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JD_TZ Data Collectors

The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is hiring 26 data collectors for short-term positions in various regions of Tanzania, with applications due by February 15, 2025. The role involves data collection for two assessments related to HIV services and requires candidates to have a bachelor's degree, at least two years of relevant experience, and fluency in English and Swahili. Successful applicants will work under assessment coordinators, conducting interviews and ensuring data confidentiality from March to May 2025.

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JD_TZ Data Collectors

The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is hiring 26 data collectors for short-term positions in various regions of Tanzania, with applications due by February 15, 2025. The role involves data collection for two assessments related to HIV services and requires candidates to have a bachelor's degree, at least two years of relevant experience, and fluency in English and Swahili. Successful applicants will work under assessment coordinators, conducting interviews and ensuring data confidentiality from March to May 2025.

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Job Opportunity – Data Collector

Position available: 26
Location: Dar es Salaam, Mbeya, Morogoro, Geita, and Kagera.
Term of Job: Short-term (1 to 2 months)
Application deadline: February 15, 2025
Estimated start date: 15 March 2025

Background:
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is engaged in a four-year Cooperative Agreement
with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Tanzania (CDC-Tanzania) funded through
the United States’ President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Through this agreement,
UCSF provides strategic information technical assistance, with a focus on surveillance, improving
data quality, and health information systems (HIS), to the Ministry of Health (MoH) and PEPFAR
implementing partners (IPs).

UCSF is planning to conduct two assessments, each described below. To achieve the intended
objectives, UCSF seeks to hire both qualitative and quantitative data collectors to support
assessment activities in Dar es Salaam, Mbeya, Morogoro, Geita, and Kagera regions.

“Assessment of enhanced adherence counseling services and utility of urine tenofovir test for
monitoring antiretroviral adherence in people living with HIV in Tanzania” aims to understand
challenges within the EAC cascade and identify data-driven opportunities to improve EAC
implementation. This activity will be conducted in Dar es Salaam, Mbeya, and Morogoro regions.

ACCESS: Assessing community-centered strategies for effective HIV service solutions for mobile
populations in Tanzania’s Lake Zone, 2025” will assess the availability, utilization, and barriers
to accessing HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for fishing and mining communities in
Kagera and Geita regions.

Main duties and responsibilities:


The successful candidate will work under the guidance of Assessment Coordinators in each region
and will be responsible for data collection. This will include data abstraction from paper and
electronic tools at selected facilities; obtaining informed consent from individuals interested in
participating in the assessment and enrolling them; and conducting qualitative and quantitative
interviews.

Specific responsibilities include:


• Attend assessment training
• Have a thorough understanding of the assessment protocol and operations manual
• Intercept potential assessment participants according to assessment standard operating
procedures
• Documenting assessment activities, and challenges, and reporting any issues to the assessment
coordinator
• Obtain informed consent of individuals to be interviewed
• Interview individuals to obtain relevant information using both qualitative and quantitative
interview methods
• Collect data using tablets and Excel templates and follow all assessment procedures related to
the storage and upload of assessment data
• Maintain privacy and total confidentiality regarding all information related to the assessment
• Assist in collecting feedback/ suggestions from participants, if necessary
• Other duties as assigned by the assessment coordinator

Experience, skills, and minimum required qualifications:


• Minimum age 25 years
• Holder of bachelor’s degree in social science, health related subject or equivalent
• At least two years of experience in data collection, including qualitative and/or quantitative
interviewing, is required
• Ability to use a computer including Microsoft Office and Excel
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Experience working or interacting with stigmatized populations and discussing sensitive issues
such as sexuality and HIV / AIDS is advantageous
• Great organizational capacity
• Good interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Fluency in English and Swahili
• Available and ready to work in Dar es Salaam, Mbeya, Morogoro, Kagera, and/or Geita for the
duration of the assessment (March through May 2025)

Other desired skills/qualities:


• Strong organizational and management skills.
• Ability to prioritize, work under deadlines, work independently with minimal supervision, and
multi-task.
• Ability to summarize disparate information in a clear and concise manner.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills, including word processing and PowerPoint.
• Ability to travel in-country to support project activities

To Apply:
All applicants must address each selection criterion detailed in the minimum requirements above
with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item.

All applications must include the following:


• A current CV with names and telephone numbers for at least 2 referees, 1 of whom must be
from your current or most recent employer
• Copies of academic and professional certificates

Applications and supporting documents should be sent via e-mail to


info.tanzania@ucglobalprograms.org and must be received by February 15, 2025. Only short-
listed candidates will be contacted.

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