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Overview

Jhpiego seeks a Technical Director to provide technical leadership and project oversight in the areas of HIV/TB prevention and treatment, HIV testing services and linkages, prevention of gender based violence, and voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for an upcoming US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)-funded HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment project. S/he will operate under the leadership of the Program Director, and is responsible for ensuring the strategic direction and technical integrity of the project’s activities. The four-year project aims to reduce the number of new HIV infections and other sexually transmitted infections among target communities and to support the continuum of care and treatment for those infected with HIV.

This position is contingent upon award from PEPFAR. eSwatini nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership and set priorities for the project in collaboration with the Program Director and Team Leaders
  • Establish and implement a system to ensure technical quality of key population activities
  • Design and oversee adaptive program management approaches and processes to respond to changing context and environment in order to achieve results
  • Guide the analysis, synthesis, and dissemination of project outcomes and results
  • Oversee team of high-capacity Team Leaders responsible for ensuring quality of technical assistance in HIV case finding and linkage, prevention, treatment, etc.
  • Represent Jhpiego and the project’s progress, achievements and lessons learned to key stakeholders during meetings, conferences, and presentations
  • Contribute to building, mentoring, and managing a team of highly qualified staff
  • Ensure interventions supported by strategic technical assistance are evidence- and best-practice-based and aligned with project, MOH, DOD, and PEPFAR goals and technical priorities
  • Ensure capacity building utilizes best practices in mentorship and training, with a focus on building skills and capacity of local organizations and MOH for sustainability of HIV outcomes and activities beyond the project period
  • Provide technical leadership to the development of the project strategic plan, work plan, and project monitoring, in close collaboration with the donor, government of eSwatini, and other stakeholders, to ensure timely implementation and compliance to the requirements and regulations of the award
  • Write and/or review technical and project management components of materials and publications
  • Work closely with Jhpiego home office staff in Baltimore and Washington, DC to ensure effective, timely and coordinated project implementation that also aligns with Jhpiego guidance, quality standards, and technical and program priorities.

Required Qualifications

  • A medical degree (doctor or nursing) and/or advanced degree in public health, health administration, international health or a related field
  • A minimum of 8 years of experience in a mid-to-senior management (technical) position for large (approximately $8M per year), complex, multi-year international development projects that have implemented successful activities in areas such as comprehensive HIV programs
  • Demonstrated strong technical knowledge and experience in the following areas: HIV testing services and linkage including index testing and HIV self-testing; HIV prevention services including VMMC and PrEP; HIV treatment, care, and adherence support for people living with HIV; viral load testing and suppression; PMTCT and support for pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV; tuberculosis (TB) testing, treatment, and prevention; laboratory systems strengthening and service delivery, and cohort recording and reporting
  • Familiarity with human centered-design approaches; ability to describe best practices for delivering patient- and client-centered care and reaching specific target populations including key and priority populations, men, adolescents, and pregnant and breastfeeding women
  • Familiarity with adult learning and mentorship strategies, policy development, and group facilitation practices; ability to describe best practices for capacity building and training and demonstrated leadership building capacity of local organizations
  • Demonstrated experience working with diverse population types, including key and priority populations; ability to identify unique needs of key populations and best strategies for reaching them.
  • Ability to describe HIV program data collection and reporting requirements, to critically analyze program data and use program data to inform future directions
  • In-depth knowledge of and experience with PEPFAR programs, regulations, compliance and reporting
  • Proven leadership, strategic thinking, organizational, team-building, and representational skills
  • Previous direct supervisory experience of project technical staff
  • Previous experience working in Eswatini, with in depth understanding of the local health system
  • Existing strong relationships with government agencies
  • Excellent verbal, written including report writing, interpersonal, and presentation skills in English
  • Ability to coach, mentor and develop capacity of staff and counterparts
  • Ability to interact with established networks of senior level international health professionals, donors, universities and other partners
  • Ability to travel nationally and internationally 30%

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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

Jhpiego seeks a Technical Director to provide technical leadership and project oversight in the areas of HIV/TB prevention and treatment, HIV testing services and linkages, prevention of gender based violence, and voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for an upcoming US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)-funded HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment project. S/he will operate under the leadership of the Program Director, and is responsible for ensuring the strategic direction and technical integrity of the project’s activities. The four-year project aims to reduce the number of new HIV infections and other sexually transmitted infections among target communities and to support the continuum of care and treatment for those infected with HIV.

This position is contingent upon award from PEPFAR. eSwatini nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership and set priorities for the project in collaboration with the Program Director and Team Leaders
  • Establish and implement a system to ensure technical quality of key population activities
  • Design and oversee adaptive program management approaches and processes to respond to changing context and environment in order to achieve results
  • Guide the analysis, synthesis, and dissemination of project outcomes and results
  • Oversee team of high-capacity Team Leaders responsible for ensuring quality of technical assistance in HIV case finding and linkage, prevention, treatment, etc.
  • Represent Jhpiego and the project’s progress, achievements and lessons learned to key stakeholders during meetings, conferences, and presentations
  • Contribute to building, mentoring, and managing a team of highly qualified staff
  • Ensure interventions supported by strategic technical assistance are evidence- and best-practice-based and aligned with project, MOH, DOD, and PEPFAR goals and technical priorities
  • Ensure capacity building utilizes best practices in mentorship and training, with a focus on building skills and capacity of local organizations and MOH for sustainability of HIV outcomes and activities beyond the project period
  • Provide technical leadership to the development of the project strategic plan, work plan, and project monitoring, in close collaboration with the donor, government of eSwatini, and other stakeholders, to ensure timely implementation and compliance to the requirements and regulations of the award
  • Write and/or review technical and project management components of materials and publications
  • Work closely with Jhpiego home office staff in Baltimore and Washington, DC to ensure effective, timely and coordinated project implementation that also aligns with Jhpiego guidance, quality standards, and technical and program priorities.

Required Qualifications

  • A medical degree (doctor or nursing) and/or advanced degree in public health, health administration, international health or a related field
  • A minimum of 8 years of experience in a mid-to-senior management (technical) position for large (approximately $8M per year), complex, multi-year international development projects that have implemented successful activities in areas such as comprehensive HIV programs
  • Demonstrated strong technical knowledge and experience in the following areas: HIV testing services and linkage including index testing and HIV self-testing; HIV prevention services including VMMC and PrEP; HIV treatment, care, and adherence support for people living with HIV; viral load testing and suppression; PMTCT and support for pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV; tuberculosis (TB) testing, treatment, and prevention; laboratory systems strengthening and service delivery, and cohort recording and reporting
  • Familiarity with human centered-design approaches; ability to describe best practices for delivering patient- and client-centered care and reaching specific target populations including key and priority populations, men, adolescents, and pregnant and breastfeeding women
  • Familiarity with adult learning and mentorship strategies, policy development, and group facilitation practices; ability to describe best practices for capacity building and training and demonstrated leadership building capacity of local organizations
  • Demonstrated experience working with diverse population types, including key and priority populations; ability to identify unique needs of key populations and best strategies for reaching them.
  • Ability to describe HIV program data collection and reporting requirements, to critically analyze program data and use program data to inform future directions
  • In-depth knowledge of and experience with PEPFAR programs, regulations, compliance and reporting
  • Proven leadership, strategic thinking, organizational, team-building, and representational skills
  • Previous direct supervisory experience of project technical staff
  • Previous experience working in Eswatini, with in depth understanding of the local health system
  • Existing strong relationships with government agencies
  • Excellent verbal, written including report writing, interpersonal, and presentation skills in English
  • Ability to coach, mentor and develop capacity of staff and counterparts
  • Ability to interact with established networks of senior level international health professionals, donors, universities and other partners
  • Ability to travel nationally and internationally 30%
2020-02-03

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