*Yayasan Project HOPE *
*POSITION DESCRIPTION*
*Position: *Project Coordinator, USAID-BD
STRIDES partnership
*Area/ Program: *TB-Resistance Lab Strengthening
*Location:* Jakarta
*Reports To: *PH Country Representative,
Representatives from USAID Indonesia & BD Global Health
*Supervisory Responsibility:* NO
*Background:* Project HOPE is a global health and humanitarian relief
organization, providing lasting solutions to health problems with the
mission of helping people to help themselves. We are placing power in the
hands of local health workers to save lives across the globe. Project HOPE
is registered as Yayasan (Foundation) in Indonesia.
*Program Overview: *Yayasan Project HOPE has been engaged by BD Global
Health to support the USAID-BD partnership to Strengthen TB Resistance
Testing & Diagnostic Systems (STRIDES) which aims to improve access to and
capacity for TB and drug resistant (DR) TB diagnosis under the National
Tuberculosis Program (NTP), Government of Indonesia. The specific
objectives of the program include:
1. Strengthen TB diagnostic network components to increase and optimize
access to diagnostic technologies for complete drug resistance testing
2. Create and launch an awareness campaign to promote access to high
quality testing, based on global recommendations and national algorithms
for early accurate diagnosis of TB, universal DST for all suspects and
comprehensive DST for MDR/XDR-TB populations (SL-DST)
*Position Summary: *The Project Coordinator will be responsible to oversee
and coordinate day to day the implementation and planning of the activities
for a period of one year (renewable). The Project Coordinator will support
implementation of high quality training and capacity building of lab
microbiologists and lab technicians to ensure comprehensive understanding
of TB MDR/XDR testing with simplified, step-wise job aids with a focus on
troubleshooting.
The Project Coordinator will coordinate all aspects of project
interventions. The role also requires the ability to multi-task, high level
coordination with national and provincial stakeholders and to handle
complex and competing priorities. The position will report directly to the
Country Representative and will have a dotted-line report to
representatives from USAID Indonesia and BD.
*Main responsibilities include but are not limited to: *
1. Support planning and implementation of the partnership in close
coordination with the leads from USAID Indonesia and BD Global Health
2. Lead the in-country coordination and advocacy on project
implementation with NTP, USAID & its partners and the BD team.
3. Identifying and managing risk associated with timely
implementation of project interventions in coordination with all
supervisors.
4. Coordinates, supervises and documents the implementation of the
capacity building and trainings
5. Collects data and information from the stakeholders, government
and partners for preparing reports.
6. Analyzes and identifies challenges of the project to keep the
interventions on schedule.
7. Consolidates the work plan and budget plan for the program
development.
8. Monitors program budgets jointly with Finance Manager.
9. Ensures timely and quality reporting on the program to USAID
Indonesia and Donor.
10. Implements any other duties as assigned by the supervisor in support
of the implementation of the STRIDES project in Indonesia.
*Requirements:*
1. First degree in health science; Medicines, Pharmacy or Public
Health (master degree would be preferred).
2. Minimum 8 (eight) years of similar experience in the field of
Health Science with government, private sector and/or NGOs or minimum 4
(four) year experience for master degree in similar above field of
education.
3. Technical knowledge, programmatic on TB programs and or diagnostic
labs working experiences will be preferred.
4. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
5. Excellent organizational, planning and coordination skills.
6. Demonstrative ability to multitask.
7. Strong office program computer skills, literacy in statistical
software is an advantage.
8. Fluency in English and excellent writing skills.
*Application Deadline:* Last date of receiving applications is March 6, 2020.
However, Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis and the position
will be filled as soon as there is a suitable match. Hence, interested
candidates are encouraged to apply at the earliest
*Application Process:* Interested candidates should send a Covering Letter
(with expected salary), mentioning the job title in the subject line along
with their recent CV as a word/pdf document attachment to email:
yphjakarta@xxxxxxxxx
