PROGRAM: The USAID Boresha Afya Project- Southern Zone
REPORTS TO: Gender & Youth Manager
STATION: Dar es Salaam
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Project Description:
USAID Boresha Afya – Southern Zone is a five-year project that aims to support the Government of Tanzania (GoT) in increasing access to high quality, comprehensive and integrated health services, with a primary focus on HIV/AIDS, maternal, neonatal, child and reproductive health, malaria and nutrition outcomes. USAID Boresha Afya – Southern Zone covers geographic areas with high disease burden in Tanzania, namely Iringa, Njombe, Morogoro, Lindi, Mtwara and Ruvuma.
The Youth Advisor will function as part of HIV and SRH service team to provide technical leadership in implementation of HIV and SRH services to adolescents and youth for the USAID Boresha Afya Southern Zone program.
The Youth Advisor will be reporting to the Gender & Youth Manager. She/he will be supporting USAID Boresha Afya Southern Zone program staff and council staffs in planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of adolescent and youth HIV and SRH activities including integration of adolescent friendly health services.