Specialist, Surveillance, Strategy, Investment & Evidence Division - GL D - Defined Duration until December 2029
Countries are building national data architecture to provide surveillance and health intelligence data to inform national regional and cross-border preparedness and response to ongoing epidemics, such as HIV, TB, and malaria, and new and re-emerging outbreaks, such as Ebola, cholera, and Mpox. However, even where countries are strengthening core surveillance systems and capacities, they often lack the governance arrangements, data system interoperability, and technical capacity to share and use health data in real time at country, regional, and sub-regional (cross-border) levels. Strengthening disease surveillance and health intelligence systems, including early warning surveillance and the integrated use of surveillance, program, laboratory, logistics, climate, and other relevant data, is therefore a priority area for RSSH-PPR.
Working under the supervision of the Senior Specialist, Surveillance and Health Information Systems, the Specialist provides technical coordination and support across two discrete, related, and complementary objectives: strengthening country-level capacity for health intelligence through operational data governance and more integrated, interoperable, and actionable use of priority health and disease surveillance data; and supporting a strategic initiative/catalytic investment in regional health intelligence capacity intended to enable timely, trusted, and comparable data use for cross-border risk assessment, outbreak and epidemic intelligence, and coordinated regional and sub-regional response.
The Specialist provides technical assistance focused on disease surveillance, including data governance, information exchange, data lifecycle management, and use of priority data for health intelligence. This includes supporting country-led operationalization of data sharing agreement principles into practical workflows for prioritized, standardized data sharing across epidemic-prone notifiable diseases, HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, and other diseases of public health importance, while ensuring that regional data use reinforces rather than substitutes country systems, ownership, and decision-making capacity.
The Specialist works in close collaboration with the Senior Specialist, other specialists in the Surveillance and Health Information Systems team, other teams in RSSH & PPR, disease teams, in supporting Country Teams (CTs) in GMD and other cross-organizational operational teams such as IT Dept., Community, Rights and Gender, Supply Operations, and Health Finance.
The position requires knowledge and experience in infectious disease surveillance, health information systems, digital health, data governance, public health intelligence, coordination of health programs, surveillance system design and methodologies, relevant normative frameworks, development of tools, implementation and analysis, report development and presentation skills, monitoring and evaluation of health programs, multi-stakeholder management, and ability to work well with cross-cutting teams in a fast-moving environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide grant portfolio-facing surveillance and health intelligence technical advice by developing analysis, drafting inputs and technical recommendations for Country Teams and technical departments under the guidance of the Senior Specialist; identifying gaps and needs, prioritizing investments, reviewing funding requests and grant documents, and strengthening implementation arrangements.
- Contribute to grant design, implementation and oversight by preparing technical inputs on surveillance and health intelligence governance, data system architecture, data standards, interoperability, cybersecurity considerations, sustainability planning and performance monitoring for review and use by the HISS team, GMD Country Teams and other internal stakeholders.
- Coordinate GC8 Collaborative Surveillance SI implementation by developinging workplans, supporting procurement processes, managing supplier coordination, tracking deliverables, monitoring budgets, identifying risks, preparing reports and supporting internal governance for Surveillance CI activities, consistent with strategy.
- Develop and disseminate practical surveillance and health intelligence resources by collaborating with the Senior Specialist, other HISS team members and internal teams, and by coordinating with regional networks and technical partners to draft, review and refine standardized terms of reference, competency frameworks, reference architectures, operational frameworks, cost-benefit tools and other resources for country use.
- Facilitate coordination with internal and external stakeholders by preparing and supporting meetings, capturing documentation, driving follow-up and sharing information with Grant Management, RSSH, disease teams, IT, Supply Operations, ERCD, regional bodies, Ministries of Health, Principal Recipients, technical partners and donors, while escalating strategic or sensitive issues to the Senior Specialist.
Subject to change by the Executive Director at any time at their sole discretion.
Qualifications
Essential:
- Advanced university degree in epidemiology or other public health related field; and/or
- Medical degree with training in applied epidemiology
Experience
Essential:
- Relevant experience in disease surveillance, health intelligence, digital health, health information systems, health informatics, or related systems strengthening work in low- and middle-income countries.
- Demonstrated experience advising governments, donors or international organizations on disease surveillance, health intelligence, digital health strategy, governance, data use, system integration and/or sustainability.
- Proven ability to translate complex technical issues into practical investment recommendations, grant design choices, procurement specifications and implementation support for country teams and decision-makers.
- Experience supporting multi-country initiatives, technical assistance mechanisms, suppliers, consultants, budgets, deliverables or performance reporting in complex stakeholder environments.
- Strong experience working with Ministries of Health, implementing partners, donors, technical agencies and internal cross-functional teams to build consensus and align digital health investments.
Desirable:
- Over 4 years of relevant experience in disease surveillance, health intelligence, digital health, health information systems, health informatics, or related systems strengthening work in low- and middle-income countries.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Global Fund grant processes, catalytic investments, Matching Funds, Strategic Initiatives, RSSH investments, KPI reporting and portfolio implementation processes.
- Experience with standards-based disease surveillance and health intelligence, digital health architectures, health data governance, surveillance systems, HMIS, laboratory information systems, supply chain systems, and/or primary health care digitalization.
- Experience in HIV, TB, malaria, epidemic and pandemic preparedness, disease surveillance, community health, primary health care or integrated service delivery programs.
Competencies
Languages:
An excellent knowledge of English and preferably a good working knowledge of French. Knowledge of other languages would be an asset.
Functional Competencies:
- Global Public Health – Mastery level
- Country Context – Mastery Level
- Business – Mastery Level
- Geopolitical Awareness – Mastery Level
- Multicultural Understanding – Mastery Level
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Job Posting End Date
01 November 2026
