Job Summary

Category: Health Care 

Employment Type: Contract  

Duration of contract: 1 year with possibility of extension

Place: Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa

Number needed: 1

Roles and responsibilities

• Support the national tuberculosis reference laboratory in planning implementation, monitoring and reporting of routine Tuberculosis program activities.
• Consult and assist the national tuberculosis reference laboratory to adequately address the need of the national TB program.
• Implement tuberculosis-focused technical assistance, diagnostic network and facilities strengthening, and quality improvement interventions in line with national priorities
• Support developing or updating national diagnostic network strategic plans, SOPs and policies
• Review adherence to diagnostic algorithms and use of those algorithms to make clinical decisions
• Monitors and reports progress with diagnostic network enhancement activities as per the approved country work plan
• Work collaboratively and coordinate with other technical staff as well as project partners on development and implementation of project work-plans.
• Providing advice for research program leadership.
• Providing technical support and guidance on grant management and application
• Searching and applying for TB and related grants.
• Assisting in the development of best practice research methodologies during grant application
• Initiating, building, and maintenance of relationships with key partners and maintain and develop strategic relationships and share learning with key stakeholders groups in national and international research organizations and universities
• Providing Mentorship, Coaching, and guidance to other EPHI-NTRL staff with less experience on research protocol development, data collection, data analysis, technical report-write-up, manuscript preparation, and publication processes

Job Requirements

• MSc in Microbiology, Infectious disease or MPH with a background in medical laboratory.
• A total of more than 5 years’ experience of which at least three years of experience in TB related research and diagnostic.
• At least five TB related publications. Publication track-record in reputable academic and/or journals.
• Experience in national or regional TB program coordination.
• Competitive grant writing skill with evidence of grant wining.
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Knowledge on Global End-TB strategies and its alignment with the National Tuberculosis Program and implementation modalities, TB research priority areas, current TB diagnostic algorithm and technologies,  leadership and management principles of TB research projects, and project human resources management

Required Skills and attributes

• Excellent writing skill
• Strong interpersonal skills in facilitation and stakeholder engagement/coordination
• Excellent communication skills, including public speaking and ability to address complex issues and concepts clearly, concisely and with influence.
• Excellent computer literacy and strong, demonstrable experience of the design and use of quantitative and qualitative research methods
• Familiarity with the applications of statistical data entry and analysis software (SPSS, STATA, Epi-Data, Epi-Info etc.)

How to Apply

Interested applicants can register in Online through only ethiojobs.net  send their CVs and relevant documents at the address given below within 7 days from the first appearance of the announcement

NB: Please attach copies of transcripts, academic degree or recommendation letters together with the application.