Senior Hivsttechnical Advisor Job at Population Services International
Senior Hivsttechnical Advisor Job at Population Services International… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at Population Services International.
Description:
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Population Services International is a 501 registered nonprofit global health organization with programs targeting malaria, child survival, HIV, and reproductive health. PSI provides products, clinical services and behavior change communications for the health of people in high-need populations.
Responsibilities:
- Provide high-quality technical expertise and assistance to NACP in the development and adaptation of standard national implementation toolkits, including national standard operating procedures and training guidelines and tools for HIV Self-Testing.
- Provide technical assistance to the NACP to revise HTS guidelines to include HIVST for different service delivery models.
- Coordinate support for capacity building of R/CHMT to forecast and order HIVST kits and support the procurement and supply chain and distribution of HIVST kits to regions and councils based on the projected needs.
- Coordinate support for the development of linkage tools (including mHealth) to track referrals to care and prevention and provide support for data quality assurance for HIVST integrated within existing routine data quality processes for HTS.
- Provide technical assistance to NACP for the adaption of training curriculum and provide support for the development of HIVST training package for pharmaceutical personnel and workplace peer educators.
- In collaboration with NACP and Global Fund PR/SRs, develop a tailored package of HIVST differentiated service delivery approaches.
- Provide technical assistance to NACP to develop a scale-up plan for HIVST distribution in workplace, community, and pharmacy models.
- Coordinate support for the development of an HIVST advocacy strategy and costed HIVST communication strategy for target populations.
Qualifications:
- You have a master’s degree in public health, infectious diseases, or related degree at a minimum; MD or PhD preferred.
- You are Tanzanian and have at least 10 years of experience in HIV service delivery, preferably in Tanzania.
- You have experience with HIV Self-Testing and/or differentiated HIV testing/differentiated HIV services.
- You have a proven track record of working in close collaboration with national stakeholders (the Tanzania National AIDS Control Program (NACP), President’s Office-Regional Administrative and Local Government (PO-RALG),
- Demonstrated commitment to and technical expertise in HIV differentiated service delivery.
- You have significant experience living and working in a developing country and expertise in working on the management of infectious diseases.
How to Apply
Send you an application to [email protected] in MS Word or PDF file. Indicate the name of the consultancy position on the subject line of your email.
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Please note that only short-listed candidates meeting the above requirements will be contacted.
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The application will be considered valid if sent/received before 1700hrs, Thursday, 17th November 2021.
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