DR-TB and TPT Specialist

D. Key Duties and Responsibilities

A. Strategic and Technical Program Support

• Lead implementation of national DR-TB and TPT strategies, guidelines, and annual plans.

• Advise the TB Expert and NTP on performance, technical risks, emerging evidence, and corrective actions.

• Promote equitable, person-centered integration with TB, HIV, pediatric, community, and primary-care services.

B. Drug-Resistant TB (DR-TB)

• Strengthen rapid diagnosis, drug-susceptibility testing, referral, and timely treatment initiation.

• Strengthen active drug-safety monitoring (aDSM) and pharmacovigilance for DR-TB patients through systematic adverse event screening, clinical and laboratory monitoring, timely management and reporting of adverse drug reactions, implementation of aDSM, staff capacity building, and integration with national pharmacovigilance systems to improve patient safety and treatment outcomes.

• Lead/coordinate DR-TB cohort review and clinical case review processes with NTP and relevant experts.

• Monitor time to treatment initiation after DR-TB diagnosis and help address delays.

• Promote adherence, community-linked support, retention, and improvement of treatment outcomes.

C. Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment (TPT)

• Strengthen systematic contact investigation, TB screening, exclusion of active disease, eligibility assessment, and timely initiation of eligible people on TPT.

• Support scale-up of nationally approved TPT regimens for eligible household and close contacts, people living with HIV, children and adolescents, and other priority populations.

• Monitor identification, eligibility, initiation, adherence, completion, and outcomes across the TPT cascade and facilitate corrective actions for performance gaps.

• Support appropriate preventive interventions for contacts exposed to drug-resistant TB in accordance with national policy and applicable WHO guidance.

D. Laboratory, Commodities, and Infection Prevention

• Coordinate access to quality-assured molecular testing, drug-susceptibility testing, and monitoring services.

• Support forecasting and stock monitoring for medicines, diagnostics, and related commodities.

• Mitigate supply risks and promote appropriate airborne infection-prevention measures.

E. Monitoring, Performance, and Quality Improvement

• Monitor DR-TB and TPT indicators, milestones, cascades, and outcomes, and lead performance reviews.

• Promote service-quality monitoring, supportive supervision, and continuous improvement, including follow-up of agreed recommendations and actions.

• Develop improvement plans, validate programme data, and support DQA, RDQA, and OSDV activities.

• Support the MERL/MIS teams to strengthen indicators, recording/reporting tools, dashboards, data quality, and routine analysis for the assigned portfolios.

F. Capacity Development and Technical Assistance

• Assess capacity gaps and support the development or adaptation of training materials, clinical aids, implementation tools, mentoring, and supportive-supervision approaches for DR-TB and TPT.

• Support capacity building of programme managers, clinicians, nurses, laboratory personnel, pharmacists, community workers, and other providers involved in DR-TB and TPT.

• Implement training and mentoring for clinical, laboratory, pharmacy, data, and community personnel.

G. Risk, Compliance, Coordination, and Reporting

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

• Ensure compliance and support audits, the GF reviews, and official missions.

• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders and prepare periodic reports, briefs, and grant-submission inputs.

• Provide technical inputs to forecasting and quantification of DR-TB and TPT medicines, diagnostics, and related commodities; identify potential supply risks and support timely mitigation.

• Prepare technical analyses, reports, presentations, programme updates, and inputs to Global Fund submissions; document lessons, innovations, and good practices; and contribute to relevant operational research and evaluations.

G. Additional Responsibilities

• Undertake any other reasonable and relevant responsibilities assigned by the TB Expert or PMU leadership, commensurate with the technical level, 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, respiratory medicine, infectious diseases, or another relevant discipline.

• Specialized or postgraduate training in DR-TB, TPT, respiratory/infectious diseases, pharmacovigilance, programme management, or operational research is desirable.

Experience

• At least 8 years of progressively responsible experience in TB programme implementation, including at least 3 years supporting DR-TB or TPT programmes.

• Demonstrated experience in programme planning, clinical/programmatic quality improvement, supportive supervision, M&E, capacity development, and coordination with government and development partners.

• Experience with Global Fund or WHO-supported TB programmes, molecular diagnostics, medicine/commodity coordination, or operational research is highly desirable.

F. Competencies

Technical Competencies

• DR-TB diagnosis, treatment, and cohort management.

• TPT and contact management.

• Rapid molecular diagnostics and drug-susceptibility testing.

• Patient-centered care, adherence, and social support.

• Active drug-safety monitoring and pharmacovigilance.

• Infection prevention and medicines/diagnostic commodities.

• Surveillance, M&E, and results-based management.

• Quality improvement, operational research, risk and grant compliance, and technical reporting in English and Bangla.

Behavioral Competencies

• Technical credibility, analytical thinking, and results orientation.

• Sound judgement, communication, and stakeholder coordination.

• Mentoring, teamwork, and innovation.

• Integrity, accountability, and professionalism.

• Cultural sensitivity, respect for diversity, and commitment to safe, equitable, and person-centered services

G. Expected Deliverables

• Annual DR-TB and TPT Operational Plan, including targets, technical budget and procurement inputs, risk actions, and supervision schedule.

• Quarterly DR-TB/TPT performance reports with cascade and cohort analysis, bottlenecks, and recommendations.

• Technical supervision, quality assurance, and data-quality reports and performance improvement plans.

• Annual capacity development and mentoring plan with training and evaluation reports.

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

• Updated guidelines, SOPs, algorithms, referral pathways, job aids, 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)