Tuesday, September 5, 2023

WeWorld: Project Manager Zanzibar (Pemba Island)

   
Position: Project Manager Zanzibar (Pemba Island)

Reporting Relationship: Country Representative Tanzania

Duty station: Tanzania, Pemba Island 60% - Dar es Salaam 40%

Deadline: 20/09/2023

Starting date: Mid-October 2023

In October/November 2023, the project KIJANI PEMBA - Strengthening Urban Eco-Resilience in Chake Chake and Mkoani will start in Pemba Island, Zanzibar (Tanzania). WeWorld is partner of a consortium led by LVIA (Italian NGO). The overall objective of the project is to contribute to improving the living conditions of urban and peri-urban poor communities in Pemba through a community-based sustainable integrated territorial development, whilst the specific objective is to promote inclusive and sustainable growth in Chake Chake and Mkoani areas, South Pemba, by increasing climate urban resilience and access to basic services, socio-economic opportunities and decision making, especially for women and youth in the urban poor communities

Job description

The Project Manager will be responsible (70% of the assignment) for the successful implementation of the project’s activities concerning the infrastructures (markets, green areas, roads, bus stops, schools), the economic empowerment and the gender mainstreaming, providing guidance to the project team in achieving the agreed goals within the respect of time, quality and budget standards; s/he will be accountable to the consortium’s lead and the Country Representative. For 30% of the assignment, h/she will support the Country representative to strengthen and expanding the action of WeWorld in Tanzania.

Friday, September 1, 2023

Best Airfare Search Engines for International Flights

   

If you like doing your own research instead of booking through a travel agent, below is a list of search engine sites that I have used and continue to use when scanning for better price deals for international flights.
 
Some airlines do not participate in search engines; therefore, if there's a particular airline that you don't see in the list, you may want to visit their official website and compare prices.
  1. momondo.com
  2. justfly.com
  3. kayak.com/flights
  4. orbitz.com
  5. cheapoair.com
  6. skyscanner.com
  7. matrix.itasoftware.com/search
  8. kiwi.com
  9. google.com/travel/flights
Note: Google Flights used to be a great and useful tool if you wanted to get a rough idea of the price range per different departure and return dates up to months ahead, but it's been inaccurate as of the time of this post.

Tip: In the US, your point of departure can also make a difference on how much you pay in total for travel. You may get a better deal if you can travel domestically form your home state to catch an international flight from one of the airports listed in the US States below:
  1. New York
  2. Boston (especially flying Delta Airlines)
  3. Washington DC (especially if departing from BWI or IAD) 
  4. Los Angeles (especially if travelling to Asia)
  5. Chicago

Graphic Design Specialist

   
The Graphic Design Specialist provides a broad range of graphic design solutions, from formatting publications to developing presentations and impactful infographics, for MSH’s Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services Program.

Main responsibilities include:

Format MTaPS project documents using established templates (Word, InDesign, PowerPoint) (70%)Formatting project deliverables under the supervision of the Design Manager
  • Working with project teams to make changes and refine designs as needed
  • Applying advanced functions of MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite, and related software to design, structure, and format reporting and communications products including templates, reports, PowerPoints, brochures, newsletters, flyers, and websites
  • Executing layout and design for key project deliverables, such as training courses, white papers, and guidance documents
  • Ensuring consistent branding and design integrity of project deliverables
Support MTaPS’ internal and external communications, knowledge management, corporate communications, and event planning (30%)
  • Advising and coordinating with staff on posters and other materials (banners, badges, hand-outs) for events and conferences. Creating and producing event materials.
  • Working with Senior Production Manager on print estimates and other requirements for materials production
Read more and apply: https://msh.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/US-VA-Arlington/Graphic-Design-Specialist_R3267

Implementation of HPHC tool in Tanzania Consultancy

   
The objective of this consultancy is to support the High Performing Health Care (HPHC) Tool implementation in Tanzania. The consultant will work with MTaPS to compile a nationally representative list of organizations, disseminate the HPHC tool to a sample of these organizations to complete, and follow up as needed to help ensure a high response rate. The consultant will also help organize a virtual half-day stakeholder workshop to disseminate the findings.

Funded by USAID, the Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPS) Program, whose implementation is led by Management Sciences for Health, provides pharmaceutical system strengthening assistance for sustained improvements in health system performance and to advance USAID’S goals of preventing child and maternal deaths, controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and combating infectious disease threats, as well as expanding essential health coverage. MTaPS will use the HPHC tool to collect and analyze data and provide information about the functionality of Tanzania’s health system processes, functions, and intermediate outcomes.

Read more and apply via: https://msh.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Tanzania-Dar-es-Salaam/Implementation-of-HPHC-tool-in-Tanzania-Consultancy_R3284

Technical Advisor, Primary Health Care

   
The Technical Advisor provides technical support and leadership to MSH’s integrated health care (IHC) portfolio, which includes complex core donor and diverse donor projects to advance person-centered primary health care (PHC) and improve women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health (WCAH). The Technical Advisor also supports business development, partnerships, and external thought leadership on PHC and provides specialized technical assistance and leadership to projects spanning the IHC and health financing portfolios.

They will work closely with project directors and technical staff on projects related to PHC performance management and cross-country learning on PHC.

In this capacity, they provide support to advance technical project deliverables (e.g., baseline/endline assessments, country situational analyses, recurring monitoring and evaluation reports, costing analyses, cross-country learning exchanges on PHC performance management); operations (work planning, budgeting, partner coordination); data analysis on PHC service delivery and operations; project reporting to donors and Ministries of Health; and coordination with other MSH units including Strategic Information/Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan (MELP) on assigned projects. They will take on special projects as assigned by MSH’s Global Health Systems Innovation (GHSI) leadership and will be an active participant in GHSI and MSH meetings and initiatives.

Read more and apply: https://msh.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/US-VA-Arlington/Technical-Advisor--Primary-Health-Care_R3271-1

Apply to be an MSH consultant

   
MSH actively seeks consultants with technical expertise in various areas, including maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health, malaria, TB, HIV/AIDS, family planning, monitoring and evaluation, pharmaceutical and supply chain management, and health systems strengthening.

If you would like to be considered for future consulting work, just click the “Apply” button on this page.

By submitting an application you will join the pool of potential candidates that MSH staff search through when they need to engage a consultant.

Please note that by submitting your application and resume to this requisition, you understand that MSH representatives may or may not reach out to you for consultant opportunities that arise.

If you have already submitted your information and need to request a change (i.e. to update your resume/CV or skills) please email [email protected].

MSH is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, religion, creed, citizenship, national origin, age, veteran status, or disability unrelated to job requirements. MSH will take affirmative action to ensure that qualified applicants are employed and that employees are treated without regard to their race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran and disability status. In compliance with U.S. Department of Labor Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act, MSH has developed and maintains an affirmative action program and plan.

Read more and apply: https://msh.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/US-MA-Medford/Apply-To-Be-An-MSH-Consultant_R1470

East Africa Regional Data Assistant

   
Position Description

The FEWS NET Early Warning Team maintains field offices in Africa, Central America, Asia, and the Caribbean. The data assistant plays an integral role in these efforts by collating and processing data relevant to food security early warning efforts to meet decision support needs. As decision support needs evolve (expanding or contracting), so do monitoring efforts and strategies, requiring additional support and leadership. Data assistants will be responsible for ensuring the collation and processing of data collected by FEWS NET EWT field enumerators and/or monitors that are used as inputs to food security monitoring and early warning analysis.

Responsibilities
  • The main responsibilities of the East Africa data assistant include, but are not limited to:Coordinating data collection activities by enumerators and field monitors in collaboration with country representatives (CR) in their respective countries
  • Serving as a regional point of contact for all FEWS NET EWT enumerators and/or monitors. This includes administrative tasks such as confirming receipt of data to the relevant office manager/accountant (OMA) to allow for enumerator and/or monitor salary processing
  • Ensuring that data are processed and prepared, as necessary, for transmission to the CR, the Regional Food Security Specialists (RFSS) and the FEWS NET Data Warehouse (FDW)
  • Communicating with enumerators and/or monitors to facilitate responses to ad hoc requests about market conditions from FEWS NET EWT country, regional, or Washington DC-based offices
  • Ensuring that FEWS NET EWT data are delivered to relevant partners organizations based on agreements with these organizations
  • Supporting the maintenance and updating of FEWS NET EWT’s food security monitoring databases
  • Ensuring that relevant food security monitoring maps and other visualizations (e.g. prices, markets functioning and access, and cross-border trade) are prepared and regularly updated in a timely manner
  • Contributing to the documentation and files of the project and updating essential data used in early warning and food security monitoring and assessment
  • Providing inputs requested by the CR, RFSSs and DSG analysts for all monthly reporting requirements, including Food Security Outlooks, Outlook Updates, key messages, and regular briefings to the US Government and other partners
  • Contributing to regular and ad hoc markets and trade (M&T) analyses and reporting (e.g. price bulletins and regional supply and market outlooks)
  • Contributing to other FEWS NET EWT information products required locally and by the Washington-based technical team
  • Other related tasks that may be assigned from time to time