Internship Opportunities for graduates at PACT Tanzania, Kizazi Kipya Project

At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. The promise of a healthy life. Of a decent livelihood. Of sustainable natural resources that benefit communities. Now more than ever in its 42-year history, Pact is helping millions of people who are poor and marginalized discover and build their own solutions and take ownership over their future.

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Pact accomplishes this by strengthening local capacity, forging effective governance systems, and transforming markets into a force for development. Pact Tanzania is a field office of “Pact” an international non-governmental and non-profit making organization with its headquarters in Washington DC. Pact Tanzania exists to build local capacity to enable systematic solutions that allow those who are poor and marginalized to earn a dignified living, be healthy and enjoy the benefit nature provides.

For efficient execution of its duties, Pact Tanzania is looking for enthusiastic, creative, energetic individuals to fill the following internship positions:

Internship Title: Intern to Pilot a Mental Health Screening Tool among OVC

Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Reporting To: Senior Technical Advisor

Duration: May – September 2018

Introduction of USAID Kizazi Kipya Project:

USAID Kizazi Kipya is a caring for children and young people five-year project (2016-2021). It is funded by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The project aims to enable one million Tanzanian orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and young people affected by HIV/AIDS utilizing age-appropriate HIV/AIDS-related and other services for improved care, health, nutrition, education, protection, livelihoods, and psycho-social well-being.

Program Goals & Results:

The overall goal of USAID Kizazi Kipya is to ensure children and youth thrive and survive through sustainable improvements in health and social well-being. To achieve this goal, Kizazi Kipya seeks to reach the following results as indicated below:

RESULT 1: Parents and caregivers have the financial resources to meet the needs of vulnerable children and adolescents.

RESULT 2: Parents and caregivers have the skills to meet the needs of HIV-infected and vulnerable children and adolescents

RESULT 3: High quality services are available to HIV-infected and vulnerable children and adolescents

RESULT 4: High quality services are available to “hard-to-reach” HIV infected and vulnerable children and adolescents

Scope of Work:

Under Result 2, the intern will oversee the pilot of the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) among OVC caregivers in either Kinondoni or llala, which includes:

Designing pilot with Pact’s Senior Technical Advisor, including the schedule, number of caregivers for the PHQ-9 to be administered, etc.
Orienting Community Case Workers (CCWs) on how to administer the tool, score the tool, and actions based on scores
Developing and delivering a short training for CCWs, based off the Mental Health Gap Action Programme (MHGAP) curriculum, so that CCWs have the skills to provide basic support for caregivers who score 1-8 on the PHQ-9; administer and analyze pre/post test results of the training.
Oversee use of the PHQ-9 in the field; provide psychological counseling and support for OVC caregivers who score 9 and above on the PHQ-9 including conducting follow up visits; provide urgent care for potential suicide cases.
Provide mentoring to CCWs as needed to strengthen their skills to provide basic counseling support for caregivers who score 1-8 on the PHQ-9.
Refine CCW training curriculum, based on the MHGAP as needed and finalize training package for potential use in other councils.
Analyze results from the PHQ-9 and develop and submit a pilot report.

Requirements:

Masters in clinical psychology candidate
Knowledge of mental health and clinical screening procedures
Experience in providing clinical psychology services

Knowledge in survey design and conducting pilots,
Data analysis skills

Job Title: Temporary Finance Assistants (2 positions)

Location: Dar es Salaam

Reports to: Finance Officer GA

Specific Duties:

Scanning all financial documents
Filling all the financial documents
Carry out other Finance related duties assigned by the Finance Officer.

Minimum Requirements:

Fresh Graduates in Advance Diploma or Degree in Finance or Accounting
- Good written and oral communications skills
- Well knowledgeable with excel
- Fast learner
- Should be a resident of the cluster s/he is applying for
How to Apply:

If you believe you are the ideal person we are looking for, please submit your application letter describing why you are the right candidate for this position, a curriculum vitae detailing your experience and three (3) professional referees. Please send the application to [email protected] with the heading Application for the position of Intern to Pilot a Mental Health Screening Tool among OVC or Finance Intern

Pact Tanzania will only review the applications sent to the official e-mail address mentioned in this job advert.
The closing date for the applications will be Sunday 14^th May 2018