East Africa Regional Technical Advisor I (TAI), Polio

The East Africa Regional Technical Advisor I (TAI), Polio will provide strategic and technical leadership for the Strengthening Infectious Disease Detection Systems(STRIDES) Activity with respect to polio eradication-related activities including surveillance, laboratory strengthening, and data analysis. The Advisor ensures alignment of STRIDES polio activities with global guidance, national policies, Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) norms, and donor regulations, while delivering high-quality technical assistance across participating countries. S/He will provide technical oversight of in-country implementation, working closely with global, regional and country teams to ensure fidelity to STRIDES' technical approaches, troubleshoot implementation challenges, and adapt interventions to evolving epidemiologic and operational contexts. The Regional TA, Polio will play a central role in supporting capacity strengthening, mentoring, and technical assistance to the country level teams, local partners, and government counterparts across polio surveillance, biosafety/biosecurity, laboratory operations, specimen management, data quality, outbreak preparedness and response, and related domains, ensuring alignment with the United States Government's global health security priorities.

Accountabilities: Technical Requirements

• Works on problems of complex scope that require evaluation of variable factors.
• Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining solutions, with little supervision.
• Networks with key internal and external personnel.