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UNOPS hosts the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership Secretariat (STBP) as of 1 January 2015, in Geneva, Switzerland. The vision of the Stop TB Partnership is to realize the goal of elimination of Tuberculosis (TB) as a public health problem and, ultimately, to obtain a world free of TB by ensuring that every TB patient has access to effective diagnosis, treatment and cure; stopping transmission of TB; reducing the inequitable social and economic toll of TB; and developing and implementing new preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic tools and strategies. The Stop Partnership is uniquely positioned to support the development and further implementation by partners of the current and future Global Plan, acting as a coordinator and catalyst for the range of partners engaged in the fight against TB.
Founded in 2001, the Stop TB Partnership's mission is to serve every person who is vulnerable to TB and ensure that high-quality treatment is available to all who need it. Stop TB partners include international and technical organizations, government programmes, research and funding agencies, foundations, NGOs, civil society and community groups and the private sector.
The Stop TB Partnership’s TB REACH initiative provides grants to partners in lower-income and/or high TB burden countries to test innovative and well thought-out, yet unproven approaches and technologies which aim to:
Increase the number of people with TB (TB infection or active TB [drug-sensitive or -resistant]) who are diagnosed, started on treatment and reported to National TB Programs (NTPs),
Decrease the time it takes someone with TB to receive appropriate treatment, and
Improve adherence and treatment success for people started on anti-TB treatment.
TB REACH combines open, but targeted calls for proposals, fast-track financing and rigorous, external monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to rapidly produce results. Other donor agencies and/or national governments can then scale-up the successful approaches piloted by recipients of TB REACH funding to maximize their own investments and to accelerate progress in the fight to end TB.
This Technical Officer position provides operational management and technical support to organize and run a multi-million-dollar grants platform, the TB REACH initiative, and provides technical assistance to a broad range of implementing partners / organizations, governments (National TB Programs) around strengthening TB prevention and care services in line with the Global Plan to End TB 2016-2020. The main role is to lead the operations and management, ensuring smooth functioning of the TB REACH initiative, consistent services delivery by the TB REACH grantees and close liaison with donor agencies to promote the strategic aims of the Stop TB Partnership’s technical initiatives.
Under the direct supervision of the head of the TB Reach team, the Technical Officer will perform the following functions:
Manage the implementation of the TB REACH initiative, including launching calls for proposals, developing application resources and materials, constituting Program Steering Groups (PSGs) and Proposal Review Committees (PRCs), reviewing and supporting grant applications, entering into grant agreements, and other general management and support throughout implementation and external communications around these processes.
Provide technical support to partners and countries around case detection, treatment monitoring for the introduction, evaluation and implementation of new tools such as artificial intelligence software packages, digital treatment adherence technologies, new TB diagnostics, and other approaches.
Liaise with the Country and Community Support for Impact Team and Country Teams at The Global Fund to disseminate findings of TB REACH projects and work with local and global partners to incorporate lessons learned from TB REACH into Global Fund funding requests.
Manage, update and improve TB REACH’s Grant Management System (GMS) to manage grantee quarterly technical and financial reports, provide up to date tracking reports of grantee progress and make grant payments.
Monitor the TB REACH initiative relative to donor log frames and Stop TB KPIs to ensure the smooth operation and optimization of the initiative and prepare reports.
Work with TB REACH grantees in collaboration with the Strategic Initiatives & Innovative Financing Team and TB REACH grantees to promote the rapid roll-out of new, quality assured innovations in high burden countries in the TB space, including diagnostic/adjunct technologies and digital health solutions, etc.
Prepare Donor Reports in accordance to reporting requirements of TB REACH donors (incl. Government of Canada, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID)
Coordinate efforts between the Global Drug Facility (GDF), vendors and grantees for the procurement of diagnostics and anti-TB drugs.
Secure pre-market access of advanced diagnostic tools with suppliers for TB REACH Grantees.
Participate in quarterly monitoring and evaluation (M&E) meetings and further develop the TB REACH M&E framework and review M&E grant reports. Provide technical assistance to grant recipients to improve the quality of their activities and outputs.
Organize technical symposia and events at relevant regional and global conferences.
Assist grantees to disseminate project results through conference proceedings, social media, peer reviewed publications, mass media and other means.
Impact of Results:
The key results have an impact on the success of initiatives administered by the Innovations and Grants team, as well as the Stop TB Partnership’s Key Performance Indicators. In particular, the key results have an impact on the delivery of:
The Stop TB Partnership’s credibility for supporting and evaluating innovation in TB case detection via the TB REACH initiative
Acceleration of the fight to end TB in line with the Global Plan to End TB 2018-2022
Education:
Master’s Degree or equivalent in health-related disciplines.
A first-level university degree with at least 2 years work experience related to the nature of the position may be accepted in lieu of a Master’s degree.
At least 5 years of relevant experience in public health, with at least 2 years of experiences on tuberculosis or other infectious diseases.
Experience in the usage of computers and MS Office 2013 and/or newer versions.
Experience in handling web-based management systems
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