The Technical Director – Immunization and Surveillance will lead our portfolio in the Philippines. S/he is accountable for the strategy, performance, and growth of this work, and leads a multidisciplinary team working with the Department of Health at national and subnational levels.
The Technical Director sets the country’s technical direction, shaping how Jhpiego addresses zero-dose communities, equity gaps, climate-sensitive disease threats, and data-driven public health action, and ensuring alignment with national priorities and global frameworks, including IA2030. The role integrates digital innovation, quality improvement, and health system strengthening into a coherent country approach.
As Jhpiego's senior representative in this space, the Technical Director engages directly with the Department of Health, donors, technical partners, and academic institutions, and leads the identification and pursuit of new funding to grow the country’s portfolio. The role requires deep technical credibility, combined with leadership, judgment, and strategic instinct to translate expertise into program impact at scale.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Team Leadership and Management
- Lead, manage, and develop a multidisciplinary team of technical staff across immunization, surveillance, and program management functions.
- Set team objectives, manage performance, support professional growth, and build a culture of technical excellence and accountability.
- Ensure effective collaboration across the country office and with Jhpiego's global technical and program teams.
- Hold accountability for the technical and financial performance of the portfolio, including budget oversight, donor compliance, and value-for-money.
1. Strategic Technical Leadership
- Set the strategic direction for an integrated portfolio spanning immunization, VPD surveillance, and outbreak preparedness and response.
- Lead the development of future‑looking strategies that strengthen resilient primary health care, public health surveillance, and emergency response capacities.
- Shape approaches that anticipate emerging disease threats, climate-driven vulnerabilities, and changing population needs.
2. Immunization and Health Service Delivery
- Lead the design and implementation of strategies to improve routine immunization, reach zero-dose children, and reduce inequities in underserved communities.
- Promote integrated service delivery models that link immunization with maternal, newborn, child, and community health platforms (e.g., ANC, postnatal, well-child, school-based….)
- Strengthen vaccine management and cold chain systems, while promoting sustainable, climate‑resilient solutions.
3. Surveillance and Data Systems
- Strengthen detection, reporting, and investigation of vaccine‑preventable diseases and other priority pathogens (zoonotic, AMR).
- Drive integration across event-based, indicator‑based, digital, and community-based surveillance systems.
- Advance the use of data for planning, micro-mapping, performance monitoring, and outbreak response.
- Build capacity for data visualization, real-time dashboards, and predictive analytics.
4. Government Capacity Strengthening
- Lead Jhpiego's technical assistance to the Department of Health at national and subnational levels, ensuring TA is responsive to government priorities and aligned with sustainability goals.
- Oversee the design and delivery of training, coaching, and systems-strengthening efforts that build durable government capacity in immunization, surveillance, and outbreak response.
- Position Jhpiego as a trusted technical partner to the Department of Health rather than a parallel implementer.
5. Partnership, Representation and Coordination
- Coordinate closely with donors, national and subnational government agencies, academic institutions, and technical partners.
- Represent Jhpiego in interagency technical working groups, partner forums, and multisectoral coordination platforms.
- Build strong collaborations to support coherence across national strategies and global priorities.
6. Business Development and Strategic Growth
- Lead the identification, positioning, and pursuit of new funding opportunities aligned with national priorities and Jhpiego's strategic direction.
- Build and sustain donor relationships with bilateral, multilateral, and philanthropic funders active in the Philippines.
- Lead technical proposal development and represent the country office in capture and bid processes.
- Drive the strategic growth of Jhpiego's portfolio in the Philippines beyond current funding.
7. Monitoring, Learning & Quality Improvement
- Oversee monitoring of program performance against immunization coverage, surveillance, and health system indicators, and ensure data drives decision-making.
- Embed quality improvement, implementation science, and adaptive management approaches across the portfolio.
- Ensure high-quality program reporting, documentation, and dissemination of evidence and learning.
- Lead operational research and innovation in digital health, data systems, and service delivery.
- Foster a culture of evidence use, learning, and adaptive decision-making across the team.
