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Overview:

The Technical Director will closely supervise the program implementation team on HIV prevention activities – namely Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) and oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) – to ensure that resources are applied appropriately (e.g. human, financial and material). Responsibilities include supervising technical staff, overseeing annual work planning, leading the design, implementation and reporting of project activities, and representing Jhpiego to donors and partners. The Technical Director will be responsible for providing strategic guidance and assistance in comprehensive HIV prevention services for program staff and other stakeholders; representing the project in technical working groups; and overseeing the development of HIV quality improvement systems. The Technical Director is responsible for ensuring the technical integrity of a comprehensive HIV program. S/he will provide technical leadership in development of annual workplans and budgets to ensure program design is line with program and Ministry of Health (MOH) strategies and international best practices. S/he will also work closely with program and technical staff to ensure excellence in technical implementation at targeted sites and communities. In addition, the Technical Director will lead cross-cutting approaches, such as quality assurance and improvement, linkages and referrals among services, and conduct operations research, as well as supervise other technical specialists and report to the Country Director and has the following responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

  • Provide programmatic leadership for, and oversee the strategic planning of activities in support of the program goals and objectives, including the determination of program priorities and appropriate technical initiatives
  • Provide technical leadership and oversight for the implementation of Jhpiego’s comprehensive HIV program, particularly in relationship to strengthening clinical services and linkages between clinical and community services
  • Coordinate the work of all team members with their designated counterparts within donor agency, the Lesotho MOH, as well as private sector partners and other key stakeholders in Lesotho such as NGOs and CSOs, to ensure effective technical assistance and the smooth implementation of activities
  • Advise Lesotho counterparts on technical issues and participate in relevant advisory and/or technical working groups with counterparts and partner institutions in development, adaptation and operationalization of national guidelines and policies
  • Provide leadership in the design of interventions to include HIV prevention (VMMC, PrEP), treatment, care, and support, ensuring that interventions are technically sound, evidence-based, and are sustainable
  • Provide technical leadership in introduction of new innovations particularly for oral PrEP, decentralization of care to the community and strengthened linkages to care and treatment
  • Represent Jhpiego and program in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations
  • Coordinate and monitor human, financial and material resources of the program to ensure successful implementation
  • Lead the annual work planning process in close collaboration with the donor, Lesotho MOH, program team, and other relevant stakeholders
  • Guide the analysis, synthesis and reporting of outputs and results in close collaboration with the Monitoring and Evaluation Team.
  • Mentor, support, supervise and manage a team of highly qualified staff and align their efforts in concert with program goals to ensure rapid and sustainable results
  • Work with finance and project staff to develop and track project budgets
  • Work closely with Jhpiego home office staff to ensure effective, timely and coordinated project implementation
  • Ensure technical compliance with USG rules and regulation
  • Support and strengthen the capacity of the Lesotho MOH to deliver quality clinical HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services, including VMMC, oral PrEP, integrated TB, services for key populations and AYSRH.
  • Support clinical training and supportive supervision of staff and MOH counterparts
  • Participate in design, adaptation, finalization and revision of national training packages and corresponding technical updates
  • Support the MOH to ensure quality of facility-based HIV services through site assessments, training/mentoring of service providers, and ongoing QA support
  • Support the MOH to ensure quality of community-based HIV and TB services
  • Ensure quality program implementation, including ensuring all program components are functioning (appropriate guidelines, supplies and materials, training programs, staff and consultants, etc.)
  • Support and guide monitoring, evaluation and research activities related to all activities
  • Write donor reports, work plans, strategic plans and other program-related documents in a timely manner and provide prompt feedback to donor requests for information

Required Qualifications:

  • Clinician (i.e. Nurse, Doctor) required; MPH or advanced degree preferred.
  • Extensive programming and technical expertise in HIV programs in the East and Southern Africa region
  • Proven experience in implementing HIV combination prevention programs, key populations or adolescents and young women.
  • At least 10 years’ experience managing HIV prevention or care and treatment programs at a regional or national level, including planning, designing, budgeting, supervising, evaluating and documenting results.
  • Excellent interpersonal and supervisory skills, inspiring teamwork and motivating staff and partners to achieve results.
  • Demonstrated strong technical and programmatic knowledge and experience in the following areas HIV counseling and testing, combination prevention, treatment, care, support, integration of TB/HIV, and working with high-risk populations.
  • In-depth knowledge of USG programs, regulations, compliance and reporting
  • Expertise in research to practice—identifying best practices and adapting them to project realities
  • Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
  • Fluent in written and spoken English
  • Excellent facilitation, oral and written communications skills
  • Lesotho nationals strongly encouraged to apply
  • Computer skills (word processing, PowerPoint); statistical package knowledge desirable.
  • Ability and willingness to travel around Lesotho up to 30% of time.
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Preferred Qualifications:

Lesotho Nationals are highly encouraged to apply.

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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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Overview:

The Technical Director will closely supervise the program implementation team on HIV prevention activities – namely Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) and oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) - to ensure that resources are applied appropriately (e.g. human, financial and material). Responsibilities include supervising technical staff, overseeing annual work planning, leading the design, implementation and reporting of project activities, and representing Jhpiego to donors and partners. The Technical Director will be responsible for providing strategic guidance and assistance in comprehensive HIV prevention services for program staff and other stakeholders; representing the project in technical working groups; and overseeing the development of HIV quality improvement systems. The Technical Director is responsible for ensuring the technical integrity of a comprehensive HIV program. S/he will provide technical leadership in development of annual workplans and budgets to ensure program design is line with program and Ministry of Health (MOH) strategies and international best practices. S/he will also work closely with program and technical staff to ensure excellence in technical implementation at targeted sites and communities. In addition, the Technical Director will lead cross-cutting approaches, such as quality assurance and improvement, linkages and referrals among services, and conduct operations research, as well as supervise other technical specialists and report to the Country Director and has the following responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

  • Provide programmatic leadership for, and oversee the strategic planning of activities in support of the program goals and objectives, including the determination of program priorities and appropriate technical initiatives
  • Provide technical leadership and oversight for the implementation of Jhpiego’s comprehensive HIV program, particularly in relationship to strengthening clinical services and linkages between clinical and community services
  • Coordinate the work of all team members with their designated counterparts within donor agency, the Lesotho MOH, as well as private sector partners and other key stakeholders in Lesotho such as NGOs and CSOs, to ensure effective technical assistance and the smooth implementation of activities
  • Advise Lesotho counterparts on technical issues and participate in relevant advisory and/or technical working groups with counterparts and partner institutions in development, adaptation and operationalization of national guidelines and policies
  • Provide leadership in the design of interventions to include HIV prevention (VMMC, PrEP), treatment, care, and support, ensuring that interventions are technically sound, evidence-based, and are sustainable
  • Provide technical leadership in introduction of new innovations particularly for oral PrEP, decentralization of care to the community and strengthened linkages to care and treatment
  • Represent Jhpiego and program in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations
  • Coordinate and monitor human, financial and material resources of the program to ensure successful implementation
  • Lead the annual work planning process in close collaboration with the donor, Lesotho MOH, program team, and other relevant stakeholders
  • Guide the analysis, synthesis and reporting of outputs and results in close collaboration with the Monitoring and Evaluation Team.
  • Mentor, support, supervise and manage a team of highly qualified staff and align their efforts in concert with program goals to ensure rapid and sustainable results
  • Work with finance and project staff to develop and track project budgets
  • Work closely with Jhpiego home office staff to ensure effective, timely and coordinated project implementation
  • Ensure technical compliance with USG rules and regulation
  • Support and strengthen the capacity of the Lesotho MOH to deliver quality clinical HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services, including VMMC, oral PrEP, integrated TB, services for key populations and AYSRH.
  • Support clinical training and supportive supervision of staff and MOH counterparts
  • Participate in design, adaptation, finalization and revision of national training packages and corresponding technical updates
  • Support the MOH to ensure quality of facility-based HIV services through site assessments, training/mentoring of service providers, and ongoing QA support
  • Support the MOH to ensure quality of community-based HIV and TB services
  • Ensure quality program implementation, including ensuring all program components are functioning (appropriate guidelines, supplies and materials, training programs, staff and consultants, etc.)
  • Support and guide monitoring, evaluation and research activities related to all activities
  • Write donor reports, work plans, strategic plans and other program-related documents in a timely manner and provide prompt feedback to donor requests for information

Required Qualifications:

  • Clinician (i.e. Nurse, Doctor) required; MPH or advanced degree preferred.
  • Extensive programming and technical expertise in HIV programs in the East and Southern Africa region
  • Proven experience in implementing HIV combination prevention programs, key populations or adolescents and young women.
  • At least 10 years’ experience managing HIV prevention or care and treatment programs at a regional or national level, including planning, designing, budgeting, supervising, evaluating and documenting results.
  • Excellent interpersonal and supervisory skills, inspiring teamwork and motivating staff and partners to achieve results.
  • Demonstrated strong technical and programmatic knowledge and experience in the following areas HIV counseling and testing, combination prevention, treatment, care, support, integration of TB/HIV, and working with high-risk populations.
  • In-depth knowledge of USG programs, regulations, compliance and reporting
  • Expertise in research to practice—identifying best practices and adapting them to project realities
  • Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
  • Fluent in written and spoken English
  • Excellent facilitation, oral and written communications skills
  • Lesotho nationals strongly encouraged to apply
  • Computer skills (word processing, PowerPoint); statistical package knowledge desirable.
  • Ability and willingness to travel around Lesotho up to 30% of time.
  •  

Preferred Qualifications:

Lesotho Nationals are highly encouraged to apply.

 2017-10-01

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