New Job at JHPIEGO Tanzania – Sr. Technical Advisor: Quality Improvement (QI) and Sustainability/QI Program Lead
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Overview
Jhpiego is an international non-profit health
organization affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University. For more than
46 years now, Jhpiego has empowered front-line health workers by
designing and implementing effective, iow-cost, hands-on solutions to
strengthen the delivery of health care services for women and their
families.
By putting evidence-based health innovations into everyday
practice, Jhpiego works to break down barriers to high-quality health
care for the world’s most vulnerable populations.
Jhpiego,
implementing a number of projects in Tanzania, wishes to recruit the
following positions below, available for immediate filling…
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Location TZ
Job ID 2021-4198
Experience (Years) 7
Category International Positions
Overview
Jhpiego
seeks a Sr Technical Advisor: QI and Sustainability/QI Program Lead for
an upcoming Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)/PEPFAR-funded voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) project
in Tanzania. The project aims to contribute to the PEPFAR goal of
achieving HIV epidemic control through the scale-up of quality, safe
VMMC services targeting adult men and high-risk populations for HIV
prevention in Tanzania. The project will work in CDC priority regions to
reach males >15 years and saturate VMMC services in low coverage
areas in Geita, Kagera, Mwanza, Shinyanga, Simiyu, Mara and Kigoma
regions. The project will operate over a 5-year period.
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The
QI Program Lead will provide technical leadership in strengthening and
institutionalizing QI initiatives to improve VMMC services at
national/regional/district/facility levels. The position will operate
with oversight from the Deputy Project Director and will ensure
strategic planning, technical oversight and methodological soundness of
all QI and sustainability activities. The position will meet and
collaborate closely with the donor GoT stakeholders and other VMMC and
PEPFAR IPs to ensure strong collaboration on planning and implementing
sustainable programming. The position will be responsible for developing
QI approaches and strategies to meet QI standards in order to achieve
and maintain national, PEPFAR and international standards. With an
emphasis on government led programming, in collaboration with project
team and partners, the position will liaise with Government of Tanzania
through the National AIDS Control Program and R/CHMTs to design and
implementation of service delivery strategies to improve quality and
sustainable programming.
This position is contingent upon award from CDC. Tanzania nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical oversight, strategic direction and definition of QI project activities
- Engage local stakeholders to define desired sustainability priorities in line with national documents
- Lead
regional and district teams to integrate QI activities into all VMMC
service delivery including review of QI standards; assess gaps in
meeting standards; and support facilities and service providers to
develop a plan of action to achieve the desired health outcomes - Support the GoT for updating or revision of national QI standards for quality assurance (as necessary)
- Develop
a CQI package of interventions for different ensuring quality at
various settings (mobile/outreach, static clinics, referrals) providing
VMMC services - Conduct supportive supervision following national and PEPFAR SIMS VMMC tools
- Identify
and implement appropriate facility- and community-based strategies to
address standards and data reporting of AE including notifiable adverse
events (NAE), QI; HCW/CHW capacity building in QA/QI training gaps - Document
and maintain an inventory of successful tools and approaches for
standardization and data reporting for QI/QA, AE, NAE, and HCW/CHW
capacity building in QI/QA - Develop and test approaches for quality and performance improvement and/or human resources development
- Align quality approaches with national MOH and district-level stakeholders and their desired health outcomes
- Apply quality standards to ensure that health services meet PEPFAR program requirements, as well as meet client expectations
- In
collaboration with program staff ensure that necessary quality
improvement planning, budgeting and management activities occur to
facilitate smooth and efficient program functioning - Monitor and track improvements and progress toward quality goals
- Reinforce
the peer review process, including sharing lessons learned and best
practices adopted, to continually bridge performance gaps - Develop, implement and monitor standards for quality programming
- Actively participate in relevant technical advisory/working groups and professional forums representing Jhpiego
- Identify
CQI training needs for providers and assist in the innovation design of
training methods (e.g. virtual, blended, low dose high frequency) and
implementation of measures to address those needs - Work closely
with the Principal Investigator/Project Director and Deputy Project
Director/VMMC Lead on setting project priorities and directions, and
responding to requests for support from local counterparts - Collaborate
with M&E staff to design, implement a plan to track data/results
related to addressing standards and data reporting of AE including
notifiable adverse events (NAE), QI; HCW/CHW capacity building in QA/QI,
and TA to MoHCDGEC, PORALG and IPs to inform adjustments in project
implementation - Collaborate with all local stakeholders and
implementing partners, especially the Ministry of Health and other US
and international implementing partners, to ensure that all activities
conform to the requirements and regulations - Document successes,
lessons learned and challenges in implementation as well as reports of
project activities and results to the project and donor, including
routine quarterly and annual reports and other reporting requirements as
requested - Author/co-author abstracts, presentations, and articles for journals and conferences
- Supervise technical staff
- Maintain excellent relationships with CDC and in-country stakeholders and develop rapid responses
- Contribute
to the development the project strategic plan, work plan, and project
monitoring, in close collaboration CDC, MoHCDGEC, PORALG at all levels
and IPs to ensure timely implementation and compliance to the
requirements and regulations of the award
NEW TANZANIAN JOBS, INTERNSHIPS AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES 2021 (1,319 POSTS)
Required Qualifications
- A Clinical Degree (doctor or nursing), and Master of Public Health preferred
- At
least 7-8 years’ experience implementing and/or providing technical
assistance QI initiatives for HIV prevention projects, specifically
VMMC; - Demonstrated experience training clinical and
community-based healthcare workers on data collection and usage, QI/QA
standardization, AE and NAE reporting and sustainability approaches - Demonstrated experience providing capacity building assistance at individual and organizational levels
- Demonstrated
experience with a mix of practical technical skills capacity building
and adaptation and usage of QI/QA standards necessary for strengthening
HIV prevention and VMMC service delivery at the regional, national,
clinical and community-level - Experience with using innovative
tools for data visualization, including GIS software Demonstrated
in-depth understanding of Tanzania healthcare system, particularly the
public health system, experience living and working in Tanzania
preferred - Familiarity with CDC’s administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems
- Oversight of QI and sustainability point persons at regional level
- Strong
collaboration with GoT VMMC regional/district focal persons/R/CHMTs,
GoT national quality assurance office and other stakeholders - Excellent
diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain
interpersonal and professional relationships representatives from other
key stakeholders such as NGOs, CSOs, and the private sector - Expertise in research to practice—identifying and adapting best practices to specific project contexts
- Excellent verbal, written interpersonal and presentation skills in English and Swahili
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Ability to travel nationally to project sites
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Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.
Please apply at www.jobs-jhpiego.icims.com
Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume, references, and salary history.
For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org
Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee
benefits package including: medical and dental plans; paid vacation,
holidays and sick leave; personal accident insurance; 403(b) retirement
plan; life and disability insurance; travel insurance; education
assistance plan and more.
Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
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