Advisor, Community Mobilization and Engagement

The Reaching Impact, Saturation and Epidemic Control (RISE) project is funded by the U.S. Department of State (DoS) to support malaria prevention, diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, and monitoring and evaluation activities across Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. Implemented in close collaboration with the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), the Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Programme (ZAMEP), and Regional Administration and Local Government (RALG) structures, the project strengthens alignment with national malaria strategies, improves service delivery quality, and enhances health system performance and resilience.

The current implementation period (December 2025 to September 2026) requires intensive, time-bound, multi-region field execution supported by strong implementation management, effective stakeholder coordination, and consistent follow-through.

The Community Mobilization & Engagement (CME) Advisor leads planning, coordination, and oversight of community engagement and demand-side approaches supporting malaria prevention, case management, vector control, and sentinel surveillance under the RISE Tanzania Malaria Program. Reporting to the Senior Manager, the CME Advisor applies person-centered approaches and local intelligence to strengthen community participation in surveillance, improve ITN utilization, and address barriers to service uptake. The position provides mentorship of field-based CME Officers and coordinates with other project advisors to ensure community engagement activities are data-driven, locally responsive, and fully integrated into government structures.

This position will be closed on January 23, 2026.

1. Community Engagement Strategy and Planning

• Lead development and implementation of community engagement and demand-side approaches supporting malaria prevention, case management, vector control, and sentinel surveillance.
• Guide use of local intelligence, community feedback, and social mapping to identify transmission patterns, service uptake barriers, and gaps in ITN use.
• Ensure engagement strategies are responsive to local epidemiology, population dynamics, and local government planning.

2. Supervision and Team Management

• Provide technical mentorship, coaching, and performance management to support Community Engagement Officers within the field team.
• Ensure Community Engagement Officers effectively plan, deliver, and report on community-level activities in line with approved approaches.
• Promote consistency, accountability, and quality across community engagement activities.

3. Government Integration and Coordination

• Ensure community engagement activities are aligned with and embedded within RALG, council, and regional coordination structures.
• Work closely with government counterparts to support community participation in sentinel surveillance, ITN utilization, and linkage to services.
• Represent the project in community engagement and health promotion coordination forums, as delegated.

4. Collaboration with Technical and Program Teams

• Coordinate with other project advisors to ensure community engagement approaches align with approved technical guidance for vector control, surveillance, and case management.
• Work with Field Team Leaders to align community engagement priorities with approved activity scope of work and implementation sequencing.
• Coordinate with the Field Team Leaders to ensure logistical readiness for community engagement activities to support ITN distribution.

5. Monitoring, Data Use, and Learning

• Work with the M&E team to support monitoring of community engagement activities and participation in sentinel surveillance.
• Use routine data and community feedback to inform adaptive engagement strategies and improve effectiveness.
• Document implementation experiences, challenges, adaptations, and lessons learned related to community engagement.

6. Reporting, Compliance, and Quality Assurance

• Contribute community engagement inputs to work plans, progress reports, and internal reviews.
• Ensure activities comply with Jhpiego policies, Department of State regulations, and national guidelines.
• Promote continuous improvement through structured feedback and learning

• Bachelor’s degree in Community Development, Health Promotion, Public Health, Communications, Social Sciences, or a related field required, master’s degree preferred.
• At least 6-7 years of progressively responsible experience in community engagement, demand-side programming, or health promotion within donor-funded health programs.
• Demonstrated experience supervising field-based staff and coordinating community-level teams.
• Strong understanding of person-centered approaches, community participation in surveillance, and factors influencing ITN utilization and service uptake.
• Experience using social mapping, local intelligence, community feedback and human-centered design to inform micro-planning, adaptation and case-based management.
• Demonstrated experience working with local government and community development structures at regional, council, and community levels.
• Familiarity with U.S. Government-funded project implementation and reporting requirements.
• Strong coordination, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Kiswahili.
• Willingness to travel up to 25-30% to project-supported geographies across Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.

• Excellent verbal, written interpersonal and presentation skills in English
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Ability to travel nationally to project sites

Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.

Please apply at www.jhpiego.org/careers

Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include cover letters, resume, and references.

For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org

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Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

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