The Advisor positioned at Central TB Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India will lead efforts to ensure compliance with United States Government (USG) regulations, oversee programmatic performance, and foster strategic collaboration with key stakeholders including government bodies, donors, and civil society.
UNOPS hosts the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership Secretariat (STBP) as of 1 January 2015, in Geneva, Switzerland. The vision of the Stop TB Partnership is to realize the goal of elimination of Tuberculosis (TB) as a public health problem and, ultimately, to obtain a world free of TB by ensuring that every TB patient has access to effective diagnosis, treatment and cure; stopping transmission of TB; reducing the inequitable social and economic toll of TB; and developing and implementing new preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic tools and strategies. Stop TB partners include international and technical organizations, government programmes, research and funding agencies, foundations, NGOs, civil society and community groups and the private sector.
Within the Stop TB Partnership ED Office, implement Facility and Community based service Delivery Support (FC-SDS) project, a multi-country project aimed at strengthening the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care of Tuberculosis (TB) with US government funding.US Country post and USG support the FCSDS project and apart from the Tribal TB project being implemented by an Implementing Partner (IP) would like Stop TB Partnership to set up a small team of specialized experts to provide high end technical assistance and coordination to both Tribal TB project and Central TB Division, MoHFW, Govt of India.
India has the highest TB burden in terms of numbers and is implementing ambitious National TB Elimination Programme (NELP) to reach SDG targets on TB. FCSDS project will be implemented in India focusing on active tb case finding and care in Tribal areas covering 10 million population. The project will also support scaling up similar activities in 100 million population with domestic resources through the NTEP.
This role is central to ensuring that the Tribal TB Initiative is implemented with integrity, transparency, and alignment with both donor expectations and national TB control priorities. The incumbent of this position will report directly to the Deputy Executive Director Stop TB partnership
Under the guidance and supervision of the Deputy Executive Director Stop TB partnership, the Advisor will:
Compliance & Reporting
Ensure full adherence to USG rules, cooperative agreements, and financial accountability standards.
Lead preparation and submission of timely, high‑quality donor reports (narrative and financial).
Technical Assistance & Oversight
Provide guidance to implementing partners on program delivery, documentation, and audit readiness.
Develop compliance checklists, audit documentation, and risk mitigation plans as required.
Stakeholder Engagement
Collaborate with the Central TB Division (MoHFW) and Ministry of Tribal Affairs to align activities with national TB strategies and tribal welfare policies.
Build partnerships with CSOs, CBOs, and academic institutions for advocacy, operational research, and knowledge dissemination.
Capacity Building & Resource Mobilization
Support the facilitation of workshops to strengthen partner capacity in program delivery and compliance.
Support proposal development, donor engagement, and mobilization of domestic and international resources through systematically identified partnerships and systems.
Deliverables
Quarterly and annual donor reports (narrative + financial).
Capacity‑building plans and training reports.
Compliance and audit documentation.
Strategic engagement plans with CTD, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, and CSOs.
Contributions to research briefs, publications, and presentations.
Technical progress reports.
Duration of Assignment
The consultancy is for 12 months.