Senior Technical Advisor, TB

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia.

📋 Description

• Define FHI 360’s technical strategy for TB programming across various projects, focusing on prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, care, contact investigation, and differentiated service delivery.

• Provide technical assistance to health ministries and national TB programs regarding policy development, planning, service delivery, surveillance, and performance enhancement.

• Oversee initiatives aimed at identifying and treating drug-susceptible and drug-resistant TB, which include active case finding, contact investigation, care linkage, adherence support, and management of treatment outcomes.

• Establish strategies for TB diagnostic networks, specimen referrals, laboratory-clinical linkages, rapid molecular testing, quality assurance, and the utilization of diagnostic/surveillance data.

• Offer technical guidance for integrated TB services, encompassing TB/HIV, pediatric and adolescent TB, TB preventive treatment, and primary healthcare/community connections.

• Define technical positions on innovations in TB service delivery, digital solutions, and data utilization.

• Lead efforts in TB transition and sustainability planning.

• Collaborate with global and national partners, donors, ministries, implementing organizations, and stakeholders.

• Establish minimum technical standards, tools, and job aids, and ensure quality assurance through sign-off.

• Enhance TB technical capacity via workforce development and mentoring initiatives.

• Design TB technical components for country workplans and country buy-ins.

• Provide budget insights and technical leadership for design, development, planning, implementation, and capacity building.

• Assist in proposal research and design while contributing to the organization’s new-business strategies.

• Cultivate relationships with clients, funders, partners, technical agencies, government bodies, and NGOs.

• Prepare reports for sponsors, presentations, TB technical documents, guidelines, policies, and external communications.

• Lead the presentation of deliverables, outputs, and results to donors.

• Spearhead peer-reviewed publications and manage external communications.

• Review the effectiveness of technical components and recommend enhancements.

• Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies.

• May oversee team members, monitor performance, and guide professional development.

• Create competency and continuing education systems.

• Direct technical functional areas across several countries.

• Contribute to the organization’s strategic plan while managing budgets.

• Generally report to a Director.

⛳️ Requirements

• Master’s Degree or its International Equivalent in Public Health, Medicine, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Health Sciences, International Development, or a Related Field.

• Over 15 years of relevant experience in a specialized technical field.

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in TB programming in low- and middle-income countries.

• Direct technical responsibility for TB prevention, diagnosis, treatment, care, or surveillance activities.

• Experience providing technical leadership to ministries of health, national TB programs, or equivalent governmental organizations.

• Proficiency in one or more priority areas, such as drug-resistant TB, TB/HIV, pediatric TB, TB preventive treatment, TB diagnostics, active case finding, or surveillance and strategic information.

• Familiarity with U.S. Government-funded or other major donor-funded TB programs, including associated technical, reporting, and compliance requirements.

• Ability to translate evidence and global guidelines into practical strategies, tools, and capacity-strengthening methods at the country level.

• Documented experience as an invited speaker/presenter at relevant conferences and meetings.

• Authorship of technical/service delivery guidelines and significant contributions to peer-reviewed publications.

• Experience in developing strategies and/or performance standards for projects/services within the technical domain.

• Previous work experience in an NGO, government agency, or private sector organization.

• Proficiency in English is mandatory.

• Fluency in French is an added advantage.

• Competence in using personal computers/laptops, Microsoft applications including Office 365, SharePoint, Skype/Zoom/Teams, mobile technology, and standard office equipment.

• Willingness to travel 10%–25% of the time.

• Capability to spend extended hours in front of a computer screen and perform repetitive keyboard tasks.

• Ability to sit and stand for long durations.

• Capacity to lift or move objects weighing up to 5 lbs.

🏝️ Benefits

• FHI 360 contributes 7% of monthly base pay to a money purchase pension plan account.

• US-based full-time staff receive 18 days of paid vacation annually.

• US-based full-time staff are entitled to 12 sick days per year.

• US-based full-time staff enjoy 11 holidays each year.

• A competitive benefits package is offered.

• Opportunities for professional development are provided.

• Policies and programs that promote a healthy work/life balance are in place.