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Job Description
The Resolve to Save Lives Prevent Epidemics program works closely with Ministries of Health and national public health institutes in Africa to strengthen epidemic preparedness capacity, accelerate disease detection and response, and to use data effectively to inform action.
Responsibilities
- Strategic coordination of the Surveillance and Digital Architecture and Governance workstream, including people management and required cross-team collaborations, including specific projects and initiatives for systems mapping, change management, developing systems architecture, technology, and policy/financing
- Collaboration with the Data Use and Decision Science workstream in the development of a multi-country work and budget to assess and augment existing systems, data use opportunities, and digital strategies, ensuring effective delivery and pacing of integrated surveillance programming in RTSL implementation countries
- Technical oversight of country surveillance strategies, including enabling change management plans and required enabling technologies, policies, and financing
- Supervision of RTSL HQ staff and country teams working on governance and systems architecture
- Collaboration with other RTSL teams working on legislation, governance, and financing to identify and implement common aims and solutions, minimizing programmatic overlap in shared countries
- Collaboration with global and country-level partners on the enterprise architecture and enabling environment required for effective delivery of integrated and collaborative surveillance approaches, including representation in global fora
- Collaboration with the Director on integrated delivery across the Epidemic Intelligence Unit program workstream for key innovations and initiatives, including building and maintaining key partnerships
Qualifications
- Master’s Degree or higher in a relevant field (e.g., Public Health, Epidemiology, Informatics, Statistics, Organizational Development) and 10 years of related experience, or equivalent experience
- At least 5 years experience in surveillance strengthening in at least one African country (multi-country experience preferred)
- Experience with and skilled at program management with multi-country implementation
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with government leadership (Ministers of Health or Directors of National Public Health Institutes) on strategy development and alignment on commitments and timelines
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills for engaging and influencing non-governmental partners, civil society organizations, donors, and multilateral agencies
- Experience with business process mapping or systems thinking approaches
- Experience with change management processes and negotiations
- Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities for strategy and execution, including in areas of high complexity and ambiguity
- Advanced people management skills
- Coaching and mentoring skills to support capacity strengthening of partner agencies and key government personnel
- Ability to thrive in a collaborative and highly matrixed environment with experience serving many different internal and external stakeholders and demonstrating inclusiveness and active listening skills
- Proven track record of directing and enabling team-focused, collective success
- Results and impact-oriented, with a problem-solving attitude
- Fluency in English is required; Portuguese language is desired but not required
- Ability to travel up to 30%
Location: Nigeria.
For More Information: PRINCIPAL ADVISOR SURVEILLANCE AND DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE AND GOVERNANCE
