Job Opportunity at KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, Technical Coordinator

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the fight against tuberculosis (TB), the first deadliest infectious disease in the world. KNCV is an international center of expertise for TB control that promotes effective, efficient, innovative and sustainable tuberculosis control strategies in a national and international context. We are an organization of passionate TB professionals, including doctors, researchers, training experts, nurses and epidemiologists.


We aim to stop the spread of the worldwide epidemic of TB and to prevent the further spread of drug-resistant TB. We operate from a central office in The Hague in the Netherlands, a regional office in Central Asia and country offices worldwide. KNCV raises funds from private, institutional, corporate, and government donors. KNCV’s main funding source is the USAID funded Challenge TB project, which is also implemented in 22 countries.

Background
In Tanzania, more than 75% tuberculosis patients opt for home-based DOT and are supported by a family or community member. However, this approach is difficult to implement in mobile populations like artisanal miners, resulting in lower treatment success rates in mining-heavy districts.

Under TB REACH Wave 6 funding, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTLP) and Everwell Heath Solutions will

Implement a demonstration project of 99DOTS, an mHealth solution for improved monitoring of patient treatment adherence that also enables automatic prioritization of at-risk patients for health care worker follow up.

The proposed 18-month demonstration project will assess practicalities, scalability and impact of implementation of 99DOTS adherence technology. Implementation will take place in Geita, Simanjiro, Kahama and Chunya districts.

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation is looking for a fulltime

Job Title: Technical Coordinator Adherence Project

Duty station: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation

Education
Relevant degree in public health, medicine, epidemiology, project management, or other related field


Knowledge and Experience
A minimum of three years of experience in public health and/or tuberculosis control;
(Preferred) experience working with the artisanal mining sector
Proven track record in people, project and finance management;
Expertise in overall management of tuberculosis and/or HIV;
Knowledge and skills in project activities implementation.
Excellent organizational, planning, negotiating and problem-solving skills.
Affinity with mobile technologies.

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Deadline: 31 August 2018