Senior HIV Quality Improvement Technical Advisor

The International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH),www.go2itech.org, based at the University of Washington was established in 2002 by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). I-TECH has been working in Botswana since 2004 in partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Global AIDS Program (CDC-Botswana), the Botswana Ministry of Health (MOH), the Ministry of Local Government (MLG), and the University of Botswana (UB), to build capacity for addressing Botswana’s HIV/AIDS epidemic.

I-TECH staff bring an attitude of hope to our projects and are linked by our passion, our professional standards, our personal connection to our work, and our commitment to integrity, flexibility, and quality. I-TECH believes in creating a rewarding work environment through mutual respect and opportunities for personal and professional growth and renewal.

A job opportunity of Senior Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Programs Quality Improvement Technical Advisor has arisen within I-TECH Botswana. The role will be based in Gaborone, Botswana.The Senior HIV Programs Quality Improvement Technical Advisor will be responsible for providing strategic and advisory services to the Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care (DHAPC) in the implementation of quality improvement initiatives for HIV programs. Seconded to the Ministry of Health-DHAPC, the Quality Improvement (QI) Technical Advisor will ensure the establishment of QI teams at the national, district and facility levels and support these teams in the scale up of QI activities in Botswana’s health system; and apply QI methodology that ensure effective care cascading in HIV services.

Senior HIV Programs Quality Improvement Technical Advisor

General Roles and Responsibilities Include to:

• Coordinate the development of consultative, multi-sectoral processes and structures for the implementation of continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities in Botswana.
• Establish and revive quality improvement teams working within health districts
• Build capacity of health care workers to operationalise quality management
• Monitor quality improvement initiatives to hold gains/best practice for sustainability
• Coordinate the implementation of a situation analysis on quality activities in the HIV context of Botswana
• Develop quality frameworks and tools for various programs in the department in line with the MOH strategy.
• Build an evidence base to guide the design of contextually-informed QI implementation strategies and sustainable country-wide practices.
• Collaborate with HIV/AIDS programs, MOH department and other implementing partners on quality improvement of HIV programs
• Develop and review continuous quality improvement (CQI) capacity building materials to empower health care professionals for ownership of health care improvement
• Plan and conduct tests of promising innovations and changes that improve care for patients
• Coordinate the documentation of all quality improvement initiatives and outcomes

Qualifications, Skills and Knowledge

• At least a Masters in Public Health (MPH) or equivalent, with minimum of fifteen (15) years experience working with quality improvement, and/or M&E related to HIV and AIDS prevention, care and treatment.
• Experience working at the National-level on health programs.
• Clear understanding of HIV and AIDS programs in Botswana
• Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, organizational and communication skills; with ability to prioritize multiple tasks and work effectively in a demanding environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work both collaboratively and independently.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data and write reports.
• Fluency in English and Setswana
• Possession of a PhD in Public Health or equivalent with similar experience will be an added advantage.

If you have the required training, expertise, and experience, and would like to join I-TECH in this vital work, we encourage you to apply!

How to apply:

To apply, please send cover letter, scanned academic certificate copy and CV; including a list of names of three (3) referees (with up-to-date email and telephone contact details) to hr@itech.org.bw.

We wish to inform all applicants that correspondence will be entered into with shortlisted candidates only.

Closing Date: Friday 17th October 2014