Senior Health Systems Strengthening Specialist, Act to End NTDs | East

Job title:

Senior Health Systems Strengthening Specialist, Act to End NTDs | East

Company

RTI International

Job description

Job Description:OverviewRTI International (RTI) is both a global research institute and a leading international development organization. We combine these powerful capabilities with those of our partners to co-create smart, shared solutions for a more prosperous, equitable, and resilient world. Based in North Carolina, USA, RTI is one of the top implementing partners of projects funded through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). A commitment to making meaningful change energizes our 6,000 staff who deliver results across eight international development sectors and in more than 80 countries.The Global Health Division (GHD), within the International Development Group (IDG), works in Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs); Global Health Security and Public Health Preparedness; Noncommunicable Diseases; Health Systems Strengthening – including Health Governance, Health Finance, Human Resources for Health, Capacity Building, and Health Policy and Advocacy; and Integrated Care – including Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health and Family Planning. We address a range of public health problems to reduce disparities, lower disease burdens, and build locally owned sustainable health programs.The GHD is looking for a Senior Health Systems Strengthening Specialist for USAID’s Act to End Neglected Tropical Diseases | East program (Act | East) that supports Ministries of Health to control and eliminate NTDs in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.The Senior Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) Specialist is an RTI staff member on USAID’s Act to End Neglected Tropical Diseases | East program (Act | East) ( ). This position will provide technical guidance and project management support related to HSS in support of the delivery of NTD services.This position may be based in Washington D.C., RTP, North Carolina, or internationally (preferably in East Africa). This position will report to the Act | East Health Systems Strengthening Lead and will require international travel up to 15% of the time.
ResponsibilitiesTechnical guidance and management support to national NTD programming

• Provide technical assistance to Act | East countries and government counterparts on the mainstreaming of NTD services into national and subnational health and planning processes.
• Ensure activities are designed towards sustainably achieving national NTD goals, consistent with global technical guidance for HSS and sustainability.
• Design and lead strategies to assist countries to assess their progress toward sustainability, and identify gaps, strategies, and approaches for HSS mainstreaming and sustainability.
• Ensure sustainability strategies and activities are aligned and/or linked with both country and individual NTD disease strategies and priorities and are aligned and informed by USAID and WHO frameworks for NTD sustainability.
• Promote strengthening of cross-sector collaboration on NTDs in countries, based on the country context, including with education, water, sanitation, hygiene, veterinary, agriculture and maternal and child health to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of NTD-related resources.
• Provide matrix management and career mentorship of Act | East HSS advisors currently based in Ethiopia, Uganda, and Tanzania.
• Play a dynamic role in proactively identifying potential implementation bottlenecks, key decision processes and decision-makers, and helping to expedite implementation of HSS and sustainability measures as per relevant USAID and Act | East guidance and strategies, annual work plans and country sustainability plans.
• Ensure activities to support the sustainability of NTD interventions are included in assigned country workplans and adequately budgeted.
• Maintain close and professional relationships with government counterparts in the health ministries and USAID US and missions.
• Support sustainability indicator development, data collection and reporting for Act | East in collaboration with other Act | East staff.

Global Leadership

• Lead development, dissemination, and implementation of technical guidance in assigned area(s) of expertise within HSS and effectively coordinate with other team members in other HSS and disease-specific technical areas.
• Lead or contribute to development of technical and policy briefs, technical reports, abstracts for conferences, peer-reviewed journal articles, etc.
• Lead or contribute to global technical guidance and other scientific stature and technical leadership activities.

Project Level Management Support

• Lead or contribute to the implementation of the Act | East HSS and sustainability strategy.
• Prepare or contribute to project reports and define budgets covering conception, implementation, and dissemination of learning for HSS activities.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with the broader Act | East team, donor/client organizations, relevant government agencies, bilateral projects, and others.
• Engage in identification of opportunities for partnership leading to cost share and elevating technical profile of Act | East.
• As HSS focal person for an assigned group of countries, provide HSS expertise in the cross-functional team meetings for those countries; provide timely technical and management support for planning, budgeting and implementation monitoring for HSS activities for the countries.
• Support client-required reporting and ensure knowledge management and documentation of effective application of HSS tools and resources by health ministries.

Other

• Consistent with agreed time allocation on this primary assignment, contribute to other RTI initiatives such as business development, research, or short-term technical assistance to other projects, etc.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in public health, international development, public policy, or related field with at least 12 years of relevant experience, or PhD and 8 years of experience.
• Global and in-country experience in implementation of health systems strengthening programs and/or policy reform and domestic resource mobilization, preferably addressing cross-sector issues.
• Demonstrated capacity to operate within the HSS community and function as a technical advisor on diverse matters related to HSS in developing countries.
• Demonstrated management, leadership, and decision making.
• Demonstrated experience in successfully designing and implementing robust HSS programs in a developing country context.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated experience producing written products, including conference abstracts, presentations, and reports, in areas related to HSS and/or NTDs.
• Demonstrated experience implementing HSS programs that incorporate non-health sector and/or other health sector programs and services.
• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain effective working relations with senior Government personnel, international organizations, NGO partners, host country governments, and U.S. Government Agencies. This should include a record of successfully influencing opinion leaders and policy-making processes to achieve desired goals and objectives.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally and domestically, as required.

#LI-IF1EEO & Pay Equity StatementsFor San Francisco, CA USA Job Postings Only: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Further information is available .The anticipated pay range for this role is listed below. Our pay ranges represent national averages and may vary by location as a geographic differential may be applied to some locations within the United States.RTI considers multiple factors when making an offer including, for example: established salary range, internal budget, business needs, and education and years of work experience possessed by the applicant. Further, salary is merely one element to our offer.At RTI, we demonstrate our commitment to rewarding individual and team achievement through a total rewards package. This package includes (among other things) a competitive base salary, a generous paid time off policy, merit based annual increases, bonus opportunities and a robust recognition program. Other benefits include a competitive range of insurance plans (including health, dental, life, and short-term and long-term disability), access to a retirement savings program such as a 401(k) plan, paid parental leave for all parents, financial assistance with adoption expenses or infertility treatments, financial reimbursement for education and developmental opportunities, an employee assistance program, and numerous other offerings to support a healthy work-life balance.
Equal Pay Act Minimum/Range$133,000 – $162,000

Expected salary

$133000 – 162000 per year

Location

Durham, NC – Washington DC

Job date

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 22:19:23 GMT

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