USAID Discover Health Project Director ART/TB Jobs in Zambia

Overview

The Director ART/TB – will provide leadership for USAID DISCOVER-Health in the area of HIV clinical services, including TB/HIV co-infection.

He/she is expected to have significant HIV and TB technical expertise and clinical experience, and to have a good understanding of both HIV and TB service delivery, in Zambia or in a similar setting.

Reporting to the Deputy Project Director- Clinical Services, the Director ART/TB – is the lead HIV care and treatment specialist within USAID DISCOVER-Health, ensuring HIV and TB care and treatment programs are clinically sound, evidence-based, and aligned with the priorities of the Ministry of Health, USAID, PEPFAR, and program beneficiaries.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and technical leadership for USAID DISCOVER-Health adult and paediatric HIV clinical services and TB/HIV services;

• Support innovative approaches to test, initiate, retain and attain viral suppression for patients enrolled in the USAID DISCOVER-Health program;

• Provide technical assistance, training, and mentorship to USAID DISCOVER-Health site teams in HIV clinical care and TB/HIV;

• Develop/source, disseminate, and ensure operationalization of national/international training materials and systematically update technical and other staff on HIV clinical care and TB/HIV;

• Lead the collaboration with the HIV Testing Services team in building the Project’s capacity in providing HIV index case testing for all eligible clients

• Lead the continued improvement in client retention, and quality of care indicators including viral load coverage and treatment of latent tuberculosis (TPT) within Project sites

• Provide technical input and expertise in shaping sustainable HIV and TB/HIV service provision to the target populations through networking and

forging strategic partnerships;

• Coordinate work planning for achieving USAID DISCOVER-Health’s HIV and TB/HIV objectives and provide leadership and supervision to ensure set targets are met;

• Lead HIV clinical care and TB/HIV evaluation activities to inform further programming;

• Support documentation of program experiences in HIV clinical care and TB/HIV, as well as knowledge sharing to internal and external audiences around USAID DISCOVER-Health’s programs, including publishing in peer-reviewed journals;

• Represents USAID DISCOVER-Health in local, national, and international meetings and events related to HIV clinical care and TB/HIV, as appropriate.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• MBChB, MBBS or equivalent, with training in HIV clinical care and TB/HIV;

• Master’s degree in public health or other related field; infectious diseases’ training an added advantage;

• At least five (5) years’ experience in the area of HIV or TB service provision;

• Ability to lead a team and interact effectively with other Project staff, GRZ and other counterparts, and other players involved in HIV clinical care and TB/HIV and in broader public health;

• Excellent analytical, written, and oral communication skills;

• Computer proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint;

• Ability to travel regularly to monitor regional and site level HIV clinical care and TB/HIV services.

How to Apply

Your application should consist of a cover letter and a detailed CV, including full address and contact telephone number/s. Please indicate the position you are applying for in your cover letter and also give names, addresses and contact telephone numbers of three referees. Please send e-mail applications, with the position you are applying for in the subject line, to:

jobs_discoverh@zm.jsi.com.

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