Sr. Technical Advisor, MERL

Reporting to the Strategic Information Director, the Senior Technical Advisor is accountable for applying technical expertise and knowledge to deliver, adapt and/or modify high-quality technical approaches that reflect best practices in HIV. They will identify and assess changes in needs, priorities, requirements and operating conditions, ensuring technical approaches are aligned with and responsive to organizational, client and donor needs and requirements.  

The Senior Technical Advisor will work with the team to define and determine the requirements for work, establishing actionable plans that support the mobilization of solutions.

As a representative of Jhpiego, the Senior Technical Advisor will build and expand client networks, establishing strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to advance organizational objectives.  They will foster new relationships internally and support the development of new external partnerships to achieve objectives and deepen the shared perspective on approaches through the demonstration of deep industry and organizational knowledge. The Senior Technical Advisor will build capacity, support knowledge sharing, and business development by supporting the development and implementation of selected work-plan activities and contribute to program learning.  

This position follows a hybrid work schedule. The selected candidate will be required to work in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays.

Technical Assistance & Quality Programming

• Provides quality technical assistance and ensures quality technical approaches are implemented in county programs by working closely with program staff to provide inputs into country workplans and reports and to review program data and results to inform decision-making and technical strategies
• Ensures quality assurance for technical unit by contributing to the development of standards for technical interventions and routinely utilizing program data to identify program and country quality issues and trends and recommends strategies to resolve them 
• Drawing on experience and technical knowledge, designs or adapts technical approaches based on team capacities, analysis of program data, stakeholder needs and changes in context or environment
• Leads discussions with donors, partners and government stakeholders to ensure programming and technical approach is responsive to needs and priorities
• Leads implementation of activities, contributes to the development of products and materials, and supports the integration and implementation of key technical interventions and activities into country programs
• Leads the design and implementation of technical trainings within project settings and conducts activities to build capacity

Global Strategy Development & Implementation

• Contributes to the development of Jhpiego’s global technical strategies for technical area and identifies opportunities to apply, integrate or test new approaches in project settings. 
• Leads implementation of priorities identified in global technical strategy and workplan 

New Program Development & Donor Relations

• Serves as a technical design lead and supports business development activities including identifying and supporting new opportunities and leading the technical design of new projects with the new business development team 
• Provides technical input into new business development opportunities 
• Develops strong working relationships with partners and with proposal team to design technically sound and responsive programming

Knowledge Management & Learning

• Identifies important learning and opportunities to share technical knowledge across the organization  
• Captures important learning and leads the development of technical updates to ensure the most up to date knowledge, best practices and learning are widely shared and taken up and implemented into programs
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• Masters Degree in Public Health
• 5 + years in HIV monitoring and evaluation and familiarity with M&E knowledge of maternal, neonatal
• nutrition and malaria
• In-depth knowledge of performance monitoring and PEPFAR indicators
• Strong technical skills, including ability to process and analyze data using one or more statistical software packages, including at least one of the following: SPSS, Epi Info, Stata.
• Familiarity with PowerBI, DHIS2, Qualtrics and CommCare.
• Experience in developing data analytics and effective data visualizations and disseminating project results
• Experience in designing and conducting program evaluations
• Experience in implementation research, including use of both quantitative and qualitative methods ·
• Experience with new business development, including writing and reviewing proposals and contributing to technical design ·
• Experience with USAID-funded HIV and GHS projects and/or other donor funded projects ·
• Comprehensive understanding of current global health funding priorities and players ·
• Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural skills including the ability to communicate technical content verbally, in writing and through dynamic presentations. ·

• Masters degree in the public health, international health, epidemiology, biostatistics, population or social science or DrPH, PhD
• Experience in PEPFAR SI/M&E of global health security programs (USAID, CDC. and DOD) and/or HIV/AIDS programs.
• Strong technical skills, including ability to process and analyze data using one or more statistical software packages, including at least one of the following: SPSS, Epi Info, Stata.
• Familiarity with PowerBI, DHIS2, Qualtrics and CommCare.
• Experience working and living in a developing country.
• Experience working with international and U.S. donor agencies and private sector foundations.
• French, Spanish, or Portuguese language skills.

The salary range for this role is expected to be: $87,076- $109,538

Total Rewards:

The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University’s good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:
JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

**Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate’s conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.

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