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Senior Technical Advisor, Strategic Information (HIV and COVID-19)
About Palladium:
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.
This Opportunity:
Our Data, Informatics, and Analytical Solutions (DIAS) group is made up of three portfolios that strengthen and harness digital and data ecosystems to accelerate development investments and outcomes: 1- Information Systems, 2- Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Analytics and 3- Digital Solutions and Transformation.
Palladium’s Information Systems Portfolio is seeking a Senior Technical Advisor, Strategic Information (HIV and COVID-19) for the Data for Implementation (Data.FI) project. Data.FI is a five-year global project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to support the HIV and COVID-19 response. Data.FI partners with programs to accelerate and sustain access to and use of high-quality data to expedite HIV and COVID-19 epidemic control and maintenance. By improving global, regional, national, and community/local in-depth analyses of HIV and COVID-19 epidemiologic and programmatic data, Data.FI expedites program achievements to improve client services and attain and sustain control of the epidemics. Data.FI supports host country governments to enhance existing health information systems (HIS), informing management responses to gaps in programming and sustaining impact by supporting local partner transition.
Location:
The position is based in Palladium’s Washington DC / New York, NY / Chapel Hill, NC office.
You and Your Career:
If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in in support of patient-level and program-level surveillance, monitoring and evaluation of global health (HIV and COVID-19) programs in Africa and Latin America, we are interested in hearing from you.
We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!
Reporting and Supervision:
Reports to the Senior Technical Advisor, Measurement and Learning
The position may entail up to 30% international travel to countries within the Africa region, dependent on funding and COVID-19 restrictions
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
The primary responsibilities of this position are to provide technical leadership and guidance in planning and implementing monitoring and evaluation and data analytics activities for PEPFAR and COVID-19 data with the purpose of improving clinical management, service delivery outcomes, and program performance. Specifically, the Senior Technical Advisor will:
Technical Leadership
Provide technical leadership and quality assurance for the development of PEPFAR clinical and community-based program analytics, visualization and use, with a primary focus on tracking the clinical 95-95-95 cascade
Analyze and advise on methods and techniques for validation and triangulation of data from multiple PEPFAR and government-owned data streams (e.g., MER, country EMRs, community-based information systems, expenditure analysis, lab, pharmacy, logistics, population-based household surveys, UNAIDS GAM, etc.)
Provide strategic inputs and guidance into the design, development and implementation of high-impact analytical products and visualizations to monitor cascade of care, programming pivoting, and identify priority populations
Work across technical teams (including digital health, data science, data analytics and data use) to provide consistent guidance and advice on priority programmatic questions of interest for HIV/AIDS programs (with a focus on tracking the 95-95-95 cascade), PEPFAR, and COVID-19; define data needs; and guide data analysis
Support country processes to review, compare, and align MOH indicators/requirements with PEPFAR/USAID indicators
Lead collaborative processes to develop the use of custom HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 indicators for USAID programs
Advise country teams on data quality assessment strategies, design, and protocols, including strategies for verifying receipt of prevention and clinical services, and/or treatment status
Oversee and provide support for the design, planning, and delivery of data analytic and visualization products, ensuring timely completion and high technical standard
Provide leadership and guidance for the design, planning, and implementation of quantitative and qualitative research, evaluation, assessments and other studies
Contribute to new business development, strategy, and other corporate initiatives, as required
Capacity Development
Develop capacity development materials and guidelines for deep-dive interpretation, visualization, and use of PEPFAR MER indicators
Conceptualize, design, and lead efforts to build capacity of MOH counterparts, USAID and implementing partners on PEPFAR MER indicators
Support and guide capacity building of internal teams and partners through formal trainings, mentorship, coaching and supervision
Management
Maintain strong, positive working relationships with country teams, partners, government counterparts, USAID Washington, and USAID Mission staff
Negotiate workplans with USAID, including building consensus around benchmarks, products, timelines, and developing budgets
Liaise with Data.FI partners to determine partner’s scopes of work and budgets, and input into contracting
Manage workplan completion, working in partnership with Data.FI partners and the Data.FI management team
Participate in communities of practice and develop strategies to integrate data analysis and use approaches and tools into
Project and partner activities
Coordinate meetings and liaise with US government, country collaborators, and other program staff across organizations to carry out activities, as required
Oversee timely, accurate and appropriate reporting of project activities and results to USAID, including narrative progress reports and weekly, monthly quarterly, semi-annual and annual quantitative results
Key Competencies Required:
Substantial experience with monitoring and evaluation of large-scale PEPFAR-supported clinical service delivery projects, including professional experience managing data, ensuring data quality, and analyzing and triangulating PEPFAR program data and other types of data (e.g., lab, commodity, pharmacy, population-based data) in support of program improvement. COVID-19 experience preferred
Experience working in field-based analytical or M&E role for a PEPFAR clinical partner strongly preferred. Must have knowledge of PEPFAR strategic information approaches, activities and trends
Advanced knowledge of PEPFAR data reporting streams and an understanding of how PEPFAR data and indicators relate and/or align to country health M&E and information systems, including clinical (EMR) and community-based information systems
Strong understanding of the construction of PEPFAR MER indicators and the organization of PEPFAR data, and the implications for data analysis, visualization, and interpretation
Advanced skills in data analytics and data visualization, with demonstrated experience identifying high-impact analytical questions and managing and facilitating data analytic and visualization projects (e.g., conceptualization, stakeholder engagement, design and execution, iteration, and training)
Proficiency using a range of statistical and BI programs to analyze and visualize data (including Microsoft Excel, R, Tableau, PowerBI, etc.)
Familiarity or past experience working with data from country health management information systems (e.g., DHIS2, HIV electronic medical records, LMIS, etc.)
Demonstrated experience working with USAID, CDC, and PEPFAR partners in the field, to improve program performance and build analytical capability
Proven experience with qualitative and quantitative research and evaluation conceptualization, design, methodology and implementation, including managing external consultants
Experience coordinating teams, and coaching, mentoring, and training internal staff, partners, and country government counterparts through a variety of methods
Willingness to travel and work abroad 25-30% of the time in developing countries and elsewhere
Excellent oral and communication skills in English
Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:
French and/or Spanish language proficiency is an asset.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion – Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.
Safeguarding – We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.
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