Job Summary
Position : Project Coordinator (1 post)
Reports To : Deputy Director – Research and Consultancy
Work Station : Ifakara, Morogoro
Apply By : September 28, 2022
Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health (TTCIH) is a health training institution established under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) between the Ministry of Health (MoH), the Novartis International AG and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. Driven by its core strategic objectives, TTCIH has a strong track record in training, research, implementing projects, developing, testing and validating innovations for health.
Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health (TTCIH) has signed an Implementing Partners Agreement with UNFPA to implement the UNFPA supported work plans for the July 2022 – June 2027 period in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Country Framework and the UNFPA Tanzania 9th Country Program. Under the consortium arrangement agreed, TTCIH will lead the Maternal Health Consortium that includes two professional associations (Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists [AGOTA] and Tanzania Midwives Association [TAMA]) and also support implementation of some activities of the Ministry of Health, Directorate of Human Resource Development (HRD).
TTCIH seeks a Project Coordinator to join the Maternal Health Consortium (MHC) team. The Project Coordinator will oversee the implementation of the project; support the implementation of Activity’s learning agenda; and coordinate Activity deliverables. This is a five-year program (September 2022 – September 2027) implemented by TTCIH, which supports the Government of Tanzania (GOT) in improving maternal and newborn health and reducing maternal and newborn deaths burden and in moving towards zero maternal death.