STRIDES Technical Director

Job Summary

The STRengthening Infectious disease DEtection Systems (STRIDES) Technical Director leads and directs technical focus areas across the Activity to enhance global health security in priority countries. S/he will align STRIDES technical frameworks, approaches, tools, and activities with relevant normative guidelines and technical standards. This may include identifying specialized partnership needs and engaging qualified partners to ensure technical performance. STRIDES Technical Director works closely with technical leads, the Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Director and Program Management Director to cascade the Activity's technical approach and ensure adherence with the United States Government's (USG) global health security priorities across country-level work plans. S/he is accountable for the successful delivery of all technical aspects and reporting across STRIDES from initiation through delivery and closeout, ensuring completion of technical deliverables on schedule and within budget and that meet or exceed quality standards.

Accountabilities

Serves as STRIDES technical lead and key point of contact for relevant topics.

• Provides technical direction to develop country-specific workplans and budgets, ensuring alignment with STRIDES objectives and USG priorities and with global technical standards.
• Ensures high quality technical deliverables -- including workplans, required and ad hoc reports, and success stories highlighting technical achievements -- are developed, submitted and approved on schedule and within budget parameters.
• Provides direction to ensure technical activities are compliant with STRIDES contract, government regulations, relevant quality standards, and FHI 360's policies and procedures.
• Responds to client requests and questions on technical matters; ensures timely drafts and submissions of consent, approvals, and/or waivers.
• Ensures technical activities are designed to support STRIDES monitoring and evaluation activities; collaborates with the MEL Director to finalize and submit country-specific technical indicators and report against their progress in quarterly, annual, and other reports.
• Assesses subcontractors' performance on technical activities and directs adjustments, as needed.
• Collaborates with the MEL Director and Communications lead to promote STRIDES successes by collecting, writing, and distributing success stories, case studies, photos, and outreach at events.
• Represent STRIDES at global health security-focused events; collect and share information that could be valuable to the Activity.
• Supports performance management and professional development of direct reports, including ongoing feedback, coaching and career support.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Applied Knowledge & Skills

• Comprehensive knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures with contract and project management and technical development.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent and demonstrated organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent and demonstrated project management and technical skills.
• Ability to influence, motivate, negotiate and work well with others.
• Ability to exercise judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Comprehensive knowledge of concepts, practices and policies related to global health security.
• Proven ability to ensure that budgets, schedules, and performance requirements are met.
• Excellent and demonstrated leadership skills.
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication and analytical skills in English; additional language skills (French, Spanish, and/or Russian) a bonus.

Supervision Given/Received

• Provides direct supervision to a team of Technical Advisors.
• Leads and direct staff to achieve strategic project goals, ensuring alignment with USG priorities.
• Coordinates across STRIDES Senior Management Team to set budgets, goals, and develops procedures and training for project.

Education

• Master's Degree or its International Equivalent in Civil Society, Communication and Social Marketing, Economic Development, Education, the Environment, Gender, Health, Nutrition, Research, Technology and Youth or a Related Field.
• Project Management (PM) Certification preferred.

Experience

• Typically requires a minimum of 12+ years of relevant technical/project management experience (including 8+ years of leadership, strong business acumen and/or line management experience).
• Prior work experience in a non-governmental organization (NGO) is preferred.
• Prior experience implementing USG-funded contracts strongly preferred.

Typical Physical Demands

• Typical office environment.
• Ability to spend long hours looking at computer screen and doing repetitive work on a keyboard.
• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
• Ability to lift/move up to 5 lbs.

Technology to be Used

• Personal Computer/Laptop, Microsoft applications (i.e., Office 365, SharePoint, Skype/Zoom/Teams), cell phone/mobile technology, and standard office equipment.

Travel Requirements

• Up to 25%

US Based Hiring Salary Range: $153,000 to $170,000 annual.

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