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Overview:

The Clinical VMMC Technical Advisor/Program Manager will be responsible for providing technical and implementation oversight for Project IQ in Namibia, a USG-funded voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention project across multiple regions in Namibia. S/he will ensure the technical quality of all activities in support of the project’s overall goal, through regular liaison with and supervision from the Project Director. S/he will work closely with the clinical teams and the MOHSS at the regional level on activity planning that aligns supply and demand for VMMC services to achieve set targets and coordination with relevant stakeholders, while assuring the quality and safety of VMMC services. This project is expected to last through March 2020 and is contingent upon annual funding from CDC.

Namibian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as a member of the Senior Management Team responsible for providing support to the Project Director on project decisions and provide input and feedback to inform strategic vision
  • Provide overall technical leadership and strategic coordination for the implementation of Project IQ VMMC program activities in Namibia
  • Mentor, support, supervise, and manage a team of clinical and program staff, and align their efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results, which includes managing the staff roster and clinical operations
  • Ensure compliance with Namibia, USG, PEPFAR, and Jhpiego clinical standards, operational policies, regulations
  • Draft budgets, work plans, progress reports, and other deliverables for donor, in collaboration with Project Director
  • Serve as a day-to-day technical contact for regional directorates of the MOHSS, actively participate in regional coordination meetings, and represent Jhpiego in professional forums by participating and presenting in pertinent meetings and conferences
  • In coordination with Project Director, maintain regular communication with Jhpiego home office technical and program staff, and national MOHSS, as appropriate to ensure efficient and compliant implementation
  • Work closely with the M&E staff to analyse programmatic data in a timely fashion, identify programmatic gaps and challenges, devise solutions, and make strategic recommendations to Project Director
  • Build capacity of MOHSS and Jhpiego staff by conducting relevant VMMC trainings, supportive supervision and mentoring in line with MOHSS needs and plans to ensure high quality and efficient services, and move towards a MOHSS-owned sustainable VMMC program
  • Lead Project IQ VMMC continuous quality improvement activities in collaboration with other implementing partners and champion its inclusion in implementing sustainability strategies
  • Conduct regular routine clinical assessments and supervision visits to sites and activities to strengthen Jhpiego’s clinical systems for the provision of a comprehensive package of VMMC services
  • Support and mentor Project IQ VMMC field staff to promote linkages to care and treatment services
  • Work in collaboration with program staff to equip the VMMC sites with materials needed to perform large-scale VMMC services
  • Support the development and sharing of best practices and lessons learned with key stakeholders (MOHSS, technical partners, and other Jhpiego country teams), and remain up-to-date with developments in the fields of VMMC and HIV in order to disseminate information to the Project IQ team
  • Any other tasks as assigned by the Project Director
  • Adhere to all project and organization policies and procedures

Required Qualifications:

  • Advanced clinical degree in medicine with current Health Professions Councils of Namibia (HPCNA) registration
  • 8-10 years total work experience, including 5+ years of mid- to senior-level  experience including technical leadership, design and management health programs, including at least 2 years of experience specific to high volume VMMC services
  • Demonstrated skills including verbal and written communication, strategic thinking, supply-chain management, and organizational team-building and capacity development
  • Knowledge of USG and PEPFAR programs, regulations, compliance, and reporting (preferred management experience with CDC-funded programs)
  • Thorough understanding of VMMC programmatic and operational best practices, and preferably with Models for Optimizing Volume and Efficiency (MOVE)
  • Capacity for analyzing technical and programmatic issues; experience developing solutions, assisting in the design of related operational research, and translating research into practice.
  • Excellent diplomacy and stakeholder liaison skills, and experience in working in partnerships to deliver programmes
  • Experience in promoting partnerships and relationships with stakeholder groups, particularly the Ministry/ies of Health
  • Experience supervising staff with strong leadership skills and a supportive management style
  • Ability to work in a complex environment, responsible for multiple tasks and produce high quality results in a short time
  • Computer skills: MS Office software (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), communication via email/skype
  • Fluent in written and spoken English (one local language preferred)
  • Available to travel extensively both nationally and internationally

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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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 Clinical VMMC Technical Advisor/Program Manager will be responsible for providing technical and implementation oversight for Project IQ in Namibia, a USG-funded voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention project across multiple regions in Namibia. S/he will ensure the technical quality of all activities in support of the project’s overall goal, through regular liaison with and supervision from the Project Director. S/he will work closely with the clinical teams and the MOHSS at the regional level on activity planning that aligns supply and demand for VMMC services to achieve set targets and coordination with relevant stakeholders, while assuring the quality and safety of VMMC services. This project is expected to last through March 2020 and is contingent upon annual funding from CDC.

Namibian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as a member of the Senior Management Team responsible for providing support to the Project Director on project decisions and provide input and feedback to inform strategic vision
  • Provide overall technical leadership and strategic coordination for the implementation of Project IQ VMMC program activities in Namibia
  • Mentor, support, supervise, and manage a team of clinical and program staff, and align their efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results, which includes managing the staff roster and clinical operations
  • Ensure compliance with Namibia, USG, PEPFAR, and Jhpiego clinical standards, operational policies, regulations
  • Draft budgets, work plans, progress reports, and other deliverables for donor, in collaboration with Project Director
  • Serve as a day-to-day technical contact for regional directorates of the MOHSS, actively participate in regional coordination meetings, and represent Jhpiego in professional forums by participating and presenting in pertinent meetings and conferences
  • In coordination with Project Director, maintain regular communication with Jhpiego home office technical and program staff, and national MOHSS, as appropriate to ensure efficient and compliant implementation
  • Work closely with the M&E staff to analyse programmatic data in a timely fashion, identify programmatic gaps and challenges, devise solutions, and make strategic recommendations to Project Director
  • Build capacity of MOHSS and Jhpiego staff by conducting relevant VMMC trainings, supportive supervision and mentoring in line with MOHSS needs and plans to ensure high quality and efficient services, and move towards a MOHSS-owned sustainable VMMC program
  • Lead Project IQ VMMC continuous quality improvement activities in collaboration with other implementing partners and champion its inclusion in implementing sustainability strategies
  • Conduct regular routine clinical assessments and supervision visits to sites and activities to strengthen Jhpiego’s clinical systems for the provision of a comprehensive package of VMMC services
  • Support and mentor Project IQ VMMC field staff to promote linkages to care and treatment services
  • Work in collaboration with program staff to equip the VMMC sites with materials needed to perform large-scale VMMC services
  • Support the development and sharing of best practices and lessons learned with key stakeholders (MOHSS, technical partners, and other Jhpiego country teams), and remain up-to-date with developments in the fields of VMMC and HIV in order to disseminate information to the Project IQ team
  • Any other tasks as assigned by the Project Director
  • Adhere to all project and organization policies and procedures

Required Qualifications:

  • Advanced clinical degree in medicine with current Health Professions Councils of Namibia (HPCNA) registration
  • 8-10 years total work experience, including 5+ years of mid- to senior-level  experience including technical leadership, design and management health programs, including at least 2 years of experience specific to high volume VMMC services
  • Demonstrated skills including verbal and written communication, strategic thinking, supply-chain management, and organizational team-building and capacity development
  • Knowledge of USG and PEPFAR programs, regulations, compliance, and reporting (preferred management experience with CDC-funded programs)
  • Thorough understanding of VMMC programmatic and operational best practices, and preferably with Models for Optimizing Volume and Efficiency (MOVE)
  • Capacity for analyzing technical and programmatic issues; experience developing solutions, assisting in the design of related operational research, and translating research into practice.
  • Excellent diplomacy and stakeholder liaison skills, and experience in working in partnerships to deliver programmes
  • Experience in promoting partnerships and relationships with stakeholder groups, particularly the Ministry/ies of Health
  • Experience supervising staff with strong leadership skills and a supportive management style
  • Ability to work in a complex environment, responsible for multiple tasks and produce high quality results in a short time
  • Computer skills: MS Office software (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), communication via email/skype
  • Fluent in written and spoken English (one local language preferred)
  • Available to travel extensively both nationally and internationally

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.
2018-04-03

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