TB Expert

D. Key Duties and Responsibilities

A. Strategic Leadership, Planning, and Integration

• Lead TB programme implementation in line with national strategies, guidelines, WHO recommendations, and Global Fund requirements.

• Coordinate annual workplans, targets, budgets, procurement inputs, and grant milestones.

• Advise the PMU and NTP on priorities, risks, and improvements, and supervise assigned TB specialists.

B. Programme Implementation and Technical Oversight

• Oversee prevention, case finding, diagnosis, treatment, and care for drug-sensitive and drug-resistant TB, including pediatric TB and TPT.

• Promote decentralized, rights-based services, adherence, retention, referral, and integrated TB/HIV care for vulnerable populations.

• Strengthen public–private engagement and provide technical assistance to NTP units, facilities, and implementing entities.

C. Diagnostics, Laboratory, and Commodity Coordination

• Coordinate with NTP and laboratory teams to improve access to quality-assured diagnosis, molecular testing, drug-susceptibility testing, and specimen referral.

• Monitor diagnostic coverage, timeliness, and quality, and address gaps affecting case detection or treatment.

• Support forecasting and stock monitoring for TB medicines and diagnostics and mitigate shortages, overstock, and wastage.

D. Grant Performance, M&E, and Strategic Information

• Support to monitor the TB indicators and milestones and lead programme reviews, bottleneck analysis, and improvement planning.

• Support to strengthen surveillance, notification, cohort analysis, dashboards, data quality, and corrective-action follow-up with the M&E Expert.

• Facilitate operational research, evaluation, learning, and use of evidence for programme improvement.

E. Technical Quality, Infection Prevention, and Capacity Development

• In line with WHO guidelines, support development and implementation of Quality of Services (QoS) plans along the care continuum

• Ensure consistent application of national TB standards and quality-assure technical plans, guidance, and training materials.

• Strengthen supportive supervision, continuous quality improvement, and infection-prevention measures.

• Assess capacity gaps and implement training, mentoring, and coaching for NTP and implementing entities.

F. Risk, Compliance, Stakeholder Engagement, and Reporting

• Support development of operational plans to strengthen cross-program coordination

• Implement measures set out in the SOPs or operational plans to ensure coordination on case funding with other programs such as diabetes, MNCH, nutrition

• Identify and mitigate technical, operational, commodity, and implementation risks and escalate significant issues.

• Ensure compliance and support audits, LFA reviews, and official missions while coordinating with government, communities, and partners.

• Prepare quality-assured programme reports, grant inputs, technical briefs, and documentation of lessons and scalable practices.

G. Additional Responsibilities

• Undertake any other reasonable and relevant responsibilities assigned by the Deputy Team Leader (Technical and Programmatic), commensurate with the technical seniority, skills, and experience required for the position.

E. Qualifications and Experience

Education

• A medical degree (MBBS or equivalent) and a master's degree in public health, epidemiology, pulmonology, infectious diseases, or another relevant discipline.

• Postgraduate qualification or advanced training in TB, respiratory medicine, DR-TB, TPT, programme management, or health systems is desirable.

Experience

• At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in TB programme management or public health, including at least 5 years supporting national or donor-funded TB programmes.

• Demonstrated experience in planning, implementation, M&E, technical quality improvement, supportive supervision, and coordination with government and development partners.

• Experience with Global Fund or WHO-supported programmes, DR-TB, TPT, public-private mix, operational research, or health systems strengthening is highly desirable.

F. Competencies

Technical Competencies

• TB prevention, case finding, diagnosis, treatment, and care.

• Drug-sensitive and drug-resistant TB; TPT, contact investigation, and pediatric TB.

• TB/HIV collaboration.

• Diagnostics and laboratory networks.

• Medicines and commodity coordination.

• Public–private mix and community systems.

• TB surveillance, cohort, and cascade analysis.

• Monitoring, evaluation, and results-based management.

• Infection prevention and quality improvement, and operational research.

• Risk and grant compliance and technical reporting in English and Bangla.

Behavioral Competencies

• Technical leadership, analytical thinking, and results orientation.

• Sound judgement, communication, and stakeholder coordination.

• Supervision, coaching, and teamwork.

• Innovation, with willingness to take disciplined risks.

• Integrity, accountability, and honesty; encourages openness and transparency.

• Cultural sensitivity, respect for diversity, and commitment to equitable, person-centered, and evidence-based programming.

G. Expected Deliverables

• Approved annual TB Implementation Plan, including targets, technical budget and procurement inputs, risk actions, and supervision schedule.

• Quarterly and annual TB performance-review reports with disaggregated analysis, bottlenecks, and corrective actions.

• Technical supervision, quality assurance, and data-quality review reports and TB Performance Improvement Plans.

• Annual capacity-development plan and training, mentoring, and evaluation reports.

• Technical inputs to TB medicine/diagnostic forecasts, quantification, supply plans, and stock-risk mitigation.

• Updated technical guidance, SOPs, referral pathways, and quality-improvement tools, as assigned.

• Timely inputs to grant reports and reviews and documentation of research, innovations, lessons, and good practices.

H. Integrity, Safeguarding, Confidentiality and Compliance

• The incumbent shall uphold the highest standards of integrity, accountability, impartiality, professionalism, and ethical conduct, including the timely and transparent disclosure of any actual, potential, or perceived conflict of interest.

• The incumbent shall contribute to and promote a safe, respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory working and service environment, with zero tolerance for harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, discrimination, retaliation, or any other safeguarding violation.

• The incumbent shall safeguard and maintain the confidentiality of all programme, financial, personnel, beneficiary, and other sensitive information, including medical and personal data, and shall respect the principles of informed consent, privacy, and data protection.

• The incumbent shall promptly report any suspected or identified misconduct, safeguarding concern, fraud, corruption, conflict of interest, financial irregularity, misuse of resources, or other violation through the prescribed reporting and escalation channels.

• The incumbent shall perform all duties in accordance with applicable Government of Bangladesh laws and policies, the Global Fund Grant Agreement, the Global Fund Code of Conduct for Recipients, and other relevant policies, procedures, and guidelines.

I. Remuneration and Benefits

• Monthly remuneration will be determined in accordance with the PMU HR guideline

• Group health insurance will be provided as per the PMU HR guideline

• Monthly mobile and internet bill will be provided as per the PMU HR guideline

All these positions are open for Bangladeshi Nationals only. All candidates, irrespective of gender, religious and ethnic backgrounds can apply for the vacancies. Female candidates are highly encourged to apply.

Only short-listed candidates shall be invited for written test/interview. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Last Date of Application: 20 November 2026 (23:59 PM)