RFP Technical Assistance Providers and Mentors for Integrated Viral Hepatitis Surveillance and Prevention for Health Departments

NASTAD’s Hepatitis team is seeking technical assistance providers with viral hepatitis expertise to support the capabilities of viral hepatitis prevention and surveillance personnel at state, territorial, and major city/county health departments through federally funded initiatives.

Technical Assistance Opportunities

Selected providers/consultants will work with NASTAD’s Hepatitis team on the following activities:

• Direct technical assistance
  • Provide direct technical assistance (TA) in support of viral hepatitis prevention and surveillance personnel on core hepatitis topics including (but not limited to): 
    • Surveillance and data: use of data systems to enhance viral hepatitis burden analysis, use of communicable disease or viral hepatitis-specific surveillance databases, outbreak response methods, developing a disease registry and continuum of care, perinatal hepatitis surveillance, data to care, outbreak planning and response and evaluation. Experience with hepatitis C health care quality measures is also of interest.
    • Prevention, testing, and care: vaccination, overdose prevention, clinical and community-based hepatitis testing, HCV RNA POC testing, linkage to care, access to care and treatment, elimination planning, implementation and evaluation, and law and policy. 
    • Coalition building and facilitation: development of a coalition that includes people with lived experience and various shareholders outside of health departments and/or implementation of activities set forth by hepatitis elimination and strategic plans.
  • Facilitate workgroups on a variety of topics including linkage to care, correctional health, HCV RNA POC testing, and outbreak response.
• Resource Development
  • Develop technical assistance materials to support hepatitis prevention and surveillance staff at health departments.  Examples of past resources can be found here.
• Learning Community Facilitation
  • Facilitate technical workgroups and/or provide peer-to-peer TA and other learning sessions with health department or community-based viral hepatitis staff.
  •  Facilitate trainings and other activities designed to improve viral hepatitis outcomes for people at risk of overdose.
  • Connect with and support people with first-hand experience and provide support and guidance to expand hepatitis testing and care for people at risk of overdose.   
• Mentorship
  • Provide monthly support to individuals with less than 2 years of experience in their role in the viral hepatitis health department program.
  • Mentors should be open to sharing their experience and supporting mentees in improving communication skills, increasing networking opportunities, strengthening professional skills, and expanding one’s learning.
  • Individuals with significant experience in viral hepatitis health department programs are encouraged to apply.

Advisory Committee Members have the option to solely be mentors, if this applies to you, please make note in your application.

NASTAD is especially in need of subject matter expertise in perinatal hepatitis B and C, implementation of the Cepheid hepatitis C RNA Point-of-Care test, experience providing services in partnership with correctional services, especially jails, and adult hepatitis A and B vaccination.

Additionally, selected consultants will participate in regular meetings with NASTAD during the contractual period.

Selection Criteria 

Experience/Education

NASTAD is looking to recruit experienced public health professionals on a rolling basis currently working in the areas described above. To be considered for this TA opportunity, applicants should also have strong and proven skills and experience in these areas:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and five to seven years of relevant work experience, in public health, statistics, medicine, health science, data analytics, information systems, or related field. 
• Demonstrated technical expertise with hepatitis health department programs including surveillance, prevention, perinatal, and/or immunization.
• Strong analytical, organizational, written, verbal, and communications skills. 
• Strong knowledge of strategies to prevent overdose 
• Experience with epidemiologic or health systems data (including surveillance systems, clinical data registries, electronic health records, insurance claims data, laboratory data, and/or encounter data) preferred.
• Experience and knowledge of the 340B Drug Pricing Program and the Medicaid 1115 waiver.
• Experience navigating health department leadership and providing mentorship to newer staff members.
• Individuals living with or affected by viral hepatitis, HIV, and SUD are encouraged to apply. 

Environment and Scheduling

• Interest in supporting an HIV, hepatitis and overdose prevention efforts public health organization.
• Interest in working within a diverse environment.
• This is a contractual position to be used on an as needed basis to complete contract deliverables. This position is not full or part-time.
• Consultants that are selected for this position must have some availability Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm ET; less so for consultants interested in working on resource development, where activities are self-directed.

Essential Functions/Program Commitment

Qualified candidates will be placed into a technical assistance provider pool and will be called upon as specific TA needs arise. At that time, the NASTAD Hepatitis team will work with the providers/consultants to define the scope of work, deliverables, contract type, period of performance, and any other necessary instructions.

How to Apply  

We consider first-hand experience to be a top priority for the program. 

Proposal Application and Submission

Complete submissions must include:

• proposal (no more than 500 words) that outlines and describes why you are interested in this opportunity, what specific skills and experiences you bring to the technical assistance team, and highlights which area(s) you would like to focus on (may choose more than one area):
  • Direct technical assistance
  • Resource development
  • Mentorship
  • Learning community facilitation, and
• resume that includes pricing details (hourly rate requirement). 

Qualified candidates should apply by e-mail only to hepatitisRFP@nastad.org. The subject line should read “Technical Assistance Consultants-Hepatitis Team.” NO PHONE CALLS can be accepted in reference to this opportunity. Should you have questions, please note them in your cover email.   

Submissions that do not follow the above instructions will not be considered. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. 

Selection Criteria and Process

NASTAD expects to invite a small number of applicants to participate in brief interviews to clarify expectations and to better understand your application submission. Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis as applications are received.

We recognize that to accelerate the end of the HIV and viral hepatitis epidemics, our partners must be representative of groups that have been disproportionately impacted. We encourage individuals living with or affected by HIV, viral hepatitis, substance use disorder and primary biliary cholangitis to apply.

Questions and Concerns

Inquiries about this RFP are encouraged. If you have questions, please email hepatitisRFP@nastad.org. All responses will be posted publicly on the NASTAD RFP site.