Principal Technical Advisor (PTA)

Jhpiego • , DC

4d • $102,944 - $134,039

About The Position

The Principal Technical Advisor (PTA) will serve as the primary point of contact for Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) and data system management within Jhpiego’s global health programming, specifically for U.S. Government (USG)/Department of State (DOS) funded multi-country initiatives. Jhpiego's global health programs focus on integrated, sustainable health services including HIV, Sustainability, Transition, and Integration, Global Health Security (GHS), maternal, newborn, and child health, and other critical health areas across various countries. The PTA will collaborate closely with the DOS project's core global team, relevant technical leads, contributors, and country offices to offer specialized support and guidance on managing the project’s performance indicator monitoring and milestone monitoring systems. This role is responsible for M&E and performance-based financing (PBF) system support, providing technical leadership in data system management, analytics, and dashboard development. Key duties include overseeing the project performance management system and the milestone system, managing user access, training, technical support, adding milestones, and troubleshooting. The position will also be involved in data analytics, dashboard creation, and transforming data into actionable insights.

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 skills.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in public health (international health, epidemiology, biostatistics, population), statistics, research, economics, behavioral science, or related field.
• Fluency in French, Spanish or Portuguese.

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.

Benefits

• The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University’s good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.
• Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior