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Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a nonprofit international health organization with nearly 2,500 people from over 74 nationalities working in over 40 countries. Our mission: Saving lives and improving the health of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Together with our partner...
Overview
MSH seeks to recruit a highly-motivated and result-oriented individual as a Technical Advisor (TA) for a five-year program (2018-2024), funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPS) Program provides pharmaceutical system strengthening assistance for sustained improvements in health system performance and to advance USAID’s goals of preventing child and maternal deaths, controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and combatting infectious disease threats, as well as expanding essential health coverage. The position is based in Nairobi with frequent travel (60%) to selected counties.
The TA will provide assistance to MTaPS Country Project Director and Senior Technical Advisors in technical activities focusing on Global Health Systems Innovation (GHSA) interventions in improving infection prevention and control (IPC), water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS). S/he will support in-country teams in the design and implementation of technical activities ensuring their adequate contribution to GHSA and MTaPS results.
Qualifications and Experience
The ideal candidate should have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in medicine, pharmacy, public health, nursing or other relevant area. A minimum of 6 years’ experience in international public health with a focus on strengthening health and/or pharmaceutical systems in developing countries, specialized training and/or practical experience related to infection control and other areas of AMR containment such as WASH and antimicrobial stewardship. Experience with programs supported by bilateral agencies such as USAID, CDC and international agencies. S/he should have experience in providing technical assistance to government agencies, ability to write lucid technical reports.
The successful candidate needs to be a strong team player with excellent interpersonal, facilitation and negotiating skills, computer proficiency in word processing, databases, spreadsheets, presentation programs and data analysis programs is required. S/he should work with minimal supervision and ability to work independently and in a team.
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