Various Positions
Job posted on 27 May, 2024
Apply before 05 Jun, 2024
FHI 360 Nepal
Details / requirements:
FHI 360 Nepal Office
Vacancy Announcement
FHI 360 is a global organization that mobilizes research, resources, and relationships so people everywhere have access to the opportunities they need to lead full and healthy lives. With collaborations in over 60 countries, we work directly with local leaders to advance social and economic equity, improve health and well-being, respond to humanitarian crises, and strengthen community resilience. We share data-driven insights and scalable tools that expand access and equity so communities can effectively address complex challenges, respond to shocks, and achieve thriving futures.
FHI 360 has been working in Nepal since 1993. Together with the Government of Nepal (GoN), civil society, and the private sector, FHI 360 works collaboratively in the areas of HIV, family planning (FP)/reproductive health (RH), health security and one health, nutrition, COVID-19 response, procurement, and supply chain management, local capacity strengthening, civil society and media strengthening, governance reform, and the environment and climate change.
We request applications from qualified individuals for the positions mentioned below:
1. Technical Specialist – Antimicrobial Use (AMU)/ Antimicrobial Consumption (AMC)
The Technical Specialist – AMU/AMC will be responsible for activities related to supporting and strengthening the capacity and systems for AMU/AMC surveillance in humans and animals. S/he will coordinate and collaborate with the Quality Standards and Regulatory Division (QSRD), Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Department of Drug Administration (DDA) and Veterinary Standard Drugs Regulatory Laboratory (VSDRL), Department of Livestock Services (DLS) on AMU and AMC surveillance activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Support to develop systems for AMU and AMC surveillance and data sharing.
- Provide support to QSRD/MOHP, DDA, VSDRL and DLS to develop protocols, guidelines, implementation plans and reports as well as disseminate findings.
- Collect, collate, review, analyze and visualize data related to AMU and AMC patterns in human and animal populations.
- Support to map, investigate and/or assess antibiotic distribution and use in Aqua.
- Support and ensure that the national AMU/AMC Technical Working group (TWG) functions effectively and participate in other national-level TWGs, as needed.
- Liaise and coordinate activities with Fleming Fund Country Grant for Nepal (FFCGN) program staff.
- Support to conduct AMC and AMU surveys in Human Health (HH) and support in Animal Health (AH).
- Provide support to DDA to enable it to track imports, manufacture and distribution of antimicrobials and development of database for ongoing monitoring and World Health Organization AMC Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) reporting.
- Prepare and submit AMC/AMU-related data and reports in accordance with national, regional and global standards and requirements.
- Coordinate and collaborate with stakeholders working in AMU/AMC and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
- Support in clinical engagement and stewardship activities.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in pharmacy or relevant field with two to three years of experience in a relevant field or bachelor’s degree or relevant field in pharmacy with three to five years of experience in relevant sector preferably in AMR, AMU, AMC or disease surveillance or public health programs.
- Experience in collaborating with local partners and government organizations and entities.
- Understanding of drug distribution information systems.
- Experience working on AMU survey, drug distribution and AMC surveillance with skills in data collection, analysis and interpretation and study/survey design (preferred).
- Proactive in managing multiple tasks, managing, and working in the virtual work environment, and flexible and open to managing time for working with different teams in different time zones as needed.
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, team building and management, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent oral and written English and Nepali including documentation skills
2. Research Specialist
The Research Specialist will oversee research initiatives of USAID Clean Air program and will assist the Chief of Party (COP) and other team members with the development and implementation of USAID Clean Air’s research programs s/he will primarily work closely with USAID Clean Air’s implementing partners Energy and Policy Institute of University of Chicago (EPIC) and Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), to execute innovative ideas related to energy and air quality management.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist the COP and the USAID Clean Air team, including implementing partners with strategic and operational planning, including work planning, and ensure compliance with all reporting requirements of USAID and FHI 360.
- Coordinate and oversee the development and implementation of research activities, studies under USAID Clean Air, in close coordination with project team and implementing partners.
- Provide guidance and support to the USAID Clean Air team on research design, field planning, data collection, data management, power calculations, and analysis.
- Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to drive progress on USAID Clean Air’s research projects.
- Support project partners in conducting research related activities and studies.
- Support other research, policy and communication related tasks of USAID Clean Air as assigned by the COP.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in economics, environment, management, public policy, or other relevant field with two to three years of experience or a bachelor’s degree with three to five years of work experience in a role with project-based assignments, with substantial client-facing components, experience in monitoring and evaluation projects, and at least a year of direct project management experience.
- Experience in environment, social science or economic field research or experience conducting field research in developing countries.
- Proactive in managing multiple tasks, managing, and working in the virtual work environment, and flexible and open to managing time for working with different teams in different time zones as needed.
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, team building and management, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent oral and written English and Nepali including documentation skills.
3. Program Officer – AMR Secretariat
The Program Officer will be responsible for activities related to supporting and coordinating with different stakeholders for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)/Antimicrobial Use (AMU)/ Antimicrobial Consumption (AMC) surveillance and support Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-sectoral Steering Committee (AMRMSC) secretariat at Quality Standards and Regulatory Division (QSRD), Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) for AMR/AMU/AMC on data collation, analysis and visualization and related activities to strengthen AMR secretariat.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide logistic management and technical support to conduct Antimicrobial Resistance Multisectoral Steering Committee (AMRMSC), National Technical Working Committee (NTWC), AMR Technical working Groups (TWGs) meetings.
- Coordinate, liaise and support different departments/focal points under different Ministries on AMU/AMC/AMR activities.
- Coordinate with different AMR surveillance sites and sectors for AMR data and program.
- Coordinate in creating and updating documentation repository, contact matrix, and related documents.
- Support in preparation of training/workshop and meeting presentation, documents, reports, proceeding, and monthly updates.
- Provide support to Government to prepare and visualize AMR/AMU/AMC-related data, analysis and report.
- Support on AMR/AMU/AMC data base, preparation of dashboard and data collation/analysis from all sectors.
- Any additional activities identified during discussion and requested by Government or Fleming Fund Country Grant for Nepal (FFCGN).
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in biostatistics, public health, or other relevant subjects with three to five years of experience or master's degree with one to three years of experience in the above-mentioned field
- Previous work experience with government or national and international non-government organizations preferable in public health, data, documentation and communication.
- Previous work on AMR/AMU/AMC or one health related activity.
- Experience in preparing reports, presentations, meeting notes and other documentation.
- Proactive in managing multiple tasks, managing, and working in the virtual work environment, and flexible and open to managing time for working with different teams in different time zones as needed.
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, team building and management, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent oral and written English and Nepali including documentation skills.
4. Governance and Capacity Building Officer
The Governance and Capacity Building Officer is responsible for providing support to Technical Advisor for Governance and Capacity Building for planning, execution, reporting, documentation, and management of program activities. Under the guidance of the supervisor, the Officer is also responsible to support partner organizations, municipalities and other related stakeholders in their capacity strengthening, planning, policy making, and implementation for air quality management in Kathmandu Valley.
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with the supervisor to provide necessary support in designing, implementing, and documenting all interventions for evidence-based policy formulation, enforcement and implementation that influences air quality in close coordination with implementing partners, USAID Clean Air and FHI 360 Nepal office team.
- Support supervisor in preparation of annual and quarterly implementation plan and budget as well as prepare a detailed implementation plan.
- Provide support in enhancing the engagement of the Government in air quality management issues and advancing policy, institutional reforms and enforcement at municipal, provincial, and federal levels.
- Provide support in maintaining strong coordination with government officials at national and subnational levels, Civil Society Organizations networks, media organizations and the private sector to promote collaborative governance for air quality management.
- Provide support by working closely with municipal government and other stakeholders to develop municipal-level quality management action plan, incorporating air quality issues other plans, policies and implementation frameworks.
- Facilitate initiatives to strengthen their capacity to understand and apply local innovation generating evidence for improved policymaking, implementation and enforcement.
- Develop and maintain strong working relations with key municipal, provincial, and federal government representatives, civil society organizations, media, and implementation partners.
- Support to design and deliver training, workshops, meetings, and other actions required.
- Prepare weekly updates, event reports and meeting minutes as required.
- Work closely with the USAID Clean Air Program Officer to provide necessary details for initiating admin related requests including procurement requests for events, goods and services, settling expenses related to activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in social science, rural development, political science or a related field with three to five years of work experience in capacity strengthening of government, especially local government in formulating inclusive plans and budgets, establishing coordination and collaboration with different stakeholders and delivering local services more effectively or master's degree with one to three years of experience in the above-mentioned field.
- Knowledge of government structure, local government acts, policies and procedures, and local level planning processes.
- Experience in managing diverse stakeholders.
- Proactive in managing multiple tasks, managing, and working in the virtual work environment, and flexible and open to managing time for working with different teams in different time zones as needed.
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, team building and management, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent oral and written English and Nepali including documentation skills.
5. Civil Society Officer
The Civil Society Officer is responsible for providing necessary support to Technical Advisor for Civil Society for planning, execution, reporting, documentation, and management of program activities. Under the guidance of the supervisor, the Officer is also responsible to support partner organizations, civil society organization (CSO) networks, and media for clean air rights and advocacy, capacity strengthening, planning, and implementation of clean air rights and advocacy activities within Kathmandu Valley.
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with the supervisor to provide necessary support in designing, implementing, and documenting all interventions for civil society, clean air rights and advocacy in close coordination with implementing partners, USAID Clean Air and FHI 360 Nepal Office team.
- Support supervisor in preparation of annual and quarterly implementation plan and budget as well as prepare a detailed implementation plan.
- Provide necessary support for facilitation to national and local CSO coalitions and networks working alongside the rights to clean air and related areas.
- Support the overall development and implementation of strategies to engage civil society organizations, community-based groups, youth groups, and other stakeholders.
- Provide necessary support for engaging team members in analyzing progress related to the USAID Clean Air on civil society and media engagement.
- Support development of joint reports with national coalitions and identify good practices for monitoring and reporting on clean air rights and advocacy.
- Support in finalizing advocacy issues of USAID Clean Air partners and in ensuring that these issues are agreed upon by the CSO networks at the municipal level.
- Provide technical support to CSO networks in analyzing evidence generated by them, and assist them in using evidence for advocacy.
- Provide support to CSOs in developing advocacy plans/strategies and in ensuring that those plans are agreed by CSO networks, and implement these advocacy plans effectively.
- Provide support CSO networks in disseminating findings of oversight functions and link these findings as evidence for advocacy plans/strategies prepared by CSOs.
- Provide support to the supervisor in bringing together CSO networks and partners in connecting local-level issues of advocacy with federal and provincial networks/coalitions for policy-level advocacy so that these issues are heard at provincial/federal levels.
- Provide support in using information and communications technology (ICT) and data in advocacy and oversight of public services delivery and resource use related to clean air rights.
- Provide necessary support to design and deliver training, workshops, meetings, and other actions required.
- Prepare weekly updates, event reports and meeting minutes as required.
- Work closely with USAID Clean Air Program Officer to provide necessary details for initiating admin related requests including procurement requests for events, goods and services, settling expenses related to activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in social science, rural development, political science or a related field with three to five years of experience or master's degree with one to three years of experience in the above-mentioned field.
- Experience in engaging CSO and media for advocacy and accountability with diverse stakeholders.
- Knowledge of civic space, citizen engagement, advocacy, and CSO/media oversight is required.
- Experience in working effectively across various teams within the project and with external stakeholders.
- Proactive in managing multiple tasks, managing, and working in the virtual work environment, and flexible and open to managing time for working with different teams both in FHI 360 and with partner organization.
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, team building and management, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent oral and written English and Nepali including documentation skills.
6. Education Officer
The Education Officer is responsible for providing support to Technical Advisor – Education for planning, execution, reporting, documentation, and management of program activities under the education component of USAID Clean Air. Under the guidance of the supervisor, the Officer is also responsible to support partner organizations, municipalities and other related stakeholders in their capacity strengthening, planning, policy making, and implementation of education activities in Kathmandu Valley.
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with the supervisor to provide necessary support in designing, implementing, and documenting all interventions under education component of USAID Clean Air project in close coordination with implementing partner, USAID Clean Air and FHI 360 Nepal Office team.
- Support supervisor in preparation of annual and quarterly implementation plan and budget as well as prepare a detailed implementation plan.
- Provide support in designing education interventions and in implementation of approved annual/quarterly/ monthly work/activity plans within approved scope, budget, timeline ensuring technical quality as well.
- Provide support in liaising, facilitating and coordinating key stakeholders, including municipal authorities, head teachers, teachers, school management committees, community-based organizations for planning, implementing, documenting and communicating education interventions.
- Provide support in carrying out regular monitoring and follow ups of education related activities being implemented through education partners to ascertain progress against plans, budget and identify challenges, lessons learnt and emerging need to support redesigning of interventions.
- Assist in generation of evidence-based data, information/learning on the outcomes of the project on target children’s learning and wellbeing with technical support from Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team and Technical Advisor–Education.
- Represent USAID Clean Air in relevant forums as assigned by the Technical Advisor–Education.
- Work closely with USAID Clean Air Program Officer to provide necessary details for initiating admin related requests including procurement requests for events, goods and services, settling expenses related to activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in education or social science, or a related field with three to five years of experience or master's degree with one to three years of experience in the above-mentioned field.
- Experience in managing education projects with diverse stakeholders.
- Knowledge and understanding of status of education sector in Nepal, in particular green school programs and approaches.
- Demonstrated commitment to improving the lives of children, girls and boys including those with special needs in schools and vulnerable and marginalized households.
- Proven technical knowledge and skills in the development field, child participation, education and influencing policies and practices to foster children’s equitable access to safe and quality learning/education.
- Proactive in managing multiple tasks, managing, and working in the virtual work environment, and flexible and open for managing time for working with different teams both in FHI 360 and with partner organization.
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, team building and management, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent oral and written English and Nepali including documentation skills.
7. Medical Laboratory Technologist
The Medical Laboratory Technologist will be responsible for supporting HIV related testing, quality assurance, recording reporting, coordination, and management to achieve goals of National HIV program and EpiC Nepal.
Key Responsibilities
- Support to conduct HIV Viral load, Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) and serological tests of HIV.
- Participate in specimen collection, storage, processing, testing, and recording of other HIV related tests at National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL).
- Work in implementation of External Quality Assessment Scheme (EQAS) of HIV serology and viral load across the country.
- Support in maintaining ISO accreditation of HIV/Hepatitis reference unit at NPHL.
- Support in maintaining standard operating procedures , reagent inventory, expiry log, temperature log, documentations etc. for tests and instruments used within the unit as instructed by Head of Department (HOD)/In-charge.
- Participate in conducting regular HIV related meetings, workshops, problem-oriented discussions and other HIV related laboratory activities.
- Support EpiC Nepal for conducing training, supportive supervision, and monitoring in consultation and approval from Supervisor, HOD, In charge and Director.
- Facilitate trainings/events concerned with HIV infection and laboratory technologies for diagnosis and monitoring of HIV related services conducted by NPHL, EpiC Nepal or other stakeholders as per assigned by Director/HOD/In-charge to strengthen laboratory practice in peripheral service sites.
- Participate and share idea to deliver quality and timely dissemination of services provided by HIV/Hepatitis Reference Laboratory.
- Coordinate with NPHL and province public health laboratories (PPHL) for optimization of diagnostic network of HIV viral load testing and other EpiC Nepal project related activities.
- Coordination with government hospitals, PPHL, Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) centers and stakeholders.
- Supportive supervision and monitoring of government sites and EpiC Nepal clinical service sites.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in medical laboratory technology (MLT) or equivalent with three years of relevant experience in laboratory diagnosis.
- Nepal Health Professional Council (NHPC) registered.
- Experience in molecular level testing preferred.
- Experience in the field of HIV and AIDS related services preferred.
- Proactive and independent approach to work with willingness to undertake additional responsibilities.
- Proactive in managing multiple tasks, managing, and working in the virtual work environment, and flexible and open for managing time for working with different teams both in FHI 360 and with partner organization.
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, team building and management, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent oral and written English and Nepali including documentation skills.
Interested eligible Nepali candidates are request to apply for this job on the link https://www.fhi360.org/careers
The final deadline for application is 5:00 p.m. June 5, 2024
Only short-listed candidates will be invited for written tests and oral interviews. FHI 360 reserves the right to reject any or all applications received without explanation.
Overview
| Category | Development and Project, Development / INGO |
| Openings | 6 |
| Position Type | Full Time |
| Experience | Please check vacancy details. |
| Education | Please check vacancy details |
| Posted Date | 27 May, 2024 |
| Apply Before | 05 Jun, 2024 |
| City | Kathmandu |
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