Laboratory and Diagnostics Advisor, Outbreak Preparedness and Response

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $89k - $120k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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FHI 360

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1971

🏥 Healthcare

🍽️ Food & Beverage

💼 Consulting

Healthcare • Food & Beverage • Consulting

FHI 360 is a global nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Operating in over 60 countries, FHI 360's work spans across a wide range of areas including health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, and governance. The organization focuses on creating partnerships, integrating research, and leveraging resources to enable people to reach their full potential. With a strong emphasis on equity, health, and well-being, FHI 360 is committed to building a more equitable world through innovative programs and partnerships.

📋 Description

• Provide technical leadership for STRIDES’ outbreak laboratory and diagnostic systems portfolio • Guide diagnostic capacity expansion, laboratory network strengthening, biosafety and biosecurity, quality systems, and workforce development • Advise on diagnostic methods, technologies, assay validation, platform selection, and procurement alignment • Collaborate with ministries of health, public health institutes, reference laboratories, implementing partners, and regional preparedness stakeholders • Interpret laboratory readiness findings, quality gaps, biosafety risks, and diagnostic performance data • Provide input on laboratory policies, essential diagnostics lists, specimen referral strategies, governance mechanisms, and outbreak diagnostic guidelines • Design and implement laboratory and diagnostic components of STRIDES projects • Lead laboratory and diagnostics technical sections of project plans • Oversee laboratory and diagnostic activities in assigned response and preparedness countries • Track project outputs, budgets, timelines, technical coverage, and donor requirements • Coordinate country-office requests for laboratory technical assistance • Lead global technical strategies for outbreak diagnostics, decentralized testing, laboratory governance, biosafety, biosecurity, and diagnostic network optimization • Develop tools, guidance, and job aids for readiness assessments, diagnostic algorithms, and quality systems strengthening • Ensure implementation meets international best practices, national policies, technical standards, and contractual obligations • Supervise or guide junior technical staff, officers, subcontractors, and consultants • Manage technical project administration, finance compliance, deliverables, and team management • Serve as a technical point of contact with clients when assigned • Develop and implement technical training and capacity-building interventions • Manage technical resources and project operations • Draft sponsor financial and technical reports and upload deliverables data to sponsor systems • Prepare sponsor presentations and contribute to work plans • Author technical deliverables including reports, presentations, and manuscripts • Aggregate data and provide high-level summaries • Conduct quality assurance and improve procedures • Support field projects and coordinate with employees and consultants onsite and in the field

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s Degree or an International Equivalent in Laboratory Science, Microbiology, Clinical Diagnostics, Public Health or a related clinical/medical field • 8+ years of relevant experience implementing large-scale laboratory systems, networks, and diagnostics programs • Emergency outbreak response experience/knowledge preferred • Experience mentoring junior laboratory staff and guiding technical activities • Documented success providing systems-level laboratory guidance • Proven track record training laboratory personnel, validating assays, and establishing quality management systems (QMS) • Experience designing laboratory strengthening portfolios, securing research or development grants, or driving public health program growth • Prior work experience in an NGO, government agency, or private organization • Project Management Certification preferred • Strong knowledge and skills in laboratory and diagnostic systems • Knowledge of technical standards, operational processes, procedures, work, and task flow • Ability to manage projects, set priorities, and plan successful implementation • Proficient writing and verbal communication skills • Relevant computer software skills, including MS Office • Ability to manage own work to job and performance standards • Must be able to read, write, and speak fluent English and be fluent in the host country language • Ability to spend long hours using a computer and keyboard • Ability to sit and stand for extended periods and lift 5 lb. • Willingness/ability to travel 10%–25% • Successful completion of applicable screening checks

🏖️ Benefits

• FHI 360 contributes 7% of monthly base pay to a money purchase pension plan account • 18 days of paid vacation per year for full-time US-based staff • 12 sick days per year for full-time US-based staff • 11 holidays per year for full-time US-based staff • Competitive benefits package • Professional development • Policies and programs that support a healthy work/life balance • Equal opportunity employment • Safeguarding and code-of-conduct support • Screening checks conducted in accordance with recruitment procedures