Technical Team Lead

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Work type: Regular Full-Time
Location: Rwanda
Categories: Technical/Clinical/Quality Improvement/Training

ICAP seeks highly qualified and experienced candidates to fill the Technical Team Lead position by December 20, 2021.The successful candidate will hold: Bachelor’s degree in a medical-related field and Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, bioinformatics, or biomedical science.

Reporting to the Country Director, the Technical Team Lead will oversee all aspects of ICAP’s support to RBC and the Ministry of Health in Continuous Quality improvement (CQI), strategic information, and e-learning by providing technical and operational leadership and guidance. This project is funded through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and it is a one-year contract.

The Technical Team Lead will Provide technical support to MOH/RBC in Capacity Building of HCW for the national HIV program and implementing a standardized and sustainable national system on CQI, provide technical guidance on the development and implementation of affordable, client-centered models and Health Care Workers learning models that sustain HIV epidemic control inclusive of target populations. ,lead the development of innovative training model, based on the updated policies and guidelines, to ensure that HCW and data entry staff are trained and able to integrate data security, privacy, and confidentiality within the workplace, provide technical guidance in integrating a newly developed training model into the existing national eLearning platform to ensure that it is efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable, enhance strong working relationships and collaborate with key national and international stakeholders in the HIV response, including Government of Rwanda, MOH and RBC, academic institutions, PEPFAR agencies (CDC, USAID, DoD) and other implementing partners and support MoH/RBC in strengthening the existing coordinating mechanisms such as technical working groups (TwG), so as to ensure effective and meaningful involvement of all stakeholders and others.

The incumbent will have a demonstrated at least 10 years experience in implementing programs in healthcare or related sectors/settings especially HIV/AIDS programming, five (5) years of experience in the management of large-scale health or development projects, with proven capacity in building and managing a diverse team of technical and support staff, 8 years experience of mentorship, training or coaching for process improvement, extensive familiarity with Quality/Process improvement tools and methodologies, demonstrated experience in facilitating the dissemination and use of disease surveillance data, demonstrated competence in the analysis of disease surveillance data, demonstrated competence working within CDC or similar regulations and procedures, ability to work with and learn from a team of technical experts with varied background (information system developers, epidemiologists, health care service providers ,with proven experience in establishing working relationships and collaborating with USG, other bilateral and/or multilateral donor agencies, and with host-country governments, must be fluent English oral and written communication skills; ability to interact professionally in English and Kinyarwanda and proficiency in French is an asset.

The position is contingent upon availability of grant funding. Columbia University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. It does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, sex, gender, religion, creed, national and ethnic origin, age, citizenship, status as a perceived or actual victim of domestic violence, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, status as a Vietnam era or disabled veteran, or any other legally protected status.”