Country Programme Lead - TECHNICAL

• Bachelor’s degree or in public health, international development, or related field with a focus on infectious disease detection, surveillance, or diagnostics; or, a Master’s degree in these fields and at least 5-7 years of experience.

• Minimum 7 years of experience managing health systems strengthening programs.

• Familiarity with FCDO and other donor management, programs, and operations including regulatory and reporting requirements.

• Demonstrated knowledge of and implementation experience with infectious diseases detection and surveillance.

• Technical competency in infectious disease(s)

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to use data for decision making.

• Strong English written, oral, and presentation skills.

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills in facilitation and stakeholder engagement/ coordination.

• Experience working in Africa, e.g. Sub-Saharan Africa.

• Willingness and ability to travel a minimum of 25% within Uganda and other travels as needed.

• Authorization to work in Uganda.

• Bachelor’s degree or in public health, international development, or related field with a focus on infectious disease detection, surveillance, or diagnostics; or, a Master’s degree in these fields and at least 5-7 years of experience.

• Minimum 7 years of experience managing health systems strengthening programs.

• Familiarity with FCDO and other donor management, programs, and operations including regulatory and reporting requirements.

• Demonstrated knowledge of and implementation experience with infectious diseases detection and surveillance.

• Technical competency in infectious disease(s)

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to use data for decision making.

• Strong English written, oral, and presentation skills.

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills in facilitation and stakeholder engagement/ coordination.

• Experience working in Africa, e.g. Sub-Saharan Africa.

• Willingness and ability to travel a minimum of 25% within Uganda and other travels as needed.

• Authorization to work in Uganda.

• Provide leadership for the staff members working on this project component, ensuring clarity of plans and priorities, encouraging effective teamwork.

• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with a wide array of project partners: relevant government ministries and agencies, community leaders and groups, donors, other implementing organizations, FHI 360 colleagues, etc.

• Providing technical support to develop and implement national and subnational emergency preparedness plans, ensuring continuity of essential health services, lessons from COVID19, Ebola and other outbreaks, and alignment with a one health approach.

• Supporting the development and implementation of workforce strategies to strengthen core public health functions e.g. National Public Health Institutes.

• Strengthening national capacities for implementation/scale up of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR).

• Supporting risk communications and community engagement to convey public health threats transparently and in a timely and coordinated manner through mechanisms built into National Action Plans for Health Security (NAPHS).

• Supporting approaches to strengthen health security capability within a broader health system strengthening framework.

• Develop tools for the design and implementation of technical strategies and project components.

• Ensure and participate in quality project monitoring, evaluation, and learning.

• Review, analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of projects and make recommendations for enhancements.

• Represent the organization to external entities at professional meetings and conferences.