Tuberculosis (TB) Advisor at ABT Associates

Division: International Health (IHD)
Contract: Sustaining Health Outcomes through the Private Sector Plus (SHOPS Pius)
Supervisor: SHOPS Plus Chief of Party

Job Description

• Abt Associates is seeking aTB expert with clinical and public health experience to serve as TB Advisor on the SHOPS Plus project in Nigeria.
• This person will provide technical guidance to increase TB services in the private sector.
• The goal of the program is to capacitate private providers to scale up TB case finding, diagnosis, treatment and reporting in Nigeria.
• This position will be based in Lagos and cover activities in Lagos and Kano States.
• Applicants must be a Nigerian or have a work permit for Nigeria

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance on TB services, including case finding, diagnosis, treatment and follow up
• Develop a strategy to mitigate TB in the community, including contact tracing, defaulter tracking, and information dissemination.
• Lead implementation of referral system within the private sector network and to/from the public sector as necessary
• Serve as the main point of contact with technical experts in the public sector, especially with the National and State Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programs
• Prepare technical reports on the SHOPS Plus TB program
• Contribute to the Activity Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan, including gathering and analyzing data.
• Participate in technical working groups on infectious diseases.
• Provide technical guidance to the intermediary organizations that will coordinate services in the private sector in both Lagos and Kano.
• Lead adaptation of existing NTB national training curriculum for use in training private providers in the program.
• Supervise other technical staff on the project.

Qualifications

• A Medical Degree with at least 4 years experience in TB service provision.
• Demonstrated experience in public private mix in TB service provision
• Proven ability to gather data and document program activities, successes, and lessons learned
• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English.
• Knowledge of Nigerian private health sector.
• Experience with USAID TB programs or Global Fund grants preferred