Technical Director - TB Control Project

About the role

The Technical Director is a senior technical lead under the Deputy Chief of Party and TB Track Lead, responsible for the technical quality of the AFGHS-MSH Project - TB Track in Ethiopia. The role coordinates planning and oversees all technical areas, gives managerial and technical guidance to the program, and supervises the project's technical staff so that milestones are met. It reports technically to the Deputy CoP and TB Track Lead.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with national agencies (NTBLLD, EPHI, EPSS) and other government and non-governmental institutions to strengthen health services, especially tuberculosis control.
• Lead the planning, implementation and monitoring of milestone-based project activities.
• Identify opportunities and strategies to improve TB control at all levels and support the national TB program in introducing and scaling up new interventions, diagnostics and treatments.
• Provide technical support for TB case finding, treatment outcomes, prevention and capacity building, including internal training sessions with the M&E team.
• Take part in operational research, TB surveillance, national TB program reviews and technical working groups.
• Prepare quarterly and annual reports with the M&E team and help the National TBLLD program use and liquidate resources from the USG, GoE, Global Fund and others.
• Ensure project gains are sustained and transferred to the Government and local actors, and liaise with other health programs to integrate TB services.

Required profile

• Master's degree in public health, infectious disease or a related field.
• At least 8 years of experience in technical and strategic planning, implementation, monitoring and supervision of a comprehensive TB program; 10 years of progressively responsible experience preferred, and international public health experience highly preferred.
• Knowledge of Ethiopia's health care system and the National TB program, and the ability to advise senior host-government counterparts on policy and strategy.
• Willingness to travel frequently (up to 30-40% of the time) within the project-supported regions.

Required skills

• Computer literacy and Microsoft Office.
• Excellent verbal and written English and Amharic.
• Leadership, communication and teamwork skills, and knowledge management and capacity-building experience.