Deadline of this Job: 21 August 2022
JOB DETAILS: Sightsavers is growing its new programmatic area in economic empowerment which supports businesses to become successful employers of people with disabilities, and supports people with disabilities to develop skills, confidence and experience to successfully gain work. The programme portfolio is growing at a rapid pace with projects being designed and implemented in numerous countries across Africa and parts of Asia. As the Project Officer you will support the Economic Empowerment project to manage activities and relationships with key stakeholders, and ensure that the project is planned, implemented, coordinated, monitored, evaluated, and adapted to the highest possible quality standards.
Project Officer key duties and accountabilities include:
• Work with the country project management team and other funding / resources partner to coordinate implementation of activities and sharing of lessons learned.
• Manage all aspects of the project cycle with the partners including effective planning, start-up, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, financial and asset management, reporting, documentation and closeout.
• Liaise and work with the Global Technical Leads (Disability Inclusive Economic Empowerment) and other internal expertise as required.
• Support tool development/adaption e.g., participant database, tracking entrepreneurs, ILO tool, Three Circles Tool, informed consent forms, surveys, feedback forms, participant registration forms.
• Support learning and adaptation through developing and implementing tools, events and processes e.g., learning logs, action learning groups, qualitative and quantitative data collection tools, analysis and dissemination of performance data.
• Document learning and adaptation to feedback into project design, implementation, evaluation and ToC reviews; and to project team, global teams including MEL team and GTLs and to external stakeholders such as partners and participants.
• Identify partner organizations with whom Sightsavers can work to achieve the project and organization’s strategic objective of ensuring that people with disabilities have equal rights and opportunities through both service delivery and advocacy.
• Support project partners in the preparation of budgets and forecasts.
• Be proactive in providing good quality information on case studies and interesting news stories relating to the project to support preparation of fundraising materials and advocacy materials.
• This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.
Jobholder Requirements
• Essential:
• Familiarity with national legislation and policies in the field of disability, human rights and employment.
• Significant experience implementing projects, including experience of the disability sector and gender mainstreaming.
• Experience in project monitoring, evaluation and learning.
• Experience of designing, managing and carrying out advocacy work for social inclusion/disability projects.
• Experience providing technical assistance to other organizations.
• Knowledge of current issues and best practices in disability, UNCRPD, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and employment is desirable.
• Strong written and spoken English.
• Desirable:
• Knowledge of current issues and best practices in disability, UNCRPD, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and employment
JOB DETAILS:
The Program Integrity Specialist is responsible for assisting in the implementation of the USRAP Integrity and Compliance Guide and Internal Malfeasance Prevention and Mitigation Measures in the Tanzania Country Office. The Program Integrity Specialist supports and at times leads fraud investigations, including assessing fraud allegations, conducting interviews, and writing investigation reports.
Essential Duties:
• Compliance
• Supports and at times facilitates fraud and malfeasance investigations in coordination with the Tanzania Head of Office, RSC Director, Senior Compliance Coordinator, Program Integrity Manager, and Human Resource Manager as appropriate.
• Draft fraud and malfeasance investigation and closure reports, ensuring that both CWS and donor reporting requirements are met, as needed.
• Monitor and tracks fraud reporting mechanisms on a daily basis.
• Oversee compliance with requirements as specified through the Cooperative Agreement, Integrity and Compliance Guide, and RSC Internal Malfeasance Prevention and Mitigation Measures.
• Support the maintenance and revisions of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), independently and collaboratively, to ensure internal compliance with fraud and malfeasance mitigation guidelines and investigation/reporting requirements.
• Coordinate with country office management on development of new and innovative ways for fraud and malfeasance mitigation.
• Support the preparation of quarterly and annual reports for the funder on matters of program integrity.
• Join regular meetings and activities of the Fraud and Ethics Committee.
• Maintain a current knowledge of the USRAP.
• On occasion, travels independently to the main office, sub-offices, circuit ride locations to conduct Program Integrity monitoring and training field visits.
• If a U.S. passport holder: Lead or support sensitive, urgent U.S. passport only investigations.
• Monitor and manage the physical fraud and suggestions box in Tanzania*.*
• Data Management and Analysis
• Collaborate with Information Technology Point of Contact to ensure internal IT controls are sufficient and surpass guidelines for the security of START and electronic data for the country office.
• Representation
• Develops and maintains effective and independent relationships with CWS/RSC Africa USRAP partners and donors, including PRM, USCIS, IOM, UNHCR, and domestic Resettlement Agencies.
• Attends Quarterly Fraud Trend meetings as needed.
• Ensures partner communication from the unit is professional, timely and proactive.
• Represents organization policies and CWS RSC Africa values to staff.
• Ensures the workforce is professional when representing CWS RSC Africa to refugees, partners, the funder, and colleagues.
• Program Administration
• Provide guidance and acts as a resource to programmatic and administrative staff working on Program Integrity-related projects.
• Assist with the development of program integrity management system resources.
• Identify any program related gaps at the country -office and works to resolve them with sub-office management and Program Integrity Unit in Kenya.
• This position also performs other duties that may be assigned by the Head of Office, Senior Compliance Coordinator, and/or CWS RSC Africa Management to enhance the efficiency and efficacy of the operation.
Qualifications:
• Experience:
• Five (5) years of paid work experience is required.
• One (1) year of US Refugee Admissions Program experience preferred.
• One (1) year of workplace investigation experience preferred.
• Skills:
• Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access, Outlook).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of START highly desirable.
• Knowledge of the US Refugee Admissions Program highly desirable.
• Experience living and working overseas.
Education & Certifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology, Business Management or a related field or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or four years of paid work experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree is required.
• Industry standard certifications preferred but not required, such as Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) or Certified Protection Professional (CPP).
• Abilities:
• Supervise staff to ensure policies and procedures are implemented and executed in accordance with guidelines and standard operating procedures.
• Maintain a high-performance standard with attention to detail, completing tasks within set timeframes.
• Exercise good judgement and seek guidance as appropriate when confronted with unanticipated problems.
• Deal effectively and courteously with a large number of associates, outside agencies, refugees and members of the general public.
• Manage large and diverse workload under pressure with competing priorities.
• Maintain the integrity of official records.
• Analyze and solve complex problems and make sound decisions.
• Work with minimal supervision
• Maintain a high-performance standard with attention to detail.
• Work independently and contribute to overall operations of RSC Africa.
• Actively participate in the implementation of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).
• Important Requirements:
• Strong English communication skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment required.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and willingness to support CWS’ Platform on Racial Justice as a CWS employee required.
Special Requirements:
• COVID Vaccination is strongly recommended for all successful candidates
• The candidate should be of good health, willing and able to travel extensively in often difficult conditions and have a high degree of flexibility. Must have proof of Yellow Fever vaccination before traveling for RSC Africa.
• This position is based in Kasulu, Tanzania.
• This position requires use of laptops at all times, competence in Microsoft office packages is required.
• This position may require travel in sub-Saharan Africa on short notice and under sometimes difficult conditions to meet demands of a dynamic operational program.
• Background check which includes references, and an educational and criminal check is required before the start of employment for international applicants.
• A valid passport and the ability to maintain a valid passport throughout the entire appointment is required, which includes having enough passport pages for travel.
• Internationals - International applicants must be legally eligible to work and obtain a work permit in Tanzania. The ability to maintain a valid passport throughout the entire appointment is required, which includes having enough passport pages for travel.
• The position is U.S. passport holder preferred, but not required.
• Physical: This position requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, kneeling, sitting, standing, walking, pushing/pulling, handling objects (manual dexterity), reaching above shoulder level, using fine finger movements, and lifting/carrying heavy loads.
• Environmental: Incumbents in this position will be exposed to excessive noise, marked changes in temperature and/or humidity, dust and infectious diseases, harsh weather climates, long work hours, bumpy roads, extended travel, excessive sun exposure, and non-ventilated spaces.
• The US Embassy rates Tanzania as both HIGH in crime and HIGH in terrorism. Incumbents should fully understand the insecurities present within Tanzania and the region.
• Full time.
Gender Advisor S4DA job at GIZ
Deadline of this Job: 23 August 2022
JOB DETAILS:
As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives.
GIZ is looking to fill the position of Gender Advisor in the Sport for Development in Africa regional project in Zanzibar(Unguja and Pemba).
Tally Solutions
Launched in 2014, the 'Sport for Development in Africa'(SADA) Regional Project establishes sport as a tool for achieving development goals in selected African countries on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Building on the great enthusiasm for sport in Africa, the German development cooperation and its African partners constructed grassroots sports grounds, trained multipliers, and advised organisations on fostering youth development through sport in over 15 African countries by 06/2022.
From 07/2022 to 06/2025 S4DA focuses on promoting gender equality, female entrepreneurship, and gender-transformative approaches through sports aiming to change mindsets and behaviour patterns regarding the discrimination of women and girls. The project will be jointly implemented with the African Union Sport Council (AUSC) and other key stakeholders in Senegal, Tanzania (Zanzibar and Pemba), and Kenya. Additionally, smaller-scaie measures will be implemented in other African countries.
Duty station: Stone Town, Unguja with potential relocation to Chake Chake Pemba at a later stage in project implementation, duty travels within the region required on demand basis
Terms of the Contract: Fixed term contract.
Assignment period: Contract duration: 15th September 2022 until 30th June 2025
Responsibilities
The Gender Advisor is responsible for:
• Supporting the implementation of the GIZ Gender Strategy focusing on internal and external gender mainstreaming in close cooperation with the S4DA Gender Focal Points of the regional project and GIZ Tanzania
• Supporting and advising partners in Unguja and Pemba on planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of gender transformative sport for development approaches tackling sexual and gender-based violence(SGBV)through sports(e.g. MenEngage)
• Providing gender-relevant information for S4DA project implementation with a specific focus on Unguja and Pemba and the Eastern Africa Region
• Capacity building of partners and organizations in the field of gender and advisory in the development of policies, strategies, guidelines
• Maintaining international and national gender-relevant networks
• Advising the project manager and S4DA in implementing the GIZ Gender Strategy and updating
them on relevant developments at company and policy level
Tasks
The Gender Advisor will:
• Advise partners and organizations in gender-related topics, gender transformative sport for development approaches (e.g. MenEngage)
• Contribute to the Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba) specific gender analysis on project and country level
• Conduct capacity-building measures for partners in gender and sport for development related topics
• Liaise with S4DA Gender Focal Points to conduct trainings for GIZ employees, interns, and development workers on relevant GIZ gender policies and their implementation • Participate in national and international gender networks
• Monitor gender-relevant developments in Tanzania and internationally, and regularly update projects and staff on relevant topics
• Contribute to the design and further development of S4DA's gender-sensitive results-based monitoring system
• Collect and compile relevant gender legislation within Tanzania and Zanzibar
• Support the drafting of S4DA factsheets and external communications products related to gender and gender transformative approaches in sport for development
• Advise the project manager and technical advisors as well as partners on the integration of do-no harm approaches in the project cycle
• Contribute to peace and conflict as well as do-no-harm analysis on project and country level
• Cooperate closely with the Security Risk Management Office in Tanzania in terms of information sharing and conflict monitoring
• Participate in and contribute actively to meetings with the Gender/Security Focal Points
Qualifications/ requirements
Qualifications
• Master's degree in gender studies, sociology, sports, peace and conflict or any other relevant field, or highly relevant working experience in a comparable position
• Practical experience in the implementation of gender projects and conflict transformation, sport for development
• Proven experience in the compilation of gender, peace and conflict / do-no-harm analysis
• Good working knowledge of ICT technologies (related software, phone, e-mail, internet)and computer applications^.g. MS Office)
• Fluent written and oral knowledge of English and Swahili
Professional Experience
• At least five years professional experience in a comparable position.
Additional competencies
• Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed - corresponding measures are agreed with management
• High level of confidentiality
• High level of cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Advanced language skills in German are considered an additional benefit Applications:
JOB DETAILS:
As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives.
GIZ is looking to fill the position of Gender Advisor in the Sport for Development in Africa regional project in Zanzibar(Unguja and Pemba).
Tally Solutions
Launched in 2014, the 'Sport for Development in Africa'(SADA) Regional Project establishes sport as a tool for achieving development goals in selected African countries on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Building on the great enthusiasm for sport in Africa, the German development cooperation and its African partners constructed grassroots sports grounds, trained multipliers, and advised organisations on fostering youth development through sport in over 15 African countries by 06/2022.
From 07/2022 to 06/2025 S4DA focuses on promoting gender equality, female entrepreneurship, and gender-transformative approaches through sports aiming to change mindsets and behaviour patterns regarding the discrimination of women and girls. The project will be jointly implemented with the African Union Sport Council (AUSC) and other key stakeholders in Senegal, Tanzania (Zanzibar and Pemba), and Kenya. Additionally, smaller-scaie measures will be implemented in other African countries.
Duty station: Stone Town, Unguja with potential relocation to Chake Chake Pemba at a later stage in project implementation, duty travels within the region required on demand basis
Terms of the Contract: Fixed term contract.
Assignment period: Contract duration: 15th September 2022 until 30th June 2025
Responsibilities
The Gender Advisor is responsible for:
• Supporting the implementation of the GIZ Gender Strategy focusing on internal and external gender mainstreaming in close cooperation with the S4DA Gender Focal Points of the regional project and GIZ Tanzania
• Supporting and advising partners in Unguja and Pemba on planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of gender transformative sport for development approaches tackling sexual and gender-based violence(SGBV)through sports(e.g. MenEngage)
• Providing gender-relevant information for S4DA project implementation with a specific focus on Unguja and Pemba and the Eastern Africa Region
• Capacity building of partners and organizations in the field of gender and advisory in the development of policies, strategies, guidelines
• Maintaining international and national gender-relevant networks
• Advising the project manager and S4DA in implementing the GIZ Gender Strategy and updating
them on relevant developments at company and policy level
Tasks
The Gender Advisor will:
• Advise partners and organizations in gender-related topics, gender transformative sport for development approaches (e.g. MenEngage)
• Contribute to the Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba) specific gender analysis on project and country level
• Conduct capacity-building measures for partners in gender and sport for development related topics
• Liaise with S4DA Gender Focal Points to conduct trainings for GIZ employees, interns, and development workers on relevant GIZ gender policies and their implementation • Participate in national and international gender networks
• Monitor gender-relevant developments in Tanzania and internationally, and regularly update projects and staff on relevant topics
• Contribute to the design and further development of S4DA's gender-sensitive results-based monitoring system
• Collect and compile relevant gender legislation within Tanzania and Zanzibar
• Support the drafting of S4DA factsheets and external communications products related to gender and gender transformative approaches in sport for development
• Advise the project manager and technical advisors as well as partners on the integration of do-no harm approaches in the project cycle
• Contribute to peace and conflict as well as do-no-harm analysis on project and country level
• Cooperate closely with the Security Risk Management Office in Tanzania in terms of information sharing and conflict monitoring
• Participate in and contribute actively to meetings with the Gender/Security Focal Points
Qualifications/ requirements
Qualifications
• Master's degree in gender studies, sociology, sports, peace and conflict or any other relevant field, or highly relevant working experience in a comparable position
• Practical experience in the implementation of gender projects and conflict transformation, sport for development
• Proven experience in the compilation of gender, peace and conflict / do-no-harm analysis
• Good working knowledge of ICT technologies (related software, phone, e-mail, internet)and computer applications^.g. MS Office)
• Fluent written and oral knowledge of English and Swahili
Professional Experience
• At least five years professional experience in a comparable position.
Additional competencies
• Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed - corresponding measures are agreed with management
• High level of confidentiality
• High level of cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Advanced language skills in German are considered an additional benefit Applications:
Program Integrity Specialist job at Church World Service (CWS)
Introduction: Church World Service (CWS) is a not-for-profit, faith-based organization transforming communities around the globe through just and sustainable solutions to hunger, poverty, displacement, and disaster. CWS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, genetic information, age, disability or veteran status in employment or in the provision of services.
Primary Purpose:
The Program Integrity Specialist is responsible for assisting in the implementation of the USRAP Integrity and Compliance Guide and Internal Malfeasance Prevention and Mitigation Measures in the Tanzania Country Office. The Program Integrity Specialist supports and at times leads fraud investigations, including assessing fraud allegations, conducting interviews, and writing investigation reports.
Essential Duties:
Compliance
1. Supports and at times facilitates fraud and malfeasance investigations in coordination with the Tanzania Head of Office, RSC Director, Senior Compliance Coordinator, Program Integrity Manager, and Human Resource Manager as appropriate.
2. Draft fraud and malfeasance investigation and closure reports, ensuring that both CWS and donor reporting requirements are met, as needed.
3. Monitor and tracks fraud reporting mechanisms on a daily basis.
4. Oversee compliance with requirements as specified through the Cooperative Agreement, Integrity and Compliance Guide, and RSC Internal Malfeasance Prevention and Mitigation Measures.
5. Support the maintenance and revisions of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), independently and collaboratively, to ensure internal compliance with fraud and malfeasance mitigation guidelines and investigation/reporting requirements.
6. Coordinate with country office management on development of new and innovative ways for fraud and malfeasance mitigation.
7. Support the preparation of quarterly and annual reports for the funder on matters of program integrity.
8. Join regular meetings and activities of the Fraud and Ethics Committee.
9. Maintain a current knowledge of the USRAP.
10. On occasion, travels independently to the main office, sub-offices, circuit ride locations to conduct Program Integrity monitoring and training field visits.
11. If a U.S. passport holder: Lead or support sensitive, urgent U.S. passport only investigations.
12. Monitor and manage the physical fraud and suggestions box in Tanzania.
Data Management and Analysis
1. Collaborate with Information Technology Point of Contact to ensure internal IT controls are sufficient and surpass guidelines for the security of START and electronic data for the country office.
Representation
1. Develops and maintains effective and independent relationships with CWS/RSC Africa USRAP partners and donors, including PRM, USCIS, IOM, UNHCR, and domestic Resettlement Agencies.
2. Attends Quarterly Fraud Trend meetings as needed.
3. Ensures partner communication from the unit is professional, timely and proactive.
4. Represents organization policies and CWS RSC Africa values to staff.
5. Ensures the workforce is professional when representing CWS RSC Africa to refugees, partners, the funder, and colleagues.
Program Administration
1. Provide guidance and acts as a resource to programmatic and administrative staff working on Program Integrity-related projects.
2. Assist with the development of program integrity management system resources.
3. Identify any program related gaps at the country -office and works to resolve them with sub-office management and Program Integrity Unit in Kenya.
This position also performs other duties that may be assigned by the Head of Office, Senior Compliance Coordinator, and/or CWS RSC Africa Management to enhance the efficiency and efficacy of the operation.
Qualifications:
Experience:
• Five (5) years of paid work experience is required.
• One (1) year of US Refugee Admissions Program experience preferred.
• One (1) year of workplace investigation experience preferred.
Skills:
• Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access, Outlook).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of START highly desirable.
• Knowledge of the US Refugee Admissions Program highly desirable.
• Experience living and working overseas.
Education & Certifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology, Business Management or a related field or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or four years of paid work experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree is required.
• Industry standard certifications preferred but not required, such as Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) or Certified Protection Professional (CPP).
Abilities:
• Supervise staff to ensure policies and procedures are implemented and executed in accordance with guidelines and standard operating procedures.
• Maintain a high-performance standard with attention to detail, completing tasks within set timeframes.
• Exercise good judgement and seek guidance as appropriate when confronted with unanticipated problems.
• Deal effectively and courteously with a large number of associates, outside agencies, refugees and members of the general public.
• Manage large and diverse workload under pressure with competing priorities.
• Maintain the integrity of official records.
• Analyze and solve complex problems and make sound decisions.
• Work with minimal supervision
• Maintain a high-performance standard with attention to detail.
• Work independently and contribute to overall operations of RSC Africa.
• Actively participate in the implementation of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).
Important Requirements:
• Strong English communication skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment required.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and willingness to support CWS’ Platform on Racial Justice as a CWS employee required.
Special Requirements:
• COVID Vaccination is strongly recommended for all successful candidates
• The candidate should be of good health, willing and able to travel extensively in often difficult conditions and have a high degree of flexibility. Must have proof of Yellow Fever vaccination before traveling for RSC Africa.
• This position is based in Kasulu, Tanzania.
• This position requires use of laptops at all times, competence in Microsoft office packages is required.
• This position may require travel in sub-Saharan Africa on short notice and under sometimes difficult conditions to meet demands of a dynamic operational program.
• Background check which includes references, and an educational and criminal check is required before the start of employment for international applicants.
• A valid passport and the ability to maintain a valid passport throughout the entire appointment is required, which includes having enough passport pages for travel.
• Internationals - International applicants must be legally eligible to work and obtain a work permit in Tanzania. The ability to maintain a valid passport throughout the entire appointment is required, which includes having enough passport pages for travel.
• The position is U.S. passport holder preferred, but not required.
• Physical: This position requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, kneeling, sitting, standing, walking, pushing/pulling, handling objects (manual dexterity), reaching above shoulder level, using fine finger movements, and lifting/carrying heavy loads.
• Environmental: Incumbents in this position will be exposed to excessive noise, marked changes in temperature and/or humidity, dust and infectious diseases, harsh weather climates, long work hours, bumpy roads, extended travel, excessive sun exposure, and non-ventilated spaces.
• The US Embassy rates Tanzania as both HIGH in crime and HIGH in terrorism. Incumbents should fully understand the insecurities present within Tanzania and the region.
• Full time.
• All employees should be prepared to work from the CWS office within their location of hire. Remote work arrangements may vary depending on location and the governing rulings regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
GE first partnered with Gavi between 2016 and 2021 on routine childhood immunisation and HPV vaccine demand generation. The successful collaboration continues with a new phase starting in 2022 and will run until 2025.
The objectives of the project are:
Objective 1: Identify and understand enablers and barriers to vaccine uptake amongst the primary target groups, to inform effective programming for our target audience.
Objective 2: Design and deploy appropriate, AGYW-centred demand generation content, to address gendered and other barriers to immunisation, using media and other channels, including girl clubs/networks, to connect the hardest-to-reach girls.
Objective 3: Solidify learning and dissemination within the sector: Girl Effect will leverage existing and new partners to ensure broad programme buy-in and promote sustainability of actions.
HPV Vaccines
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines prevent infection by certain types of human papillomavirus. Available HPV vaccines protect against either two, four, or nine types of HPV. All HPV vaccines protect against at least HPV types 16 and 18, which cause the greatest risk of cervical cancer.
The HPV vaccine is recognised as an important prevention strategy, with the WHO recommending HPV vaccines to be included in routine national immunisation programs as a public health priority (Perlman et al., 2014). HPV vaccines are most efficacious in females who have not been exposed to vaccinerelated HPV types (WHO, 2012). Consequently, the primary target population will likely be girls between 9 and 10 years to 13 years. This cohort is selected based on the age of initiation of sexual activity and the feasibility of reaching young adolescent girls through schools, healthcare facilities or community-based settings (WHO, 2012).
Routine Childhood Immunisation
Routine childhood immunisation (RCI) is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions and has been estimated to avert approximately 2 to 3 million deaths annually. Yet, vaccination rates in many African countries remain low. A child is considered fully immunised if they receive a BCG vaccine against tuberculosis, three doses of DPT to prevent diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus, at least three doses of polio vaccine and one dose of measles vaccine.
What we know so far
In preparation for this partnership, Girl Effect has conducted a thorough literature review of publicly available research. Girl Effect's Evidence and Insights team has identified a whole range of barriers to the uptake of Routine Child Immunisation to be; a lack of education and awareness surrounding vaccines, poor geographical distance and transportation in enabling access to health facilities, family health problems, delays beyond the mothers' control relating to structural and service delivery issues such e.g. poor service from healthcare providers, unavailability of vaccines at the facilities during clinic visits and prolonged waiting time to access the vaccine. Beliefs around the safety and efficacy of the vaccines, lack of awareness of vaccine schedules and forgotten appointment dates. The rationale for the number of healthcare visits during pregnancy to the number of antenatal care visits, busy personal schedules, gatekeepers and community. It was found that fathers have varying roles in vaccine decision-making, ranging from being a driver or inhibitor of vaccine uptake. Mothers with daily labour jobs and religious beliefs/lack of acceptability by religious leaders contribute to low uptake of RCI.
They also identified a lack of knowledge and awareness of cervical cancer, HPV and the HPV vaccine that prevents cervical cancer. Accessibility, cost concerns and parental refusal as barriers to the uptake of HPV vaccines which also relates to parents not attending school meetings and absenteeism of girls at school. Attitude towards vaccines and vaccination, especially in the COVID-19 era, and not knowing anyone with cancer constitutes low HPV vaccine uptake. Low resources were found to be a stronger barrier than misconceptions about the HPV vaccine.
Scope of the assignment
Vaccine uptake is influenced by many behavioural factors. Per our Theory of Change, we expect vaccine uptake to be determined by individual, interpersonal, community, infrastructural and policy factors.
This assignment aims to conduct a deeper literature review focusing on the behavioural and structural barriers and facilitators of HPV vaccine uptake and routine childhood immunisation (RI) in urban and peri-urban areas in Tanzania. We would like to get an overview of the latest research that is not older than 5 years and specifically for the case of HPV, anything more recent (done in the past 1 or 2 years) from published (not reviewed by GE) and unpublished, Governmental and Non-Governmental reports.
Resource Areas of Focus
The consultant is expected to make use of the following data resources:
RCI and HPV vaccine uptake-related studies in Tanzania • Gender-specific studies conducted concerning vaccine uptake and health-seeking behaviours in
Tanzania
Peer-reviewed individual studies conducted in Tanzania.
Literature published by government organisations, non-governmental organisations, universities,
UN institutions or anything similar.
Situational analysis done by the Ministry of Health (MOH) or other partner organisations.
Any grey literature, defined as unpublished materials including any reports and briefs (government or otherwise), conference papers and presentations, white papers, email chains etc
Kll with 5 people from different organisations to be identified by GE Team and the consultant
Questions to be addressed
What approaches are currently and previously been used to encourage the uptake of RCI and HPV vaccine?
What were the successes and failures of the identified approaches?
What are existing gaps in RCI and HPV vaccine service delivery?
What are specific populations which have lower RCI and HPV coverage and may require tailored demand messages/interventions? This will include a review of the Zero-Dose population segments of urban and remote-rural.
What are the cognitive and emotional drivers toward positive health-seeking behaviour for RCI and
HPV vaccines?
What are there specific gender-related barriers with regards to RCI and HPV vaccine uptake?
What socio-economic barriers are experienced by young mothers and young women overall and caregivers in these health areas?
Which behavioural barriers seem most neglected?
What are the media habits of the segmented target population groups?
Do structural barriers (e.g. vaccine availability, staff presence) outweigh behavioural barriers?
Are there opportunities to design behavioural interventions to remove service provider-related behavioural barriers (e.g. nurses forgetting to invite new mothers for RCI)?
Deliverables
The consultant will receive an Excel spreadsheet to complete the literature review. The consultant will also be expected to prepare a presentation responding to the key questions above and recommendations for further research and programme design.
Reporting
The consultant will work under the supervision of E&T Manager TZ and E&I Senior Manager Global.
Deadline of this Job: 23 August 2022
JOB DETAILS: Introduction: Church World Service (CWS) is a not-for-profit, faith-based organization transforming communities around the globe through just and sustainable solutions to hunger, poverty, displacement, and disaster. CWS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, genetic information, age, disability or veteran status in employment or in the provision of services.
Primary Purpose:
The Program Integrity Specialist is responsible for assisting in the implementation of the USRAP Integrity and Compliance Guide and Internal Malfeasance Prevention and Mitigation Measures in the Tanzania Country Office. The Program Integrity Specialist supports and at times leads fraud investigations, including assessing fraud allegations, conducting interviews, and writing investigation reports.
Essential Duties:
Compliance
1. Supports and at times facilitates fraud and malfeasance investigations in coordination with the Tanzania Head of Office, RSC Director, Senior Compliance Coordinator, Program Integrity Manager, and Human Resource Manager as appropriate.
2. Draft fraud and malfeasance investigation and closure reports, ensuring that both CWS and donor reporting requirements are met, as needed.
3. Monitor and tracks fraud reporting mechanisms on a daily basis.
4. Oversee compliance with requirements as specified through the Cooperative Agreement, Integrity and Compliance Guide, and RSC Internal Malfeasance Prevention and Mitigation Measures.
5. Support the maintenance and revisions of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), independently and collaboratively, to ensure internal compliance with fraud and malfeasance mitigation guidelines and investigation/reporting requirements.
6. Coordinate with country office management on development of new and innovative ways for fraud and malfeasance mitigation.
7. Support the preparation of quarterly and annual reports for the funder on matters of program integrity.
8. Join regular meetings and activities of the Fraud and Ethics Committee.
9. Maintain a current knowledge of the USRAP.
10. On occasion, travels independently to the main office, sub-offices, circuit ride locations to conduct Program Integrity monitoring and training field visits.
11. If a U.S. passport holder: Lead or support sensitive, urgent U.S. passport only investigations.
12. Monitor and manage the physical fraud and suggestions box in Tanzania.
Data Management and Analysis
1. Collaborate with Information Technology Point of Contact to ensure internal IT controls are sufficient and surpass guidelines for the security of START and electronic data for the country office.
Representation
1. Develops and maintains effective and independent relationships with CWS/RSC Africa USRAP partners and donors, including PRM, USCIS, IOM, UNHCR, and domestic Resettlement Agencies.
2. Attends Quarterly Fraud Trend meetings as needed.
3. Ensures partner communication from the unit is professional, timely and proactive.
4. Represents organization policies and CWS RSC Africa values to staff.
5. Ensures the workforce is professional when representing CWS RSC Africa to refugees, partners, the funder, and colleagues.
Program Administration
1. Provide guidance and acts as a resource to programmatic and administrative staff working on Program Integrity-related projects.
2. Assist with the development of program integrity management system resources.
3. Identify any program related gaps at the country -office and works to resolve them with sub-office management and Program Integrity Unit in Kenya.
This position also performs other duties that may be assigned by the Head of Office, Senior Compliance Coordinator, and/or CWS RSC Africa Management to enhance the efficiency and efficacy of the operation.
Qualifications:
Experience:
• Five (5) years of paid work experience is required.
• One (1) year of US Refugee Admissions Program experience preferred.
• One (1) year of workplace investigation experience preferred.
Skills:
• Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access, Outlook).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of START highly desirable.
• Knowledge of the US Refugee Admissions Program highly desirable.
• Experience living and working overseas.
Education & Certifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology, Business Management or a related field or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or four years of paid work experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree is required.
• Industry standard certifications preferred but not required, such as Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) or Certified Protection Professional (CPP).
Abilities:
• Supervise staff to ensure policies and procedures are implemented and executed in accordance with guidelines and standard operating procedures.
• Maintain a high-performance standard with attention to detail, completing tasks within set timeframes.
• Exercise good judgement and seek guidance as appropriate when confronted with unanticipated problems.
• Deal effectively and courteously with a large number of associates, outside agencies, refugees and members of the general public.
• Manage large and diverse workload under pressure with competing priorities.
• Maintain the integrity of official records.
• Analyze and solve complex problems and make sound decisions.
• Work with minimal supervision
• Maintain a high-performance standard with attention to detail.
• Work independently and contribute to overall operations of RSC Africa.
• Actively participate in the implementation of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).
Important Requirements:
• Strong English communication skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment required.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and willingness to support CWS’ Platform on Racial Justice as a CWS employee required.
Special Requirements:
• COVID Vaccination is strongly recommended for all successful candidates
• The candidate should be of good health, willing and able to travel extensively in often difficult conditions and have a high degree of flexibility. Must have proof of Yellow Fever vaccination before traveling for RSC Africa.
• This position is based in Kasulu, Tanzania.
• This position requires use of laptops at all times, competence in Microsoft office packages is required.
• This position may require travel in sub-Saharan Africa on short notice and under sometimes difficult conditions to meet demands of a dynamic operational program.
• Background check which includes references, and an educational and criminal check is required before the start of employment for international applicants.
• A valid passport and the ability to maintain a valid passport throughout the entire appointment is required, which includes having enough passport pages for travel.
• Internationals - International applicants must be legally eligible to work and obtain a work permit in Tanzania. The ability to maintain a valid passport throughout the entire appointment is required, which includes having enough passport pages for travel.
• The position is U.S. passport holder preferred, but not required.
• Physical: This position requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, kneeling, sitting, standing, walking, pushing/pulling, handling objects (manual dexterity), reaching above shoulder level, using fine finger movements, and lifting/carrying heavy loads.
• Environmental: Incumbents in this position will be exposed to excessive noise, marked changes in temperature and/or humidity, dust and infectious diseases, harsh weather climates, long work hours, bumpy roads, extended travel, excessive sun exposure, and non-ventilated spaces.
• The US Embassy rates Tanzania as both HIGH in crime and HIGH in terrorism. Incumbents should fully understand the insecurities present within Tanzania and the region.
• Full time.
• All employees should be prepared to work from the CWS office within their location of hire. Remote work arrangements may vary depending on location and the governing rulings regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deadline of this Job: 11 August 2022
Summary of the partnership with Gavi, the Vaccine AllianceGE first partnered with Gavi between 2016 and 2021 on routine childhood immunisation and HPV vaccine demand generation. The successful collaboration continues with a new phase starting in 2022 and will run until 2025.
The objectives of the project are:
Objective 1: Identify and understand enablers and barriers to vaccine uptake amongst the primary target groups, to inform effective programming for our target audience.
Objective 2: Design and deploy appropriate, AGYW-centred demand generation content, to address gendered and other barriers to immunisation, using media and other channels, including girl clubs/networks, to connect the hardest-to-reach girls.
Objective 3: Solidify learning and dissemination within the sector: Girl Effect will leverage existing and new partners to ensure broad programme buy-in and promote sustainability of actions.
HPV Vaccines
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines prevent infection by certain types of human papillomavirus. Available HPV vaccines protect against either two, four, or nine types of HPV. All HPV vaccines protect against at least HPV types 16 and 18, which cause the greatest risk of cervical cancer.
The HPV vaccine is recognised as an important prevention strategy, with the WHO recommending HPV vaccines to be included in routine national immunisation programs as a public health priority (Perlman et al., 2014). HPV vaccines are most efficacious in females who have not been exposed to vaccinerelated HPV types (WHO, 2012). Consequently, the primary target population will likely be girls between 9 and 10 years to 13 years. This cohort is selected based on the age of initiation of sexual activity and the feasibility of reaching young adolescent girls through schools, healthcare facilities or community-based settings (WHO, 2012).
Routine Childhood Immunisation
Routine childhood immunisation (RCI) is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions and has been estimated to avert approximately 2 to 3 million deaths annually. Yet, vaccination rates in many African countries remain low. A child is considered fully immunised if they receive a BCG vaccine against tuberculosis, three doses of DPT to prevent diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus, at least three doses of polio vaccine and one dose of measles vaccine.
What we know so far
In preparation for this partnership, Girl Effect has conducted a thorough literature review of publicly available research. Girl Effect's Evidence and Insights team has identified a whole range of barriers to the uptake of Routine Child Immunisation to be; a lack of education and awareness surrounding vaccines, poor geographical distance and transportation in enabling access to health facilities, family health problems, delays beyond the mothers' control relating to structural and service delivery issues such e.g. poor service from healthcare providers, unavailability of vaccines at the facilities during clinic visits and prolonged waiting time to access the vaccine. Beliefs around the safety and efficacy of the vaccines, lack of awareness of vaccine schedules and forgotten appointment dates. The rationale for the number of healthcare visits during pregnancy to the number of antenatal care visits, busy personal schedules, gatekeepers and community. It was found that fathers have varying roles in vaccine decision-making, ranging from being a driver or inhibitor of vaccine uptake. Mothers with daily labour jobs and religious beliefs/lack of acceptability by religious leaders contribute to low uptake of RCI.
They also identified a lack of knowledge and awareness of cervical cancer, HPV and the HPV vaccine that prevents cervical cancer. Accessibility, cost concerns and parental refusal as barriers to the uptake of HPV vaccines which also relates to parents not attending school meetings and absenteeism of girls at school. Attitude towards vaccines and vaccination, especially in the COVID-19 era, and not knowing anyone with cancer constitutes low HPV vaccine uptake. Low resources were found to be a stronger barrier than misconceptions about the HPV vaccine.
Scope of the assignment
Vaccine uptake is influenced by many behavioural factors. Per our Theory of Change, we expect vaccine uptake to be determined by individual, interpersonal, community, infrastructural and policy factors.
This assignment aims to conduct a deeper literature review focusing on the behavioural and structural barriers and facilitators of HPV vaccine uptake and routine childhood immunisation (RI) in urban and peri-urban areas in Tanzania. We would like to get an overview of the latest research that is not older than 5 years and specifically for the case of HPV, anything more recent (done in the past 1 or 2 years) from published (not reviewed by GE) and unpublished, Governmental and Non-Governmental reports.
Resource Areas of Focus
The consultant is expected to make use of the following data resources:
RCI and HPV vaccine uptake-related studies in Tanzania • Gender-specific studies conducted concerning vaccine uptake and health-seeking behaviours in
Tanzania
Peer-reviewed individual studies conducted in Tanzania.
Literature published by government organisations, non-governmental organisations, universities,
UN institutions or anything similar.
Situational analysis done by the Ministry of Health (MOH) or other partner organisations.
Any grey literature, defined as unpublished materials including any reports and briefs (government or otherwise), conference papers and presentations, white papers, email chains etc
Kll with 5 people from different organisations to be identified by GE Team and the consultant
Questions to be addressed
What approaches are currently and previously been used to encourage the uptake of RCI and HPV vaccine?
What were the successes and failures of the identified approaches?
What are existing gaps in RCI and HPV vaccine service delivery?
What are specific populations which have lower RCI and HPV coverage and may require tailored demand messages/interventions? This will include a review of the Zero-Dose population segments of urban and remote-rural.
What are the cognitive and emotional drivers toward positive health-seeking behaviour for RCI and
HPV vaccines?
What are there specific gender-related barriers with regards to RCI and HPV vaccine uptake?
What socio-economic barriers are experienced by young mothers and young women overall and caregivers in these health areas?
Which behavioural barriers seem most neglected?
What are the media habits of the segmented target population groups?
Do structural barriers (e.g. vaccine availability, staff presence) outweigh behavioural barriers?
Are there opportunities to design behavioural interventions to remove service provider-related behavioural barriers (e.g. nurses forgetting to invite new mothers for RCI)?
Deliverables
The consultant will receive an Excel spreadsheet to complete the literature review. The consultant will also be expected to prepare a presentation responding to the key questions above and recommendations for further research and programme design.
Reporting
The consultant will work under the supervision of E&T Manager TZ and E&I Senior Manager Global.