Sexual Reproductive Health and Right (SRHR) Specialist (Tanga, Tanzania) @ Plan International

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Background This is an anticipated project to be implemented by GIZ in cooperation with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Prime Minister’s Office for Regional Administration and Local Government (PMO-RALG) as key partners. Implementation will focus on Tanga Region. Subject to award, the contractor will implement all activities of outputs 2 and 3 of the project as indicated below Young people are empowered in dealing with sexual and reproductive health issues The environment for empowered choices is improved These activities aim to support young people, particularly young women, to make informed and confident decisions about their health and future.

In many communities, access to reliable information on health and relationships remains limited, and social norms may discourage open discussion or seeking professional support. As a result, young women may lack the knowledge and confidence needed to access appropriate services and claim their rights.

• The contractor will be responsible for providing the following work packages and for achieving the corresponding milestones.
• The intervention is structured around two outputs with a total of four interlinked work packages that jointly contribute to strengthening the reproductive empowerment of young people, particularly young women, through improved access to information, services, and enabling environments.
• Work Package 1 – Youth Empowerment - focuses on strengthening young people’s knowledge, skills, and linkages to services through school-based and out-of-school youth clubs.
• Work Package 2 – Community engagement - addresses the broader social and institutional environment through engagement with opinion leaders Work Package 3 – Communication campaigns - focuses on implementation of coordinated social and mass media campaigns Work Package 4 – Civil society support - focuses on support to local civil society organisations through a small-grants-mechanism for gender-transformative approaches Accountabilities Lead the planning and implementation of school- and out of school youth-club-based SRHR and life-skills interventions under Work Package 1 , 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 under Work Package 2, 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.
• Technical expertise, skills and Knowledge Master’s degree in public health, medicine, nursing, social sciences, education or gender studies 5 years of professional experience in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) or adolescent and youth health programmes and 5 years of experience in the design and implementation of SRHR knowledge transfer interventions for adolescents and young people 5 years of experience engaging community leaders, opinion leaders, religious leaders or other gatekeepers on sensitive SRHR topics and 5 years of experience applying gender-transformative approaches, 5 years of professional experience working in an international organisation.

Knowledge of English and of Kiswahili This role is open to those that have the pre-existing right to live and work in Tanzania only Location: Tanga Reports to: Project Manager Closing Date:31st October, 2026 Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

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