Multiple Vacancies at JHPIEGO Tanzania

 

JHPIEGO TANZANIA

JOB VACANCIES

Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. Jhpiego is currently recruiting qualified and experienced Tanzanians for various positions in Dar es Salaam under the AFGHS-Jhpiego project, which supports lifesaving maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) and malaria services across Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.

AVAILABLE POSITIONS

1. Technical Director, Malaria

Job ID: 2026-8223
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Employment Status: Full-Time
Application Deadline: October 12, 2026

The Technical Director, Malaria provides overall technical leadership, coordination and oversight for comprehensive malaria interventions under the project. The position provides strategic guidance on malaria prevention, diagnosis, treatment, preventive therapies, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, while working closely with government counterparts, technical partners and Jhpiego's Global Malaria Team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide overall technical direction and oversight for malaria interventions.
• Lead the design, planning, implementation and scale-up of malaria activities.
• Provide technical leadership on malaria prevention, diagnosis, treatment, preventive therapies and control.
• Strengthen institutional capacity at national, regional, council, facility and community levels.
• Strengthen malaria surveillance, data use, research and performance monitoring.
• Work closely with NMCP, ZAMEP, government institutions, implementing partners and research institutions.
• Represent the project in malaria technical working groups, task forces and coordination forums.
• Document implementation experiences, lessons learned and best practices.
• Provide technical leadership for malaria sustainability and transition to government structures.
• Strengthen government capacity, ownership and systems for sustainable malaria services.

Required Qualifications:

• Clinical degree in medicine, nursing or midwifery, with a Master of Public Health required.
• At least 9–10 years of experience implementing or providing technical assistance for malaria control and elimination projects.
• Specialized knowledge in malaria prevention, malaria diagnosis and treatment, malaria in pregnancy, ITNs, RDTs, laboratory diagnosis including microscopy, or malaria case management.
• At least 8 years of experience working on large, donor-funded, multi-year international health projects involving malaria prevention and control.
• Experience training clinical and community-based healthcare workers in malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
• Experience strengthening facility and community-level reporting and technical leadership.
• In-depth understanding of Tanzania's healthcare system and public health system.
• Experience living and working in Tanzania.
• Familiarity with USG administrative, management and reporting procedures.
• Proven experience managing teams of technical experts.
• Strong research-to-practice skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent diplomacy and relationship-building skills.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Proactive and self-motivated.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications.
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical, communication and report-writing skills.

2. Technical Officer - Maternal and Newborn Health

Job ID: 2026-8222
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Employment Status: Full-Time
Application Deadline: October 12, 2026

The Technical Officer – Maternal and Newborn Health provides field-level technical and implementation support for maternal and newborn health services and related quality improvement activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support ANC, PPH/E-MOTIVE, emergency obstetric care, essential newborn care, KMC, small and sick newborn care and PNC.
• Strengthen health facilities to provide quality Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care services.
• Support Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response meetings.
• Support integration of MNH services with malaria, HIV, immunization and nutrition.
• Strengthen referral systems between communities, primary facilities and referral facilities.
• Support capacity development, training, mentorship and supportive supervision.
• Work with regional and council health teams to strengthen pools of trainers and mentors.
• Monitor MNH performance, data quality and quality improvement activities.
• Document best practices, lessons learned and success stories.
• Support sustainability and transition of project-supported MNH activities into government systems.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Nursing, Midwifery or Medical Degree.
• Advanced degree such as MScN, MMed or MPH is an advantage.
• At least five years of work experience in RMNCAH and Nutrition.
• At least two years' experience in clinical training on ANC, PNC and EmONC.
• Experience in clinical training, mentorship and capacity building.
• Experience working with government health structures, health facilities and local partners.
• Experience managing quality assurance.
• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Strong knowledge of evidence-based MNCH interventions.
• Strong understanding of data utilization for program monitoring and quality improvement.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Professional proficiency in Kiswahili is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications.

3. Technical Officer – Child Health & Nutrition (CHN)

Job ID: 2026-8221
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Employment Status: Full-Time
Application Deadline: October 12, 2026

The Technical Officer – Child Health & Nutrition provides field-level technical and implementation support for child health, immunization and nutrition services, including IMCI, ETAT, immunization, growth monitoring, MYICAN and IMAM.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support for child health, nutrition and immunization services.
• Support IMCI, ETAT, growth monitoring, MYICAN, IMAM, REC and PIRI interventions.
• Conduct and support service delivery assessments, mentorship and supportive supervision.
• Strengthen adherence to national guidelines and standards.
• Support regional and council health teams with training and capacity building.
• Support development of trainers and mentors.
• Support quality improvement activities.
• Support collection, analysis and use of routine child health, nutrition and immunization data.
• Document implementation experiences, challenges and lessons learned.
• Participate in regional and council technical coordination meetings.
• Support reporting, accountability and sustainability of project interventions.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Medicine or related field.
• MPH is an added advantage.
• Minimum five years of experience in Child Health and Nutrition programmes.
• At least two years' experience in clinical training on IMCI, ETAT, IMAM and MYICAN.
• Strong mentoring and coaching skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines under pressure.
• Experience in training facilitation, supervision and quality improvement.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Swahili.

4. Project Driver

Job ID: 2026-8220
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Employment Status: Full-Time
Application Deadline: October 12, 2026

The Project Driver provides transport and logistics support to the project team by operating and maintaining an assigned project vehicle in a clean, safe and roadworthy condition.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide safe and timely transportation to staff and visitors.
• Support route planning and travel scheduling.
• Transport staff and project property across assigned regions.
• Maintain the assigned vehicle in good and roadworthy condition.
• Conduct regular vehicle checks and report mechanical problems and accidents.
• Maintain accurate vehicle, mileage and fuel records.
• Ensure driving licence and vehicle documentation remain valid.
• Comply with Jhpiego and US Government vehicle and fuel policies.
• Observe road safety requirements and traffic laws.
• Support logistics for meetings, trainings and field activities.
• Support receipt, collection and delivery of project commodities.
• Support participant registration using approved digital systems.
• Assist with inspection of hired vehicles and provide guidance on motorcycle use.

Required Qualifications:

• Valid Class C driving licence.
• Certificate of Advanced Driver's Grade Two (VIP) from NIT is an added advantage.
• Basic knowledge of vehicle mechanics is preferred.
• At least five years of driving experience.
• Experience working with an INGO is desirable.
• Experience supporting large donor-funded activities in rural areas is an added advantage.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams.
• Basic knowledge of MS Office, email and internet.
• Willingness to travel regularly.
• Ability to communicate effectively in Kiswahili and English.
• Proactive, self-motivated and a strong team player.

5. Technical Officer, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning

Job ID: 2026-8219
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Employment Status: Full-Time
Application Deadline: October 12, 2026

The Technical Officer – Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning provides field-level monitoring, evaluation, routine surveillance and learning support for MNCH and malaria services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support implementation of MERL plans, indicators and reporting requirements.
• Support malaria data collection, compilation and reporting through national systems including DHIS2, eIDSR, UCS, MSDQI and MPDSR.
• Conduct data quality checks and verification.
• Support corrective actions for identified data discrepancies.
• Analyze routine service delivery and surveillance data.
• Support use of data for planning, targeting, micro-stratification and quality improvement.
• Maintain tracking tools, dashboards and performance summaries.
• Support operational and applied research activities.
• Prepare MERL reports, data summaries and field updates.
• Support data review meetings, mentorship and learning forums.
• Strengthen government capacity in monitoring, reporting, data quality and data use.
• Support transition of MERL functions from project-supported to government-led systems.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Biostatistics, Health Informatics, Data Science, Public Health or related field.
• At least 5–6 years of relevant experience in monitoring, evaluation, routine surveillance or data management in donor-funded health programmes.
• Practical experience with health information and surveillance systems such as DHIS2, eIDSR or UCS.
• Experience conducting data quality checks and verification.
• Ability to support routine data analysis and use.
• Experience in operational or applied research is an advantage.
• Familiarity with Tanzania's health system and malaria reporting structures is preferred.
• Willingness to travel within assigned regions and other project-supported areas.
• Strong English and Kiswahili communication skills.
• Strong analytical and report-writing skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications.

6. Technical Officer, Malaria Clinical Services

Job ID: 2026-8218
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Employment Status: Full-Time
Application Deadline: October 12, 2026

The Technical Officer – Malaria Clinical Services provides field-level technical and implementation support for malaria case management and integrated vector management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support for facility and community-based malaria case management and integrated vector management.
• Support malaria prevention, diagnosis, treatment, reporting and surveillance.
• Conduct service delivery assessments, mentorship and supportive supervision.
• Strengthen adherence to national malaria case management and vector management guidelines.
• Provide technical supervision and mentorship to Technical Officers.
• Support malaria training and technical review meetings.
• Support quality improvement plans.
• Support collection, analysis and use of malaria data.
• Maintain and use HMIS/DHIS2 dashboards and malaria databases.
• Document implementation experiences and lessons learned.
• Support technical reports, presentations and success stories.
• Coordinate with Field Team Leads and relevant government counterparts.
• Provide regular technical updates and reports.

Required Qualifications:

• Clinical degree in Medicine, Nursing, Midwifery, Environmental Health or related clinical field.
• Relevant postgraduate qualification or continuous professional development is preferred.
• At least five years of progressively responsible experience providing technical assistance for malaria programming.
• Specific experience in malaria KPIs, MSDQI and iCCM.
• Technical expertise in malaria prevention, diagnosis, treatment and/or vector control.
• Experience supervising healthcare providers and community cadres.
• Experience working with CHMTs and RHMTs.
• Experience using HMIS/DHIS2 surveillance data and malaria databases.
• Experience developing or adapting training materials, supervision tools, job aids and technical reports.
• US Government-funded project experience is an advantage.
• Willingness to travel at least 50% to project-supported areas.
• Fluency in Kiswahili and strong English communication skills.
• Strong analytical and report-writing skills.

7. Lead Project Drivers

Job ID: 2026-8217
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Employment Status: Full-Time
Application Deadline: October 12, 2026

The Lead Project Driver provides safe, reliable and timely transport and logistics support to the project team and is responsible for the condition and appropriate use of the assigned vehicle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide safe and reliable transport to staff, government counterparts, visitors and partners.
• Support route planning and movement of project materials and commodities.
• Coordinate travel with the Administrator, Lead Driver and Field Team Lead.
• Operate and maintain the assigned project vehicle.
• Conduct routine and monthly vehicle checks.
• Report vehicle faults, accidents and maintenance requirements.
• Maintain accurate mileage, trip, fuel and maintenance records.
• Manage fuel cards and fuel reconciliations.
• Ensure insurance, registration, inspection and other vehicle documents are valid.
• Follow traffic laws, road safety requirements and Jhpiego SOPs.
• Safeguard passengers, vehicles, equipment, commodities and documents.
• Report safety, compliance or suspicious activities through established channels.
• Support meetings, trainings, mentorship visits and other field activities.
• Support transportation and delivery of project commodities.
• Coordinate transport and logistics with project and government teams.
• Promote efficient and cost-effective use of vehicles and resources.

Required Qualifications:

• Valid Tanzanian Class C driving licence.
• At least five years of professional driving experience.
• Experience with an international NGO or donor-funded project is desirable.
• Advanced Driver's Certificate from NIT or another recognized Tanzanian institution is an added advantage.
• Basic knowledge of vehicle mechanics, preventive maintenance and road safety.
• Experience supporting field activities in rural or hard-to-reach areas is desirable.
• Understanding of safe vehicle operation, fuel accountability and vehicle documentation.
• Professional and dependable with good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively in Kiswahili and English.
• Basic computer and digital skills.
• Willingness to travel regularly within assigned project areas.

8. Technical Officer – Community-Based Health Services

Job ID: 2026-8216
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Employment Status: Full-Time
Application Deadline: October 12, 2026

The Technical Officer – Community-Based Health Services provides field-level technical and implementation support for an integrated community health programme aligned with national policies, guidelines and minimum intervention packages for community health workers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support integrated community-based health services through government systems.
• Support mapping and micro-planning to identify underserved groups, service-access barriers and malaria hotspots.
• Support CORPs and CHWs to deliver quality community-based malaria and other priority services.
• Support community-based ITN distribution in malaria-specific regions.
• Support household registration, quantification, micro-planning and distribution of ITNs.
• Coordinate with regional and council teams, health facilities, community leaders, CORPs and CHWs.
• Support orientation, deployment and supervision of community cadres.
• Monitor ITN distribution and stock accountability.
• Support identification, training, deployment and development of CORPs and CHWs.
• Strengthen integration of community health workers into government systems.
• Support CHW oversight, workload management, motivation and retention.
• Support integration of project activities into government planning, budgeting, supervision and data systems.
• Support sustainability and transition planning.
• Strengthen supportive supervision, quality improvement and referral systems.

Required Qualifications: The position requires relevant qualifications and experience in community health, public health, MNCH, malaria programming or related areas, together with demonstrated experience supporting government health structures, community health workers, quality improvement, supervision and implementation of community-based health services.

9. Field Team Lead (Malaria, MNCH, CH Nutrition)

Job ID: 2026-8215
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Employment Status: Full-Time
Application Deadline: October 12, 2026

The Field Team Lead is a hybrid technical and regional leadership position responsible for overall leadership, coordination and management of AFGHS-Jhpiego field implementation across assigned regions, while providing technical leadership in Maternal and Newborn Health, Child Health and Nutrition or Malaria.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and oversee field teams and project implementation.
• Serve as the primary regional point of contact for project implementation.
• Work with regional and council authorities to co-design and implement activities.
• Ensure activities are delivered within approved work plans, budgets and timelines.
• Supervise technical, community engagement, MERL and operations field staff.
• Strengthen coordination between project field teams and government health management teams.
• Provide technical assistance, mentorship and supportive supervision.
• Use routine data to identify performance gaps and support quality improvement.
• Strengthen government capacity and ownership.
• Coordinate with RHMTs, CHMTs, government stakeholders and implementing partners.
• Coordinate regional operational and logistical needs.
• Monitor implementation progress and performance against targets.
• Prepare regional updates and reports.
• Escalate implementation risks and performance issues.
• Lead follow-up on agreed actions.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Medicine, Nursing, Midwifery, Public Health, Nutrition or another relevant health-related field.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in MNH, Child Health and Nutrition or Malaria.
• Master's degree in a relevant health or public health field is preferred.
• At least 6–7 years of progressively responsible experience managing or coordinating large-scale health programmes in Tanzania.
• Experience working with RALG structures, including RHMTs and CHMTs.
• Experience coordinating multiple implementing partners.
• Experience translating work plans into regional implementation.
• Experience using routine health data and field reports.
• Technical experience in MNH, Child Health and Nutrition or Malaria.
• Experience working on US Government-funded or other donor-funded health projects.
• Strong analytical, communication and report-writing skills.
• Fluency in Kiswahili and English.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications.
• Ability to travel regularly within assigned regions.

10. Administrator

Job ID: 2026-8113
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Employment Status: Full-Time
Application Deadline: September 11, 2026

The Administrator provides day-to-day field-level administrative, logistics and operational support to the project. The role supports procurement coordination, logistics, fleet operations, inventory, stores management, office administration and documentation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide administrative support to regional field teams and project management.
• Coordinate travel arrangements, approvals and documentation.
• Support meetings, correspondence, filing and records management.
• Coordinate logistics for trainings, supervision visits, outreach activities and meetings.
• Support procurement processes and follow up on requests.
• Assist with management of project assets, stores and inventories.
• Support inventory counts and reconciliation.
• Support fleet operations, vehicle scheduling, logbooks, fuel tracking and maintenance coordination.
• Maintain electronic and physical filing systems.
• Prepare administrative and logistics reports.
• Support compliance with Jhpiego policies and Department of State requirements.
• Identify and report administrative and operational challenges.

Required Qualifications:

• Diploma or degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, Logistics, Operations Management or related field.
• Degree is preferred.
• At least 4–5 years of relevant administrative, logistics or operational experience in donor-funded programmes.
• Experience supporting procurement, logistics, office operations and field teams.
• Experience supporting fleet management, asset tracking and inventory systems.
• Familiarity with US Government-funded project requirements is an advantage.
• Proficiency in MS Office and electronic filing systems.
• Experience with logistics or inventory systems such as eLMIS is an advantage.
• Strong organizational, coordination and problem-solving skills.
• Fluency in English and Kiswahili.
• Ability to travel within the assigned region and other project-supported areas.

GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION

Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.

Applicants must apply through the official Jhpiego careers platform.

Applicants must submit a single document containing:

• Cover Letter
• Resume/CV
• References

Successful candidates will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

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