Senior TB&PMDT Advisor

Main duties & Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Technical Director, the Technical Advisor for TB/PMDT is responsible for performing the following tasks:

• Serve as key technical assistance (TA) personnel in the national TB LON partnership, especially in technical leadership of programmatic and clinical management of TB/MDR TB
• Provide technical guidance for TB LON activity consortiums and team members through guiding SOPs, manuals, or minimum TA package.
• Lead the design and implementation of quality-of-care interventions, Standard of care (SOC) tools, and approaches for different contexts focusing on the pastoral communities as TB KAP groups.
• Work in close coordination with the Ministry of Health and National TB program in the introduction of innovations while providing technical assistance to develop strategies on TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment including, TB case finding, TB preventive therapy (TPT), childhood TB, and TB infection prevention control (IPC) for DRS context.
• Lead development of a work plan and TA plan annually and quarterly for TB/MDR intervention of the Activity
• Work with the technical team including the TB Technical Director, TB Laboratory advisor, and other advisors across consortia at national and regional levels to ensure the activity is implemented as per desired standards.
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly, bi-annual and annual reports as well as interim status reports as required.
• Provide technical support to the MOH directly and through participating in technical working groups for the successful implementation of the NTP and TB LON
• Closely work with led and sub-awardees including local IPs and TB patient associations designing, testing, and developing, guidelines, and SBCC manuals
• Participate in the creating and implementing learning agenda and documentation of lessons from TB LON Activity
• Review, analyze, and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and make recommendations for enhancement.
• Provide support in strengthening the use of TB data and evidence, across all levels of the health system to improve service quality.
• Carry out other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor

Gender Equality /equity

• Demonstrate understanding of BPDOs Gender Equality Strategy
• Contribute to ensuring that Beza posterity Development Organization is a place where men and women are treated equally and with dignity and respect.
• Demonstrate gender equality awareness and gender sensitivity and an ability to integrate a gender equality perspective into tasks and activities.

Competencies:

• Willing to work in a distant location and capable of working in a team.
• Motivated and dedicated.
• Flexible and ready to work under pressure outside of regular office hours and on weekends.
• Cultural awareness and local language fluency is mandatory requirement
• Emotional maturity and physical stamina are required.
• Capability to collaborate successfully with a varied collection of individuals
• Attendance and good time management skills.
• Skills such as safety management, problem-solving, dealing with complexity, and data analysis

What we offer:

• A competitive salary and benefit package
• Good medical benefits including dependents with limited amount as per duration.
• 18 days annual leave
• 17 weeks (paid) maternity leave, 5 days paternity leave

Reports to:Technical &Implementation Director

Direct reports:none

• A masters degree in public health or a degree in Medicine (MD) or MD with MPH or a closely related field of study in healthcare is required.

Experience:

• A minimum of eight years public health work experience of this five years (5) of experience in TB program technical leadership and other public health work (in such areas as providing health technical assistance, and health program implementation in areas of TB/MDR TB) is required.
• Prior work experience with USAID is desirable.
• Knowledge of and experience in quality of care and commodity management, including new TB diagnostic technologies, with reference to TB diagnosis and PMDT.
• High level of technical assistance (TA) skills, Supervisory and coaching skills,
• Good Problem-solving skills, Partnership, and capacity development skills,
• Excellent communication, and interpersonal skills, demonstrated leadership, and the ability to work collaboratively with culturally diverse partners.
• Computer literacy; competency with Microsoft Office, internet, and email systems.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
• Ability to work independently as well as in collaboration with colleagues and partners.
• Willingness to travel frequently within the DRS regions.