Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, June 24 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Background
• Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) is a US-based, global public health organization with a mission to prevent 100 million deaths from heart disease and to make the world safer from epidemics. We are led by Dr Tom Frieden, former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease
• Control and Prevention. Since 2017, Resolve to Save Lives has partnered with low- and middle-income country governments, multi-lateral agencies, academic and other civil society partners, and communities to build capacity for and support implementation of enabling policies and effective programs to treat and control hypertension, reduce sodium intake, eliminate artificial trans fat, and strengthen systems for epidemic prevention. To find out more about our work, visit: https://www.resolvetosavelives.org 
• Resolve to Save Lives is recruiting a public health professional for a secondment to the Rwanda Biomedical Centre, focusing on issues of cardiovascular health. Specifically, the Cardiovascular Health Program Manager will support expansion of quality hypertension diagnosis, treatment and care in Rwanda and will also contribute to a healthy food environment in Rwanda by supporting the development of policies and practices that can reduce sodium intake and eliminate artificial trans fat from the food supply.
• This position will be seconded to the Rwanda Biomedical Centre with line management by a senior member of the NCD team. The incumbent will receive technical guidance and support from the Directors of Global Hypertension Control and Nutrition Policy within Resolve to Save Lives. This will initially be a 12-month consultancy, with opportunity to extend, pending funding.

Responsibilities
• Hypertension
o Support the updating of national guidelines, including adaptation of a simple protocol for hypertension treatment
o Review and update relevant task sharing guidance to include task sharing for hypertension care
o Support the development or update of a national roll out plan for hypertension care, including development of package components (technical training tools and guidance, monitoring and evaluation indicators and systems, guidance and tools for site monitoring and mentorship) and develop plans for training roll out and regular program review at national level or with the relevant technical working groups
o Support the development and/or adaptation of information systems to support hypertension care down to the primary care level
o Support the quantification working group to procure key medicines and diagnostics related to the hypertension program
o Support costing and budgeting for the program
o Develop policy briefs on HTN and other NCDs risk factors

• Nutrition work to prevent cardiovascular disease
o Support the development of best-practice regulations to eliminate artificial trans fat in Rwanda, including development of a plan of action for the elimination of artificial trans fats
o Serve as a liaison with relevant technical partners such as the World Health Organization, Resolve to Save Lives and the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) working to support trans fat elimination in Rwanda and the East African Community more generally
o Support landscaping and/or advocacy for policies to support sodium intake reduction

• General
o Support updating the National NCD Policy
o Additional work to support public health measures to reduce cardiovascular death or prevent epidemics as needs arise

Deliverables
Hypertension
• Support setting up a national technical advisory group on cardiovascular health or hypertension
• Draft or approved national hypertension treatment protocol/guideline
• Updated task shifting / sharing guidance for hypertension management
• health worker raining materials, job aids, and other tools for hypertension Management Trans fat
• Report on a pathway for trans fat elimination regulation in Rwanda, including stakeholder analysis, advocacy strategy
• Plan of action for the elimination of trans fat for Rwanda
• Sensitize key government staff on trans fat elimination and convene at least 2 stakeholder meetings
• Regular updates on the progress of regional transfat elimination regulations at the East African Community General
• Monthly progress reports on advancing hypertension treatment and transfat elimination in Rwanda

Experience and qualifications
• Medical doctor, Master’s degree in public health or related field
• At least 8 years of relevant experience working in public health program implementation in Rwanda or similar contexts
• Experience drafting strategy and guidelines related to public health
• Ability to communicate technical knowledge and expertise in both policy and operational environments
• Experience in policy development and implementation is desirable
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English
• Demonstrated ability to work across sectoral boundaries and in diverse, multicultural settings

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96

Level of Education: Associate Degree

Job application procedure
• To Apply, Please Submit Your Cv And Cover Letter On Our Website
• Interested and qualified? Click here to apply

All Jobs

QUICK ALERT SUBSCRIPTION