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About the Role

Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) is a global health organization focused on preventing deaths from preventable health threats. The Prevent Epidemics program works with Ministries of Health in Africa to strengthen epidemic preparedness and response. This Senior Technical Advisor role will support the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Collaborative Surveillance portfolio, focusing on advancing data use for outbreak preparedness and response, generating actionable analytics, and strengthening decision-making processes. The role also involves facilitating training programs to build national capacity for epidemic intelligence and systems thinking.

Responsibilities

Support the implementation of epidemic intelligence activities in DRC that inform decision-making, including development of innovative data use products and automated production pipelines.
Collaborate closely with DRC country office and HQ team to map existing systems, data, and decision-making needs to identify implementation priorities for Collaborative Surveillance and support the development of a future surveillance architecture.
Provide hands-on technical accompaniment, capacity building, and knowledge transfer to DRC country office to ensure analytical and decision-support capabilities are sustained independently.
Train DRC country-based staff and government counterparts on the use of digital tools such as DHIS2, Emergency Management Systems (EMS), R, and R markdown for data management, analytics, GIS, and data product generation.
Support the DRC country coordinator, country office, and a multidisciplinary team to develop a country workplan and budget for Collaborative Surveillance, coordinate implementation, and generate strategic reports for leadership and donors.
Collaborate with global and country-level partners to streamline and align Collaborative Surveillance initiatives in DRC.
Provide technical oversight and methodologies to evaluate the impact of the Collaborative Surveillance initiatives in DRC.
Investigate and develop use cases for surveillance innovations, including wastewater surveillance, multiplex serosurveillance, genomic surveillance, and sample registration systems.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary epidemic intelligence team to pioneer innovations in data use for decision-making, including the application of artificial intelligence, novel contextual data, and advanced analytical methods to forecast risks and outbreaks.
Synthesize operational learnings from DRC and technical innovations into strategic dissemination products for the global public health community.

Requirements

Master’s degree or higher in a relevant field (e.g., public health, epidemiology, informatics, statistics). PhD in a relevant field is a plus.
At least 12 years of experience in infectious disease surveillance and analytics, public health emergency management, or equivalent experience.
Proven track record of supporting public health operations and outbreak preparedness/response initiatives within the African region, with direct experience in supporting Ebola outbreaks and/or in the DRC preferred.
Demonstrated experience designing, producing, and implementing end-to-end public health information products with the ability to translate complex data into decision-ready outputs and ensure sustainable handover through clear documentation and SOPs.
Demonstrated experience in designing and delivering comprehensive capacity-building training programs for public health professionals, bridging technical skills with actionable, real-world decision-making.

Skills

Full professional fluency (written and spoken) in both English and French is required.
Proven ability to technically accompany and mentor multidisciplinary in-country teams, building their capacity to lead data use projects, applying systems thinking and design thinking approach, with a strong emphasis on progressive knowledge transfer and developing local ownership of analytical workflows.
Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities for strategy and execution, including in areas of high complexity and ambiguity.
Proficiency in R and R Markdown/Quarto for data management, analysis, and automated information product generation; familiarity with DHIS2 is an advantage.
Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills for engaging and influencing non-governmental partners, civil society organizations, donors, and multilateral agencies.
Ability to thrive in a collaborative and highly matrixed environment with experience serving many different internal and external stakeholders and demonstrating inclusiveness and active listening skills.
Comfort operating in a remote and distributed work environment, with the ability to provide high-quality technical accompaniment through virtual channels.
Cultural agility and resilience: builds trust across cultural contexts with empathy and humility; navigates complexity and ambiguity with sound judgment and a problem-solving orientation.

Location

Remote

Work Type

Full-time
Remote

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

Master's degree
PhD

Salary/Compensations

$120,000 to $135,000 annually (US-based)

Benefits

Health insurance for you and your dependents
Contributions toward retirement
Paid annual leave and sick leave, in addition to public holidays
Two paid, week-long organization-wide breaks at mid-year and end-of-year
Professional development and home office setup benefits
Up-to-date computer equipment

About the Company

Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) is a global health organization that partners locally and globally to create and scale solutions to the world’s deadliest health threats.
Millions of people die from preventable health threats. We collaborate to close the gap between proven, life-saving solutions and the people who need them.
Since 2017, we’ve worked with governments and other partners in more than 60 countries to save millions of lives.
We work toward a future where people live longer, healthier lives, communities flourish, and economies thrive.
Resolve to Save Lives prides itself on cultivating a supportive, connected remote team doing work that matters.
We do everything possible to ensure our employees are connected and set up for success.

Equal Opportunity

RTSL believes its programs are strengthened when they are developed and supported by individuals with diverse life experiences whose understanding of social and cultural issues can help make our work and workforce more inclusive.
We encourage applications from and provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, organ donor status, or status as a veteran.
Resolve to Save Lives complies with all applicable US EEO laws.