Technical Specialist, RISE (Test to Treat)
Job Description
Title: Technical Specialist, RISE (Test to Treat)
Company Name: Jhpiego Bangladesh
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters degree in any discipline
∎ Medical Graduate, Masters in Public Health, Social Sciences, Business Administration, or any relevant discipline preferred.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 8 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ S/he will work with RISE global team, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and other partners to finalize clinical guidelines, develop implementation and capacity plan.
∎ Work closely with MOH&FW, Directorate General of Health Services, Directorate General of Drug Administration, other related directorates and target health facilities to ensure that all permissions for the interventions are secured.
∎ Support the team to ensure that all testing kits and medications are available at appropriate levels.
∎ Support the community sensitization team to develop easy to understand consistent messages on rapid test and oral treatment that can be disseminated at the community level.
∎ Support capacity building of hospital outpatient staff on updated clinical guidelines.
∎ Collaborate with professional bodies to advocate for self-test and rapid tests to be available closer to community.
∎ Develop strong relationships with key external and internal stakeholders including government officials, affiliated institutes, and partners working in the COVID-19 in Bangladesh and beyond.
∎ Take on other work responsibilities from time to time as required for program implementation.
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the program's goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.
Additional Requirements:
∎ 8-10 years professional experience in public sector, preferably Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
∎ USAID project experience preferred
∎ Familiarity with public sector hospitals, preferably Ministry of Health and Family Welfare structure and systems
∎ Experience in implementing quality improvement/quality assurance initiatives preferred
∎ Familiarity with Health sector program (HPNSDP) and operational plans preferred
∎ Good oral and written communication skills in both English and Bengali.
∎ Ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary and multicultural group of colleagues and external stakeholders
∎ Self-motivated and able to work well with minimal supervision
∎ Creative, flexible, and resourceful and able to cope with logistical challenges
∎ Ability to travel within Bangladesh at a short notice.
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∎ All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:
∎ Model the mission and values stated above;
∎ Participate in the business development process;
∎ Contribute to the knowledge sharing and transfer process;
∎ Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability;
∎ Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned and provide feedback as needed;
∎ Multitask, be able to manage competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet Project and/or organizational objectives.
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 27 Aug 2022
Company Information:
∎ 23 Aug 2022
∎ Jhpiego Bangladesh
∎ Address : House- 10B (3rd Floor), Road- 90, Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ Web : www.jhpiego.org
Category: NGO/Development
: Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1973 at Baltimore, Maryland, USA with the mission to create and deliver transformative health care solutions that save lives. In partnership with national governments, health experts and local communities, Jhpiego builds health providers' skills and develops systems that save lives now and guarantee healthier futures for women and their families. Since inception, Jhpiego worked to save lives and improve health has reached people in more than 150 countries worldwide. Currently, it runs active programs in more than 35 countries across the globe.
