Child TB, IPC, and TB Vaccination Specialist

D.  Key Duties and Responsibilities:

A. Strategic Technical Planning and Coordination

• Support the development, review, and implementation of national strategies, operational plans, guidelines, SOPs, targets, and budgets for Child TB, TB IPC, and TB vaccination.

• Translate approved national and WHO guidance into practical implementation approaches and support timely resolution of technical and operational bottlenecks.

• Promote integration with paediatric, maternal/newborn/child/adolescent health, EPI, HIV, nutrition, primary-care, laboratory, community, procurement, and M&E functions.

B. Child and Adolescent TB

• Strengthen systematic contact investigation, screening, diagnostic evaluation, referral, and timely initiation of TPT or TB treatment for children and adolescents.

• Support implementation of age-appropriate diagnostic algorithms, specimen-collection approaches, treatment regimens, child-friendly formulations, adherence support, follow-up, and outcome documentation.

• Promote decentralized, integrated, family-centred and adolescent-responsive services, including linkages with paediatric, nutrition, HIV, hospital, primary-care, school-health, and community platforms.

• Analyse missed cases, diagnostic delays, treatment gaps, and outcomes, and support targeted corrective actions for drug-susceptible and drug-resistant TB among children and adolescents.

C. Tuberculosis Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)

• Support facility and programme-level TB transmission-risk assessments and implementation of costed, prioritized TB IPC improvement plans.

• Strengthen the hierarchy of IPC measures, including administrative controls, environmental controls, and appropriate respiratory protection, consistent with national and WHO guidance.

• Promote effective triage, separation, rapid diagnosis, treatment initiation, ventilation, patient-flow improvement, respiratory hygiene, and protection of health workers and other high-risk groups.

• Support integration of TB IPC within quality-of-care systems, facility supervision, occupational health, community and congregate-setting interventions, and relevant emergency preparedness mechanisms.

D. TB Vaccination

• Coordinate with NTP, EPI and relevant partners to strengthen BCG vaccination coverage, timely birth-dose delivery, referral of missed children, recording and reporting, and service linkages in accordance with national policy.

• Provide technical inputs to BCG forecasting, supply planning, cold-chain and stock monitoring, provider capacity development, vaccine-safety surveillance, and follow-up of identified programme gaps.

• Support policy dialogue, evidence review, stakeholder coordination and programme-readiness planning for any future TB vaccine recommended by WHO and adopted by the Government of Bangladesh, without pre-empting national regulatory or policy decisions.

E. Monitoring, Performance and Quality Improvement

• Track relevant national and Global Fund targets and milestones, analyse geographic and population gaps, and support performance reviews and time-bound corrective actions.

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

• Work with MERL/MIS teams to strengthen indicators, recording/reporting tools, dashboards, data quality, and routine analysis for Child TB, TB IPC, and TB vaccination.

F. Capacity Development, Stakeholder Engagement and Reporting

• Assess capacity gaps and support training materials, clinical and IPC aids, implementation tools, mentoring, and supportive supervision for programme managers, clinicians, vaccinators, IPC focal persons, community workers, and other providers.

• Coordinate with NTP, EPI, DGHS programmes, implementing entities, WHO and other partners, professional bodies, academia and civil society; prepare technical analyses, reports and Global Fund inputs; and document lessons, innovations and good practices.

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.  Expected Deliverables:

• Annual and periodic implementation plans for Child TB, TB IPC, and TB vaccination, with agreed targets, milestones, and review schedules.

• Routine Child TB, TB IPC, and TB vaccination performance analyses, with documented corrective actions and follow-up.

• Technical inputs to guidelines/SOPs, training and mentoring, facility risk assessments, supervision, vaccine and commodity planning, and programme reviews.

• Timely, quality-assured technical inputs to PMU/NTP reports, Global Fund Progress Updates/Results Reports, grant reviews, and other required submissions.

• Documented lessons, technical briefs, implementation improvements, readiness inputs for future nationally adopted TB vaccines, and relevant operational research/evaluation contributions.

F.   Qualifications and Experience:

Education

• Medical degree (MBBS) or equivalent recognized medical qualification.

• A Master's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, tuberculosis/respiratory medicine, Paediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Infection Prevention and Control, Vaccinology, Health Management, or another discipline relevant to the assignment is desirable.

Experience

• At least 8 years of progressively responsible experience in TB programme management, clinical or public-health programming, or communicable-disease control, including substantial experience in one or more of Child and Adolescent TB, TB IPC, or immunization programming.

• Demonstrated experience in programme planning, monitoring, data analysis, capacity development, supportive supervision, quality improvement, and multi-stakeholder coordination.

• Experience with NTP or another Government health programme and with Global Fund or other development-partner-supported programmes is highly desirable.

G.   Competencies:

Technical competencies

• Child and Adolescent TB prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, care, and programme management.

• TB contact investigation, TPT linkages, referral pathways, and integrated models of child- and family-centred care.

• TB IPC risk assessment and implementation of administrative, environmental, and respiratory-protection measures.

• BCG and immunization-programme coordination, vaccine-safety monitoring, and readiness planning for future nationally adopted TB vaccines.

• Monitoring, data interpretation, quality improvement, and results-based management.

• Capacity development, supportive supervision, technical coordination, and stakeholder engagement.

Behavioral competencies

• Strong analytical thinking, sound judgement, and problem-solving.

• Clear communication, collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and facilitation.

• Accountability, integrity, cultural sensitivity, respect for diversity, and commitment to patient-centred, equitable, evidence-based care.

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 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)