Start Up Advisor_ Maternal, Newborn, Child health and nutrition (MNCH-N)

Overview

Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. For 50 years and in over 155 countries, Jhpiego has worked to prevent the needless deaths of women and their families.

Jhpiego Corporation has been providing technical support to the Ministries of Health in partner countries across the globe in a variety of technical areas including cervical cancer treatment and prevention, community health, HIV and AIDS, maternal and newborn health, health workforce capacity development family planning, malaria, and IPC/WASH.

Jhpiego Tanzania is in preparation for the startup of a donor-funded project, with a period of performance from September 1, 2026- September 30, 2026. The project will provide technical assistance, service delivery support, research, and cross-cutting health system innovations to strengthen country-led maternal newborn health and nutrition programs. The project will support the Ministry of Health and partners to improve the quality, availability, and use of high-impact maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition (MNCH-N) services, while strengthening the systems required for sustainable delivery. Targeted technical assistance will include quality improvement, health workforce capacity development, health information systems, supply chain, referral systems, and other health systems strengthening approaches that support improved outcomes for women, newborns, and children.

The project will work hand in hand with the government at national and regional levels to strengthen coordination, standards, human resources for health (HRH), and oversight for MNCH-N services. The project will support high-quality, life-saving services across the continuum of care, including antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care; essential and small and sick newborn care; child health services; and maternal, infant and young child nutrition. The project will strengthen clinical quality and provider capacity, referral and follow-up systems, routine data use and quality improvement, and community linkages to increase timely access to and continuity of high-quality MNCH-N services.The project is seeking a technical start up candidate to support the project’s start up in Tanzania for a period of one month.

This position will be closed on August 21, 2026

 

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the Jhpiego Technical Directors, Jhpiego’s start-up team and Jhpiego’s Global Team, provide technical inputs to the project design during start-up for the Tanzania project focused on life-saving maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition (MNCH-N) interventions.
• In collaboration with the Jhpiego global team and Jhpiego MEL consultant review and provide inputs to the targets assigned at different service levels (national, regional, council and facility/community levels)
• Conduct consultation meetings with donor, MOH, national partners, private sector, stakeholders, and partners (as required) to support collaboration to ensure project and workplan is aligned and responsive to the needs of Tanzania
• Provide inputs and support the technical design and implementation approaches for integrating high-impact MNCH-N interventions into primary health care and referral services, with activities designed to meet targets and ensure fidelity to high-quality, evidence-based clinical and programmatic approaches.
• In collaboration with the Jhpiego MEL Consultant, define measures of success for key MNCH-N technical areas—including antenatal care, intrapartum care, postnatal care, essential and small and sick newborn care, child health, maternal and child nutrition, community-based MNCH-N, referral systems, quality improvement, MEL, and supply chain—and recommend strategies and activities for inclusion in the workplan.
• Support development (design and writing) and provide overall technical review for the Jhpiego Tanzania project workplan included PMP
• Provide budget inputs aligned with the technical activity requirements from the workplan to the Jhpiego Sr Finance and Operations Manager
• Provide technical review of the partners scope of work and related subaward documents in relation to technical activities, targets and technical reporting requirements
• Develop required technical implementation SOPs and requirements for smooth and high quality implementation aligned with workplan activities
• Provide inputs to the Jhpiego Technical Director on the needed technical staffing pattern to meet needs for ongoing technical support for the Jhpiego Tanzania project
• Review Job Descriptions for the technical positions to be hired for the Jhpiego Tanzania project
• Participate in interviews as a subject matter expert for hiring of technical positions for the Jhpiego Tanzania Project.
• Alongside the Jhpiego MEL Consultant, ensure Jhpiego technical and SI teams understand all project and national MNCH-N reportable indicators, definitions, data sources, and targets.
• Develop technical orientation, training and roll-out on new hire processes for Jhpiego Tanzania technical team

Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a relevant field such as maternal, newborn and child health, nutrition, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, nursing/midwifery, public health, or a related clinical or health systems field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in a senior technical role managing large, complex, and integrated health programs of similar scope, preferably in MNCH-N, including quality improvement and health systems strengthening across public and private facilities, local government institutions, and local organizations in Tanzania.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with government, donors, the private sector, various ministries, development partners, community organizations, research organizations, and academic institutions to advance health objectives.
• Previous experience working in Tanzania with intimate understanding of local healthcare system, government system, and gaps and opportunities in the above-mentioned technical areas, and preferably with established relationships with relevant Tanzania stakeholders.
• Previous experience working on US Government-funded or other major donor-funded MNCH-N programs preferred.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge in establishing project systems and overseeing project start-up

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

 

Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins University affiliate, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, other legally protected characteristics or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Jhpiego promotes Affirmative Action for minorities, women, individuals who are disabled, and veterans.

 

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