The United
Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is an operational arm of ...
The United
Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is an operational arm of the United
Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners'
peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. UNOPS supports partners to build a better
future by providing services that increase the efficiency, effectiveness and
sustainability of peace building, humanitarian and development projects. Mandated as a central resource of the United
Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and
infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United
Nations organizations.
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. The Stop Partnership is uniquely
positioned to support the development and further implementation by partners of
the current and future Global Plan, acting as a coordinator and catalyst for
the range of partners engaged in the fight against TB.
The Stop TB Partnership’s TB REACH initiative provides
grants to partners in lower-income and/or high TB burden countries to test
innovative and well thought-out, yet unproven approaches and technologies which
aim to:
- Increase
the number of people with TB (TB infection or active TB [drug-sensitive or
-resistant]) who are diagnosed, started on treatment and reported to National
TB Programs (NTPs),
- Decrease
the time it takes someone with TB to receive appropriate treatment, and
- Improve
adherence and treatment success for people started on anti-TB treatment.
TB REACH combines open, but targeted calls for
proposals, fast-track financing and rigorous, external monitoring and
evaluation (M&E) to rapidly produce results. Other donor agencies and/or
national governments can then scale-up the successful approaches piloted by
recipients of TB REACH funding to maximize their own investments and to
accelerate progress in the fight to end TB.
The Senior Administration
Associate provides technical and
administrative support services to the TB REACH team at the Secretariat, which
currently manages a portfolio of more than 60 grants with a value of more than
30 million USD. The incumbent provides management support for an external
monitoring and evaluation team of consultants, and organizes and provides
support to a group of global experts who review all TB REACH applications. The role is to ensure
the smooth functioning of the TB REACH initiative from the organization of
contracts, meetings, procurement and travel. In close liaison with the
Technical and Finance Officers of TB REACH while promoting the strategic aims
of the Stop TB Partnership.