Senior Technical Advisor, Data Use and Decision Science

Role Description

The Senior Technical Advisor, Data Use and Decision Science focuses on bridging the gap between complex epidemiological and contextual data and strategic public health action. This role will primarily support the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Collaborative Surveillance (CS) portfolio, with a significant focus on:

• Advancing data use for the current Ebola outbreak preparedness and rapid response.
• Generating actionable analytics and information products to strengthen real-time decision-making.
• Integrating disease surveillance with contextual data (e.g., climate, environmental, risk, and vulnerability factors).
• Supporting resilient data pipelines.

This role will also contribute to the facilitation of two flagship programs:

• Epidemic Intelligence training curriculum.
• A co-design workshop to build national counterparts' capacity for epidemic intelligence and systems thinking.

The Senior Technical Advisor reports to the Principal Advisor, Data Use for Decision Science, Epidemic Intelligence. This full-time, remote position is for a fixed term of 2 years.

Qualifications

• 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 (e.g., epidemiological bulletins, outbreak situation reports).
• Demonstrated experience in designing and delivering comprehensive capacity-building training programs for public health professionals.
• Full professional fluency (written and spoken) in both English and French is required.
• Proven ability to technically accompany and mentor multidisciplinary in-country teams.
• Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities for strategy and execution.
• Proficiency in R and R Markdown/Quarto for data management, analysis, and automated information product generation.
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative and highly matrixed environment.
• Comfort operating in a remote and distributed work environment.
• Cultural agility and resilience.

Requirements

• Able to work remotely and convene in-person occasionally for team meetings.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 30%.

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.