AMUA SASA! PROJECT COORDINATOR

Closing date: 5pm (East African Time), Tuesday 25th November 2014
Contract Length: 1 year 
Reports to: Project Manager, Amua Sasa! Project
Interview date: TBC
Salary: TSH 13,979,320
Location: Iringa or Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Restless Development is the national banner carrier for youth-led development. We've been in Tanzania since 1993, growing, changing and responding to the most urgent issues facing young Tanzanians. Our work in Tanzania has been cited best practice for our unrivalled methodologies by the World Bank and UNICEF and we are this year winners of the 2014 Resolve Award from the Global Leaders Council for Health. Directly reaching over 110,000 young people across 14 regions each year, it is our young volunteers and youth led networks that lead and deliver transformative change.

The Amua Sasa! Project is an innovative project which will deliver increased family planning outreach services, especially to women and adolescents in underserved/ rural communities. It is intended to support public sector family planning services. The project will be implemented in partnership with PSI and Intra health who will lead the deployment of 10 outreach teams to rural, low-functioning public and private sector health facilities, and temporary event sites through a phased approach.

Your role will be to coordinate Assistant Project coordinators to ensure activities are implemented through the youth volunteer and resource centres. Activities are carried out on time and to a high standard, and comply with donor regulations for reporting and expenditure. You will oversee high turn up of youth to sexual health services, utilising edutainment, social media such as radio and mobile SMS to motivate young people to develop health seeking behaviours.

Are you an ambitious, self-driven, experienced young professional who is ready to be challenged? Are you ready to push yourself and maximize your potential? If so, Restless Development Tanzania is looking for YOU!

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To apply please follow the instructions in the job description, sending a completed application form to:jobstanzania@restlessdevelopment.org, stating the vacancy job title Tanzania - Amua Sasa! Project Coordinator

Closing date for this position is 5pm (East African Time), Tuesday 25th November 2014