Position: Sr Advisor / Advisor - Technical Expert Care, Support and Treatment
Location:Mumbai
Program: RISE HIV
Reporting to: Associate Director-HIV
About the Organisation
Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization and an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, dedicated to improving the health of women and families in developing countries. For over 50 years, it has focused on providing high-quality, low-cost health care solutions, training health workers, and strengthening health systems.
Jhpiego has been working in India since the 1980s in close partnership with national and state governments. With deep technical expertise and strong on-the-ground execution, Jhpiego helps design, test, and scale practical solutions and innovations that fit real-world systems across 11 thematic domains (Maternal and Newborn Health, Reproductive Health, Nutrition, Immunization, Comprehensive Primary Health Care, Human Resources for Health, TB and Infectious Diseases, Global Health Security, Women's Cancers, NonCommunicable Diseases, Digital Health).
About the Program
Sr Advisor / Advisor Technical Expert, Care, Support and Treatment will work under the Reaching Impact, Saturation, and Epidemic Control (RISE) HIV project and support the critical lifesaving ART services and achieving the national goal of 95-95-95 through integrated care and comprehensive services.
About the Position
Jhpiego is seeking highly motivated Sr Advisor / Advisor Technical Expert, Care, Support and Treatment based in Mumbai for its RISE project. Sr Advisor / Advisor Technical Expert (CST) will provide technical assistance support in care support & treatment related activities.
Roles and Responsibilities :
The Advisor/Technical Expert (Treatment) in collaboration with MDACS will provide technical supportive supervision and mentoring to all health care facilities in the assigned geography.
The specific duties will include:
• Conducting regular field visits to ART centres and other associated facilities to provide technical assistance, supportive supervision & mentoring support to ensure adoption of strategies as per technical and operational guidelines .
• Provide technical assistance to MDACS address the probable gaps in patient care affecting quality of services provided at selected sites.
• Provide technical inputs in proposed feasible new innovative interventions to improve retention, adherence and viral load suppression at selected sites and support implementation of these solutions.
• Provide technical assistance in strengthening Viral load linkages, ADM, SACEP linkages and CoE mechanisms in Mumbai for sustained viral load suppression efforts.
• Assist MDACS in coordination with other health depts like NTEP, NCD etc & other key stakeholders for comorbidity related conditions.
• Assist in training programs of NACP & MDACS.
• Any other work assigned by supervisor within ambit of the Project.
Qualifications and Experience :
• M.B.B.S, MPH, with at least 5 plus years of experience in working with CST services under NACP.
• Excellent written and oral communication, liaison and negotiation skills
• Self-motivated, with a strong ability and drive to lead project activities independently with minimal supervision.
• Knowledge of Marathi language
• Work Experience of 10+ Years.
Skills and Competencies :
• Demonstrated ability to multitask and work in a multicultural
• Ability to produce documents and coordinate activities independently
• Self-motivated, with a strong ability and drive to lead project activities independently with minimal supervision.
Jhpiego is an equal opportunity employer and offers highly dynamic and enabling work environment.
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package. Women candidates will be preferred.
Please find the link below to apply: https://jobs-jhpiego.icims.com/jobs/7810/senior-advisor-advisor---technical-expert-care%2csupport-and-treatment/job
Due to high volume of applications, only shortlisted applicants will receive a response from Jhpiego HR .