PEPFAR Senior Lab Program Advisor — Harare, Zimbabwe

Job Description

Title: PEPFAR Senior Lab Program Advisor — Harare, Zimbabwe

Anticipated Period of Performance: 3/1/2012 – 2/28/2013

The PEPFAR Senior Lab Program Advisor will serve as the expert advisor for clinical and public health laboratory science. The individual will provide guidance on policy and programs affecting public health and clinical laboratory services provision for HIV/AIDS/STI/TB prevention, surveillance, treatment, and care programs in support of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish processes for interagency collaboration (e.g. set-up working groups, design interagency planning processes) and document interagency decisions.
• Coordinate the development of policy and programs affecting public health and clinical laboratory services provision in support of The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDs Relief (PEPFAR) in collaboration with the USG partner efforts in HIV/AIDS prevention, surveillance, treatment, and care programs in the region.
• Facilitate the development of interagency strategies, budgets and reports.
• Manage COP lab activities submission process, ensuring that PEPFAR guidance is being followed.
• Provide weekly updates to the team on technical and program management information.
• Support out-of-town visitors and arrange meetings, site visits, and other logistics.
• Provide technical assistance to the organization’s partners throughout Zimbabwe.

Key Qualifications:

• Masters in lab science and public health.
• 10 years’ experience in public health lab system strengthening in resource-poor settings with at least 5 years’ experience in public health lab system strengthening in Africa.

Application Process:

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