Job Opportunity: Regional Coordinator – Vaccination Program (30 Posts)
Full Time Tanzania
Job Overview
Overall Function:
A regional coordinator is responsible for coordinating all COVID19 vaccination activities in the region. A regional coordinator will ensure that optimal standard of care is achieved in line with National guidelines, client satisfaction and good clinical outcomes.
Key responsibilities:
- Support Council Team to develop the comprehensive Council COVID-19 micro plan
- Support Council Team to conduct the Council level stakeholders meeting to discuss
- on COVID-19 vaccination
- Ensure there are Council maps showing all the Health Facility service areas, villages/
- streets, vaccination post fixed and temporary, roads with distance and population.
- Ensure the Health Facility service area level implementation plans are displayed at the
- Council Ensure the personnel involved in the implementation are selected per criteria
- given
- Ensure the Council Supervisor and vaccinators are health workers qualified to give
- injection
- Ensure the recorders are Extension Workers who can easily screen the age of children
- and record
- As part of the Council team, monitor and supervise implementation of Local
- Supervisors and Vaccination Teams
- Ensure the availability of vaccines, cold chain and logistics materials
- Ensure the protocol of handling rumors and providing statements in case AEFI occur
- to assure the public is discuss in the District PHC Meetings
- Ensure the availability of emergency drugs for AEFI
- Monitoring and auditing all AEFI
- Ensure the waste management plan is clear to all Local Supervisors and Vaccination
- Teams and monitor the waste management at the implementation level
- Data collection and compilation including sharing of reports to next higher level on daily basis
- Support Council team to manage properly the financial resources provided for
- implementation of COVID-19 vaccination
Qualifications and Requirements
- For appointment to the post of Regional Coordinator, a candidate must;
- A university degree in any health science discipline, social science, international studies, public administration, economics, engineering, earth sciences or a related field is required.
- At least 1 years’ work experience
- Experience working in PEPFAR funded projects is an added advantage
- Should be self-motivated
- Should have good interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision
Salary
A competitive and attractive salary will be offered to successful candidates (2000 USD – 2500 USD)
Interested candidates should submit an application letter, a detailed copy of their CV, and names and contact information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of three work related referees. Applications should be submitted by hand or through e-mail: tanzaniahr@africovid.org to the Human Resource Officer – DSM Sub grantee by 7th August 2021
Kindly note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.