Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to serious humanitarian crises around the world and helps victims to survive and rebuild their lives.

For over half a century, Tanzania has been a country of asylum, hosting one of the largest refugee populations in Africa.Currently, the country hosts approximately 287,903 Burundian and Congolese refugees, many of whom arrived in 2015 as the crisis in Burundi increased. To date, refugees continue to co-exist with the host communities in Kigoma region expressing multiple reasons and needs. Within this context, IRC provides protection and basic assistance in the areas of Safety (comprises of Protection and Rule of Law, Women Protection and Empowerment, and Child Protection), Health (mental health and psychosocial support services and reproductive health), and Education.

Job Overview:

The ASRH Officer will lead efforts to enhance adolescents’ reproductive health knowledge within schools. This position focuses on conducting awareness sessions on reproductive health topics such as body changes during puberty, personal hygiene, STI prevention, and essential life skills. The role is designed specifically for candidates with experience in working with adolescents in school settings.

Major Responsibilities.

Adolescent Reproductive Health Awareness

• Plan and conduct informative sessions on reproductive health for adolescents in schools and other community settings.
• Address key topics such as body changes during puberty, STI prevention, personal hygiene, and healthy decision-making.
• Use engaging and age-appropriate methods to deliver information, ensuring active participation from the adolescents.

School-based Life Skills Training

• Equip adolescents with essential life skills, including communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving to build resilience and support healthy relationships.
• Create and maintain a positive learning environment that encourages openness and trust among adolescents.

Community Engagement and Support

• Work with teachers and local community leaders to build a supportive network for adolescents’ well-being.
• Promote ongoing dialogue between schools and parents to foster a holistic approach to adolescent reproductive health.

Program Monitoring and Reporting

• Maintain accurate records of activities, including attendance, topics covered, and participant feedback.
• Assist in the evaluation of program effectiveness by tracking key performance indicators related to adolescent health outcomes.

Key Working Relationships: 

• Position Reports to: Head Nurse.
• Position directly supervises: ASRH Incentive Workers.
• Other Internal and/or external contacts: Teachers, and school administrators.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Educational Requirements:Diploma in a health-related field with a background in Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH).
• Experience: Minimum three years’ work experience working with adolescents in school settings, particularly in reproductive health education.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies

• Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage and motivate adolescents.

Language/Travel

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Swahili, Kirundi/French is an added advantage.

Working Environment: Security level yellow – The situation in most of the country is calm. Some parts of Kigoma region experience insecurity-highway banditry.

Partnership: The IRC is committed to working with partners as our preferred operating model and adhering to our six partnership principles: equality, complementarity, mutuality, solidarity, results orientation, and humility.

Commitment to Client Responsiveness: By committing to Client-Centered Programming, at the IRC Tanzania, we place the people we serve – our clients – at the center of our programming and services. The IRC Tanzania Staff have an important role to play in supporting the implementation of client-responsive programming through raising awareness to the community and clients about the existing feedback mechanisms and how to use them including the response processes, access, and eligibility to services, and contribute to building an institutional culture that prompts staff to listen to clients and to communicate and respond to their requests, feedback, and complaints.

Professional Standards: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity: IRC is committed to building a diverse organization and a climate of inclusivity.We strongly encourage applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they can contribute to this goal.

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer: IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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