Independent Consultant for TB Regional Plans

Job Description

Date of Announcement Publication: 06.03.2023
Validity: until 20.02.2023, 16:00 
Location: National
Program: Flexible
Employment Period: Service Provision

The Romanian Angel Appeal Foundation (RAA) is recruiting an Independent Consultant for developing regional TB plans within the “Addressing Health System Challenges for TB Control in Romania” program. The program is funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, through the ROU-T-MOH Transition Grant, with the Ministry of Health as the Principal Recipient.

The program is implemented with international technical assistance provided by the World Health Organization, complemented by local technical assistance through national consultant teams contracted by the Romanian Angel Appeal Foundation, which is a partner of the Ministry of Health and a national sub-recipient of the Grant.

Consultancy Objectives:

Within the ROU-T-MoH Grant 1782, the World Health Organization (WHO) provided technical assistance to develop a new patient-centered TB outpatient care concept, optimize the number of TB beds and human resources at hospitals and pneumoftiziology departments, and improve the TB laboratory network.

Following this technical assistance, the following documents were produced:

• Concept project for extending a new people-centered care model, based on pilot results
• Estimation of TB bed numbers per region, based on TB epidemic forecast scenarios
• Estimation of human resources for hospital and outpatient care per region, based on TB epidemic forecast scenarios
• Estimation of necessary laboratory capacities per region

These documents need to be adapted to the national health system reform context.

Minimum Requirements for the Applicant:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in the medical field, specializing in epidemiology or public health, with postgraduate studies in public health and health management.
• Proven experience of over 10 years in the medical field, particularly in epidemiology/public health.
• Over 10 years of experience in developing national strategic and operational plans for communicable diseases.
• Over 5 years of experience in epidemic risk coordination at the national level.
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Advanced knowledge of English (written and spoken).

Potential candidates are requested to submit a complete application consisting of:

• CV in Europass format, in Romanian, with all sections completed.
• Certified true copies of diplomas, certificates, and graduation certificates that attest to the information contained in the CV and meet the job requirements when requested by the employer.
• Completed and signed “Consent for the use of personal data” (GDPR) declaration.
• In the “References” section, applicants should mention the names and contact details (email, phone) of two people who can provide references regarding their professional activity in the selected area.

More information available in the following document:

• ToR_Consultant Planuri regionale TB

Only complete applications submitted by the deadline will be considered.

The Romanian Angel Appeal Foundation is an equal opportunity employer.