KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the fight against tuberculosis (TB). KNCV is the lead partner in Challenge TB, the new USAID-funded 5-year global program. We lead an international consortium comprising eight partner organizations in addition to KNCV: ATS, FHI 360, IRD, JATA, MSH, PATH, The Union, and WHO. In Ethiopia, Challenge TB is being implemented by KNCV as a lead and MSH and WHO as a collaborating partner. The strategic objectives of Challenge TB are to improve access to patient care, to prevent transmission and disease progression, and to strengthen TB platforms.
KNCVoperates from a country office in Addis Ababa with sub-offices in other regional states.
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation is recruiting for the following positions for its Challenge TB project in Ethiopia. For a full description of the vacancies described below, please refer to our website,www.kncvtbc.org/vacancies
Purpose of the position
The Zonal TB laboratory officer is responsible for overall planning, coordination, and provision of technical support to ensure the provision of quality assured laboratory services in respective facilities located in the supported zones of SNNPR. S/he assistsin???facility diagnostic laboratory to strengthen the quality of smear microscopy, including LED FM, External Quality Assessment (EQA) and D/A systems for sputum microscopy. S/he supports the Zonal TB program to ensure laboratory supervisory and monitoring systems, training, commodity and equipment management, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are appropriately introduced, strengthened, and sustained. S/he provides technical support to the laboratories in health facilities in the zone.
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