Technical Officer At JHPIEGO February 2026 | AjiraLeo Tanzania

Technical Officer,

• Family Planning & Maternal Newborn and Child Health Technical Officer
• Family Planning & Maternal Newborn and Child Health at JHPIEGO February 2026 Job ID 2026-7627 Location TZ-Mwanza Category Local Employment Status Full-Time Overview The Technical Officer
• Family Planning & Maternal Newborn and Child Health will support the geography-level implementation of The Challenge Initiative (TCI) in Tanzania, with a primary focus on collaboration with local governments and partners to strengthen their health programs. Reporting to the Senior Field Coordinator, the Technical Officer will provide hands-on coaching and technical assistance to regional team and council HMTs and health facilities to improve service quality and accelerate the adoption and institutionalization of evidence-based FP/MNCH high impact interventions to achieve scale and sustainability. The role emphasizes day-to-day implementation, capacity strengthening, supportive supervision, coaching and routine use of data for decision-making in alignment with TCI’s unusual business model. This position will be closed on February 8, 2026. Responsibilities Support local governments to operationalize FP/MNCH work plans at council, facility, and community levels. Provide on-site technical support to public and private health facilities to implement evidence-based FP/MNCH service delivery functions including high-impact interventions and best practices. Support planning and implementation of training, coaching, and mentorship for health workers on FP/MNCH interventions. Facilitate data management practices through regular data review meetings and DQA with council and facility teams to inform adaptive programming. Build capacity of local government teams to use data for planning, performance monitoring, and advocacy. Document implementation progress, challenges, and lessons learned for reporting and learning purposes. Support geographies to monitor FP commodity availability, identify stock-outs, and strengthen forecasting and quantification practices. Collaborate with sub-national and national supply chain actors to address bottlenecks in FP commodity distribution. Promote best practices in logistics management information systems (LMIS) and last-mile distribution at facility level. Assist council teams to track FP/MNCH expenditures and advocate for increased domestic financing and release. Support council HMTs and facility leadership teams to strengthen governance, coordination, and accountability mechanisms for FP/AYSRH. Support advocacy efforts targeting local government leadership to sustain political and financial commitment to FP/AYSRH. Contribute to documentation of best practices, success stories, and lessons learned from geography-level implementation. Support peer learning and exchange visits among counties and facilities and contribute technical inputs to TCI knowledge platforms, including TCI University and Communities of Practice. Support preparation of routine p