Senior Technical Advisor - Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response

Project: BRIDGE

Job Description

What you will do in this role:

• Provide overall strategic and technical leadership for the project's Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response (PHEPR) portfolio.
• Lead the design and oversight of national outbreak preparedness plans, surveillance strengthening initiatives, and early warning system strategies.
• Serve as the project's principal liaison with national government emergency operations centers (EOCs) and public health authorities during emergency events.
• Ensure PHEPR programming aligns with global health security frameworks, national guidelines, and donor requirements.
• Oversee performance monitoring of state PHEPR teams, identifying capacity gaps and directing corrective action.
• Represent the project at national and international PHEPR technical working groups, donor reviews, and coordination platforms.
• Guide the development of work plans, technical reports, budgets, and proposal inputs for the PHEPR portfolio.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), state ministries of health, and donor representatives.
• Mentor and build capacity of technical staff across the PHEPR team.
• Deliver against the approved GHSD milestone plan and quarterly performance targets, integrating services across the HIV, TB, malaria, and MNCH platform and progressively transferring functions to Government of Nigeria ownership.
• Report to the Deputy Chief of Party/Technical Director on program performance, risks, and strategic direction.

Minimum recruitment standard

Qualifications and experience we look for:

• A first degree in Medicine, Public Health, Epidemiology, or a related field; a master's degree is required.
• At least ten (10) years of experience in public health emergency preparedness or surveillance, with a minimum of five (5) years in a senior technical leadership or managerial role.
• Demonstrated experience supervising multidisciplinary technical teams on donor-funded health security programs.
• Strong knowledge of global health security frameworks, International Health Regulations (IHR), and national emergency response systems.
• Excellent strategic thinking, crisis management, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• High level of integrity, professional maturity, and sound judgment in high-pressure situations.