Senior Technical Advisor, TB
Core
Advanced subject matter expert accountable for the technical design, direction, and quality of tuberculosis (TB) work across projects, setting the technical agenda for prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and program strengthening.
Role type
Senior IC technical advisor (public health/TB)
Builds
TB prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, care, contact investigation, and differentiated service delivery programs
Domain
Global health / Tuberculosis
Required skills
TB program design, policy alignment, diagnostic network management, integrated TB services (TB/HIV, pediatric), transition planning, technical capacity building, budgeting, stakeholder management, report writing, risk mitigation
Preferred skills
Experience with drug-resistant TB, digital tools for TB, peer-reviewed publication, mentoring
Technologies
Rapid molecular testing, surveillance data systems, digital tools for TB
Responsibilities
Sets technical direction for TB programming; leads technical support to Ministries of Health and national TB programs; directs approaches for finding and treating drug-susceptible and drug-resistant TB; establishes technical position on service delivery innovations; leads transition and sustainability planning; coordinates with global and country partners; builds TB technical capacity within teams; designs country workplans; supports business development and proposal design; supervises team members; prepares technical reports and publications.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic oversight