Lead partner-defined health education, prevention and research planning with Tanzanian stakeholders.
Location
Tanzania / remote collaboration
Arrangement
Hybrid
Commitment
5–7 hours per week
Duration
Ongoing, 12-month preference
Level
Senior leadership
Contribution track
Deliver programs
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Role mandate
Lead partner-defined health education, prevention and research planning with Tanzanian stakeholders.
Why this role exists now
Tanzania initiatives require a locally accountable leader who can align education, community-health networks, vaccine research and HIF support.
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Outcomes you would own
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A locally endorsed Tanzania program roadmap.
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Partner-approved education and research governance processes.
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Clear boundaries between HIF support and local service delivery.
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A supervised pipeline of Tanzanian and international volunteers.
Core responsibilities
Convene local partners to confirm priorities and appropriate HIF roles.
Coordinate health-education, youth and community-health-worker planning.
Oversee locally useful research and vaccine-access scoping.
Set translation, consent, safeguarding and community-review requirements.
Maintain the Tanzania program brief, risk view and resource plan.
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Your first 90 days
Days 1–30
Listen, learn and locate the work
Complete HIF induction, role boundaries and required checks.
Review the HIF Tanzania brief, evidence, partners and unresolved decisions.
Agree a 90-day workplan, communication rhythm and escalation map.
Days 31–60
Build the first useful thing
Build or test the first delivery-ready program component.
Invite review early from the people who will use or be affected by the work.
Record changes, risks and decisions instead of hiding uncertainty.
Days 61–90
Deliver, learn and hand over
Complete the agreed first milestone or document why it should change.
Review progress against success measures with your supervisor.
Publish a next-quarter plan and keep files ready for another volunteer.
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What you need
Essential criteria
Strong connection to Tanzanian health, education or community systems.
Demonstrated partnership leadership and cultural humility.
Ability to coordinate remote volunteers without displacing local expertise.
Desirable, not required
Swahili capability.
Public-health, community-health-worker or vaccine-program experience.
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How good work will be judged
Success measures
Local stakeholders control priorities and approve public-facing outputs.
Research and education work answers partner-defined needs.
Volunteer effort adds capacity without creating parallel systems.
Decision rights & escalation
Set day-to-day priorities within the approved role brief and agreed hours.
Recommend changes to scope, timing or method and document the rationale.
Pause your own activity and escalate when safety, consent, quality or capacity is unclear.
Escalate budget commitments, external promises, partner agreements and material changes to Director of Programs & Impact / Managing Director.
Clinical, safeguarding, privacy and public-claim decisions remain with the named qualified approver.
Role boundaries
This is an unpaid volunteer role. It does not create an employment relationship or expectation of future paid work.
Do not represent HIF publicly, sign agreements or commit money unless authority is explicitly documented.
Use only approved systems for personal, partner or program information.
The agreed weekly commitment is a ceiling to manage, not a minimum to exceed silently.
This role does not provide clinical advice, diagnosis, treatment or unsupervised patient contact.
No travel is assumed. Any future travel would require a separate brief, risk review and written approval.
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Support, learning and wellbeing
Program, research, safeguarding and communications support.
Partner decision records and approved project briefs.
No travel assumed; any future travel requires separate approval.
Scope and safety
Volunteers must not work outside their competence. Clinical, safeguarding and community-facing work requires role-specific supervision and escalation pathways.
Checks before you begin
Identity and right-to-volunteer confirmation.
One or two role-relevant references for leadership or higher-trust appointments.
Confidentiality, conflict-of-interest, privacy and code-of-conduct declarations.
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How selection works
Evidence to include
A short statement explaining why this role and HIF’s health-equity mission fit your experience.
One specific example showing how you handled work relevant to country programs.
Your realistic availability against the published commitment of 5–7 hours per week.
Any required qualifications, registrations, portfolio links or work samples.
Conflicts, access needs or support adjustments you want the selection panel to consider.
Selection stages
Eligibility and completeness review
Assessment against the published essential criteria
Structured interview or practical conversation, if required
Relevant reference, credential and safeguarding checks
Outcome, induction and role-specific onboarding
Final selection decisions are made by people. AI is not used to automatically reject applicants.