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Faculty Positions, Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

PATH

Faculty Positions, Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

Lake Forest, IL
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

     

    BUSINESS (EXTERNAL) TITLE: Senior Technical Coordinator

    OFFICIAL (INTERNAL) TITLE: VN Senior Program Officer

    LOCATION: Hanoi, Vietnam

    DIVISION: Vietnam Country Program

     

     

    PLEASE SUBMIT A COVER LETTER WITH YOUR RESUME DESCRIBING YOUR INTEREST IN THIS POSITION AND HOW YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. APPLICATION MATERIALS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH AND APPLICANTS MUST HAVE LEGAL AUTHORIZATION TO WORK IN VIETNAM TO BE CONSIDERED AND CONFIRM THIS IN THEIR COVER LETTER. PATH OFFERS A HIGHLY DYNAMIC WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDES COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS BASED ON EXPERIENCE. SALARY AND BENEFIT PACKAGE ARE PAID IN VND.

     

     

    PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships, and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing health challenges. Working in Vietnam since the early 1980s, PATH established a permanent office in Hanoi in 1997 and an office in Ho Chi Minh City in 2014.

     

    PATH is currently recruiting for a SENIOR TECHNICAL COORDINATOR to provide oversight and coordination of health services supported by PATH aiming to increase access to person-centered and comprehensive care services for key populations and people living with HIV. The Senior Technical Coordinator will report to the Health Services Team Lead (HS-TL) be responsible for the following key activities:

     

    • Coordinate with the government partners at national and provincial level to ensure that PATH's HIV services are alignment with the national strategic plan, and timely and effectively implemented to meet the needs of target populations;
    • Lead health services team (with guidance from the HS-TL) and coordinate with project partners and experts to write, design and implement innovative and evidence-based standard operating procedures, training curricula and manuals, job aids, toolkits, etc. to ensure that project-supported clinics/health providers provide high quality of person-centered and comprehensive HIV/primary health care (PHC) including as part of one-stop shop (OSS) services;
    • Proactive identification of and response to technical assistance needs from project partners and service delivery points, and coordination with relevant resources/experts though the Clinical Mentoring Network to provide technical support, training, mentoring, and coaching to meet their needs.
    • Develop and implement a clinical capacity building strategy aimed at increasing the effectiveness of public, private and civil society sector stakeholders to provide quality health services meeting the needs of underserved and vulnerable populations;
    • Provide technical assistance in HIV-related services, such as HIV testing, self-testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), antiretroviral therapy (ART), sexually transmitted infections (STI), viral hepatitis B and C, mental health, gender-affirming care and non-communicable diseases to local partners, clinics and other health care services for implementation and continuous quality improvement (CQI);
    • Work with Monitoring, Evaluation and Leaning (MEL) team to ensure collection of comprehensive HIV/PHC data, and high quality of care and data, and build a culture of routine analysis of data for quality improvement as part of CQI learning collaboratives;
    • Join HS-TL to work with a variety of international and in-country stakeholders to advocate and support to Ministry of Health for developing and/or updating guidelines and policies that will facilitate the implementation, adoption and scale up of health services accelerating UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals and HIV epidemic control as well as other related diseases;
    • Write and review technical/clinical components of subagreements, subcontracts, annual work plans, semi-annual/annual narrative reports as well as presentations as required by the donors and/or the government;  
    • Mobilize social and political support at all levels to create and sustain an enabling environment for the delivery of key interventions; represent the project as needed, ably manage complex multi-agency dynamics, and respond swiftly to donor and MOH requests;
    • Stay current with latest technical knowledge and programming experience in HIV prevention and treatment services, PHC and incorporate latest research and programming into program strategies.
    • Keep project management team and donors updated on project progress, challenges and gaps that need to be addressed.
    • Other tasks, if required.

     

     

     

    Required Skills Required Experience

     

    • Medical doctor, master’s degree or higher education in public health, medicine or equivalent in related field;
    • 7 to 10 years’ experience in public health programs. Experiences in HIV prevention, care and treatment services preferably;
    • At least 3 to 5 years’ experience in taking coordinating or management role with diverse partners at national and provincial level;
    • Excellent interpersonal skills and able to work effectively in a complex international environment;
    • Demonstrated skills and experience in working with government, the private sector and civil society organizations in Viet Nam context;
    • Supervisory skills and mastery of leading a team of innovative, creative thinkers;
    • Ability to multi-task and effectively prioritize between many competing tasks;
    • Well-organized and able to handle multiple tasks and changing priorities;
    • Competence in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
    • Excellent communication/presentation skills;
    • Fluency in Vietnamese and English to include reading, speaking and writing.

      

     

    MUST HAVE LEGAL AUTHORIZATION TO WORK IN VIETNAM

     

    PATH IS DEDICATED TO BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE WHERE DIVERSITY IS VALUED.

     

    PATH IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. EVERY QUALIFIED APPLICANT WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR EMPLOYMENT. PATH DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE BASED ON RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY OR ORIENTATION, GENETIC INFORMATION, AGE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, MARITAL STATUS, DISABILITY STATUS, POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, MILITARY OR PROTECTED VETERAN STATUS, OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTIC PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAW.

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     Please advise: 

    • PATH will never ask for a fee during any stage of the recruitment process.
    • All active jobs are advertised directly on our career page.
    • Official PATH emails will always arrive from an @path.org address or @silkroad.com address.

     

      

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