Summary
Date Posted: Friday, February 18, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Purpose
The Technical Director – will provide leadership for USAID DISCOVER-Health in the area of Clinical services, including HTS, HIV/TB management and COVID-19 prevention. He/she is expected to have significant HIV, TB, and COVID-19 technical expertise and clinical experience, and to have a good understanding of HIV, TB, and the deployment of COVID-19 vaccines in Zambia or in a similar setting. Reporting to the Deputy Project Director- Clinical Services, the Technical Director – is one of the lead HIV care and treatment and COVID-19 resource persons within USAID DISCOVER-Health, ensuring HIV and TB care and treatment programs, and COVID-19 vaccination 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 pediatric HIV clinical services, TB/HIV services, PrEP and COVID-19 program;
• 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, TB/HIV co-infection, and COVID-19 programming in the Project supported districts;
• Develop/source, disseminate, and ensure operationalization of national/international training materials and systematically update technical and other staff on HIV clinical care, TB/HIV co-infection, and COVID-19;
• Lead the Project’s efforts in capacity building around HIV testing including index case testing and partner notification services, recency testing, HIV treatment, viral load suppression, PrEP and COVID-19 programming
• 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, and COVID-19 objectives and provide leadership and supervision to ensure set targets are met;
• Lead HIV clinical care, TB/HIV, and COVID-19 program performance review to inform further programming;
Support documentation of program experiences in HIV/TB clinical care and COVID-19 programming, and contribute to knowledge sharing with 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/TB clinical care and COVID-19 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.

Required Skills
• Ability to support facilitation of learning
• Ability to lead a dynamic team involved in health service delivery at Site level
• Sound clinical, analytical, written, and oral communication skills
• Computer literate in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills to be able to quickly grasp and translate new concepts into operational plans and results
• Result-oriented
• Self-starter

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Your application should be sent in one e-mail document consisting of a cover letter and a detailed CV, including daytime contact telephone number/s, and also give names and contact details of three referees. Please send your applications addressed to the “Project Director” USAID DISCOVER-Health Project, Stand 45/D/REM-3-A/377, Warthog Road, Kabulonga, and Lusaka, Zambia.
To apply, please follow this link.
The closing date for receipt of submission of the applications is Monday 28th February 2022, at 17:00hrs.

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