Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, July 13 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Background Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS) is an indigenous NGO established under non-governmental organization act No 24 of 2002 in 2011. THPS works in partnership with the Government of Tanzania (GOT) through Ministries of Health (MOH) in Mainland and Zanzibar Ministry of Gender, Youth, elderly and special groups: Regional Administration and Local Government (PORAL GL and the Ministry of Home Affairs with a goal of ensuring accessible high-quality health care services to Tanzanians: through the strengthening of health and community systems.

In FY24 year they GOT under the leadership of the Ministry of Community Development. Gender. Women and Special Groups and Ministry of Community Development and Gender in Zanzibar, in collaboration with stakeholders through funding from the US Presidents Emergency Plan for ADS Relief (PEPFARVUS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will conduct the second national Violence against Children and Youth Survey IVACS 243. The 2024 Tanzania Violence Against Children and Youth Survey is based on the broader work that has been done through the Together for Girls IT1G) partnership and through funding from the US Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFARVUS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Through data nationally led action, and advocacy the survey aims to raise awareness, promote evidence-based solutions, and galvanize coordinated action across sectors to end violence against boys and girls, with a special focus on sexual violence against gifs VACS data are intended to inform a comprehensive, national multi-sector policy and programmatic response to the issue of violence against girls and boys

WACS 2004 will be conducted with support from the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFARI and technical assistance through the US. COC. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS)-the led implementing partner. Data collection will be done by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBSI, Office of Chief Government Statistician (OCOS) in Zanzibar, and Survey will be implemented in collaboration with multispectral partners including, the National Institute of Medical Research ONIMR), the Zanzibar Institute of Health Research (ZAHRII, and ministries of health through national Public Health Laboratories, the National AIDS Control Program (NACP), and the Zanzibar Integrated HIV, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis and Leprosy Program(ZHHTLP)

THPS is looking for skilled, enthusiastic, creative, energetic individuals to fill the following vacant positions for the Violence against Children Survey 2024

Main duties and responsibilities:
The Child Protection Specialist ICPS will lead in the implementation of an efficient and seamless system for referrals to social and health services in collaboration with UNICEF within existing systems as stipulated in the survey protocol

Specific Responsibilities and Duties:
• Leads on reviewing all activities and documents or tools created by THPS through VACS teams, as well as partners and other agencies where appropriate to ensure compliance with child protection standards and safeguarding policies.
• Provides risk assessments and develops strategies to reduce risk, audits current child safeguarding measures and develops or strengthens child safeguarding policies and procedures
• Establish specific goals, objectives, strategies, and implementation plans for the civil registration sector using results-based planning terminology and methodology (RBML
• Prepare required documentations for program review and approval
• Arrange and coordinate availability of technical experts with Regional Office/HD to ensure timely and appropriate support throughout the programming process
• in charge of maintaining an inclusive and accessible Feedback and Reporting Mechanism IFRM and ensures that partners that are delivering projects in the field are fully capacitated to use the FRM and that beneficiaries of programs have unhindered access to FRM CPS makes sure that the feedback is followed through in case of need CPS supports other agencies with assessment of their feedback mechanisms and propose solutions how to improve them.
• In collaboration with UNICEF, review monitoring and evaluation aspects of project Cooperation Agreements and work with UNICEF to ensure that relevant information is collected and reported for decision making purposes and for inclusion in Situation Reports.
• Work closely with Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Section and other Program Sections to ensure that office wide monitoring and evaluation Initiatives and those in particular sectors incorporate and/or address child protection concerns where relevant, and liaise with Child Protection Information Manager (under the Child Protection sub-cluster, UNICEF/MoH/MCDGWSG and other partners to ensure collaboration on monitoring and evaluation of child protection across the sector to the greatest extent possible.
• Support capacity building needs on child protection monitoring and evaluation among relevant partners and provide technical support to other child protection monitoring and evaluation initiatives as necessary.
• Support rapid assessments on child protection, including integration of child protection in multi-sectoral assessments. This includes adaptation of data collection tools in collaboration with partners, support to training of facilitators, technical support to data collection and analysis, and review of reports. o in close collaboration with the child protection team represent THPS in Protection fora in Tanzania
• in collaboration with UNICEF, build and sustain effective close working partnerships with relevant government counterparts, national stakeholders, global partners, allies, donors, and academia through active networking, advocacy and effective communication to build capacity, exchange knowledge and expertise and to reinforce cooperation to achieve sustainable and broad results in child protection
• Apply and introduce innovative approaches and good practices to build the capacity of partners and stakeholders, and to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable program results.
• Organize and implement capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients and stakeholders to promote sustainable results in child protection and related programs/projects.
• Mapping of child protection systems and development of a child protection strategy

Required Knowledge, Skills and experience
Education The child Protection Specialist should have Post graduate master's degree and developmental social sciences

Technical and Functional Experience

The Child Protection specialist should have:
• A minimum of 4 years management experience of running complex multi grant child protection programs both in emergency and normal circumstances.
• A very good understanding of child protection, family care and alternative care and other key technical areas of child protection programming and a working knowledge of the other sectors that include education, and livelihoods.
• Willingness and ability to change work practices and hours, to be flexible and responsive in the event of emergencies.
• Ability to analyze information, evaluate options, and follow the strategic directions as guided
• An in depth understanding of national development issues in particular in relation to children.
• Previous experience of working with a multi-cultural team and the adaptability to varied beam dynamics
• Excellent interpersonal. Communication and presentation skills
• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling THPS values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities-giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Supervisory experience preferred



Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 48

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

Job application procedure
Interested applicants should send an email recruitment@thps.or.tz attaching their application cover letter one page maximum and CV four pages maximum by 21/07/2023 with a position title as a subject line, for example: "Violence Against Children Survey (VACS) Director". Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. Please do not attach any certificates when submitting online.

THPS is an equal opportunity employer, women people living with HIWAIDS and people living with disability are encouraged to apply.


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