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Title:  Several USAID Project Consultancy Jobs
(Team Leader /TB Epidemiologist (DOTs, MDR-TB), TB/HIV Expert, Health System
Expert, Biostatistician and Data Analyst
Organization:
QED Group, LLC
Project:
USAID/Uganda TRACK-TB Project
Duty
Station: Kampala, Uganda
About
QED:
The QED Group, LLC is a full-service international
development firm that provides practical solutions to social problems through
sound analysis, proven management techniques, and creative implementation. We
focus our efforts on two core practice areas: Monitoring & Evaluation and
Knowledge Management. We work with U.S. agencies and overseas governments,
international donors, private-sector clients, and PVOs/NGOs in more than 80
countries around the world. Key clients include USAID, the U.S. Department of
State, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency.
About
USAID TRACK-TB Project:
TRACK-TB is a USAID/Uganda five-year, $12.5 million activity
implemented by Management Sciences for Health (MSH). The activity’s goal is to
increase Tuberculosis (TB) Case Detection (CDR) and Treatment Success Rate
(TSR) in focus areas to meet national targets for reducing the burden of TB;
MDR TB and TB/HIV. The project is scheduled to close on December 17, 2017. 
The activity supports Development
Objective 3; Improved Health and Nutritional Status in focus areas and populations
through provision of technical assistance to the National Tuberculosis and
Leprosy Control Program (NTLP). TRACK-TB is
expected to strengthen the capacity of Uganda’s National TB and Leprosy
Program, by providing innovative TB control strategies in Kampala and districts
with existing USAID TB programs through;
 a)                
Strengthen the NTLP’s leadership and
technical capacity to effectively manage TB control in Uganda
b)           Expand community based DOTS in Kampala
to reduce the rate of patients’ defaulting TB treatment in the Kampala 
c)                 
Scaling up management of MDR TB in
selected districts to prevent further MDR-TB emergence
d)                
Technical assistance to, and improved
coordination of USAID supported partners implementing district based activities
to ensure the alignment of their activities with national TB program guides,
policies and targets
The activity was expected to closely
collaborate and leverage efforts of NTLP, USAID’s district based TB/HIV and
systems strengthening projects, CDC supported efforts for national TB control.  TRACK TB is implemented in Kampala, with
specific support to the NTLP and provides direct support/ direct service
delivery for MDR TB services at selected Regional Referral Hospitals (RRH and
other indirect support including training, mentorships and cohort reviews to selected
sites supported by other USAID IPs. The activity is expected to complement and not
displace efforts of Government of Uganda (GOU)-MOH, other donors, and Global
Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM).
The recently completed first national TB
prevalence survey of 2016 showed prevalence was three times previous estimates
that had been based on models. This means that there will be more cases to notice
and put on treatment than previously estimated, this has downward implications
on the ability of systems cope with in terms of supply of commodities, health
service, staffing, and other resources etc.
As the TRACK-TB project comes to a close,
alongside the generation of the  
National Development Plan, new cooperation development strategies within
USAID and other development partners; it becomes more important to understand
the most critical interventions for stepping up and sustaining treatment of TB
and therefore its elimination in the short and medium term in Uganda.
2.                
Team
Composition
The assessment will be conducted by an
assessment team, consisting of Ugandan experts. The assessment team must
include a team leader (TB expert) and two senior experts and may include
research assistants/middle level consultants as need be. The following are the
key assessment team members:
1.      
Team Leader /TB Epidemiologist (DOTs,
MDR-TB)
2.     
TB/HIV Expert
3.     
Health System Expert
4.     
Biostatistician and Data Analyst
1.            1.                 
Team
Leader /TB Epidemiologist shall have:
  • A
    minimum of a Master’s degree in human medicine or health sciences or public
    health, applied research or related fields.
  • Significant
    expertise in DOTs, MDR-TB, TB/HIV-3I, TB/MNCH and epidemiology with a minimum
    of five years’ experience in implementing TB interventions in Uganda.
  • Skills
    in health systems, quantitative and qualitative methods.
  • Skills
    in efficiency analysis and report writing

2.                
TB/HIV
expert shall have:
  • A
    minimum of a Master’s degree in human medicine or health sciences or public
    health, applied research or related fields.
  • Significant
    expertise in TB/HIV-3I and TB/MNCH with a minimum of five years’ experience in
    implementing TB interventions in Uganda.
  • Skills
    in health systems, quantitative and qualitative methods.

3.                
Health
System expert shall have:
  • A
    minimum of a Master’s degree in human medicine or health sciences or public
    health, applied research or related fields.
  • Significant
    expertise in health systems with a minimum of five years’ experience in analysis,
    assessing, functioning of system in Uganda.
  • Skills
    in health systems, quantitative and qualitative methods.
  • Skills
    in efficiency analysis and report writing

4.                
Biostatistician
shall have:
  • A
    minimum of a Master’s degree in medical statistics, biostatistics or applied
    statistics.
  • Significant
    expertise in analyzing large bio/medical datasets including TB data, health
    datasets like DHIS2.
  • Experience
    working with health facility data and records
  • Should
    have experience in biostatistics on a minimum of five years with at least one
    relating to TB intervention of a similar scale
  • Skills
    in quantitative data analysis (including large datasets) and report writing. 

3.                
Purpose
of the Assessment
The purpose of the assessment is to establish which approaches
have been more effective in contributing to the achievement of TRACK-TB outcomes;
and identify what are new priorities and strategies for sustainably addressing
the TB challenge in Uganda. The assessment will further appraise TRACK-TB
project’s collaborative work with the Government of Uganda (GOU), private
sector and donors to enhanced achievement of its objectives.
4.                
Anticipated
Level of Effort (LOE) Required
The assignment is estimated to begin late
April 2016 and be completed no later than June 2016. The anticipated major
tasks below are not necessarily presented in the order of execution. Contract
may provide for protracted timeline outside the performance time to provide for
billing and closure.
Anticipated
Major Tasks
Assessment Team
USAID TB Team
USAID/
Washington
Expected LOE (Days)
Review of literature and program documents
4
Team Planning Meeting 
6
Inception Report (including
presentation)
1
Field work (data collection)
14
Data Analysis
7
Preparation for stakeholder workshop/synthesized report
and presentation
2
Stakeholder engagement workshop
1
Draft Report writing
5
Debriefing
1
Final Draft Report
4
Total
Days
45
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates who
meet the above criteria should send their CV, Cover letter and Bio Data Form, download
here, expressing interest to thelearningcontract.recruit@gmail.com. Please indicate title of expertise in the subject line e.g. Health
System Expert. 
Deadline: Friday, 6th
May, 2016 by 5:00 pm
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