Job Description

1. Position Objectives

• Ensure national TB and HIV/AIDS strategies are updated, evidence-based, and adapted to fragile and crisis contexts.
• Align national efforts with global commitments (WHO End TB Strategy, UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets).
• Guarantee equitable access to TB/HIV services for refugees, migrants, displaced persons, and marginalized communities.
• Integrate TB/HIV services into humanitarian health responses.
• Ensure uninterrupted delivery of TB/HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care despite economic and political instability.
• Develop contingency plans for supply chain disruptions.
• Enhance national surveillance systems to detect TB/HIV cases among key and vulnerable population including mobile and displaced populations.
• Establish rapid response mechanisms to prevent outbreaks in camps, settlements, border areas and the entire community.
• Ensure efficient use of limited government resources and donor funding.
• Mobilize external support from international partners to sustain program operations.
• Lead coordination between government agencies, humanitarian actors, NGOs, and donors.
• Represent the Ministry in national, regional, and international forums to advocate for TB/HIV priorities.
• Promote stigma reduction and rights-based approaches in TB/HIV programming.
• Strengthen community participation in planning and monitoring of services.

2. Core Duties & Responsibilities

The appointed TB/HIV Program Manager shall help provide high-level oversight, coordination, and facilitation to the following functions. This shall be done in close coordination and coordination with relevant ministry departments, partners, and official entities.

• Develop and update national TB/HIV strategies tailored to fragile and crisis-affected contexts.
• Risk mitigation, contingency planning, and emergency health responses in relation to patients with TB/HIV.
• Ensure integration of TB/HIV services into humanitarian health interventions.
• Oversee nationwide implementation of TB/HIV programs, with emphasis on refugee camps, informal settlements, and border areas.
• Coordinate with humanitarian agencies to deliver services in displacement settings.
• Facilitate collaboration with other Ministry departments (e.g., primary health care, maternal health, surveillance unit, laboratories).
• Strengthen surveillance systems to detect TB/HIV cases among displaced and mobile populations.
• Use data to identify gaps and propose corrective measures in crisis-affected areas.
• Represent the Ministry in humanitarian coordination platforms and global health forums.
• Build partnerships with UN agencies, donors, NGOs, and civil society to sustain TB/HIV services.
• Promote community engagement to reduce stigma and improve service uptake among refugees and migrants.
• Oversee allocation of scarce resources to maximize impact in high-risk populations.
• Ensure transparent procurement and distribution of medicines, diagnostics, and supplies.
• Mobilize external funding and technical assistance to fill gaps created by the economic crisis.
• Ensure partners and health professionals compliance with national TB/HIV guidelines and reporting standards.
• Ensuring adherence to international obligations under WHO, UNAIDS, and humanitarian health framework.

3. Expected Outputs

• Support the revision of national guidelines and protocols for TB/HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care
• Annual program performance reports
• Annual program work plan.
• Updated contingency plan according to the emerged situation.
• Evidence-based recommendations for policy and program improvement.
• Strengthened and expanded TB/HIV service integration across the program facilities.
• Monthly report pertaining to the above activities and attendance schedule

4. Required Qualifications

• Degree in Medicine.

• Minimum 10 years of experience in TB/HIV program management, with at least 5 years in fragile or humanitarian settings.
• Proven leadership in policy development, resource mobilization, and stakeholder coordination.
• Experience working with displaced populations, refugees, and migrants in crisis contexts.

5. Reporting & Supervision

   This selected staff shall report  to the Department of Preventive Medicine Diseases Department at the Ministry of Public Health.

6. Contract Type & Duration

Full-time contract for 1 year with possibility of renewal on condition of good performance and availability of funds.

7. Work Location

On site at the NATP

Karantina, Lebanon

Skills Required

• Ability to handle responsibilities