Tuberculosis Accelerator Advisor

**POSTING NUMBER**: #016-24

**POSITION TITLE**: Tuberculosis Accelerator Advisor

**CLOSING DATE**: Until Filled

**LOCATION**: Washington, DC

**Job Location**: Washington, DC

**Telework Eligible**: Yes, at least 3 days per week in-person reporting at Washington, DC office.

**Remote Eligible**: No.

**A. Summary Statement**:
The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being, and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. As one of the largest and most comprehensive public health organizations in the nation, we are at the forefront of research and innovations to improve the efficacy of public health statewide, nationally, and internationally.

PHI was distinguished as one of the top 50 “Best Non-Profit Organizations to Work For” by the Non-Profit Times in a national search.

The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being, and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. As one of the largest and most comprehensive public health organizations in the nation, we are at the forefront of research and innovations to improve the efficacy of public health statewide, nationally, and internationally.

The Global Health Training, Advisory and Support Contract (GHTASC) delivers effective global health programming to advance the mission of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Global Health (GH) through institutional support and workforce development services from junior, mid-level, senior and expert advisory and administrative professionals.

The Tuberculosis Accelerator Advisor will serve in the Asia Bureau, on the health team within the Office for Technical Services. In this role, they will be expected to prepare testimony for the Hill, elevate USAID programming during international meetings and demonstrate how USAID is moving TB programming forward.

The Advisor will also be responsible for tracking the bilateral Mission efforts under the Accelerator, mentoring Mission TB staff and assisting them to develop implementation plans that include the most advanced and recent programmatic efforts. They will be responsible for leading trans boundary regional data analysis and elevating this to partners in the region, including ASEAN and the Asian Development Bank.

**B. **Position Summary**:
In addition, because the Asia Bureau works in an integrated programming fashion, the incumbent is expected to contribute input to how different sectors (economic growth and environment, for example) both affect TB and GHSA as well how those sectors are affected by TB and GHSA.

Employment Type: Full Time

**C. **Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Supports and evaluates centrally administered projects for TB programming and GHSA strategy development.
- Supports the monitoring and management of the technical aspects of the expanding Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) as well as the Tuberculosis work.
- Supports in strategy development and contributes to program design, contributes to expert direction to project implementation, and participates in interaction with representatives among donors on behalf of USAID TB activities worldwide - working at the country, regional, and international levels.
- Serves as one of two technical experts in infectious disease for the Asia Bureau and will be expected to contribute to the development of deep country expertise in a suite of countries.
- Contributes input to how different sectors (economic growth and environment, for example) both affect TB and GHSA as well how those sectors are affected by TB and GHSA.
- Develops project guidance for use by Mission, NGO/PVO staffs and host country officials to ensure project implementation is consistent with Agency strategies.
- Prepares concept papers and background analyses for new activities and drafts Project Appraisal Documents, Program Descriptions, scopes of work, project evaluation summaries, and other project planning and management documentation.
- Prepares and ensures timely submission of reports, briefings, conferences, publications, training, and other means of promoting wide understanding of improved knowledge and methods.
- Coordinates public health activities that assist the Bureau in advancing state-of-the-art approaches for Emerging Pandemic Threats and TB.
- Reviews and synthesizes basic concepts, hypotheses, and methodologies used in project research and analysis activities and recommends appropriate changes.
- Prepares project documentation, such as implementation letters, contracts, evaluations, and other documentation related to project implementation.
- Coordinates with other Bureau staff, as necessary, to implement project actions, assuring that the views of technical specialists are reflected in the final product.
- Supports Mission led technical negotiations for