Coordination Officer (Prison Interventions - TB/HIV)

D. Key Duties and Responsibilities

A. Operational Planning and Coordination

• Support prison TB/HIV workplans, targets, schedules, budgets, monitoring calendars, and risk logs.

• Coordinate implementation with prison authorities, health programmes, laboratories, and implementing entities.

• Track responsibilities, deadlines, and risks and escalate significant clinical, safeguarding, financial, or security issues.

B. Service and Referral Coordination

• Coordinate voluntary and confidential TB screening, HIV testing, and approved referral services.

• Facilitate specimen transport, results return, and referral to authorized diagnostic and treatment facilities.

• Track linkage to TB treatment, ART, and related care and refer urgent clinical matters to authorized providers.

C. Continuity of Care During Transfer and Release

• Maintain secure processes for identifying individuals requiring continued care during transfer or release.

• Coordinate consent-based referrals, documentation, appointments, and permitted bridge medicines.

• Track linkage outcomes and promptly escalate actual or potential treatment interruptions.

D. Peer Volunteers and Capacity Development

• Support transparent selection, training, and supervision of Prison Peer Volunteers.

• Maintain appropriate rosters, training records, activity logs, and replacement plans while protecting confidentiality.

• Coordinate training and mentoring for prison health staff, custodial personnel, field workers, and peer volunteers.

E. Monitoring, Data Quality and Performance Management

• Track approved indicators for screening, diagnosis, treatment, HIV testing, ART linkage, referrals, and continuity of care.

• Maintain secure records and reconcile service, laboratory, treatment, and referral data.

• Support data-quality reviews, performance analysis, corrective-action planning, and reporting inputs.

F. Quality, Infection Prevention and Commodities

• Monitor service readiness, confidentiality, patient flow, infection prevention, and referral arrangements.

• Coordinate monitoring of medicines, diagnostics, and related commodities with technical and supply-chain teams.

• Report stock risks and service-continuity threats and follow up approved corrective actions.

G. Human Rights, Safeguarding, Risk and Compliance

• Promote voluntary, confidential, respectful, and non-discriminatory services for people in custody.

• Report safeguarding, rights, or confidentiality concerns through established procedures.

• Maintain the operational risk log, support compliance, and track audit, LFA, and review recommendations.

H. Stakeholder Engagement and Reporting

• Coordinate with prison authorities, health managers, national programmes, implementers, and community services.

• Prepare periodic reports, field-visit summaries, facility profiles, referral updates, and bottleneck briefs.

• Provide timely grant-reporting inputs and document non-identifiable lessons and innovations using approved protocols.

I. Additional Responsibilities

Undertake any other reasonable and relevant responsibilities assigned by the HIV Specialist (Prevention), commensurate with the skills and experience required for the position.

E. Qualifications and Experience

Education

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree, or an equivalent degree from a recognized institution.

• Relevant training in TB/HIV programming, project coordination, M&E, infection prevention, human rights, safeguarding, or work with key and vulnerable populations is desirable.

Experience

• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in public health implementation, field coordination, community systems, or project management, including at least 3 years supporting TB/HIV or other health interventions for vulnerable populations or in closed settings.

• Demonstrated experience coordinating Government, facility, civil-society, and community stakeholders and conducting field monitoring, indicator tracking, data verification, referral coordination, and programme reporting.

• Experience with Global Fund or comparable programmes, the Directorate of Prisons, NASP, NTP, district health systems, peer volunteers, or health information systems is desirable.
  

F. Competencies

Technical Competencies

• Operational planning, field coordination, and risk tracking.

• Working knowledge of prison TB/HIV prevention, screening, referral, treatment linkage, adherence, and continuity.

• Voluntary testing, confidentiality, non-discrimination, and safeguarding.

• Specimen and diagnostic logistics.

• Peer-led interventions and adult learning.

• Monitoring, data verification, and indicator analysis.

• Prison administration and security protocols.

• Office and health-information systems; reporting in Bangla and English.

Behavioral Competencies

• Organization, sound judgement, and analytical and results orientation.

• Clear communication and trust-building.

• Patience and tact in regulated environments; teamwork and adaptability.

• Accountability, integrity, and discretion; encourages openness and transparency.

• Cultural sensitivity and respect for the dignity and rights of people in custody.

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions and is willing to take disciplined risks.
  

G. Expected Deliverables

• Annual and quarterly Prison TB/HIV Implementation Plan, facility schedule, target matrix, and operational risk log.

• Monthly activity tracker and quarterly performance report with variance analysis and corrective actions.

• Field monitoring and supportive-supervision reports with documented follow-up.

• Secure screening, referral, treatment-linkage, and transfer/release continuity trackers with confidentiality-protecting aggregate reports.

• Prison Peer Volunteer capacity plan, roster, training reports, and activity summaries.

• Commodity and service-readiness summaries, including escalation and follow-up of stock or referral risks.

• Timely inputs to PMU/DGHS and Global Fund reports and documentation of lessons and scalable practices.

H. 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 bills 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)