company-logo

Senior DR-TB Advisor

REACH Ethiopia

job-description-icon

Health Care

Public Health

Addis Ababa

10 years

1 Position

2025-07-01

to

2025-07-08

Required Skills

public health

+ show more
Fields of study

Public Health

Contract

Share

Job Description

REACH Ethiopia is a nonprofit organization registered as an Ethiopian Residents Charity, dedicated to community development through innovative projects. Since 2013, it has implemented community-based TB care and integrated health service projects in Sidama, Central Ethiopia, South Ethiopia, Tigray, parts of Oromia and Afar Regions. Currently, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Regional Health Bureaus, REACH Ethiopia is implementing various projects including new project called USAID- Urban TB LON-II. 

The USAID URBAN TB LON II Project is an ambitious initiative aimed at addressing the urban and hot spot area TB challenge in Ethiopia. Focused on the city administrations of Addis Ababa, Shaggar, Harar, and Diredawa, and seven additional zones in 4 regions across Ethiopia. The project's primary goals include identifying missed TB cases, delivering patient-centered care, and fostering innovative solutions to combat TB. This project is pivotal in enhancing TB detection and treatment, with an overarching aim to reduce TB prevalence and mortality in urban environments.

The Senior TB/DR-TB Advisor will serve as the technical lead for all Tuberculosis (TB) and Drug-Resistant TB (DR-TB) interventions under the USAID Urban TB LON project. The advisor will provide high-level technical leadership and strategic guidance in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of TB and DR-TB control and prevention activities in targeted urban, peri-urban, pastoralist and rural settings. The advisor will work closely with national and regional stakeholders, including the Ministry of Health, Regional Health Bureaus, implementing partners, and community-based organizations, to ensure evidence-based, context-specific, and sustainable interventions aligned with national TB guidelines and USAID priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the technical design and implementation of TB/DR-TB strategies, ensuring alignment with national policies and USAID priorities.

  • Provide expert guidance on diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and care for TB and DR-TB, including newer diagnostics and treatment regimens 

  • Support scale-up of differentiated TB case-finding approaches including community-based screening, contact investigation, and private sector engagement.

  • Guide quality improvement initiatives to strengthen TB service delivery across health facilities and community settings.

  • Oversee integration of TB/HIV services and coordinate with relevant health programs to ensure comprehensive care.

  • Provide technical assistance to regional and woreda health offices and health facilities to improve detection, enrollment, treatment adherence, and treatment success rates for TB and DR-TB.

  • Collaborate with the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) team to ensure robust data collection, analysis, and use for program improvement.

  • Represent the project in national and regional technical working groups, stakeholder forums, and coordination platforms.

  • Build capacity of project staff, regional partners, and health workers through training, mentorship, and supportive supervision.

  • Stay up-to-date with global and national TB/DR-TB guidelines, research, and innovations and ensure their application in project activities.

Project: USAID Urban TB Local Organizations Network II (LON) Project

Reports to: Technical and Regional Implementation Director/ Deputy Chief of Party

Location: Addis Ababa, with frequent travel to project implementation areas

Contract Term: Full-time Position, Fixed Term Contract

No. of Positions: 01

Salary Scale: As per the scale of the organization

Date posted: June 28, 2025

Deadline: July 7, 2025

 Category: Program Advisor

Job Requirements

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Medical degree (MD or equivalent) with a postgraduate qualification in Public Health, Infectious Diseases, or a related field.

  • Minimum of 10 years of progressive technical experience in TB/DR-TB programming 

  • Demonstrated experience with USAID-funded health programs and familiarity with USAID rules and regulations.

  • Strong understanding of Ethiopia's TB control landscape, including NTP guidelines and regional health system structures.

  • Proven ability to work effectively with government stakeholders, health facilities, NGOs, and community organizations.

  • Experience in designing and implementing TB/DR-TB quality improvement initiatives.

  • Excellent communication, mentoring, and capacity-building skills.

  • Strong analytical and writing skills; ability to produce high-quality reports and presentations.

  • Willingness to travel frequently to project sites in urban and semi-urban settings.

  • Fluency in English, proficiency in local languages is an advantage.

How To Apply

Only candidates meeting the required qualifications and experience are invited to send their application letter and CV as one document through the following three step process:

Fill out the mandatory application form using THIS LINK within ten (10) consecutive days from the first appearance of the announcement.

Attach your application/motivation letter and updated CV as a single document (1 pdf) through the system.

Check your email and make sure you receive an automatic response acknowledging receipt of your application.

REACH Ethiopia is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability. 

Fields Of Study

Public Health

Skills Required

public health

Related Jobs

about 9 hours left

Mothers and Children Multisectoral Development Organization

TFP Supervisor (OTP, SC) and TSFP

Health Officer

time-icon

Full Time

3 yrs

1 Position


BSc Degree in Public Health officer and Nursing or in a related field of study with relevant work experience Duties and Responsibilities: - Prepare weekly and monthly work plan for effective implementation of TFP(SC and OTP) - Strengthen referral linkage among CMAM component through availing standard referral forms at health facility level - Prepare regular mentoring and monitoring of health facilities with OTP and SC using standard score cards/supervision check lists - Regularly ensure performance outcome of the therapeutic feeding centers meet SPHERE standard

Mekelle

about 9 hours left

Mothers and Children Multisectoral Development Organization

Health Officer

Health Officer

time-icon

Contract

5 yrs

7 Positions


Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Health Officer, or in a related field of study with relevant work experience Duties and Responsibilities - Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnose and prevention. - Participate to the roster to carry out outpatient consultations, prescribing the necessary treatment respecting national protocols: - Guides the midwifes in triage

Mekelle,Adama

about 9 hours left

Save the Children

Health, Nutrition, and WaSH Program Manager

Program Manager

time-icon

Full Time

5 - 7 yrs

1 Position


Master's or Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Environmental Health, Water and Sanitation Engineering, or in a related field of study with relevant work experience Duties & Responsibilities: - Ensure effective planning, implementation, and monitoring of integrated Health, Nutrition, and WASH programs. - Lead the development of detailed work plans and ensure adherence to timelines and targets. - Oversee the delivery of services in line with national and international standards

Woldiya

about 9 hours left

Mothers and Children Multisectoral Development Organization

Field Based Project Coordinator

Project Coordinator

time-icon

Full Time

5 - 7 yrs

3 Positions


MPH or BSc Degree in Health Officer, Nursing, Nutrition or in a related field of study with relevant work experience Duties and Responsibilities: - Project field coordinator is responsible for overall planning, coordination, implementation, monitoring of the ENR project under his supervision in close collaboration and coordination with the project manager, supervisor, liaison officer and partners. - Periodic field visit to the project sites and provide formal and informal feedback for project staffs and partners - Responsible for proper management of human and logistic./financial  resources efficiently  and effectively for the realization of the project objective.

Addis Ababa

1 day left

Resolve to Save Lives

Public Health Data Analyst

Data Analyst

time-icon

Full Time

2 - 3 yrs

1 Position


Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health (MPH) with a specialization in Biostatistics or Quantitative Epidemiology, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or in a related field of study with relevant work experience

Addis Ababa

3 days left

Landmark General Hospital

Call Center Agent

Call Center Representative

time-icon

Full Time

2 yrs

1 Position


Education Background in Health Officer or in a related field of study with relevant work experience Duties and Responsibilities: - Answer incoming calls promptly and professionally. - Provide accurate information about hospital services, departments, and procedures. - Schedule, confirm, modify, and cancel patient appointments as needed.

Addis Ababa