Technical Officer TB – DKI Jakarta
Duty Station: Jakarta
KNCV
Tuberculosis Foundation is an international non-profit organization
dedicated to the fight against tuberculosis (TB), still the second most
deadly infectious disease in the world. KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation has
a strong reputation in national and international TB control. KNCV is
an international center of expertise for TB control that promotes
effective, efficient, innovative and sustainable tuberculosis control
strategies in a national and international context. We are an
organization of passionate TB professionals, including doctors,
researchers, training experts, nurses and epidemiologists. We aim to
stop the spread of the worldwide epidemic of TB and to prevent the
further spread of drug-resistant TB. As a non-profit international
organization, KNCV is active in over 40 countries in Europe, Africa,
Latin America and Asia. The central office is located in The Hague, The
Netherlands. KNCV Indonesia helps to combat tuberculosis in Indonesia in
close cooperation with the Ministry of Health.
Challenge TB
KNCV
is the lead partner in Challenge TB (CTB), the new USAID-funded 5-year
global program to decrease TB mortality and morbidity in high burdened
countries. We lead an international consortium with eight partner
organizations: American Thoracic Society (ATS), Family Health
International (FHI 360), Interactive Research & Development (IRD),
Japanese Anti Tuberculosis Foundation (JATA), Management Sciences for
Health (MSH), Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), The
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union),
and the World Health Organization.
The
overarching strategic objectives of Challenge TB are to improve access
to quality patient centered care for TB, TB/HIV, and MDR-TB services; to
prevent transmission and disease progression; and to strengthen TB
platforms.
Responsibilities:
The
Technical Officer – TB will provide technical assistance to the
National TB Program to ensure the implementation of programmatic
management of drug resistant TB in targeted sites are in line with the
national standards and achieve the targets. S/he is also responsible to
link public and private hospitals in his/her respective province/duty
station into the NTP through adoption of the national DOTS strategy; and
create a private-public TB control network (including referral links,
uniform recording and reporting system, laboratory network with quality
assurance).
Qualifications:
- Medical Doctor preferably with a NGO background.
- Non-civil servant.
- Minimum 2-3 years of working experience in Public health/medical science or management preferably in health/TB control program.
Competencies:
- Excellent communications and negotiation skills
- Able to work independently and as a team
- Thorough knowledge of MS Office
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good Coaching skills
- Excellent English skills, oral and written
KNCV
offers a flexible and supportive work environment and strongly
encourages developing your skills and abilities to further your career
opportunities.
Interested applicants are requested to submit their CV and application to recruitment.indonesia@kncvtbc.org
by 23 January 2016 at the latest.
Please ensure to put the post you apply for in the subject line of your e-mail.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
