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International Rescue Committee (IRC) Tanzania Jobs 2024Sexual and Reproductive Health Officer
Kasulu, Tanzania, United Republic of | req56100
By committing to Client-Centered Programming, at the IRC Tanzania, we place the people we serve - our clients - at the center of our programming and services. The IRC Tanzania Staff have an important role to play in supporting the implementation of client-responsive programming through raising awareness to the community and clients about the existing feedback mechanisms and how to use them including the response processes, access, and eligibility to services, and contribute to building an institutional culture that prompts staff to listen to clients and to communicate and respond to their requests, feedback, and complaints.
Professional Standards:
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity:
IRC is committed to building a diverse organization and a climate of inclusivity. We strongly encourage applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they can contribute to this goal.
IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer:
IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Kasulu, Tanzania, United Republic of | req56100
Sexual and Reproductive Health Officer at International Rescue Committee (IRC) November 2024
Requisition ID: req56100
Job Title: Sexual and Reproductive Health Officer
Sector: Health
Commitment to Client Responsiveness: Job Title: Sexual and Reproductive Health Officer
Sector: Health
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: Not Applicable
Location: Kasulu, Tanzania
Work Arrangement:
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: Not Applicable
Location: Kasulu, Tanzania
Work Arrangement:
Job Description
Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to serious humanitarian crises around the world and helps victims to survive and rebuild their lives.
For over half a century, Tanzania has been a country of asylum, hosting one of the largest refugee populations in Africa. Currently, the country hosts approximately 287,903 Burundian and Congolese refugees, many of whom arrived in 2015 as the crisis in Burundi increased. To date, refugees continue to co-exist with the host communities in Kigoma region expressing multiple reasons and needs. Within this context, IRC provides protection and basic assistance in the areas of Safety (comprises of Protection and Rule of Law, Women Protection and Empowerment, and Child Protection), Health (mental health and psychosocial support services and reproductive health), and Education.
Job Overview:
The SRH Nurse plays a vital role in delivering integrated sexual and reproductive health services within IRC's humanitarian response. This position involves the provision of maternal and child healthcare, family planning, and community outreach to improve the well-being of women, children, and families. The role also includes capacity building for local health teams and contributing to the integration of GBV prevention in SRH services.
Major Responsibilities:
Provision of Comprehensive SRH Services:
Key Working Relationships:
Qualifications
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies
Language/Travel:
Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to serious humanitarian crises around the world and helps victims to survive and rebuild their lives.
For over half a century, Tanzania has been a country of asylum, hosting one of the largest refugee populations in Africa. Currently, the country hosts approximately 287,903 Burundian and Congolese refugees, many of whom arrived in 2015 as the crisis in Burundi increased. To date, refugees continue to co-exist with the host communities in Kigoma region expressing multiple reasons and needs. Within this context, IRC provides protection and basic assistance in the areas of Safety (comprises of Protection and Rule of Law, Women Protection and Empowerment, and Child Protection), Health (mental health and psychosocial support services and reproductive health), and Education.
Job Overview:
The SRH Nurse plays a vital role in delivering integrated sexual and reproductive health services within IRC's humanitarian response. This position involves the provision of maternal and child healthcare, family planning, and community outreach to improve the well-being of women, children, and families. The role also includes capacity building for local health teams and contributing to the integration of GBV prevention in SRH services.
Major Responsibilities:
Provision of Comprehensive SRH Services:
- Deliver antenatal, postnatal, and family planning services, ensuring comprehensive reproductive healthcare.
- Support safe deliveries, including essential newborn care, in line with Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) standards.
- Facilitate maternal and child health assessments, including growth monitoring, immunizations, and nutrition.
- Provide counselling and education to women and girls on sexual and reproductive health, GBV prevention, and related services.
- Promote and facilitate the integration of gender-based violence response in SRH services.
- Implement GBV-sensitive healthcare practices, ensuring dignity, confidentiality, and safety for survivors.
- Work collaboratively with Women-Led Organizations (WLOs) and community health workers to promote respectful, gender-sensitive care.
- Participate in training sessions and capacity building for local health staff, ensuring adherence to quality standards in SRH and GBV service provision.
- Facilitate knowledge transfer and mentoring for community health workers and WLOs to enhance local leadership in SRH and GBV prevention and response.
- Assist in planning, implementing, and monitoring reproductive health programs in collaboration with program staff.
- Ensure accurate documentation of service delivery, patient records, and timely reporting on key indicators.
Key Working Relationships:
- Position Reports to: Head Nurse.
- Position directly supervises: Assistant nurses (incentive workers), community health workers.
- Other Internal and/or external contacts: Local health facility staff, community health volunteers
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Qualifications
- Educational Requirements: Diploma in Nursing and Registered with the Nursing Council of Tanganyika with a valid practicing license.
- Experience: Minimum three years’ work experience in maternal and child healthcare, preferably in primary or humanitarian settings.
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies
- Demonstrated experience in SRH and GBV service delivery, with a focus on integrating care for women and girls in crisis
- Strong skills in community engagement and patient counselling.
Language/Travel:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Swahili, Kirundi is an added advantage.
- Security level yellow - The situation in most of the country is calm. Some parts of Kigoma region experience insecurity-highway banditry.
- The IRC is committed to working with partners as our preferred operating model and adhering to our six partnership principles: equality, complementarity, mutuality, solidarity, results orientation, and humility.
By committing to Client-Centered Programming, at the IRC Tanzania, we place the people we serve - our clients - at the center of our programming and services. The IRC Tanzania Staff have an important role to play in supporting the implementation of client-responsive programming through raising awareness to the community and clients about the existing feedback mechanisms and how to use them including the response processes, access, and eligibility to services, and contribute to building an institutional culture that prompts staff to listen to clients and to communicate and respond to their requests, feedback, and complaints.
Professional Standards:
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity:
IRC is committed to building a diverse organization and a climate of inclusivity. We strongly encourage applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they can contribute to this goal.
IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer:
IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
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