PROGRAM MANAGER

INTRODUCTION
Advance Family Planning (AFP) is a unique advocacy initiative to increase funding for family planning (FP), ensure FP funds are better spent, address policy barriers, and increases visibility of FP among the world's policy makers especially in developing countries.

RESPONSIBILITIES
AFP - Tanzania will provide catalytic investments in Tanzania to mobilize and strengthen FP/ RH advocacy campaigns with potential for wider replication in other developing countries. The position holder will work with partners to. Identify advocacy opportunities and mobilize campaigns to take advantage of these opportunities. The Project Manager will manage the CCP Tanzania activities.
SPECIFICALLY, THE PROJECT MANAGER WILL WORK TO:
• Develop annual work plans, timelines and budgets
• Ensure that work plans are implemented in a timely manner
• Facilitate the identification of key advocacy issues and "quick wins"
• Identify a secretariat that can evolve into a discrete advocacy entity and establish local sustainable FP / RH advocacy capacity
• Strengthen the institutional capacity of the family planning advocacy partners to independently design, conduct, monitor and evaluate multi-channel advocacy interventions
• Organize and facilitate AFP Country meetings and workshops and represent AFP at other meetings, conferences and workshops
• Assist with the preparation of periodic reports
• Be the key liaison Officer with CCP Head Office and other partners

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in Mass Communication, public health or in a related field
• Postgraduate training or graduate degree in communication, family planning, advocacy and/or public relations an added advantage
• Minimum 5 years working experience in the field of family planning and health communication or advocacy
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Excellent written and presentation skills

TO APPLY:
Send application letter and resume by E-mail only to Robert.Karam@jhuccptz.org by Friday April 30, 2010. Only those selected for an interview will be notified of the results of their application