Senior Technical Advisor - Global Health

Company: JR Automation
Location: Arlington
Posted on: February 24, 2021

Job Description:

Senior Technical Advisor - Global Health - (31) Share this job as a link in your status update to LinkedIn. Job Title Senior Technical Advisor - Global Health Location Arlington - Arlington, VA 22209 US (Primary)
Job Type Full-Time Category Other, Program/Project Management Director Travel Required 0 - 25% # of Hires Needed 1 No Level of Clearance Required N/A Job Description Position Summary:
Populations around the world are becoming increasingly connected, and so is the spread of disease. CRDF Global strengthens global health and health security through collaborative technical assistance and research to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks and other global health challenges. Our innovative collaborative approaches promote global engagement, partnerships, and empower local solutions for sustainability and self-reliance. Our global health programs support Global Health Security, Laboratory Systems Strengthening, HIV/AIDS & TB technical assistance, One Health, Biosafety and Biosecurity best practices, Biosurveillance and Collaborative Research.
CRDF Global is seeking a Senior Technical Advisor within the Global Health Operating Division, to serve as a thought leader and solution specialist to support the organization in delivering effective, adaptive and innovative programming around the world.
-- Major Responsibilities: Support and participate in program initiatives, proposal development, and technical writing. Provide technical direction and mentoring support to the project implementation and proposal development teams. Provide technical feedback on program related documents, initiatives, and proposals. Liaise with implementing partners, clients, and other stakeholders on program related strategies and affairs. Maintains strong understanding of US Government (particularly CDC), GHSA, WHO, IHR, and other capacity building best practices. Obtain and collate information, reports, and case studies from the public health field to establish best practices and share knowledge with team. Monitor country, regional and national data, health indicators, health legislation, and other patterns for analysis and program forecasting. Research, identify, and analyze health systems constraints. Provide support to team on development of innovative programmatic approaches to address health system constraints. Project design and quality assurance for implementation. Facilitation of organizational learning. Foster collaborative relationships with relevant entities and stakeholders involved relevant content area. Supports the Business Development Team in the identification of new project opportunities. When in the field or in customer/partner meetings remains alert to potential intelligence about new business opportunities and advises relevant teams about pre-positioning. Provide technical assistance in various focus areas to internal and external entities. Any other duties assigned. Qualifications: Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., microbiology, infectious disease, public health, health management, emergency management) with 15+ years of progressively responsible experience implementing or providing technical oversight in field of global health; or a MD, DVM, PhD preferred in a relevant field with 10+ years of progressively responsible experience implementing or providing technical oversight in field of global health. Equivalent training/experience may be substituted for advance degrees. Demonstrated knowledge and experience in one or more technical areas related to global health, including but not limited to: disease surveillance and reporting; outbreak investigation; public health emergency management; public health preparedness, laboratory diagnostics and quality management; zoonotic/animal disease detection and control; infection prevention and control; public health logistics; laboratory systems strengthening and biorisk management; health functions at points of entry; and/or monitoring and assessment of national capacities under the International Health Regulations (2005). Demonstrated experience developing strategic plans, workplans, and/or SOPs for CDC funded global health programs. Demonstrated ability and experience in program conceptualization and strategic planning and willingness to perform technical, administrative and financial procedures and manage complex programs with multiple inputs. Excellent English written and oral communication skills, including the ability to interact with a wide range of individuals from varied backgrounds at all levels within their organizations. Demonstrated conversation and presentation skills that can influence decision makers and foster organizational change strategies to take place within a complex multinational organizational setting. Ability to develop trust and leverage communication among all stakeholders and collaborators, and must have awareness, sensitivity, and understanding of cross-cultural issues. Excellent technical writing skills Ability to travel internationally. CRDF Global offers a competitive salary and benefits package. CRDF Global is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). CRDF Global provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants v16.2.4 Last sync: 2021-02-21 07:00:02 Commitment to Equal Opportunity
CRDF Global is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). CRDF Global provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran, or disabled status. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Human Resources at hr@crdfglobal.org To learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant, please view the following: 1776 Wilson Blvd. Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22209 USA

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