Principal Advisor, Connected Leadership for Health Security – Remote (US, UK, France, Nigeria, Ethiopia) Full Time

Summary:

• Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) is a US-based, global public health organization with a mission to prevent 100 million deaths from heart disease and to make the world safer from epidemics.
• The Prevent Epidemics program works closely with Ministries of Health and national public health institutes in Africa to strengthen epidemic preparedness capacity, accelerate disease detection and response, and to use data effectively to inform action.
• The Connected Leadership Initiative addresses the critical need for leadership and partnerships to strengthen global health security through innovative leadership approaches at the national and subnational levels.
• This position offers the opportunity to contribute to this transformative work by developing and implementing strategies that strengthen global health security through innovative leadership approaches.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the co-design and implementation of the Connected Leadership initiative, including the development of tools, approaches, and methodologies to accompany national and subnational leaders’ work as effective change agents to strengthen systems that support improved response.
• Support the strategic alignment of emergency workforce and surge response governance with the national emergency response frameworks.
• Cultivate relationships with national, regional, and global partners to advance governance, leadership development, and accountability systems with an emphasis on emergency workforce and response structures.
• Facilitate and strengthen peer exchange across the Connected Leadership network.
• Synthesize and apply strategic learning to improve program delivery and management decision-making.
• Document and share lessons learned with global and regional partners to inform broader emergency response frameworks and leadership initiatives such as the Global Health Emergency Corps.
• Partner with RTSL communications team to document and disseminate relevant learning and accomplishments.
• Advise and coach high-level country leadership in tailoring governance reform and leadership development strategies for emergency preparedness and response.
• Support design and delivery of executive-level leadership training, capacity-building, and peer-to-peer learning.
• Design and implement an evaluation framework to assess the effectiveness of leadership and governance systems in managing emergencies with a focus on workforce and surveillance of outbreak detection and response.
• Leverage the 7-1-7 framework to collect and analyze data on early outbreak detection and response, highlighting improvements linked to leadership and governance interventions.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree or higher in Public Health, Disaster Management, or Executive Management or related field.
• 10+ years at the nexus of health systems strengthening and program management in low or middle-income countries, with demonstrated expertise in complex public health emergencies.
• 5+ years working closely with government entities in low or middle-income countries leading on health emergency response and operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading quality improvement activities for epidemic detection and response, including analysis and development of improvement plans, evaluations, and evidence-based reports (e.g., tabletop exercises, simulations, and after-action reviews).
• Experience leveraging knowledge management systems to capture, organize, and disseminate insights and best practices.
• Budget and grant management experience including donor reporting.
• Skilled in mentoring, coaching, and advising executive leadership from diverse backgrounds.
• Able to lead multifaceted, multinational projects, with and without formal authority.
• Resilience and adaptability when confronted with complexity, paradox, or ambiguity.
• Articulate and responsive in both verbal and written communication.
• Exhibits cultural competence, empathy, humility, and discernment when interacting across cultures.
• Demonstrated capabilities and experience in instructional design and curriculum development.
• Skilled in facilitating workshops and trainings for both technical and non-technical stakeholders, adapting content to meet audience needs.
• Preferred (not required) characteristics: Credentials in leadership development, management, or quality improvement (e.g., MBA, PMI, Lean Six Sigma).
• Have worked with or within multilateral organizations (e.g., WHO, World Bank, Africa CDC).
• Proficient in French.

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 benefit.
• Up-to-date computer equipment.

Tagged as: Emergency Response, Health Security, Leadership Development, Public Health, United States