Senior Viral Load/Lab Specialist at Jhpiego, April 2024

Overview:

The Senior Viral Load/Lab Specialist will provide technical and program oversight and direction in the area of viral load/lab to an anticipated USAID-funded HIV program in Mozambique. This large project estimated between $350-400 million aims to support the Government of Mozambique’s (GRM) achievement of HIV/AIDS epidemic control by 2020 in provinces where USAID is the primary clinical support partner. It will focus on two priority outcomes to measure this geographically focused support: (1) to reach and sustain a level of 80% (or better) treatment coverage, and (2) to reach and sustain 90% (or better) viral suppression among people receiving antiretroviral therapy. The project will operate over a 5-9 year period. . This position is contingent upon award from USAID. Mozambican nationals are strongly encouraged to apply. The position is based in Maputo, Mozambique.

Responsibilities:

Provide strategic leadership and technical guidance to implement high quality interventions to scale up viral load for persons living with HIV within the project
Assist MOH with their specialty policy needs as well as related standard operating procedures (SOP)
Have frequent routine communications with other project team members based in the project headquarters in Beira and in the provinces
Stay in routine contact with counterparts at USAID/Mozambique and MOH
Assess laboratory systems in place, capacity, needs and services
Strengthen laboratory biosafety and biosecurity at all levels
Assist in the implementation of national laboratory strategic and operational plans, guidelines, manuals, training materials, and standard operational protocols
Assist and coordinate correct registration, collection, recording, reporting and flow of information of laboratory results among units and relevant facilities to ensure appropriate follow up of HIV patients on the HIV cascade of care according to Mozambique national guidelines
Provide technical support for strengthening equipment and supplies management, expanding sustainable laboratory information systems, and improving specimen referral networks at all levels
Establish systems for tracking progress, indicators, and deliverables according to agreed work-plans
Prepare program reports to ensure that state, donor and headquarter reporting needs are met
Provide mentoring and capacity building at the individual and organizational levels in the area of viral load/lab
Coordinate assessments, site strengthening, follow-up and supervision, advocacy, demand creation, policy support, capacity-building and M&E across program sites as required by program activities
Actively participate in national technical working groups, and represent Jhpiego in professional forums by participating and presenting in pertinent meetings and conferences
Analyze potential viral load/lab strategies within the context of the project and explain these, as necessary, to policymakers, funding agencies, and/or program staff
Identify appropriate facility- and community-based strategies to address viral load/lab service delivery gaps
Identify training and service delivery gaps, and formulate and test sustainable solutions, utilizing cross-cutting approaches such as performance and quality improvement and training
Collaborate with all local stakeholders and implementing partners, especially the Ministry of Health and other US and international implementing partners, in order to ensure that all activities conform to requirements and regulations
Conduct regular reporting to project leadership and staff of successes, challenges and lessons learned in implementation related to areas of technical expertise
Document and maintain an inventory of successful tools and approaches for viral load/lab interventions
Maintain excellent relationships with USAID and in-country stakeholders and develop rapid responses to USAID/DC and Mission requests
Work closely with the project leadership on setting program priorities and directions, and responding to requests for support from local counterparts
Work with monitoring, evaluation, and reporting staff to design and implement a plan to track data/results related to viral load/lab interventions
Provide technical leadership to the development the project strategic plan, work plan, and program monitoring, in close collaboration with the MOH, USAID, and other stakeholders
Ensure timely implementation of all program inputs related to viral load/lab, including planning and implementing assessments, site strengthening, follow-up and supervision, advocacy, demand creation, policy support, capacity-building and M&E across program sites, in close collaboration with USAID, the MOH, and relevant stakeholders
Assist in the preparation of donor reports and project reports
Coordinate and monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of the work of short-term consultants as required

Required Qualifications:

A clinical degree required; specialty training in medicine, infectious diseases, or other relevant advanced clinical degree preferred
Advanced degree in public health preferred
At least 10 years of experience in clinical service delivery of HIV related interventions, including HIV treatment, PMTCT and TB/HIV and prevention
Demonstrated ability to develop technical capacity in regional and national programs in the areas of HIV care and treatment and eMTCT
Ability to work on a variety of projects concurrently in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities
Ability to coach and mentor technical staff and strong skills in facilitation, team building and coordination
Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
Strong skills in data use and interpretation
Ability to perform at a senior policy level
Demonstrated experience at a senior level participating or advising in high level MOH meetings/discussions/boards
Demonstrated ability in monitoring similar programs and interpreting and utilizing national level data
Strong oral and written skills in Portuguese and English
Demonstrated in-depth understanding of the Mozambican healthcare system, particularly the public health system, experience living and working in Mozambique preferred
Familiarity with USAID or other USG administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems preferred
Experience liaising with NGOs, FBOs, CBOs, the for-profit business community, and senior members of the donor community
Ability to travel up to 50% time to Beira and other project provinces

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Jhpiego

Our History

Responding to the Changing Needs of Women and Families Worldwide

Since its founding in 1974, Jhpiego has been innovating to save the lives of women and families worldwide. From the first day, Jhpiego has been asking the question: How can we make lifesaving services available and accessible to the people who need them—all over the world?

Dr. Theodore M. King, an early innovator and champion for women’s health, was the moving force behind the founding of Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University. In the early 1970s, King recognized the need to make physicians, nurses and administrators from developing countries aware of reproductive health breakthroughs, such as laparoscopy (a procedure used to inspect internal reproductive organs for infertility or to provide contraception by closing off the fallopian tubes) and modern contraceptives. Originally known as the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics, the organization was funded through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Under King’s leadership, as a founder, trustee and later president of Jhpiego for 14 years, the organization conducted a steady stream of programs throughout the developing world.

How Did We Get from There to Here?

Early on, Jhpiego established itself as a leader in reproductive health training. Beginning in 1974, Jhpiego held training sessions on family planning/reproductive health for doctors and nurses in the USA In 1979, Jhpiego started its first in-country training programs in Tunisia, Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, Thailand and the Philippines. From 1987 through 2004, Jhpiego conducted three global Training in Reproductive Health Projects, funded by USAID. Beginning in 1993, Jhpiego published learning materials on long-acting family planning methods.

Over the years—to respond more effectively to the needs of individual countries—Jhpiego became increasingly field-based and established its first field office in Kenya in 1993. Today, Jhpiego has field offices in more than 30 countries worldwide. Similarly, Jhpiego’s programming areas have expanded to meet changing needs in the field. In addition to family planning and reproductive health, Jhpiego now has expertise in maternal and child health, infection prevention and control, HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases.

Jhpiego’s work has also expanded to address reproductive health policy and guidelines and to support health systems strengthening. For example, in 1996 in Brazil, Jhpiego launched a performance and quality improvement approach, now known as Standards-Based Management and Recognition (SBM-R), which has since been implemented in 30 countries. SBM-R empowers health workers and facilities to improve the performance and quality of their services by providing them with the tools and methods they need to make decisions, solve problems and innovate at the local level.

Innovations in Training Methods and Technologies

In 1986, Jhpiego pioneered a competency-based training (CBT) approach that emphasizes learning by doing. CBT focuses on how the participant performs and promotes the trainer’s ability to encourage learning. Jhpiego also introduced the use of anatomic models for “humanistic training.” To minimize risk to clients, learners first practice on models until they achieve competency. In 1995, a clinical training skills manual—the cornerstone of Jhpiego’s training approach—was published. Using a systematic “training of trainers” approach, Jhpiego has created a global network of qualified physician, nurse and midwife trainers.

As early as 1984, Jhpiego collaborated with the University of the West Indies to deliver reproductive health courses, via satellite, to six islands in the Caribbean. In 1987, Jhpiego sponsored a global meeting on reproductive health education and technology with the World Health Organization (WHO) and introduced computer-assisted instruction to simulate clinical situations in several of its US-based courses. In 1995, ReproLine, an online source for reproductive health information, was launched. Today, Jhpiego continues to explore new learning technologies: mobile phones in Afghanistan, a computer-based learning management system in Ethiopia, computer-based training in Ghana, a distance learning program in Zambia.

Practical Solutions for Low-Resource Settings

Since the 1992 publication of its international reference standard Infection Prevention for Family Planning Service Programs, Jhpiego has been at the forefront in promoting evidence-based practices that can protect health care professionals, staff and clients from potentially life-threatening infections. To this end, Jhpiego has tested and introduced practical, low-cost infection prevention procedures that can be implemented effectively in settings with limited resources.

In developing countries, cervical cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths among women. In 1995, Jhpiego began research with the University of Zimbabwe to find a low-cost alternative to the Pap test that could make cervical cancer prevention a reality in low-resource settings. Based on the results of this research, Jhpiego helped form the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention in 1999 and received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand its cervical cancer program. Since that time, Jhpiego has developed and piloted the single visit approach in which women are screened and treated during the same visit.

In 1995, Jhpiego began addressing HIV/AIDS and its integration with family planning services. Six years later, Jhpiego began work in HIV voluntary counseling and testing with a USAID-funded project in Jamaica. In 2002, Jhpiego received its first funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for work in HIV/AIDS and, the following year, developed a global learning package on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV—with CDC, WHO and university partners—to enable global scale-up. Also in 2003, Jhpiego began work on male circumcision for HIV prevention in Zambia. In 2008, Jhpiego developed a global learning package on male circumcision for HIV prevention with WHO and UNAIDS.

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Responsibilities:

Provide strategic leadership and technical guidance to implement high quality interventions to scale up viral load for persons living with HIV within the project
Assist MOH with their specialty policy needs as well as related standard operating procedures (SOP)
Have frequent routine communications with other project team members based in the project headquarters in Beira and in the provinces
Stay in routine contact with counterparts at USAID/Mozambique and MOH
Assess laboratory systems in place, capacity, needs and services
Strengthen laboratory biosafety and biosecurity at all levels
Assist in the implementation of national laboratory strategic and operational plans, guidelines, manuals, training materials, and standard operational protocols
Assist and coordinate correct registration, collection, recording, reporting and flow of information of laboratory results among units and relevant facilities to ensure appropriate follow up of HIV patients on the HIV cascade of care according to Mozambique national guidelines
Provide technical support for strengthening equipment and supplies management, expanding sustainable laboratory information systems, and improving specimen referral networks at all levels
Establish systems for tracking progress, indicators, and deliverables according to agreed work-plans
Prepare program reports to ensure that state, donor and headquarter reporting needs are met
Provide mentoring and capacity building at the individual and organizational levels in the area of viral load/lab
Coordinate assessments, site strengthening, follow-up and supervision, advocacy, demand creation, policy support, capacity-building and M&E across program sites as required by program activities
Actively participate in national technical working groups, and represent Jhpiego in professional forums by participating and presenting in pertinent meetings and conferences
Analyze potential viral load/lab strategies within the context of the project and explain these, as necessary, to policymakers, funding agencies, and/or program staff
Identify appropriate facility- and community-based strategies to address viral load/lab service delivery gaps
Identify training and service delivery gaps, and formulate and test sustainable solutions, utilizing cross-cutting approaches such as performance and quality improvement and training
Collaborate with all local stakeholders and implementing partners, especially the Ministry of Health and other US and international implementing partners, in order to ensure that all activities conform to requirements and regulations
Conduct regular reporting to project leadership and staff of successes, challenges and lessons learned in implementation related to areas of technical expertise
Document and maintain an inventory of successful tools and approaches for viral load/lab interventions
Maintain excellent relationships with USAID and in-country stakeholders and develop rapid responses to USAID/DC and Mission requests
Work closely with the project leadership on setting program priorities and directions, and responding to requests for support from local counterparts
Work with monitoring, evaluation, and reporting staff to design and implement a plan to track data/results related to viral load/lab interventions
Provide technical leadership to the development the project strategic plan, work plan, and program monitoring, in close collaboration with the MOH, USAID, and other stakeholders
Ensure timely implementation of all program inputs related to viral load/lab, including planning and implementing assessments, site strengthening, follow-up and supervision, advocacy, demand creation, policy support, capacity-building and M&E across program sites, in close collaboration with USAID, the MOH, and relevant stakeholders
Assist in the preparation of donor reports and project reports
Coordinate and monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of the work of short-term consultants as required

Required Qualifications:

A clinical degree required; specialty training in medicine, infectious diseases, or other relevant advanced clinical degree preferred
Advanced degree in public health preferred
At least 10 years of experience in clinical service delivery of HIV related interventions, including HIV treatment, PMTCT and TB/HIV and prevention
Demonstrated ability to develop technical capacity in regional and national programs in the areas of HIV care and treatment and eMTCT
Ability to work on a variety of projects concurrently in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities
Ability to coach and mentor technical staff and strong skills in facilitation, team building and coordination
Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
Strong skills in data use and interpretation
Ability to perform at a senior policy level
Demonstrated experience at a senior level participating or advising in high level MOH meetings/discussions/boards
Demonstrated ability in monitoring similar programs and interpreting and utilizing national level data
Strong oral and written skills in Portuguese and English
Demonstrated in-depth understanding of the Mozambican healthcare system, particularly the public health system, experience living and working in Mozambique preferred
Familiarity with USAID or other USG administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems preferred
Experience liaising with NGOs, FBOs, CBOs, the for-profit business community, and senior members of the donor community
Ability to travel up to 50% time to Beira and other project provinces

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