Officer, Community Mobilization & Engagement

Job ID

2026-7539

Location

TZ-Dar es Salaam

Category

Local

Employment Status

Full-Time

The Reaching Impact, Saturation and Epidemic Control (RISE) project is funded by the U.S. Department of State (DoS) to support malaria prevention, diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, and monitoring and evaluation activities across Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. Implemented in close collaboration with the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), the Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Programme (ZAMEP), and Regional Administration and Local Government (RALG) structures, the project strengthens alignment with national malaria strategies, improves service delivery quality, and enhances health system performance and resilience.

The current implementation period (December 2025 to September 2026) requires intensive, time-bound, multi-region field execution supported by strong implementation management, effective stakeholder coordination, and consistent follow-through.

The Community Mobilization & Engagement (CME) Officer provides field-level support for community engagement and demand-side approaches under the RISE Tanzania Malaria Program. The role focuses on strengthening community participation in malaria prevention, case management, vector control, and sentinel surveillance, including improving insecticide-treated net (ITN) access, uptake, and utilization. Supervised by the Field Team Leader with technical oversight from the CME Advisor, the CME Officer works closely with field team colleagues and regional and district health promotion teams to plan, implement, monitor, and document community engagement activities aligned with government structures.

This position will be closed on January 23, 2026.

1. Community Mobilization and Demand-Side Implementation

• Implement approved community engagement and demand-side activities supporting malaria prevention, case management, vector control, and sentinel surveillance.
• Support community sensitization, dialogue, and outreach to improve ITN access, consistent use, early care-seeking, and participation in surveillance activities.
• Engage local leaders, influencers, and community structures to address misconceptions, harmful norms, and structural barriers affecting service uptake.

2. Social Mapping and Contextual Analysis

• Apply social and participatory mapping approaches (e.g., community mapping, network mapping, transect walks, stakeholder mapping) to identify population dynamics, mobility patterns, underserved groups, and barriers to service access and utilization.
• Use community feedback, social mapping outputs, and local intelligence to inform micro-planning and adaptive engagement strategies.
• Support targeting and prioritization of community engagement activities based on social mapping findings.

3. Coordination with Government and Field Teams

• Work closely with regional and district health promotion coordinators, council teams, CHWs, and facility staff to plan and deliver community-level activities.
• Support alignment of community engagement activities with RALG, council, and regional plans and structures.
• Participate in local coordination meetings and government-led malaria campaigns as assigned.

4. Monitoring, Documentation, and Learning

• Monitor and document community engagement activities using approved tools and reporting formats.
• Collect, synthesize, and report community feedback, participation data, and social mapping findings.
• Contribute to documentation of lessons learned, challenges, and promising practices to inform adaptive management.

5. Reporting, Quality, and Accountability

• Prepare timely activity reports and field updates for submission to the Community Engagement Advisor.
• Ensure activities are implemented in line with approved workplans, safeguarding standards, and quality requirements.
• Flag implementation challenges, community risks, and emerging issues for follow-up

• Bachelor’s degree in Community Development, Health Promotion, Public Health, Social Sciences, Communications, or a related field required.
• At least 5-6 years of relevant experience implementing community mobilization, engagement, or health promotion activities in donor-funded health programs.
• Demonstrated experience applying social or participatory mapping approaches to identify community structures, social networks, mobility patterns, underserved groups, and barriers to service access and utilization.
• Practical experience using community feedback, qualitative methods, and local intelligence (e.g., community dialogues, key informant discussions, participatory exercises) to inform micro-planning and adaptive engagement.
• Experience engaging local leaders, influencers, and community-based structures to address social norms, misconceptions, and structural barriers affecting health service uptake.
• Experience working with health promotion and community development structures at district and regional levels.
• Familiarity with person-centered, participatory, and social and behavior change approaches.
• Ability to document activities, synthesize social mapping findings, and contribute to routine monitoring and reporting.

• Excellent communication skills in English and fluency in Kiswahili required.
• Willingness and ability to undertake regular travel within the assigned region and provide periodic support to other project-supported areas, as required.

Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.

Please apply at www.jhpiego.org/careers

Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include cover letters, resume, and references.

For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org

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