Global Fund Senior TB Technical Advisor, LEAP Global

Concerning the Venture

International Options Ventures (GSV) – a joint-venture partnership between ZemiTek, LLC and Dexis Consulting Group – is implementing the Lengthy-term Distinctive technical Help Venture (LEAP International), a mechanism utilized by USAID to battle towards infectious ailments corresponding to malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, uncared for tropical ailments, and pandemic influenza. This initiative goals to handle the advanced human useful resource challenges confronted by nationwide infectious illness packages in USAID-supported international locations.

The intervention of this venture is to rent and embed technical knowledgeable advisors and subject material consultants inside authorities entities. By straight embedding the technical experience inside the nationwide packages, LEAP will present long-term, sustainable mentoring and capability constructing for program workers, empower host governments to steer and handle key features of their infectious illness portfolios, and enhance coordination between USAID and the host authorities.

Concerning the Place

The aim of the International Fund Senior TB Technical Advisor is to supply state-of the-art technical experience to enhance capability of the Lesotho Nationwide TB Program (NTP) to successfully implement and coordinate the International Fund (GF) grants and the nationwide TB strategic plan by the size up of TB preventive interventions, prognosis, remedy and take care of each DS-TB and DR-TB. The TB Technical Advisor shall determine programmatic bottlenecks and facilitate options by coordinated technical help in Lesotho.

Obligations

Present help to NTP within the implementation and scale up of TB and DR- actions, nationwide strategic plan, insurance policies, practices, and coordination of the TB nationwide strategic plan (30% LOE).

• Help the NTLP scale up TPT interventions at amenities and in communities by the implementation of the brand new expanded tips.
• Help NTP to develop nationwide plans, insurance policies and tips associated to TB and DR-TB detection, remedy, and prevention.
• Help NTP within the scale up of high quality diagnostic networks, together with GeneXpert, DST and specimen transport by implementation of the knowledge from geospatial mapping.
• Help NTP to enhance TB, DR-TB and pediatric TB case discovering, together with implementation of latest and progressive approaches to enhance TB twin screening and prognosis utilizing WRDs.
• Help NTP in preparation for introduction of latest medicine and regimens within the nation, with a concentrate on scientific administration, coaching and mentorship, and care supply.
• In collaboration with the NTP and implementing companions, determine programmatic bottlenecks, determine technical help wants and talk precedence must the Ministry, donors and implementing companions.
• Determine programmatic gaps which can require extra technical help by collaboration with NTP and companions.
• Help and functionalize the multi-sectoral method body for TB and the private-public combine.
• Coordinate technical help provision by all nationwide TB companions, help NTP with the implementation of the TB acceleration plan, and monitor the implementation of it.
• Via collaboration with NTP, TB companions determine programmatic gaps which can require extra technical help.
• Develop phrases of reference for added technical help as wanted based mostly on recognized programmatic gaps.

Present technical help to NTP within the implementation of the International Fund Grant (30% LOE).

• Present technical help (TA) to develop and critically assessment the GF grant annual work plans and budgets, with explicit emphasis on any wants for reprogramming to satisfy GF targets.
• Seek the advice of with current stakeholders on wanted TA to successfully implement the TB GF grant.
• Help monitoring of grant implementation by discipline visits.
• Assessment and analyze efficiency stories submitted to the GF and different companions.
• Proactively determine any points that will result in disbursement delays and help any follow-up actions on grant circumstances/precedents.
• Coordinate with NTP M&E Advisor to implement monitoring instruments and dashboards for reaching programmatic indicators, together with routine evaluation of efficiency (GF, WHO and nationwide indicators).
• Help group of routine discussions among the many GF, NTP, and USAID to make sure alignment of technical approaches within the respective TB portfolios.
• Analyze quarterly and annual outcomes of the GF grant and help with the event of plans to mitigate the recognized gaps.
• Analyze GF grant efficiency and coordinate with NTP and USAID on wanted actions to enhance grant implementation.
• Help in monitoring the progress of grant implementation by discipline visits, and assessment and analyze efficiency stories submitted to GF and different companions.
• Proactively determine any points that will result in disbursement delays.
• Help the Nationwide TB Program with any follow-up actions on grant circumstances/Situations Precedents.
• Help in growing monitoring instruments and dashboards for reaching programmatic indicators (TGF, WHO and nationwide indicators).

Improve coordination and liaison with USG, GF, WHO, different donors and worldwide companions on planning and provision of wanted TA (30% LOE).

• Present focused technical help to the NTP to reinforce monetary administration techniques and processes for managing funds accountability and successfully.
• Contribute to bettering total M&E techniques, by helping NTP to enhance knowledge high quality assurance mechanisms, efficient supportive supervision, and use of digital options.
• Present steerage in growing quarterly and annual programmatic narrative stories.
• Present steerage to NTP for the coordination of TB actions amongst program companions.
• Help NTP to liaise with home and worldwide companions.
• Help NTP to prepare common (not less than quarterly) companions conferences.
• Help with the planning of the GF actions within the nation.
• Take part in TGF, WHO and USAID program evaluations and assessments
• Advise NTP and companions on optimization and/or coordination of donor help and technical help (from USAID, TGF, and many others.) to reinforce effectiveness and worth for cash.
• Maintain month-to-month and/or quarterly conferences with the USAID well being/TB staff (Maseru) to debate programmatic updates.

Help innovation, analysis, and capability constructing to the NTLP (10% LOE).

• Help the total implementation and scale-up of the extension of group well being outcomes (ECHO) programme by supporting coordination, technical enter within the curriculum and mentorship.
• Help the implementation and scale-up of the Nationwide subnational TB scenario room.
• Help the planning and internet hosting of TB scientific symposia and supply mentorship in analysis.
• Help the event of analysis summary and promote exhibiting casing of programme efficiency regionally and worldwide fora.
• Advance management abilities to profitable help capability constructing and information sharing actions, and mentors develop junior workers.
• Domesticate mentorship abilities based mostly on the nation contexts and out there proof of mentorship curriculum to help and enhance information switch and abilities acquisition of NTP workers, and incoming fellows extra successfully.
• Advance management abilities to efficiently help capability constructing and information sharing actions, and mentor develop junior workers.
• Apply management abilities and technical experience to help programmatic development and scale up inside TB programming.

Minimal {Qualifications}

• Superior diploma (PhD, MMED, Masters, or MD) in a health-related discipline required together with Public Well being, Epidemiology, Infectious illness, Tropical Ailments.
• Minimal of 10 years related technical expertise with a grasp’s diploma or increased or 15 years related technical expertise with a bachelor’s diploma in a health-related discipline.
• At the very least seven years of progressively accountable expertise in designing, implementing, and managing TB in growing international locations in Africa.
• Demonstrated technical management, program administration, strategic planning, coverage expertise and problem-solving abilities engaged on advanced initiatives in a extremely delicate setting are required.
• Demonstrated technical capability in monetary administration required.
• At the very least 5 years of expertise with or good information of International Fund working procedures and monetary administration processes (proposal growth and submission, monitoring and analysis, PSM plan and reporting).
• Expertise in speaking info to well being and non-health audiences on initiatives, insurance policies, analysis dissemination and administrative issues.
• Glorious verbal communication abilities, tact and diplomacy are required to determine and develop sustainable working relationships on the highest degree and a excessive degree of belief with public/personal organizations. Verbal communication abilities are additionally used to barter exercise plans and resolve exercise implementation points with counterparts, companions and staff members.
• Glorious written communication abilities are required to organize common and advert hoc stories, exercise documentation and briefing papers.

Most well-liked {Qualifications}

• Expertise with worldwide bilateral or multilateral donor businesses or developmental companions in public well being programmes, TB is fascinating.
• Prior expertise working with senior and mid- degree managers in authorities or worldwide organizations in Africa.

Abilities

• Skill to speak shortly, clearly, and concisely – each orally and in writing — in English important.
• Glorious laptop abilities together with workplace packs like Microsoft 365 and statistical packages corresponding to Stata, SPSS, R, Tableau, and many others…
• Confirmed scientific writing abilities.
• Skill to work independently and in a staff.
• Skill to work underneath stress with conflicting priorities.
• Glorious interpersonal and communication abilities.
• Glorious public talking abilities.

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