Health Security and Strategic Partnerships Advisor (DOSLEAP Global) Philippines

ZemiTek LLC is a Woman-Owned SBA-certified 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) based in the Washington DC metro area. We have a strong record delivering innovative and high-quality solutions. Since 2007 ZemiTek has provided technical assistance project management information technology (IT) knowledge management monitoring and evaluation training and learning development and institutional support services.

Global Solutions Ventures (GSV) a joint-venture partnership between ZemiTek LLC and Dexis Consulting Group is implementing the Long-term Exceptional Technical Assistance Project (LEAP Global) a mechanism originally used by USAID to battle against infectious diseases such as malaria HIV/AIDS tuberculosis neglected tropical diseases and pandemic influenza. As of July 1 2025 LEAP Global transitioned to the U.S. Department of State (DOS). This initiative aims to address the complex human resource challenges faced by national infectious disease programs in the USA-supported countries.

The intervention of this project is to hire and embed technical expert advisors and subject matter experts within government entities. By directly embedding the technical expertise within the national programs LEAP provides long-term sustainable lifesaving support to empower host governments to lead and manage key aspects of their infectious disease portfolios and improve coordination between the U.S. Government and the host country.

The Laboratory Services Advisor TB Technical Advisor will support the National TB Program of Zambia in carrying out life-saving humanitarian assistance (LHA) in full alignment with the new Presidential Executive Order (EO) directives. S/he will support the NTP in strengthening the diagnostic network services with the goal of moving more accurately and efficiently to detect and monitor TB and Drug Resistant TB (DR-TB).

Responsibilities

• Build capacity of the NTP to provide Laboratory technical assistance:
• Develop and implement the National TB Laboratory strategic plan.
• Strengthen the Ministry of Healths (MOH) National Reference Laboratories (NRL) to provide quality assurance and quality control for TB diagnostics across the laboratory network.
• Support the capacity building of National Provincial Health Office and District Health Office in management of laboratory services laboratory data management quality assurance and diagnostics.
• In coordination with NTP conduct technical supervisory visits to provincial level.
• Support and strengthen NTP for an effective specimen transportation system.
• Support further expansion of diagnostic techniques including molecular testing digital chest X-ray data connectivity and culture/ DST.
• Improved timely identification of technical assistance needs and coordination of responses among stakeholders:
  Identify TB Laboratory technical assistance needs and work with US DoS and other partners to address those needs.
• Explore opportunities for improvement across multiple issues in TB diagnostic network such as molecular testing expansion planning connectivity specimen transport quality assessment and improvement processes including lab accreditation and supervision processes.
• Together with the NTP facilitate the coordination of TB and TB/HIV Laboratory strengthening activities with other partners.
• Participate in Laboratory technical working group and the Global Funds implementation meetings.
• Provide technical assistance to the NTP in the area of TB laboratory commodity forecasting and quantification.
• Provide regular updates on Laboratory and diagnostic progress to NTP and DoS including developing and submitting technical monthly progress report

Collaborate with partners for implementation of operational research on laboratory strengthening.

REPORTING:

The Laboratory Advisor TB Technical Advisor will work in close collaboration with the US DoS/Zambia and US DoS/Washington TB Team and will receive technical direction from the NTP Manager who will serve as his/her Onsite Manager.

• Minimum 8 years of relevant technical experience with masters degree in medical laboratory sciences or a minimum 10 years of relevant technical experience with bachelors degree.
• Minimum 7 years of TB laboratory and TB control experience preferably at the national level.
• Demonstrated strategic planning and management experience in managing public health programs in general.
• Specific experience in strengthening diagnostic networks is added advantage.
• Knowledge of mycobacteriology laboratory works in Zambia solid and liquid culture and other diagnostics.
• Proven ability to communicate clearly and concisely in English both orally and in writing is essential.
• Excellent verbal communication skills tact and diplomacy are required to establish and develop sustainable working relationships at the highest level and a high level of trust with public/private organizations. Verbal communication skills are also used to negotiate activity plans and resolve activity implementation issues with counterparts partners and team members.
• Excellent written communication skills are required to prepare regular and ad hoc reports activity documentation and briefing papers.
• Good computer skills are required to implement analyse and monitor and manage activity goals inputs outcomes and achievements.
• Experience in teaching/training and capacity building.
• Experience working with the key stakeholders in TB program preferably the national stakeholders and international donors.
• Zambian local nationals encouraged to apply.

ZemiTekis committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment ZemiTek will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application interviewing completing any pre-employment testing or otherwise participating in the employee selection process please direct your inquiries to.