Job Description
As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenar- beit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives.
BACKUP Health is mandated to support governmental and civil society partners to leverage funding from global (health) financing mechanisms for the strengthening of their health systems. To achieve this goal, the project will collaborate with partners in nine focus countries (Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe) primarily on three main areas:
- Strengthen national coordination of global health financing
- Strengthen capacities of selected institutions in the partner countries to set and achieve health-system strengthening priorities in connection with global financing
- Improve the management of health services at the decentralized level particularly with regard to the integration of globally financed programmes
Participation by civil society, key and vulnerable populations, human rights and gender equality are critical factors for programme success and serve as cross-cutting topics for the project.
BACKUP Health seeks to employ two qualified technical advisors who will work in close collaboration with the BACKUP team (in country and headquarter).
Duty station: Dar es Salaam
Terms of the Contract: Fixed term contract
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain partnerships with national, bi- and multilateral stakeholders in the health sector
- Provide advisory and capacity development services to BACKUP partner institutions and organizations in Tanzania.
- Coordinate and monitor the implementation of ongoing Global Fund related projects and consultancies as part of the BACKUP portfolio and also keep track of developments of other global financing mechanisms such as GFF and Gavi.
- Based on overall BACKUP strategy and mandate, contribute to the ongoing development of the BACKUP portfolio and technical assistance approach in Tanzania.
Technical advice (capacity development)
- Identify technical assistance (TA) needs and opportunities for support in BACKUP’S areas of cooperation, such as strengthening national coordination, the health system and the management of health services at community level
- Provide technical assistance based on the identified needs as well as analyse and incorporate cross cutting themes such as community, rights and gender related to the interventions
- Provide technical contributions to policies, guidelines and tools as may be required by programme activities
- Organise, conduct and/or facilitate training sessions in relevant areas of work
- Plan consultancy and financial support to be provided by BACKUP based on the overall strategy of the project and specific partner needs
- Operationalize the monitoring framework for the contribution of interventions in the country to overall project objectives and indicators
- Provide technical backstopping to local and international TA providers in his/her field of expertise
- Prepare, attend and report on governance, programmatic and technical working group coordination meetings
- Manage and coordinate BACKUP interventions in the country (monitoring, technical and financial reporting, logistical management of workshops and field trips)
- Plan and support visits from TA providers and BACKUP headquarter staff
- Support knowledge management for BACKUP by collecting and documenting good practices and lessons learned on Global Fund-related processes and TA approaches as well as for Gavi and the GFF.
- Promote partnerships and linkages between key stakeholders related to the Global Fund, disease specific as well as health system actors as well as for Gavi and the GFF.
- Support transparent communication and information sharing between all involved institutions and counterparts related to the Global Fund, Gavi and the GFF.
- Represent GIZ/BACKUP in relevant meetings at the country level.
- Prepare BACKUP communication and coordinate public relations through national, regional and global publication of project outcomes (e.g. in journals, news feeds and social media).
- Coordinate planning, execution and monitoring of all national, regional and district activities jointly with other teams of relevant programmes in the country to ensure a coherent and seamless support in the health sector from GIZ.
- Conduct regular meetings with other program’s project managers if applicable to update on progress, report on results and seek guidance on key challenges.
- University degree (master’s level) in an area that is relevant to the program objectives, with a focus on public health, public policy or development studies. A master’s degree in public health (management) would be an asset.
- At least 3-5 years professional experience in a comparable position
- Work experience in the health sector in Tanzania with public and/or private institutions (e.g. disease control, health service delivery, community development)
- Experience with health programmes financed by domestic and external resources
- Good understanding of global health architecture
- Experience with Global Fund and/or German Development Cooperation would be an asset
- Highly motivated professional
- A team player willing to take on responsibility
- Strong managerial and organisational competence
- Possessing a positive attitude to change
- Tolerance to ambiguous situations and stress
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to effectively interact in complex cooperation systems with various stakeholders (including senior government officials, civil society and key population representatives, project implementers and beneficiaries)
- Good communication and writing skills
- Language skills: Excellent spoken and written English
- Good IT knowledge
- Willingness to upgrade knowledge as required by the tasks to be performed
- Willingness to travel regularly.
Interested candidates should send their letter of application together with the CV and copies of academic certificates by email to hr.giz-tanzania@giz.de
Please use the subject line “Advisor BACKUP”.
Closing date for submission: 30.05.2021 Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
GIZ Tanzania is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their gender, origin, religion/belief, disability or any other minority group.
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Location: Arusha, Tanzania
Job Title: Advisor Risk and Crisis Communication
Job Title: Advisor Risk and Crisis Communication
Overview
As a federal enterprise, GIZ supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development.
The Support to Pandemic Preparedness in the EAC Region Project (PanPrep) assists the East African
Community Secretariat (EAC) in its coordinating and advisory role in Pandemic Preparedness for the EAC
Partner States. The project implements the Regional Contingency Plan, the One Health approach and the Regional Risk and Crisis Communication Strategy. PanPrep is currently looking to fill the position of an Advisor on Risk and Crisis Communication.
Duty station: Arusha, Tanzania (East African Community)
Fixed-term full-time contract
Risk and crisis communication (RCC) aims to empower citizens to take informed decisions. RCC provides continuous, timely information on hazards and potentially related risks based on facts and data. RCC translates science into lay-men’s language. The One Health approach is interpreted broadly at the regional level. It involves all stakeholders which are affected by an outbreak of an infectious disease or other event of public health concern, can contribute to the response and/or to mitigating its impact. PanPrep’s support to the EAC Secretariat aims to institutionalize RCC and the One Health approach at the Secretariat and sustainably implement it in the region.
Tasks
- Support the EAC with its advisory and coordinating function in pandemic preparedness and response in risk and crisis communication and community awareness in close cooperation with the Project Manager and the international Risk and Crisis Communication expert
- Assist to:
- translate scientific findings into lay-men’s language
- analyse and summarise pandemic preparedness- and One Health-related research and activities in EAC and Partner States.
- regularly inform stakeholders at regional and national levels on health-risk related scientific findings
- establish an RCC website / web portal and continuously provide content in close cooperation with different EAC Departments including EAC Communications
- inform the public in a timely manner on emerging and re-emerging risks and provide facts-based information on risk-prevention measures and behaviour
- cooperate with national ministries and scientific institutions as well as with regional and international institutions and organisations in this regard
- accompany and report on risk-related preparedness and response activities of the EAC Secretariat and PanPrep
- implement RCC and public awareness activities in high-risk areas
- write press releases and contributions for different websites and social media channels in close cooperation with EAC Comms and the EAC/GIZ Integration Programme’s communications’ experts.
- establish a network of health and RCC communication experts and journalists in the region and cooperate closely with them in line with the EAC Concept Paper that frames regional and national RCC cooperation
- build RCC capacity at the EAC Secretariat
- build capacity on RCC and RCC-topics among selected stakeholders and media representatives
- monitor and evaluate the media response on EAC RCC and make the coverage available for the EAC Secretariat and Partner States
- Support the institutionalisation of One Health at Secretariat and Partner States’ level
- Further position One Health in the region through RCC
- Assist to prepare and implement an RCC component in the cross-border field simulation exercise between South Sudan and Uganda and to document the exercise
- Cooperate closely with PanPrep’s Regional Advisor on Pandemic Preparedness and One Health in this regard
- Assist to organise, participate in and report on respective meetings and workshops.
- Contribute expertise to requests from GIZ Head Office, Sectoral Initiatives and Global Programmes as well as BMZ
- Assist the Project Manager in the preparation and implementation of the appraisal mission for the followon project
- Contribute to the knowledge management process
- PhD or Master’s degree in Journalism or Communications with a strong focus on science journalism
- Professional background or strong experience in a health-related field (e.g. human, veterinary, environmental, public of global health)
- At least 5 years proven professional experience in the field of RCC and/or science journalism at the national, regional or international level
- Sound knowledge of international, national and regional risk communication strategies meant to prevent and mitigate the spread of diseases (e.g. WHO, FAO, OIE)
- Sound knowledge of the cultural context in the EAC Partner States
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of and practical experience with the One Health approach
- Well connected with relevant media in the EAC region
- Proven practical experience in establishing and maintaining websites/portals
- Proven practical experience in using (social) media as a means for culturally adapted risk communication
- Profound advisory skills and client orientation
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Ability to work in a multi-cultural team, independency, resilience, reliability and cultural adaptability
- Experience in working with regional or international institutions is an asset
- Knowledge of Swahili would be an asset
- Willingness to regularly travel in the region is a pre-requisite
Interested candidates should send their letter of application together with the CV and copies of academic certificates by email to hr.giz-tanzania@giz.de
Please use the subject line “Advisor RCC”.
Closing date for submission: 01.06.2021
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
GIZ Tanzania is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their gender, origin, religion/belief, disability or any other minority group.
