GRADE: 5
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Global Fund     
LOCATION:  National TB Centre
CONTRACT LENGTH: March 2018
CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 1 - The position holder will not have contact with children and/or young people, or access to personal data about children or young people, as part of their work.

ROLE PURPOSE: 

The Liaison and Quality Assurance Officer (LQAO) functions as a technical member field survey team of the national TB prevalence survey (NTPS) and will prepare information folder of all clusters (99) and participates in the orientation/ training programs of the national TB prevalence survey. He/she will also coordinate with the local health facility in-charges of the cluster, DTLOs, DHO/DPHOs, RTLOs, RHDs, RMS and other stakeholders as needed to facilitate the prevalence survey implementation process. He will also support in the pre-testing of PS tools and piloting PS.

During the time of field operation, he/she will be responsible for coordinating among the local stakeholders (i.e.  District Development Committee, District Administration Office, DPHO/DHO, DTLO, District Police Office, District Education Office, VDC/ ward offices of municipalities, local health facilities and institutions like local schools, health related NGO/ INGOs working in the area, local security offices etc. He/ she will be responsible for conducting pre-visit activities and will also facilitate the training /orientation programs at the cluster level. The LQAO will work as a team member of the field survey team with close coordination with team leader, DTLO and all the team members. The LQAO will ensure that all field operation activities (Census, reception, informed consent, interview & X-ray) are being conducted as per guided by SOP and all the sputum sample are collected from all the suspects. LQAO will support to transport collected samples are to the respective central laboratories in time and by maintaining proper cold chain.  At the end of every field operation in each cluster he /she will prepare a comprehensive cluster level summary report and will submit to the LQAC and the PS Coordinator.

He/she will be responsible for ensuring the quality of census taking and field operation activities at the field operation site as per the standard operating procedures (SOPs). He/she will ensure that the locally hired staff (health, non- health and social mobilizers) are oriented and mobilized properly during the field operation.
 
The LQAO will work closely with the Liaison and Quality Assurance Coordinator ( LQAC),  NTPSC/ NTC, Save the Children, Regional Health Directorate (RHDs), Regional TB/Leprosy Officers (RTLOs), Regional TB Program Coordinator (RTBC- Save), District TB/Leprosy Officers (DTLOs) and Health Facility In-charges (HFIs). The LQAO will report to the LQAC  and PS Coordinator

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Develop cluster information folder 
• Develop pre-visit and cluster operation plan.
• Participate and Support in implementation of pretesting and piloting activities.
• Develop a checklist for quality monitoring of the field operation activities
• As a team member of the pre-visit team  prepare a comprehensive pre-visit report and submit to the PSS through the Team Leader
• Coordinate with the DTLO and health facility in-charges  and provides pre- information about the survey team  movement plan 
• Facilitate the local level training and orientation program related to NTPS.
• As a sub- team  leader s/he will involve in the census work 
• Coordinate with the local authorities and stakeholders   to establish relationship for field operation  site setting and staff accommodation facilities
• Ensure that all the local staff and the  social mobilizers are oriented and mobilized  during pre-census, sensitization and field operation activities
• As the representative of PSS liaise between field survey team and PSS.
• Coordinate with concern stakeholders for effective implementation of national TB prevalence survey related activities at Regional, districts and cluster levels.
• Coordinate with different units of the field operation and prepare a daily progress report.
• Ensure the quality of national TB Prevalence Survey (NTPS) activities implemented at the cluster level using the quality monitoring checklist. 
• Monitor and regularly report the updated status of the field operation to the LQAC.
• Liaise with the central level laboratories and ensure that all the sputum specimen samples despatched from the own cluster are reached within the expected time by maintaining cold chain and freshness.
• Report immediately to the LQAC if any unpredicted incidents occurred during the process of field operation.
• Support to prepare the report to be presented in the mid-term review.
• Prepare a comprehensive cluster summary report using the r the recommended format and submit to the PSS through the LQAC. 
• Perform other duties as requested by LQAC and PSS. 

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (Our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and stakeholders.
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency

QUALIFICATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Public Health (BPH) or health related discipline(s)

Experience  

• Minimum of  3 years (2 yeas for GSI group) of experience in the Public health field implementation; Prior experience of involvement in the field level survey activities will be prefered.

Skills

• Computer experience with MS Word, MS excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent spoken and written skill in English and Nepali language
• Report writing skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Should have strong enthusiasm and  physically fit for  traveling in all clusters 

*GSI group include Female, Dalit Madhesi, People with Disabilities and other indigenous/minorities