Job Details

Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and has since grown to become the largest African-based international health development organisation; currently implementing more than 180 programs, reaching more than 40 million people across 35 African countries; and a staff complement of over 2,000. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Amref Health Africa has offices in ten countries in Africa – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Guinea (Conakry), Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. An additional eleven advocacy and fundraising offices are located in Europe and North America.

Amref Health Africa is driven by its vision of ‘ Lasting health change in Africa’ and its mission ‘ To catalyze and drive community-led and people-centred health systems while addressing social determinants of health’ . We believe that the power to transform Africa’s health lies within its communities, and therefore strive to ensure that health systems are not only functional but that communities are empowered to hold these systems accountable for the delivery of quality and affordable health care.

Amref Health Africa in Zambia was registered as a local organization in 2016. Amref Health Africa in Zambia is affiliated to Amref headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and is also linked with the Amref International University and Amref Flying Doctors.

Since its establishment in Zambia, Amref has since collaborated with the Government of the Republic of Zambia in developing and implementing innovative health development programs across the country in Human Resource for Health, health financing, maternal, newborn and child health, and health security. The organization has physical presence in 4 provinces and programmatic presence across the country.

Project Background

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) number CDC-RFA-JG-25-0062 in December 2024, the NOFO titled “providing targeted technical assistance to the HIV/TB prevention-care-treatment continuum using cost efficient and scalable quality improvement approaches to address program gaps in support of sustainable HIV services in Zambia under PEPFAR.”  The NOFO aims to support health systems strengthening efforts and the delivery of HIV/TB prevention, care and treatment services to meet the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS 95-95-95 targets from the current 89-98-96 before 2030. The purpose of this NOFO is to provide targeted technical assistance (TA) support to the HIV/TB prevention, care and treatment continuum through cost-efficient and scalable quality improvement approaches. The aim is to address program gaps in targeted areas with unmet needs and support sustainable HIV/TB services in select CDC-supported provinces in Zambia to ensure subnational and national targets are met or exceeded.

Amref Health Africa in Zambia is looking for a qualified Technical Director (TD). The TD works closely with the Principal Investigator (PI) to provide leadership, oversight and coordination for the anticipated CDC funded project.

Duties and Responsibilities

• The TD oversee the design and planning of capacity-building technical support projects, including development and deployment of needs assessments from key stakeholders, implementation and improvement of ongoing capacity building, training and mentorship programs and the development and implementation of evidence-based capacity building and performance improvement initiatives.
• Provides technical leadership and expert advice to the Principal Investigator and Technical Project Team on strategies to support government, civil society and community partners to more effectively plan and deliver HIV prevention interventions for key and priority populations.
• Monitor and ensure that the project meets the milestones and targets set for by USG/USAID/PEPFAR and in the project work plan and ensures all activities are conducted in close coordination with the Provincial Health Offices and are in alignment with the Zambian Government’s (GRZ) standards, protocols and policies.
• Support provincial-level implementation and monitoring of HIV/TB-related health systems such as: Commodity, logistics management and ensuring adequate well-trained human resource for health.
• Build quality assurance and improvement capacity to ensure the high quality of data points at the site, provincial and district levels.
• Leads technical assistance activities to sustain a robust HR workforce, planning according to quality data to improve HIV and other health outcomes.
• Ensures increased in-country capacity of health systems to provide patient-centered care and improved health outcomes.
• Oversees the implementation of capacity-building projects, including developing work plans and project activities and captures and disseminate lessons learned.
• Identifies appropriate project outcomes, develops data collection systems for monitoring Human Resources for Health (HRH) and measuring project performance and contributes to the development of format evaluations of capacity-building project impact.

Education and Experience

• Master’s Degree in Medical Science, Public Health, epidemiology or a related field. Academic certificates must be verified by Zambia Qualifications Authority (ZAQA).
• Minimum 7 years of progressively increasing responsibility working in public health in the areas of health communication and promotion and/or education, with an emphasis on HIV prevention.
• Proven technical experience in executing HIV/AIDS projects funded by USG/USAID/PEPFAR and working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health.
• Demonstrated expertise in HIV/AIDS and TB under USG/USAID/PEPFAR.
• Familiarity with USG/USAID/PEPFAR administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems.
• Strong oral and written communication and presentations skills.

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• Proficiency in both written and spoken English.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a multicultural team.
• Able to work under pressure and on multiple tasks.
• Dynamic, self-motivated and able to demonstrate initiative.
• Strong team player.
• Excellent networking skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Demonstrate high levels of strategic integrity.
• Conflict management skills

Your application should include a cover letter detailing why you are the best fit for this position and your CV with relevant skills and experience. Closing date will be Friday, 24th January 2025 .

Amref Health Africa does not require applicants to pay any money at whatever stage of the recruitment and selection process and has not retained any agent in connection with recruitment. Although Amref may use different job boards from time to time to further spread its reach for applicants, all open vacancies are published on our website under the Vacancies page and on our official social media pages. Kindly also note that official emails from Amref Health Africa will arrive from an @amref.org address.

Amref Health Africa is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Amref Health Africa is an equal opportunity employer and has a non-smoking environment policy.