Technical Director , Zambia at Jhpiego, April 2024

The Technical Director will provide technical leadership and project oversight in the areas of HIV testing, prevention, care, and treatment for an upcoming Centers for Disease Control (CDC)-funded HIV Testing Services (HTS) project in Zambia. The project aims to ensure that individuals, couples and families (including children) get tested and know their HIV status, and are linked to appropriate clinical services based on their test results. This program will target high-risk, undiagnosed persons including men aged 25-40, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), partners of people living with HIV (PLHIV), sex workers (SWs), and men who have sex with men (MSM). The project will operate over a five-year period.

The position will operate under the leadership of the Project Director and Jhpiego’s senior management team, and will oversee and ensure the technical and methodological soundness of all project activities. In collaboration with project team and partners, the position will support the design and implementation of service delivery strategies based on scientific evidence.

This position is contingent upon award from CDC. Zambian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities:

Provide technical oversight, strategic direction and definition of appropriate project activities
Establish and implement a system to ensure technical quality of project activities
Develop and/or update evidence-based training materials, standards, job aids, and curricula, supervisory systems needed for implementation of the project to meet the needs of CDC and the Government of Zambia
Provide mentoring and capacity building at the individual and organizational level in specific areas of expertise including but not limited to:◦Recruitment, targeting, and community mobilization for HIV testing services

◦Provision of quality HTS in accordance with national and international standards

◦Establishment and implementation of linkage and referral systems between health facilities, and between facilities and communities

◦Linkages between HTS and HIV prevention services, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)

◦Linkages between HTS and HIV care and treatment services, including antiretroviral therapy (ART) services, and support for adherence and retention

Provide technical assistance for site assessments, site strengthening, referral systems, in-service and/or pre-service education, and supportive supervision as required
Coordinate demand generation, and policy support, across project sites as required
Lead the formulation of innovative approaches for scale up of targeted HTS services, for example provider-initiated HIV testing services, index partner testing, and HIV self-testing
Actively participate in relevant technical advisory/working groups, and represent Jhpiego in professional forums by participating and presenting in pertinent meetings and conferences
Work with health care providers, local authorities, community members and project team members to identify clinical and community-based service delivery issues that impede access to and uptake of services
Identify and implement appropriate facility- and community-based strategies to address service delivery gaps in HTS and linkage to HIV prevention, care, and treatment services
Identify training needs for clinical and community healthcare providers and assist in the design and implementation of measures to address those needs
Analyze potential HTS strategies and data within the context of the project to create buy-in, as necessary, to policymakers, funding agencies, project staff, and health institutions
Work closely with the Project Director on setting project priorities and directions, and responding to requests for support from local counterparts
Work with M&E staff to design, implement a plan to track data/results related to HIV testing to inform adjustments in project implementation
Review project data regularly, in collaboration with M&E and other technical staff, and make adjustments to project directions as needed
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
Document and maintain an inventory of successful tools and approaches for HTS and linkage with HIV prevention, care, and treatment services
Author/co-author abstracts, presentations, and articles for journals and conferences, as appropriate
Supervise technical staff
Maintain excellent relationships with CDC and in-country stakeholders and develop rapid responses
Provide technical leadership to the development the project strategic plan, work plan, and project monitoring, in close collaboration with Zambian government counterparts (Zambian Ministry of Health (MOH), provincial/district MOH, and Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health), other CDC grantees and other key stakeholders in Zambia to ensure timely implementation and compliance to the requirements and regulations of the award

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in clinical or social science field is required. A Medical Degree (doctor or nursing) is preferred; Master of Public Health is preferred
At least 10 years’ experience implementing and/or providing technical assistance in HIV prevention, care and treatment, especially HIV testing
At least 10 years’ experience implementing and/or providing technical oversight of $5M in donor-funded projects, and in the design and implementation of overseas health projects; preferably in Zambia
Demonstrated experience training clinical and community-based healthcare workers on HIV prevention, care and/or treatment, particularly HTS
Demonstrated experience providing capacity building assistance at individual and organizational levels
Skilled in at least two or more of the following technical areas: strengthening service delivery projects; training; pre-service education; performance and quality improvement; HIV prevention, care and treatment
Demonstrated experience and practical technical skills in HIV testing services necessary for strengthening HIV care and treatment service delivery at the national, provincial, clinical and community-level
Demonstrated in-depth understanding of Zambia healthcare system, particularly the public health system; experience living and working in Zambia preferred
Familiarity with CDC’s administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems
Proven track record managing a project team composed of several technical experts and fostering team work
Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and professional relationships with CDC, host-country counterparts and 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
Proficiency in Microsoft Office
Ability to travel nationally to project sites

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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 technical oversight, strategic direction and definition of appropriate project activities
Establish and implement a system to ensure technical quality of project activities
Develop and/or update evidence-based training materials, standards, job aids, and curricula, supervisory systems needed for implementation of the project to meet the needs of CDC and the Government of Zambia
Provide mentoring and capacity building at the individual and organizational level in specific areas of expertise including but not limited to:◦Recruitment, targeting, and community mobilization for HIV testing services

◦Provision of quality HTS in accordance with national and international standards

◦Establishment and implementation of linkage and referral systems between health facilities, and between facilities and communities

◦Linkages between HTS and HIV prevention services, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)

◦Linkages between HTS and HIV care and treatment services, including antiretroviral therapy (ART) services, and support for adherence and retention

Provide technical assistance for site assessments, site strengthening, referral systems, in-service and/or pre-service education, and supportive supervision as required
Coordinate demand generation, and policy support, across project sites as required
Lead the formulation of innovative approaches for scale up of targeted HTS services, for example provider-initiated HIV testing services, index partner testing, and HIV self-testing
Actively participate in relevant technical advisory/working groups, and represent Jhpiego in professional forums by participating and presenting in pertinent meetings and conferences
Work with health care providers, local authorities, community members and project team members to identify clinical and community-based service delivery issues that impede access to and uptake of services
Identify and implement appropriate facility- and community-based strategies to address service delivery gaps in HTS and linkage to HIV prevention, care, and treatment services
Identify training needs for clinical and community healthcare providers and assist in the design and implementation of measures to address those needs
Analyze potential HTS strategies and data within the context of the project to create buy-in, as necessary, to policymakers, funding agencies, project staff, and health institutions
Work closely with the Project Director on setting project priorities and directions, and responding to requests for support from local counterparts
Work with M&E staff to design, implement a plan to track data/results related to HIV testing to inform adjustments in project implementation
Review project data regularly, in collaboration with M&E and other technical staff, and make adjustments to project directions as needed
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
Document and maintain an inventory of successful tools and approaches for HTS and linkage with HIV prevention, care, and treatment services
Author/co-author abstracts, presentations, and articles for journals and conferences, as appropriate
Supervise technical staff
Maintain excellent relationships with CDC and in-country stakeholders and develop rapid responses
Provide technical leadership to the development the project strategic plan, work plan, and project monitoring, in close collaboration with Zambian government counterparts (Zambian Ministry of Health (MOH), provincial/district MOH, and Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health), other CDC grantees and other key stakeholders in Zambia to ensure timely implementation and compliance to the requirements and regulations of the award

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in clinical or social science field is required. A Medical Degree (doctor or nursing) is preferred; Master of Public Health is preferred
At least 10 years’ experience implementing and/or providing technical assistance in HIV prevention, care and treatment, especially HIV testing
At least 10 years’ experience implementing and/or providing technical oversight of $5M in donor-funded projects, and in the design and implementation of overseas health projects; preferably in Zambia
Demonstrated experience training clinical and community-based healthcare workers on HIV prevention, care and/or treatment, particularly HTS
Demonstrated experience providing capacity building assistance at individual and organizational levels
Skilled in at least two or more of the following technical areas: strengthening service delivery projects; training; pre-service education; performance and quality improvement; HIV prevention, care and treatment
Demonstrated experience and practical technical skills in HIV testing services necessary for strengthening HIV care and treatment service delivery at the national, provincial, clinical and community-level
Demonstrated in-depth understanding of Zambia healthcare system, particularly the public health system; experience living and working in Zambia preferred
Familiarity with CDC’s administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems
Proven track record managing a project team composed of several technical experts and fostering team work
Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and professional relationships with CDC, host-country counterparts and 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
Proficiency in Microsoft Office
Ability to travel nationally to project sites

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