{"id":10868,"date":"2024-09-03T08:46:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T03:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secardo.org\/africa-regional-technical-advisor-ov-lf-surveys\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T08:46:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T03:46:58","slug":"africa-regional-technical-advisor-ov-lf-surveys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secardo.org\/?p=10868","title":{"rendered":"Africa Regional Technical Advisor OV &#038; LF Surveys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"tag country\">Country: Nigeria<\/div>\n<div class=\"tag source\">Organization: Sightsavers<\/div>\n<div class=\"date closing\">Closing date: 5 Sep 2024<\/div>\n<p>Title: Africa Regional Technical Advisor OV &#038; LF Surveys<br \/>\nJob Description:<\/p>\n<p>Sightsavers implements projects in over 30 countries in Africa and South Asia working to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote the rights of people with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Title<\/strong>: Africa Regional Technical Advisor OV &#038; LF Surveys<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nigeria &#8211; Abuja, Mali, Senegal, Cameroon or Ghana<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contract:<\/strong> 2-Year Fixed Term Contract<\/p>\n<p><strong>Salary:<\/strong> Local Terms and Conditions apply<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the role<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sightsavers\u2019 work in Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) aims to reduce health disparities and disease burdens by building sustainable, locally owned health programmes. As a Country Coordinating Partner on the RLM Fund expansion project, a $500M initiative running from 2024 to 2030, Sightsavers supports efforts to eliminate NTDs in Africa. This project, backed by the UAE and the Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation, requires extensive technical and programme management support to conduct necessary surveys.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Provide technical support for onchocerciasis surveys to various staff.<br \/>\n\u2022 Review and produce tools for standardised onchocerciasis survey processes.<br \/>\n\u2022 Develop strategies and frameworks for LF technical activities.<br \/>\n\u2022 Provide technical support for LF elimination strategies and frameworks.<br \/>\n\u2022 Share best practices in LF programme implementation across projects.<br \/>\n\u2022 Lead in-country training for LF and OV survey data collection.<br \/>\n\u2022 Ensure linkage between field and laboratory survey data.<br \/>\n\u2022 Coordinate technical advice in multi-funded LF and OV surveys.<br \/>\n\u2022 Support countries in analysing and reporting LF and OV data.<\/p>\n<p>This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sightsavershh.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/HRExternal\/ESUz7CXt0VNBqTmY2lmFCpoBWNiSWOJJbPGFB2k6MO15WA?e=XyIsF4\">Job Description<\/a> for full details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Essential<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A detailed understanding of the transmission, pathogenesis and epidemiology of onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis<br \/>\n\u2022 Experience planning and implementing onchocerciasis serological and entomological surveys<br \/>\n\u2022 Demonstrable experience and\/or qualifications in LF programmes implementation including LF MDA and survey planning and implementation<br \/>\n\u2022 Experience of pre-TAS\/EMS planning and implementation<br \/>\n\u2022 Experience of school base and community based TAS implementation<br \/>\n\u2022 Willingness and availability to travel for field visits, attending meetings, workshops and conferences, subject to an appropriate risk assessment being in place<\/p>\n<p>To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.<\/p>\n<p>As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n<p>Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.<\/p>\n<h2 id='how-to-apply'  id=\"boomdevs_1\">How to apply<\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aplitrak.com\/?adid=QWxmaWUuNDU0ODAuMzgzMEBzaWdodHNhdmVyc3VrLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ\">https:\/\/www.aplitrak.com\/?adid=QWxmaWUuNDU0ODAuMzgzMEBzaWdodHNhdmVyc3VrLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/job\/4090290\/africa-regional-technical-advisor-ov-lf-surveys\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Country: Nigeria Organization: Sightsavers Closing date: 5 Sep 2024 Title: Africa Regional Technical Advisor OV &#038; LF Surveys Job Description: Sightsavers implements projects in over 30 countries in Africa and South Asia working to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[653,703,691,3505,897],"course":[],"event":[],"internship":[],"class_list":["post-10868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-jobs-2","tag-advisor","tag-africa","tag-regional","tag-surveys","tag-technical"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Africa Regional Technical Advisor OV &amp; 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