Summary
Date Posted: Monday, September 04 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

The PTA-NCD will provide technical support to ensure that all TAF programs have technically sound programs to support people living with NCDs. The NCD will split their time special projects and technical support to programs. This is position will be engaging with the community working on NCDs within humanitarian settings, as well as supporting the technical quality of NCDs programs across TAF health programs. The PTA-NCD specific responsibilities are as follows:

Engaging in business development and program design:
• Support strategic business development opportunities – at the global, regional and level – to ensure that they are:
• Engage with donors and do outreach in support of global, regional and level proposal that advance NCD program priorities
• Support use of indicators for programs aligned with existing TAF NCD Health indicators
• Input into go / no go decisions on proposals
• When necessary, write technical narratives of proposals in addition to regular review of technical narratives, workplans, and any program reports
• Provide input on budgets required for project delivery
• Help define approach to teaming/partnering with other organizations

Building technical capacity of program staff to ensure ongoing program quality and innovation:
• Conduct technical NCD training and ongoing technical coaching for program staff, including on TAF outcomes, theories of change, evidence and indicators
• With Health Technical Advisors and program colleagues, support the establishment and/ or strengthening of program NCD capacity building plans, use of NCD outcome indicators, and quality assurance strategies
• Coordinate a NCD community of practice across TAF programs to share cross-context learning with program staff across regions
• Review and share program-specific tools/resources/curricula and work with program and Health Unit staff to contextualize and adapt global and -specific materials
• Support documentation of lessons learned and cross- sharing of best practices from TAF’s NCD programming to foster integrated approach across sectors.
• Support TAF’s contribution to technical working groups in various countries and translation of lesson learnt into policy and practice at national and local level. Special projects support:
• Provide targeted support program led NCD focused projects. This may include development of training modules and job aids, behavior change communication materials, tools to measure key performance indicators, and quality assurance tools.
• Provide leadership and project management support for Health Unit led NCD focused global projects. This may include coordinating external partners working on shared project goals and organizing data for dissemination to partners. External representation and Internal Coordination
• Represent the TAF on the Informal Interagency Working Group for NCDs and other global NCD forums and working groups
• Coordinate and plan with coordinators, Health Technical Advisors, and other unit TAs to plan and delivery the technical assistance programs receive.
• Manage and mentor NCD consultants and interns where applicable. Job Qualifications:

Education:
• Clinician (doctor, nurse, clinical officer) with a master in public health

Work Experience:
• A minimum of 5 years of international field experience, of which at least 3 in managerial/coordination positions with Non-Governmental Organizations in humanitarian or post-conflict settings.
• Expertise and knowledge of NCDs within humanitarian settings is necessary. Experience in technical tools and materials development and monitoring and evaluation is highly desired.
• Experience in strategy development and working across sectors or disciplines is highly desired.
• Demonstrated Skills and Competencies: Demonstrated expertise in working with donors, project design, proposal development, and monitoring and evaluation, with the ability to turn concepts and strategy into measurable action.
• Able to work with remote, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams. Strong interpersonal verbal and written communication skills and ability to facilitate collaboration.
• Outstanding capacity to understand the context, portfolio, and overall programmatic needs, and pull and coordinate the relevant technical assistance from within and outside the health unit.
• Ability to transfer technical knowledge and skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to renewing and maintaining currency with best practices.



Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Send your soft copy application via email to: recruitment@aicug.org  stating your salary expectation and start date.
Combine all your application documents i.e, cover letter, CV & certified copies of academic documents into one PDF document.
Deadline for application is 15th September, 2023, 5:00pm.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.
Only online applications submitted via email will be accepted. Consider your application unsuccessful if not contacted within five (5) weeks after the closing date of the advert.
AIC is an equal opportunity employer committed to having a diverse work force and does not ask for money at any stage of recruitment.


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