Senior Technical Consultant, Global TFA Laboratory Capacity Strategy

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Resolve To Save Lives

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

💰 Grant on 2022-07

Healthcare Insurance • Non-profit • Social Impact

Resolve to Save Lives is an organization dedicated to improving global health by focusing on two core areas: cardiovascular health and epidemic prevention. The mission of the organization is to prevent 100 million deaths from cardiovascular disease and make the world safer from epidemics. They work with governments and partners across the globe to co-create, advocate for, and scale activities to control high blood pressure, reduce dietary salt intake, eliminate trans fats, and strengthen health security systems. The organization provides resources, guidance, and advocacy tools for large-scale heart health programs and epidemic prevention.

📋 Description

• Review and synthesize existing evidence on laboratory capacity gaps, barriers, and good practices across program countries, drawing on completed country assessments and relevant global literature. • Conduct structured stakeholder engagement — including key informant interviews with government counterparts, regulatory bodies, laboratory professionals, and technical partners to deepen understanding of country contexts and priorities. • Develop a global laboratory capacity strategy that sets out a clear vision, strategic priorities, and a phased approach to investment across program countries/regions • Develop (or identify experts to work on) a training framework/model for building and sustaining TFA laboratory capacity, including recommendations on delivery modalities and mechanisms for sustaining competency in collaboration with partners. • Identify bottlenecks and solutions for procurement challenges, and explore potential for standardizing processes and specifications to streamline procurement and delivery of materials; where feasible, assist partners in procurement of lab materials • Research and synthesize options for sustainable financing and supply chain mechanisms to address the recurring procurement and consumables challenges that undermine laboratory capacity across program countries, drawing on relevant models from global health and food safety. • Support RTSL research and activities on lab methodologies and capacity support as needed. • Travel to conduct reviews/stakeholder meetings and participate in any planned lab trainings during the consultancy period. • On request, support country-specific laboratory strengthening efforts in priority program countries. This may include providing technical input to national laboratories and regulatory agencies on analytical methods, quality management systems, and accreditation pathways; advising on equipment procurement and consumables supply chains; and contributing to the design and delivery of in-country capacity-building activities.

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced degree in public health, food science, food technology, analytical chemistry, laboratory science, or a related field. • Demonstrated expertise in laboratory systems strengthening • Demonstrated experience in building lab capacity for public health outcomes, particularly in low- and middle-income country contexts. • Track record of developing technical strategies, frameworks, or program plans in a global health or food safety context, with evidence of uptake by commissioning organizations. • Familiarity with relevant international analytical standards and quality frameworks, including ISO laboratory accreditation standards, AOAC International methods and validation protocols, and AOCS official methods for fatty acid and lipid analysis, and their practical application in regulatory and food safety laboratory contexts.

🏖️ Benefits

• Length of Engagement: Up to 9 months, approximately 150 days, with the possibility of extension • Location: Remote, with potential travel to program countries • Job Structure: Independent Contractor