Advocacy and Communication Officer at Marie Stopes Tanzania May 2025 – Jobs in Tanzania

Advocacy and Communication Officer
Advocacy and Communication Officer at Marie Stopes Tanzania May 2025

Ajira Mpya Marie Stopes Tanzania (MST) May 2025

CAREER OPPORTUNITY
Job Type: Full-time
About Us:
Marie
Stopes Tanzania (MST), a Non-Governmental Organization, is a social
enterprise and a leading provider of family planning, sexual and
reproductive health care and allied services. MST is a partner of the
Government of Tanzania and a member of the Marie Stopes International
(MSI) Global Partnership, which operates in over 37 countries worldwide.
MST’s mission is that all women and men in Tanzania will have “Children
by Choice, Not Chance”.

Our organization is committed to
safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and
vulnerable adults and expects all staff and post holders to share this
commitment.

The Role:
Marie Stopes Tanzania has an
exciting opportunity for an organized and proactive individual looking
to work as The Advocacy and Communication Officer, based in Dar es
Salaam.
Reporting to Advocacy and
Communication Manager, the purpose of this role is to implement the
Marie Stopes Tanzania [MST] Advocacy activities including executing
annual business plans and operationalizing the Country Advocacy
Strategy. The role involves coordinating advocacy meetings, representing
MST in coalition engagements, networks and implementing advocacy
campaigns.

Among the Key Responsibilities:

• Support the development of the organization’s advocacy strategy and
  lead on delivery of agreed advocacy objectives: Support the Advocacy
  Team in the process of developing and agreeing the organization’s
  advocacy strategy
• Use insights into the political environment to inform the organization’s advocacy actions.
• Develop
  policy positions and other useful resources in relation to the advocacy
  objectives. Partners Engagement: Build mutually beneficial partnership
  and coordinate work with other networks and allies in the field of
  health and human rights in Tanzania to inform our work and maximize the
  chance of securing advocacy wins.
• Motivate and coordinate members to maximize their engagement and use of own organizational capacity and voice.
• Develop
  activities and workplans with external partner members in accordance
  with MSI’s partnership principles. Communication: Develop advocacy
  messages to effectively communicate MST’s mission and objectives.
• Implement the relevant areas of the media strategy to achieve advocacy and communication objectives.
• Collaborate
  with external agencies or consultants to produce high-quality
  communication materials including policy beliefs and social media
  contents. Development of funding proposals and reports relating to the
  organization’s advocacy: Participate in the process of the development
  of concept notes and project proposals which will form the basis of
  funding submissions.
• To collect information and compile narrative reports on work undertaken to donors or relevant partners.

About You:
To succeed in this role, you must be/have:

• Degree in Mass Communication/Public Relations/Social Sciences or equivalent qualification.
• At least three years of previous experience in advocacy, communications, media relations.
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of how to successfully communicate and engage with the public.
• Previous experience or knowledge of working for SRHR an added advantage.
• Prior experience coordinating and working with coalitions or advocacy networks.

MODE OF APPLICATION:
This is Full-time
Job, If you feel that you are able to meet the requirements and you are
motivated enough to be part of the team, please send your applications
including a cover letter & CV detailing your suitability and why you
are interested in this post to the address below:

Human Resources Lead
Marie Stopes Tanzania
11 Majuva Street – Afrikasana Mwenge
P O. Box 7072, Dar Es Salaam.
Telephone: +255 22 2774991 / 4
Call Free : 0800 75 33 33
E-mail: jobs@mst.or.tz
Website: https://www.mariestopes.or.tz

Closing date: All applications should reach the addressee before or by May 31st, 2025. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Go to our Homepage To Get Relevant Information.