Position Purpose:

The Senior Technical Advisor, Data Use and Decision Science focuses on bridging the gap between complex epidemiological and contextual data and strategic public health action. This role will accompany in-country counterparts to generate stronger analytics and information products to support decision-making, integrating disease surveillance data with other contextual (e.g., climate, environmental, risk, and vulnerability) data. The role will also contribute to the facilitation of two flagship programs - Epidemic Intelligence training curriculum, and a co-design workshop - to build national counterparts' capacity for epidemic intelligence and systems thinking. The Senior Technical Advisor reports to the Principal Advisor, Data Use and Decision Science -Epidemic Intelligence. This full-time, remote position is for a fixed term of 2 years.

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

The Senior Technical Advisor, Data Use and Decision Science collaborates with HQ-based staff and in-country embedded teams on data analytics, innovations and delivery. Responsibilities include:

Data Use for Decision Science

• Support the implementation of epidemic intelligence activities that inform decision-making, including development of innovative data use products (e.g., enhanced outbreak situation report, periodic epidemiological bulletins, executive dashboards) and implementation of automated production pipelines.

• Collaborate closely with in-country counterparts and across teams to map existing systems, data, and decision-making needs, in order to identify implementation priorities for Collaborative Surveillance and to support the development of a future surveillance architecture.

• Provide hands-on technical accompaniment, capacity building, and knowledge transfer, including providing hands-on technical mentorship that develops local talent, and progressively transferring skills and ownership so that analytical and decision-support capabilities are sustained independently of external support.

• Training in-country embedded teams on the use of digital tools, such as DHIS2, Emergency Management Systems (EMS), R and R markdown for data management, analytics, GIS, and data product generation

Country Coordination for Collaborative Surveillance

• Work with a multidisciplinary team to develop a country workplan and budget for Collaborative Surveillance, coordinate the implementation, and generate strategic reports for leadership and donors.

• Collaborate with global (e.g., WHO, US CDC, UNICEF) and country-level partners to streamline and align Collaborative Surveillance initiatives.

• Provide technical oversight and methodologies to evaluate the impact of the Collaborative Surveillance initiatives.

Strategic Innovation

• Lead consultative work to investigate and develop use cases for surveillance innovations, including wastewater surveillance, multiplex serosurveillance, genomic surveillance, and sample registration systems.

• Collaborative with multidisciplinary epidemic intelligence team to pioneer innovations in data use for decision-making, including the application of artificial intelligence, novel contextual data, and advanced analytical methods to forecast risks and outbreaks.
• Synthesize multi-country operational learnings and technical innovations into strategic dissemination products for the global public health community.

Qualifications:

Education:

• Master's degree or higher in a relevant field (e.g., public health, epidemiology, informatics, statistics). PhD in a relevant field is a plus.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of experience in infectious disease surveillance and analytics, public health emergency management, or equivalent experience

• Demonstrated experience designing, producing, and implementing end-to-end public health information products (e.g., epidemiological bulletins, outbreak situation reports) with the ability to translate complex data into decision-ready outputs and ensure sustainable handover through clear documentation and SOPs

• Demonstrated experience in designing and delivering comprehensive capacity-building training programs for public health professionals, bridging technical skills with actionable, real-world decision-making.

Skills & abilities:

• Proven ability to technically accompany and mentor multidisciplinary in-country teams, building their capacity to lead data use projects, applying systems thinking and design thinking approach, with a strong emphasis on progressive knowledge transfer and developing local ownership of analytical workflows.

• Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities for strategy and execution, including in areas of high complexity and ambiguity.

• Proficiency in R and R Markdown/Quarto for data management, analysis, and automated information product generation; familiarity with DHIS2 is an advantage

• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills for engaging and influencing non-governmental partners, civil society organizations, donors, and multilateral agencies

• Ability to thrive in a collaborative and highly matrixed environment with experience serving many different internal and external stakeholders and demonstrating inclusiveness and active listening skills

• Comfort operating in a remote and distributed work environment, with the ability to provide high-quality technical accompaniment through virtual channels

• Fluency in English is required; Proficiency in French or Portuguese is highly desirable

Other:

• Able to work remotely and convene in-person occasionally for team meetings

• Ability and willingness to travel up to 30%

Compensation and Benefits:

Resolve to Save Lives prides itself on cultivating a supportive, connected remote team doing work that matters. We do everything possible to ensure our employees are connected and set up for success.

The starting salary range for this position is $120,000 to $135,000 annually. The exact offer will be determined by various factors, such as the candidate's skills and experience relative to the requirements of the role.

In addition to a competitive salary, Resolve to Save Lives provides a generous package of benefits, including:

• Health insurance for you and your dependents

• Contributions toward retirement

• Paid annual leave and sick leave, in addition to public holidays

• Two paid, week-long organization-wide breaks at mid-year and end-of-year

• Professional development and home office setup benefits

• Up-to-date computer equipment