Job ID

2023-5735

Location

GL

Category

Global

Employment Status

Full-Time

The Global Technical Director will provide vision, leadership and oversight for Jhpiego’s broad portfolio of work in pandemic preparedness, prediction, detection and response activities including the appropriate and comprehensive integration of those programs across primary health care, subnational, national and regional health systems.

The Director will guide the development and implementation of the Global Health Security (GHS) strategy and ensure the organization achieves strategic objectives. The Director will provide strategic and thought leadership for programming, represent Jhpiego globally and develop and maintain relationships that grow Jhpiego’s portfolio and strengthen its reputation as a global leader in GHS.

The Director will also oversee and ensure quality technical assistance to country programs, supervise and manage technical staff, and oversee progress towards unit workplans.   

Technical Assistance & Quality Programming

• Develop and lead responses to health emergencies if needed, ensuring swift and coordinated action to mitigate the impact of crises
• Provides senior level, high quality technical assistance by combining industry knowledge and best practices with strategic program expertise, guidance, and advice for country programs.
• Ensures that  programs are technically sound, evidence-based, and responsive to the priorities and needs of the countries and donors.
• Conceptualizes, designs, and develops plans for seamless integration and implementation of activities/initiatives in alignment global IHR standards, the JEE metrics, and with the vision, strategy, and organizational priorities of Jhpiego. 
• Works collaboratively across other technical units to identify synergistic opportunities and harmonized quality programming and maximum integration of approaches across all Jhpiego clinical, technical, and program areas.
• Ensures coordinated and quality provision of technical assistance to country programs, including drawing upon global data and trends to identify strategic opportunities, identifying needed shifts in technical approaches and implementation and by identifying opportunities to fill critical knowledge gaps. 
• Ensures high-quality technical approaches, defines measures of success for technical area, identifies country and global quality issues and trends and recommend strategies to resolve them. 
• Identifies and actively seeks opportunities to integrate priorities across the organization and works with Jhpiego country colleagues to operationalize strategic objectives and activities in different country settings.
• Assesses and analyzes issues that impede progress and develops and tests appropriate strategies for long-term, sustainable resolution.

Global Technical Strategy Development & Implementation

• Sets the vision, strategy, and approach for Jhpiego’s GHS programming, considering emerging health threats and risks on a global scale and by working with country and regional colleagues. Oversees implementation of the strategy and the development and execution of the workplan and budget, maintaining accountability for achieve priority objectives. 
• Conceptualizes global technical strategies and approaches that will transform the delivery and implementation of interventions across the organization and achieve organizational priorities.
• Continuously assess global health risks, monitor disease trends, and evaluate potential threats to public health. Formulates policies and guidelines to enhance preparedness and response to health emergencies, such as pandemics, bioterrorism, disease outbreaks, climate crisis and zoonotic diseases
• Conceptualizes, designs, and provides portfolio-level oversight for donor-funded projects to achieve project goals and strengthen performance. 
• Provides strategic and thought leadership to guide, oversee, and integrate innovations, new approaches. and technical priorities to drive and accelerate progress within country programs. Encourage research and innovation in the field of global health security to stay ahead of evolving threats.
• Works closely with Jhpiego Country Office staff, Global Programs Office, and other technical teams and offices within the organization to ensure strategies are aligned with project and organizational needs and realities.
• Establishes methods, metrics and quality standards to measure the success of designated initiatives in supported countries/programs. Utilizes data analytics, genomics and epidemiological information to make informed decisions and develop strategies.

Capacity Building

• Provides leadership for capacity building, coaching, and mentoring of staff and local partners.
• Designs sustainable capacity building approaches that address organizational needs and priorities and positions the organization for future growth, based on unit priorities, global trends, updates and quality assurance data.
• Keeps abreast of and ensures latest technical guidance is widely disseminated and applied. Conceptualizes and leads implementation of organizational-wide strategies to institutionalize best practices and the most up to date technical and clinical practices.
• Coaches and mentors Technical Advisors to hone advanced “soft skills” required for building relationships and delivering technical assistance in complex operating environments.

New Program Development & Donor Relations

• Cultivates and builds new partnerships with organizations, private enterprises and stakeholders to expand Jhpiego’s capabilities.
• Generates leads through relationships and expert knowledge of donor priorities and opportunities.
• Develops and grows excellent professional relationships with colleagues, counterparts, and donors worldwide to maximize Jhpiego’s impact.
• Develops new business opportunities, secures funding, and contributes to positioning, leads development, and proposal design and production. Analyses business development opportunities to inform decisions around which opportunities to pursue.
• Defines and supports strategic opportunities to communicate Jhpiego’s technical expertise and position the organization through communication products that demonstrate Jhpiego’s technical expertise, results, and programming excellence.

External Representation

• Identifies strategic opportunities including international conferences, meetings, groups, and committees for demonstrating Jhpiego’s technical excellence and positioning the organization as a technical leader. 
• Builds Jhpiego’s reputation as a global leader by serving as a global thought leader on relevant global technical working groups or through other influential engagements.
• Represents the organization to high level government officials or in other venues that are a high priority for the organization.
• Represents the organization in international/regional technical/scientific committees,  technical working groups, etc.

Supervision and Team Management

• Oversees senior level staff leading work in the unit and ensures effective operations of the team.
• Provides guidance and support to technical staff, deploys and maximizes human resources across the unit, assigns work functions, and identifies and acquires new talent.

• Advanced degree in public health, veterinary public health, infectious diseases or health security
• 10+ years of progressively responsible technical experience including implementing and/or managing international field-based programs or complex domestic programs in the GHS space.
• At least 5 years of experience in supervisory roles demonstrated global leadership and recognition among leaders in the technical areas, for instance, international relevanr publications, membership of GHS cientific/technical committees, etc.
• Proven, demonstrable leadership skills and expertise in strategic program planning, implementation and management
• Strong technical and programmatic background and Familiarity with global initiatives, partners, and historical trends in pandemic response and global health security
• Strong clinical background and technical experience in one or more of health security pillars (Surveillance, laboratory systems, emergency response, infectious diseases epidemiology) especially management, technical support, and programmatic direction
• Previous experience in one health, AMR and IPC
• Strong change management, results oriented and decision-making skills
• Strong understanding of health systems challenges globally but specifically in countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America where health shocks are highest
• Strategic thinker with exemplary record of developing and operationalizing vision and strategy 
• Proven leadership and track record of managing highly skilled and diverse skill sets, working effectively with and leading diverse teams of professionals 
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively in a multi-cultural environment and in challenging LMIC country settings
• Proven ability to work in a complex, fast-paced, multi-cultural environment with multiple tasks and short deadlines
• Excellent understanding of USG and other donor opportunities, systems, structures and processes
• Experience in working in challenging environments in Africa, Asia or LAC regions
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally up to 30% of time
• Fluency in French, Spanish, Portuguese, or other major national language relevant to area(s) of focus required

• Clinical degree with specialization in one of the Global health security technical areas  

This role is exclusively open to candidates who are already located in any of the countries where Jhpiego currently operates

Total compensation will be based on the country of hire and Jhpiego’s local compensation plan.

Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.

Please apply at www.jhpiego.org/careers

Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume, and references.

For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org

Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins University affiliate, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, other legally protected characteristics or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Jhpiego promotes Affirmative Action for minorities, women, individuals who are disabled, and veterans.

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