TB Coordinator

Brief introduction

 REACH Ethiopia is a nonprofit local organization established and registered as an Ethiopian Residents Charity, with the mission to contribute to community development through innovative community-based approaches. Currently REACH Ethiopia is starting implementation of the USAID funded Urban TB LON project in 4 largest cities in the country; Addis Ababa, Harari, Dire Dawa and Shaggar in collaboration with Ministry of Health Ethiopia, besides other active projects in Afar and Tigray regions. Previously, REACH Ethiopia successfully implemented the community-based TB care (CBTBC) interventions and integrated health service projects in Sidama, SNNP and parts of Oromia Regions.

The Eliminate Tuberculosis is the USAID funded project designed to reduce the national TB incidence and mortality from the baseline by increasing the quality, access, utilization and sustainability of TB services in Ethiopia. The USAID Eliminate TB project is sub-awarded to REACH Ethiopia by Management Sciences for Health Inc., (MSH) to facilitate local capacity building in implementation of community level interventions and ensure the journey to self-reliance. The project is focused on high impact case finding and prevention strategies to strengthen referral and linkage of presumptive TB cases in the community in selected high TB load facilities’ catchment in 3 regions (Sidama, SNNP and Central Ethiopia) by using HEP and volunteers, and ensure improved case notification through reaching inaccessible population. The beneficiaries of the project will be high load facilities and key populations mapped in the regions. The project will be implemented in collaboration with the Sidama, SNNP and Central Ethiopia Regional Health Bureaus, This project is being implemented in Sidama region, Hadiya and Gedeo Zones. Close project collaborators include: Zonal administrations and Health Departments, Woreda Health Offices, Health Extension Professionals (HEP), Public and Private health facilities, Women Health Development Armies (WHDAs), community associations, TB clubs such as former TB patients’ clubs.

Purpose of the position (general)

Under the leadership of Regional Project Coordinator, the Regional Community TB Coordinator is responsible for planning, execution and for overseeing the successful implementation and delivery of CTBC program activities to achieve its intended goal in the implementation regions (Sidama SNNP and Central Ethiopia). He/she actively supports coordination for planning, implementation and delivery of defined and agreed upon and service delivery/practice of standards and provides oversight to all Community based TB Care activities under the USAID Eliminate TB project that will be implemented in these settings.

S/he will be support the regional project coordinator in developing the project’s management plan and regularly review activity performance of zones/woredas community TB coordinators; discuss issues with the regional project coordinator and develop improvement plans when necessary; as per the close guidance of the regional project coordinator. S/he will closely work with REACH Ethiopia Zonal and Woreda Community TB Coordinators to engage community TB work force (HEP, WDAs, Volunteers) and ensure effective community-based TB care interventions are in place. 

Answerability and Position in the organization

The Regional Community TB Coordinator reports to the Regional Project Coordinator.

Major and overall Duties and Responsibilities:

• Development and implementation of community-based TB case finding, contact investigation, screening, TB treatment adherence; TPT;
• Support in building and maintaining effective relationships with a wide range of people and sectors in implementation woredas, in addition to own team; when directed by regional project coordinator;
• Help build lower-level team’s project management capability by collaborating with other staff, coaching and mentoring others and generally encouraging the appropriate use of project management techniques;
• Manage communications through media relations, social media etc; when directed by the regional project coordinator;
• Keep all members of the team up-to-date with relevant project information; in consultation with the regional project coordinator and ensure technology is used correctly for all operations (video conferencing, presentations etc.) when appropriate;
• Comply with policies and procedures governing the project and ensures that the community TB activity is operating at maximum efficiency;
• Prepare and submit reports, per the schedule, to regional project coordinator; regarding project operations, and analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of the project and support development of new methods aimed at greater success on CBTC implementation;
• Actively support identification of key issues and priorities in line with USAID Eliminate TB project objectives for effective CBTC implementation and communicate to regional project coordinator;
• Support regional project coordinator in development of workable plans to cope up with prevailing situations; based on identified key issues and priorities;
• Coordinate and arrange field visits; to monitor CTBC activity implementation by: REACH Ethiopia head office team; by USAID/ETBE project team; in close consultation with regional project coordinator and compiles every field visit summary reports and submits to regional coordinator;
• Ensure the CTBC implementation experiences from REACH Ethiopia Woredas are shared to other USAID/ETB project Woredas in both demonstration and learning Zones of SNNP & Sidama regions during JSS and review meetings,
• Undertake other responsibilities as assigned by the regional project coordinator.

Knowledge management

• Identify areas for crosscutting collaboration with RHBs and relevant partners;
• Enhances and anchors the in-depth knowledge of TB technical areas in the technical team (both own and partners team);
• Actively share knowledge with the Regional, Zonal and Woreda TB control program; in close consultation with regional project coordinator;
• Maintain personal in-depth knowledge on TB control areas and able to understand as well as manage a frequently changing development related to TB.

Contract term: Full time Position, Fixed term contract

Qualifications and Requirements

• Master’s degree in public health or equivalent, minimum of five-year relevant work experience in TB control of which three years is a senior advisory /supervisory/ coordination role;

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, minimum of eight-year relevant experience in TB control of which five years is advisory/supervisory/coordination role; 

• Proven experience as Zonal TB coordinator for more than 3 yrs

• Proven experience in health program management of at least for three years;

• Previous experience of Community TB program, specifically working with HEP and CSOs;

• Proven experience of stakeholder capacity building skill: facilitation, presentation, communication and monitoring impact of capacity building interventions; 

• Proven experience of having team spirit; with supervisor and subordinate staff

• Experience of working under minimal supervision; 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, Amharic and at least one local language;

• Experience of working with zonal/woreda level stakeholders, understands the health system and peculiarity of issues at zonal and woreda level 

• Experience in capacity building and utilizing participatory learning methodologies;

• The ability to organize and prioritize tasks/events, per plan and in close consultation with supervisor;

• Past experience with USAID projects would be an advantage;

• Willingness to locate in Hawassa with frequent travel to the Zones and Woredas.

How to Apply

Only candidates meeting the required qualifications and experience are invited to send their application letter, Updated CV, credentials and summary of relevant work experience in one page to http://oas2.reachet.org.et/job-application?uuid=316f372d-a583-4c8b-978a-86714d85d04f in ten days working days from the first appearance of the announcement.