Principal Technical Advisor – Research and Learning

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🏛️ District of Columbia, Maryland – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote 🦀 Maryland – Remote

💵 $52 - $68 / hour

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Jhpiego

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1973

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Healthcare • Consulting • Healthcare Insurance

Jhpiego is a global nonprofit organization that works to improve healthcare for women and their families. With a focus on increasing access to vital health services, Jhpiego partners with governments and organizations to strengthen health systems and develop innovative solutions in maternal and newborn health, family planning, and infectious disease prevention. Through their efforts, they aim to ensure that every woman has a healthy pregnancy and childbirth experience.

📋 Description

• Report to the Director, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning • Build and lead innovative solutions supporting MERL implementation across multiple Jhpiego projects • Deliver high-quality technical approaches reflecting MERL best practices • Support design and conduct of complex research studies • Build capacity, conduct continuous quality improvement, facilitate data use for decision-making, and document best practices and lessons learned • Develop publications for peer-reviewed journals • Provide senior-level technical assistance, guidance, and advice to country programs • Ensure assisted programs are technically sound, cohesive, evidence-based, and responsive to country and donor priorities • Lead complex implementation research promoting adoption of transformative initiatives and innovations • Lead advanced data analyses, including discrete choice analysis and multilevel modeling • Ensure integrated technical approaches across project components • Develop solutions, guidance, learning resources, tools, and innovations to accelerate results • Assess and analyze data and identify trends • Address programmatic and technical challenges with project and partner staff • Obtain buy-in from donors, partners, and government stakeholders • Build technical capacity and coach and mentor staff, including developing annual training plans and learning materials • Support external communications, including success stories, blogs, and technical communications • Support field staff in presenting and disseminating country-implementation learning • Contribute to peer-reviewed publications

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced degree in public health (international health, epidemiology, biostatistics, demography), statistics, economics, or behavioral science • 8–10 years of progressively responsible technical experience, including implementing and/or managing MERL for international field-based programs • Strong technical and programmatic background in MERL, especially technical support and programmatic direction • Substantive experience in implementation research using qualitative and advanced quantitative methods • In-depth knowledge of performance monitoring and data use for performance improvement • Experience developing MERL systems for projects and country programs • Knowledge of health information systems • Experience designing and conducting program evaluations • Experience working in challenging environments in Africa, Asia or LAC regions • Proven leadership skills and expertise in strategic program planning, implementation, and management • Proven technical experience designing, implementing, or measuring technical interventions • Proven experience leading highly skilled and qualified technical personnel • Ability to create connections across vertical health areas and functional areas • Excellent understanding of USG systems and other donor structures and processes • Experience developing productive working relationships with counterparts in agencies and organizations worldwide • Ability to work in a complex, fast-paced, multicultural environment with multiple tasks and short deadlines • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including strong technical writing and presentation skills • Fluency in French, Spanish, or Portuguese preferred • Successful candidates subject to a pre-employment background check

🏖️ Benefits

• Total rewards package supporting employees' health, life, career and retirement • Pre-employment background check and individualized review of prior criminal history • Diversity, equity and inclusion programs • Equal opportunity employment • Workplace accommodations and accessibility support