Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Expert – Tanzania

Project description

GFA's Health department is preparing to tender for the project Tanga Youth: Empowered and Supported (Tanga YES!) in Tanzania, and seeking a qualified Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Expert for the team.

The assignment forms part of the GIZ-implemented project Strengthening Reproductive Health and Empowerment of Young Women (SRHEYW), which aims to improve reproductive autonomy and health outcomes for young women and newborns in Tanzania.

The project focuses on empowering adolescents and young people, particularly girls and young women, to make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health. It strengthens SRHR knowledge and life skills through school-based and out-of-school youth clubs, promotes access to youth-friendly health services, and engages families, community leaders and local institutions to address harmful gender norms and create a supportive environment for young people's reproductive health and rights.

Special attention is given to gender transformative approaches , gender equality, disability inclusion and reaching vulnerable and marginalised young people.

Job description

The SRHR Expert will provide technical leadership in the planning, implementation and monitoring of youth-focused SRHR interventions and contribute to community engagement activities in Tanga Region.
 

• Youth Empowerment- strengthening life skills education and improving adolescents’ access to youth-friendly services through school clubs and youth clubs outside schools. Address gaps in age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health education, life skills, and inclusion particularly for adolescents and young people who face barriers to formal education and health services.
• Promote safeguarding, gender equality, disability inclusion and a rights-based approach throughout project implementation.
• Lead the planning and implementation of school- and out of school youth-club-based SRHR and life-skills interventions, including training of teachers and youth facilitators on sexual and reproductive health education, life skills, and gender and inclusion.
• Ensure high-quality, age-appropriate SRHR knowledge transfer to adolescents and young people, aligned with national health guidelines and youth-friendly service standards.
• Support and technically guide structured cooperation between schools, youth clubs, and health facilities, including mutual visits and outreach by health workers, to strengthen access to SRHR services and referral pathways.
• Together with the Team Leader, design and facilitate structured, gender transformative dialogue processes with local opinion leaders using health-based evidence to address social norms affecting young people’s access to SRHR services and to contribute to the reduction of teenage pregnancies.
• Coordinate the implementation of repeated dialogue cycles and support the organisation of baseline, midline, and endline assessments in collaboration with the external service provider.
• Support the orientation of Ward Education Coordinators and Village/Ward Executive Officers on key SRHR topics to strengthen local ownership, monitoring, and sustainability.
• Ensure coherence between youth-focused interventions and community-level norm change activities, and contribute to reporting, documentation of lessons learned, and safeguarding compliance

Qualifications

The ideal candidate should be based in Tanzania and possess the following qualifications and experience:  

• Master's degree in Public Health, Medicine, Nursing, Social Sciences, Education or Gender Studies.
• Excellent Command of English and Kiswahili. 

• At least 5 years of professional experience in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) or adolescent and youth health programmes.
• At least 5 years of experience designing and implementing SRHR education and knowledge-transfer interventions for adolescents and young people in school-based or out-of-school settings.
• At least 5 years of experience engaging community leaders, religious leaders, opinion leaders or other influential stakeholders on sensitive SRHR topics.
• At least 5 years of experience applying gender-transformative approaches.
• At least 5 years of professional experience working in an international organisation.
• Relevant work experience in Tanzania.

Contact person

Alvean Fentener alvean.fentener@gfa-group.de