SolidarMed improves healthcare for more than 2.5 million people in rural Africa and India. We strengthen existing medical facilities in a targeted manner and train and develop local health personnel. Our projects are developed in close cooperation with local partners, accompanied by our health experts on site. In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, SolidarMed raises public awareness on global health issues.

We are offering an exciting position for an experienced Project Manager with an academic background in public health and/or medical sciences to lead our project in Tanzania as part of our passionate and committed country team.

Adolescents’ Health in Adolescents’ Hands (AHA!) 

Project Manager, Ulanga, Morogoro, Tanzania

Contract Type

Fixed term full time (100%) minimum 3 years

Place of Assignment

Mahenge-Ulanga, Morogoro region, Tanzania

Start of Contract

January 2025

Adolescents’ Health in Adolescents’ Hands Project “AHA!”

The Project Manager assumes a pivotal role in providing technical leadership and oversight for the implementation of the second project phase (2025-2027).

The project AHA! aims at improving sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and rights of adolescents aged between 10-19 years in the rural district of Ulanga, Tanzania. It addresses the key challenges in this context: the unmet demand and inadequate supply of adolescent friendly SRH information and services. A key feature of this project is increasing adolescents’ participation and adolescent-led activities.

The Project Manager, together with the SolidarMed project team, will work closely with the communities, health facility teams, education department, and Council and Regional Health Management teams to ensure the successful implementation of the project.

Your tasks and responsibilities

• Project implementation, steering and technical support
  • Lead the implementation of the project
  • Develop work plans and reports according to agreed milestones and donor requirements
  • Prepare and ensure validity of all project’s legal documents (such as MOUs with authorities)
  • Develop and proactively share ideas for evidence-based further development of the project
• Human resource, administration, finance and procurement
  • Leading, managing and coaching the project team in Ulanga
  • Ensure proper management of the project resources (human, financial, materials)
  • Ensure that the project budget is properly managed and handled in an efficient and effective manner
• Monitoring, research and reporting
  • Ensure adequate project monitoring, data analysis and use for actions and steering
  • Lead the project’s operational research / evaluations including writing of publications and result dissemination
  • Prepare quality project reports for timely submission to the relevant authorities and donors
• Partnership, Representation, Coordination and Policy Dialogue
  • Include all relevant project staff, stakeholders, and authorities in the relevant project cycle management steps and ensure that adolescents can take a relevant role
  • Proactively look for new partnerships and networks and conduct policy dialogue
  • Promote visibility and representation of SolidarMed locally, nationally, and internationally

Your profile

To best fit into our active, interdisciplinary team, we are looking for a highly motivated individual with the following qualifications:

• Physician (MD) or Public Health expert (MPH) with at least 5 years of project management experience, including staff and financial management
• Public health work experience including health promotion and education in rural settings in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Strong organizational, communication and negotiation skills to facilitate policy dialogue
• Experience in knowledge sharing, implementation research and scientific exchange (experience in research would be an asset)
• Solid computer skills, ideally also data analysis
• Creative, open-minded, flexible, self-learner
• Willingness to travel in the district and to other parts of the country for representation and networking
• Fluent Kiswahili (written and spoken) or willingness to learn
• Previous work experience in Tanzania and in the region would be an asset

We offer

• A stimulating environment, linked to an international research organization and other NGOs
• Being part of a highly motivated team with flat hierarchies
• A rural but safe setting; family posting is possible but no international schools are available
• An attractive benefit package

• your CV including 3 references (max. 2 pages)
• a covering letter outlining your motivation and how you meet the requirements