Field Coordinator

Reference number CTB 52015

Vacancy: Field Coordinators

Duty stations: Mwanza, Kilimanjaro, Arusha, Pwani, Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the fight against tuberculosis (TB), still the second most deadly infectious disease in the world.

KNCV is an international center of expertise for TB control that promotes effective, efficient, innovative and sustainable tuberculosis control strategies in a national and international context.  We are an organization of passionate TB professionals, including doctors, researchers, training experts, nurses and epidemiologists. We aim to stop the spread of the worldwide epidemic of TB and to prevent the further spread of drug-resistant TB.

Over the past century we have built up a wealth of knowledge and expertise, initially by successfully controlling TB in the Netherlands. Since the 1970s, we have also shared our knowledge and expertise with the rest of the world. We operate from a central office in The Hague in the Netherlands, a regional office in Central Asia and country offices worldwide. KNCV raises funds from private, institutional, corporate, and government donors.

Challenge TB

KNCV is the lead partner in Challenge TB, the new USAID-funded 5-year global program to decrease TB mortality and morbidity in high burdened countries. We lead an international consortium with eight partner organizations: American Thoracic Society (ATS), Family Health International (FHI 360), Interactive Research & Development (IRD), Japanese Anti Tuberculosis Foundation (JATA), Management Sciences for Health (MSH), Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), and the World Health Organization.

The overarching strategic objectives of Challenge TB are to improve access to quality patient centered care for TB, TB/HIV, and MDR-TB services; to prevent transmission and disease progression; and to strengthen TB platforms.

Purpose of the job (general)

The Challenge TB field coordinator leads the Challenge TB team in the respective districts and acts as the regional representative for KNCV/Challenge TB. The main responsibility of the field coordinator is to provide high level technical support to all aspect of TB control in the respective region. He/she builds sustainable technical capacity for TB control at regional and district levels to ensure patient centered care and treatment.  He/she works in very close collaboration with the Regional TB and Leprosy Coordinator (RTLC), the Regional Health Management Team (RHMT) and with other implementing partners to support CTB activities.

Position in the organization

He/she reports to the Deputy Country Representative.

Duties and responsibilities:

Technical assistance

• Advices TB control stakeholders at regional and district level in all areas of TB control (patient centered care, MDR-TB, TB/HIV, childhood TB, community engagement etc)
• Acts as a mentor for regional and district TB (and HIV) officers
• Builds capacity of district TB control staff through on the job training and coaching
• Participates in joined supportive supervision visits within the region
• Identifies bottlenecks and opportunities in TB control in the region
• Develops and co-facilitates technical TB trainings

 People, project, finance and quality management

• Supervises and inspires team members, while creating an environment where sharing, technical debate and innovation are part of the routine
• Contributes to the development of the regional work plan and implements with the team the outlined project activities
• Plans, coordinates and checks the activities and deadlines of the regional team
• Monitors the project performance according to the M&E plan
• Prepares and submits quarterly and annual reports to the (deputy) country representatitive
• Participating in quarterly District Tuberculosis and Leprosy Coordinators performance review meetings and the bi-annual NTLP meeting
• Assisting the Regional Tuberculosis and Leprosy Coordinators in any other activity in line with those described in the NTLP national manual.

 Knowledge management

• Identifies areas for crosscutting collaboration with regional partners
• Identifies knowledge gaps in the team and initiates and guides further capacity building the team
• Actively shares knowledge with regional and district TB control staff
• Maintains personal in-depth knowledge on TB control areas

 Qualifications

• Assistant Medical Officer
• a minimum of two years of experience in public health and/or tuberculosis control
• Proven track record in people, project and finance management
• Expertise in overall management of tuberculosis and HIV
• Knowledge and skills in project activities implementation
• Strong computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office package
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills In English and Kiswahili
• Excellent presentation skills.

Country: 

Tanzania

Duty station: 

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Organisation: 

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation

Application

Your application (with curriculum vitae, motivation letter, 3 professional references) should be sent before 4th of May 2015 to:

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, PO Box 146, 2501 CC The Hague, the Netherlands to the attention of: Mr. Albert Masambaji. E-mail:recruitTanzania@kncvtbc.org under name of reference number and position. For further information on KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, please see www.kncvtbc.org.

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental handicap, or status as a disabled.