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🦟 Technical Director – Malaria Project (RISE-Tanzania)
Here is a well-arranged summary of the job advertisement for the Technical Director role with Jhpiego’s upcoming DoS-funded malaria project in Tanzania.
🎯 Overview and Role Summary
Jhpiego seeks a Technical Director to provide technical leadership and project oversight for comprehensive malaria interventions in Tanzania (including Zanzibar). This role is part of the multi-country RISE project funded by the U.S. Department of State (DoS).
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Primary Goal: Support the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP), the President’s Office, Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG), and the Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Program (ZAMEP) to implement activities that reduce malaria morbidity and maternal and child mortality.
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Reporting: Operates under the leadership of the RISE-Tanzania Chief of Party.
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Location: Tanzania (will work with technical teams in regions/Zanzibar).
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Application Deadline: December 14, 2025.
⚙️ Key Technical Interventions
The Technical Director will oversee and provide expertise in the following areas of comprehensive malaria interventions:
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Integrated Vector Management (IVM).
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Malaria diagnosis, treatment, and preventive therapies.
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Malaria in Pregnancy (MIP).
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Routine distribution of Insecticide-Treated Nets (ITNs).
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Surveillance monitoring and entomological monitoring.
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Malaria case diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, including malaria vaccination.
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Laboratory diagnostic capacity strengthening.
🔑 Core Responsibilities
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Technical Leadership: Provide strategic direction and technical oversight for all project activities, ensuring integration, quality, and sustainability.
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Quality Assurance: Establish and implement a system to ensure the technical quality and fidelity of project activities across target regions and districts.
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Materials Development: Develop and/or update evidence-based training materials, standards, job aids, curricula, and supervisory systems.
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Stakeholder Liaison: Serve as the technical liaison with the NMCP and maintain excellent relationships with the DoS, PMI, and in-country counterparts.
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Capacity Building: Provide mentoring and capacity building in health systems strengthening, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, and malaria control/treatment.
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Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E): Work with M&E staff to track data/results, inform adjustments, and document successes and lessons learned.
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Staff/Partner Management: Supervise technical staff and manage the technical contributions of subgrantees, including defining scopes of work.
🎓 Required Qualifications
| Category | Requirement |
| Education | A clinical degree (doctor, nursing, midwifery) with a Master of Public Health (MPH) is required. |
| Malaria Experience | At least 9-10 years’ experience implementing and/or providing technical assistance for malaria control/elimination projects. |
| Project Experience | At least 8 years’ experience implementing and/or providing technical assistance to large, donor-funded multi-year international health sector projects (malaria prevention and control). |
| Context | Demonstrated in-depth understanding of the healthcare system in Tanzania, particularly the public health system. Experience living and working in Tanzania is required. |
| Management | Proven track record managing a project team composed of several technical experts and fostering teamwork. |
| Diplomacy | Excellent diplomacy skills and proven ability to establish and maintain relationships with USG, PMI, host-country counterparts, NGOs, FBOs, CSOs, and the private sector. |
| USG Familiarity | Familiarity with USG administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems. |
Specialized Malaria Knowledge Must Include at least one of the following:
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Malaria prevention, including MIP services (IPTp, malaria immunization).
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Routine distribution of ITNs.
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Malaria diagnosis (RDT and microscopy).
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Malaria case management, particularly for pregnant women and children under five.
📧 Application Details
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Application Link: Apply at www.jhpiego.org/careers
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Submission: Applicants must submit a single document to include: cover letters, resume, and references.
To apply for this job please visit jobs-jhpiego.icims.com.
