Cluster Coordinator - Osun

• Should possess a background in Public Health, Nursing, Social Sciences, Health Sciences or Community Health
• Knowledge of the TB epidemiological situation in the States.
• Good knowledge of the terrain in the assigned Local Government Areas.
• Strong coordination, planning, and supervisory skills.
• Strong networking and representational skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English as well as presentation skills.
• Self-motivated with a strong ability to identify and develop relevant work areas.
• Able to communicate complex issues concisely, accessible, and engagingly.
• Ability to meet deadlines with strong attention to consistency, detail, and quality.
• Conversant with using Microsoft Office Applications – MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Applicant must be domiciled in the local government he/she is applying for.

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong coordination, planning, and supervisory skills.
• Strong networking and representational skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and presentation skills, with proven experience in analysing data and developing PowerPoint presentations and other reports.
• Comfortable planning and delivering multiple activities under pressure to strict deadlines and high levels of precision.
• Self-motivated with a strong ability to identify and develop relevant work areas.

• Should possess a background in Public Health, Nursing, Social Sciences, Health Sciences or Community Health
• Knowledge of the TB epidemiological situation in the States.
• Good knowledge of the terrain in the assigned Local Government Areas.
• Strong coordination, planning, and supervisory skills.
• Strong networking and representational skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English as well as presentation skills.
• Self-motivated with a strong ability to identify and develop relevant work areas.
• Able to communicate complex issues concisely, accessible, and engagingly.
• Ability to meet deadlines with strong attention to consistency, detail, and quality.
• Conversant with using Microsoft Office Applications – MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Applicant must be domiciled in the local government he/she is applying for.

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong coordination, planning, and supervisory skills.
• Strong networking and representational skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and presentation skills, with proven experience in analysing data and developing PowerPoint presentations and other reports.
• Comfortable planning and delivering multiple activities under pressure to strict deadlines and high levels of precision.
• Self-motivated with a strong ability to identify and develop relevant work areas.

Background

• The TB-LON 3 Project is a USAID-funded Award that is a revolutionary program working with communities, facilities, and relevant State and National structures to improve access to TB case finding, diagnosis, treatment, and notification in Lagos, Ogun, Osun, and Oyo States; as well as increase domestic financing for TB and strengthen surveillance and integrated reporting across four result areas:
  • Improved access to high-quality, person-centered TB treatment, DR-TB, and TB/HIV services for a cumulative number of at least 126,576 persons for the life of the activity
  • Strengthened systems and structures for TB detection, treatment and notification with TB service delivery platforms strengthened.
  • TB disease transmission and progression reduced.
  • TB research and innovations accelerated with improved impact on program implementation.
• The TB-LON 3 Award is implemented by a consortium, with the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) as the Prime Recipient, the Society for Family Health as the Sub-Recipient, and other Implementing Entities.

Duties

• Support high-quality data recording and reporting into TB documentation tools.
• Check and maintain the intensified TB case finding and treatment process at clustered facilities using the hub-and-spoke model.
• Support the Community Mobilization Assistant in coordinating, collecting, and reviewing community intervention data.
• Collate and review data from TB Screening officers in his/her assigned clustered facilities.
• Routine visits to assigned facilities within his/her cluster to ensure quality TB screening process at the clinic when necessary.
• Support various OPD and service delivery points and DOTS referral linkage coordination, ensuring seamless integration between both clinics regarding referrals to ensure no patient loss (100% linkage rate to DOTS).
• Provide technical assistance to screening officers and contact tracing officers on TB screening, presumptive identification, and further evaluation for diagnosis.
• Support high-quality data recording and reporting with Spot checking of TB documentation tools.
• Provide support to Contact tracers to ensure maximum yield from contact tracing activities.
• Collate weekly site cascade reports and routinely verify reports generated against source documents and report challenges to the IHVN supervising officer where necessary.
• Regularly support the updating of all NTP documentation tools in the LGA.
• Ensure daily update is made into NTP recording registers.
• Assist TBLS in monthly/quarterly data collation and reporting.
• Support with data retrieval, collation, and review from different SDPs and interventions in the LGA.
• Support with filing and proper record-keeping of documents and tools.
• Support quarterly data review and reporting on various reporting templates.
• Perform any other assigned duties.