Principal Technical Advisor (PTA)

Jhpiego•, DC

6d•$102,944 - $134,039

About The Position

The Principal Technical Advisor (PTA) will serve as the primary Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) point of contact for country teams within Jhpiego’s U.S. Government (USG)/Department of State (DOS) multi-country global health programming. This role supports integrated health services including HIV, Sustainability, transition and integration, Global Health Security (GHS), maternal, newborn, and child health, and other priority health areas across various countries. The PTA will collaborate closely with the DOS project’s global team, technical leads, and country offices to offer specialized support and guidance, ensuring the timely completion of project milestones and deliverables. The position is responsible for M&E and performance-based financing (PBF) support to assigned country programs, ensuring alignment with global strategies, technical guidance, and organizational standards. Key duties include providing technical leadership for M&E and PBF planning during workplan development, monitoring project performance, analyzing data for evidence-based decision-making, and ensuring the quality of reports and deliverables. Responsibilities also encompass overseeing data quality assessments, advising on digital health and data management, reviewing milestone achievement data, and resolving implementation challenges with country teams, technical leads, and senior management. The PTA will maintain regular engagement with Country Support Teams (CSTs) and in-country M&E/PBF staff through technical meetings, coaching, and problem-solving.

Requirements

Graduate Degree with 8-10 years of progressively responsible technical experience including implementing and/or managing MERL for international field-based programs
Strong technical and programmatic background in MERL, especially management, technical support and programmatic direction
Indepth knowledge of performance monitoring and data use for performance improvement
Experience in developing MERL systems for projects and country programs
Knowledge of health information systems
Experience in designing and conducting program evaluations
Experience in implementation research, including use of both quantitative and qualitative methods
Experience in working in challenging environments in Africa, Asia or LAC regions
Proven leadership skills and expertise in strategic program planning, implementation and management
Proven technical experience in the design, implementation, or measurement of technical interventions
Proven experience in leading highly skilled and qualified technical personnel
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 USG systems 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 inter-personal and communication skills, including strong technical writing and presentation
Fluency in French, Spanish or Portuguese preferred

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in public health (international health, epidemiology, biostatistics, population), statistics, research, economics, behavioral science, or related field

Responsibilities

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.
Provides thought leadership for development of Jhpiego’s global technical strategy and approaches for technical area based on knowledge of donor trends, stakeholder needs, and priorities across the organization.
Leads implementation of priorities identified in global technical strategy and workplan.
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.
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.
Identifies opportunities to demonstrate Jhpiego’s technical excellence in external fora.
Positions the organization as an insightful thought leader through participation in external advisory or working groups, global meetings and events and international conferences.
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.
Responsible for the management of team members providing leadership, guidance, coaching, mentorship and counselling where needed.
Grows team expertise to align with organizational demand and direction while assessing team skills / capabilities and continually looking for ways to provide / enhance the value delivered.
Leads a high-performing team and provides ongoing feedback and performance reviews.
Tracks, monitors and effectively addresses performance of team members.
Manages employees in compliance with all HR policies, procedures and guidelines of conduct.
Shares knowledge, information, skills and subject matter expertise among the team and ensures the timely communication of issues while encouraging good working relationships with other functions / teams.
Recruits for hires to ensure a highly diverse, qualified workforce with the necessary capabilities needed to achieve goals.