Principal Technical Advisor, MNH

Jhpiego•Baltimore, MD

About The Position

The Principal Technical Advisor will provide technical expertise in maternal and newborn health to ensure delivery of high-quality technical approaches that reflect best practices. They will ensure quality across the Reaching Impact, Saturation, and Epidemic Control (RISE) and Adolescents and Children HIV Incidence Reduction, Empowerment and Virus Elimination (ACHIEVE) projects and will lead the development of new solutions to extend program reach and achieve program objectives. The Principal Technical Advisor will work across global and country project teams to institutionalize best practices and innovations across the portfolio. They will support Jhpiego’s global positioning and reputation in maternal and newborn health by representing the organization externally and will support the development of new strategic partnerships. The Principal Technical Advisor will mentor, build capacity, identify learning, design technical approaches for new business opportunities and will lead the development and implementation of workplan priorities.

Requirements

Advanced degree in medicine, midwifery or nursing.
10+ years of progressively responsible technical experience including implementing and/or managing international field-based MNH programs.
Proven technical experience in the design, planning, implementation, and measurement of MNH interventions and programs.
Proven collaborator with ability to see and create connections across vertical health areas, as well as across functional areas.
Excellent understanding of the donor landscape for funding opportunities.
Excellent understanding of and experience with US government, multilateral donors, and other donor structure and processes.
Proven ability and experience developing productive working relationships with counterparts in other agencies and organizations worldwide.
Results oriented with strong change management and decision-making skills.
Proven ability to work in a complex, fast-paced, multi-cultural environment with multiple tasks and short deadlines.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including strong technical writing and presentation skills.
Ability to travel up to 30% of time as needed.

Nice To Haves

Experience working or living in low or middle income country
Fluency in French, Spanish, or Portuguese languages

Responsibilities

Technical Assistance & Quality Programming Provides senior level, high-quality technical assistance by combining industry knowledge and best practices with strategic program expertise, guidance and advice for country programs.
Ensures that the programs that are assisted are technically sound, cohesive, evidence-based, and responsive to the priorities and needs of the countries and donors
Ensures cohesive and integrated technical approach across project components to maximize impact.
Leads the development of new solutions to extend program reach and achieve program objectives.
Leads the development of guidance and learning resources as well as the lead for defining and testing new tools and innovations for accelerating achievement of results.
Assesses and analyses data and identifies trends.
Addresses complex programmatic and technical challenges by working across project and partner staff to develop or adapt technical interventions or approaches to accelerate progress.
Obtains buy in from donors, partners and government stakeholders to ensure programming and technical approach is responsive to needs and priorities
Global Technical Strategy Development & Implementation Provides thought leadership for development of global technical strategy and approaches for MNH based on knowledge of trends, stakeholder needs, and priorities.
Leads implementation of priorities identified in global technical strategy and workplan
Capacity Building Builds technical capacity within Jhpiego and coaches and mentors staff accordingly, including developing and implementing annual training plans, learning activities, and materials to support capacity building.
New Program Development & Donor Relations Supports business development activities including identifying and supporting new opportunities and leading the technical design of new projects with the new business development team.
Negotiates complex partner and stakeholder relationships to design high-quality and feasible technical approaches responsive to donor requirements and stakeholder needs.
Organizational Representation Provides leadership for building Jhpiego’s reputation as a global leader in designated technical areas by serving as a global thought leader on relevant global technical working groups.
Represents Jhpiego in high-priority external fora including international conferences and meetings, during discussions with high level government officials or other venues, meetings and events that are a priority for the organization.
Knowledge Management and Learning Provides support to the realization of external communication priorities including supporting the development of success stories, blogs, and other program and technical related communication materials that demonstrate Jhpiego’s technical expertise, results, and programming excellence
Supports field staff to present and disseminate learning from country implementation
Contributes to the development of peer-reviewed publications