Senior Technical Advisor, Data Use and Decision Science (Remote – US, UK, France, DRC)

Responsibilities

We are representing a global health organization seeking a Senior Technical Advisor, Data Use and Decision Science for a critical epidemic preparedness portfolio. In this remote, two-year fixed-term role, you will bridge complex epidemiological data with strategic public health action, primarily supporting outbreak response initiatives in Central Africa.

Your core responsibilities will include:

• Implementing epidemic intelligence activities that inform decision-making, including development of innovative data products (enhanced outbreak situation reports, periodic epidemiological bulletins, executive dashboards) and automated production pipelines
• Collaborating with country office and headquarters teams to map existing systems, data, and decision-making needs to identify implementation priorities and support future surveillance architecture development
• Providing hands-on technical accompaniment, capacity building, and knowledge transfer to ensure analytical and decision-support capabilities are sustained independently
• Training country-based staff and government counterparts on digital tools such as DHIS2, Emergency Management Systems, R and R markdown for data management, analytics, GIS, and data product generation
• Supporting country coordinators and multidisciplinary teams to develop workplans and budgets, coordinate implementation, and generate strategic reports for leadership and donors
• Collaborating with global and country-level partners (WHO, US CDC, UNICEF) to streamline and align surveillance initiatives
• Providing technical oversight and methodologies to evaluate the impact of surveillance initiatives
• Investigating and developing use cases for surveillance innovations, including wastewater surveillance, multiplex serosurveillance, genomic surveillance, and sample registration systems
• Pioneering innovations in data use for decision-making, including application of artificial intelligence, novel contextual data, and advanced analytical methods to forecast risks and outbreaks
• Synthesizing operational learnings and technical innovations into strategic dissemination products for the global public health community

What We're Looking For

Education:

• Master's degree or higher in a relevant field (public health, epidemiology, informatics, statistics); PhD is a plus

Experience:

• 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; direct experience supporting Ebola outbreaks and/or in 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 & Abilities:

• 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 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
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 30%

How We Work with You

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This is a remote position available to candidates based in the US, UK, France, or DRC, with occasional in-person team meetings.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed with qualified candidates during the screening process and will be competitive with the international NGO sector based on location and experience.

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