team on project activities that have a combined program focus. Collaborates with other members of the project team to ensure that deliverables meet the needs of intended populations. With capacity building and developing as a guiding principle, engages closely with government and/or local NGOs on the design, management and monitoring of all field-based programs. Coordinates with in-country agencies and programs to ensure linkages and to identify opportunities for integration between SRHR and SSCB services and broader health, educational, vocational, and other non-health interventions that meet the needs of intended populations. Assesses technical and training needs, reviews and adapts training materials, and contributes to scaling up successful experiences in implementing best practices in clinical and community settings that lead to increased use of family planning services. Ensures that the project team draws on state-of-the-art knowledge and practices in the areas specific to the program area. Partners with other technical advisors to enable policy, research and programs that benefit women and female children.

KEY JOB OUTCOMES:

• Strategic Leadership: Provides strategic technical leadership and expertise to project sites on the implementation of high quality SRHR and SSCB products and services at community levels within the framework of Population, Health and Environment (PHE). Leads in the development of or providing technical assistance in the global and country-specific approaches, tools and materials supporting tailored approaches for intended populations in SRHR and PHE programs. Builds on existing tools and develops or adapts innovative approaches to ensure the efficiency, acceptability and impact of SRHR and PHE products and services.
  
• Programming Design and Implementation: Leads in the design, development and implementation of innovative, effective, country appropriate programming for SRHR and PHE to build and develop capacity of intended populations in the Landscape Conservation of Western Tanzania project area
  Technical Assistance: Provides technical assistance to the project team, other Pathfinder projects, governments, local partners, and other agencies to assess needs and develop SRHR and PHE standards and guidance, and/or provide services that are responsive to the needs of intended populations.
  
• Technical Support for Proposals: Provides technical support on the development of proposals, including participation in strategizing for technical approach, proposal writing and proposal review.
  
• Resource Management: Collaborates with project teams, other USAID project teams in the implementation of the project activities.
  
• Quality Assurance: Works with the technical team to ensure that best practices for services and service integration are well documented, evaluated and poised for scale up. Coaches and builds teams to optimize staff performance programming, target setting and project workplan and scale-up.
  Brand Ambassador: Represents Pathfinder International to external organizations and audiences at professional meetings and conferences as assigned
  

MINIMALLY REQUIRED EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in medicine or any health-related disciples.
  
• Prefer: Master’s degree in related field, such as Master’s in Public Health
  
• 5 years’ experience in working in international development, preferably in implementing health and Family Planning programs
  
• 5 years’ international non-profit experience
  
• Prefer: Experience with USAID-funded projects
  
• Prefer: Experience in project design
  
• Prior experience in managing PHE projects will be an added advantage