About the program:

The Joint Effort for Elimination of TB (JEET) 2.0with support from The Global Fund aims to accelerate progress of National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) towards TB elimination by improving quality of care and increasing patients’ access to drugs and diagnostics through technology driven interventions and partnerships with the private sector. Specifically, the project will address gaps in Latent TB Infection (LTBI) care cascade, measure and improve quality of care across the cascade and build NTEP capacity with the objective to address the LTBI burden by establishing mechanisms for household contact tracing of adults and children in contact with Pulmonary TB patients and ensuring access to comprehensive TB prevention, care and support services.

CHRI under this project will cover 33 NTEP districts across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala and Ladakh.

Role & responsibilities:

·Lead the project implementation at the state level

·Function as Head of Operations team to implement the project and directly supervise district level staff which includes management, administrative and field staff

·Engage with key stakeholders who include the PR, State/District TB Officials and WHO Consultants

·Represent SR in any key district/City level TB meetings/Trainings

·Coordinate with District level staff and ensure monitoring of activities

·Provide technical and tactical support to the team to improve quality of implementation

·Undertake regular programmatic reviews and support team in course corrections

·Support the M&E Officer and Finance Officer to ensure compliance to laid down systems and processes

·Support State Program Officer in coordinating with State level officers

·Backstopping support to District Leads in engaging DTOs and other officials

·Develop of strategy for program implementation and operational support for JEET

·Provide handholding and carry out team building activities

·Carry out monitoring visits to validate randomly reported data from the field

As Point person you will be responsible for the following:

·Function as local administrative head for the project and be the authorised signatory/approver at project level

·Report to PR / Health Unit of CHRI on the progress against the targets as per agreed timelines

·Submit reports and participate in national/state level reviews periodically as per project requirement

·Represent organisation in external engagements

·Bachelor’s in medicine or Postgraduate in MPH/MBA with background in life sciences and minimum 5 years work experience (For MBBS) or 10 years (For Non MBBS)

·MS Office Skills

·Knowledge of development principles, development sector landscape and technical sector updates

·She/ he should have had at least 5 years of experience in development sector, handling a project

·Building successful collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders

·Cross –cultural experience for Health –added advantage. Experience of working with National TB/ HIV program in a managerial capacity will be an advantage.

·Willingness to travel for more than 25% of the time

Application procedure:

·Interested candidates will send their resume by 30th September 2023.

CHRI reserves the right to assign districts in the final offer to the shortlisted applicants based on program requirement.

All Applicants must have legal authorization to work in India.

CHRI is dedicated to building an inclusive workforce where diversity is valued.

CHRI is an equal opportunity employer. Every qualified applicant will be considered for employment. CHRI does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or orientation, genetic information, age, national origin, marital status, disability status, political ideology, military or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Note: The selected candidate shall be issued an employment contract valid up to 31^st March 2024 further contract extension will be based on program needs.

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