Project Overview
The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded the Reaching Impact, Saturation and Epidemic Control (RISE) Project additional one-year funding (1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025) to continue supporting voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services in Iringa, Morogoro, Njombe, Singida and Tabora regions. The USAID RISE VMMC Project works collaboratively with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government (PORALG) with implementation oversight from five Regional Health Management Teams (RHMTs) and 35 Council Health Management Teams (CHMTs) in project-supported regions.
Position Summary
The Cluster Project Officer (CPO) provides management support for all project activities implemented at council level. S/he collaborates with CHMTs to engage Ward Development Committees (WDCs) and Village Social Services Committees (VSSCs). The CPO uses their detailed knowledge of these local government structures, their mandates, reporting lines and contextual factors to build and maintain productive relationships with CHMTs, other council departments and local leaders and influencers (LLIs). S/he consults regularly with the RISE Senior Regional Coordinator overseeing his/her region and works closely with RISE Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Assistants and Quality Assurance (QA) Assistants to plan, support, monitor and report implementation of approved project activities to ensure timely and cost-efficient delivery of VMMC services. The CPO’s short-term objective is to increase VMMC acceptance, access and uptake to meet project targets while their long-term objective is to increase engagement, ownership and accountability to promote VMMC integration and sustainability. The CPO is the RISE point of contact in assigned councils and will support 2-3 councils.
Reports to: Senior Regional Coordinator
Position supervised: None
Location: Sikonge, Tabora
This position will be closed on October 10. 2024
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