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Sr. Technical Advisor

Employer: Johns Hopkins University
Location: Maryland, United States
Salary: Salary Not Specified
Date posted: Dec 6, 2021

Position Type: Faculty Positions, Health & Medicine, Other Health & Medicine, Administrative, Student Affairs, Health Services
Employment Type: Full Time

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Classified title: Sr. Technical Advisor

Working title: Sr. Gender Advisor

Role/Level/Range: ACRP-4-MF

Starting Salary Range: Commensurate With Experience

Employee group: Full-time

Employee subgroup (FLSA Status): Exempt

Schedule (hours/days): 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Personnel area (School): Academic and Business Centers

Position Type: New

Org unit name and #: Jhpiego

Department name: Technical Leadership and Innovations Office

Reports to (Job title): Director, Gender Programs

General summary/purpose:

Sr. Technical Advisor for Gender needed to strengthen health systems, and uptake of reproductive, maternal, newborn, adolescent and child health (RMNCAH), malaria, HIV interventions and other Jhpiego programs. This position is focused on developing, integrating and documenting strategies to address gender issues related to delivery and uptake of health services, especially, respectful care, gender-based violence, male norms and engagement in RMNCAH, and promoting gender equity in the health workforce.

The Sr. Technical Advisor will provide technical support to country programs and ensure quality technical assistance is provided to achieve maximum impact. This role will support capacity building in technical approaches and will lead the development and implementation of selected work-plan activities. The Sr. Technical Advisor will also contribute to program learning and documentation to contribute to Jhpiego learning agenda for gender, as well as the broader evidence base regarding what works to promote gender equity and health. This role may represent Jhpiego at conferences and events to promote Jhpiego’s gender work, foster new relationships and develop new program opportunities.

Jhpiego's Technical Leadership and Innovation (TLI) Office drives impact across Jhpiego's core areas of work in women's health (maternal and newborn health, reproductive health and family planning and women's cancers), infectious disease (HIV/AIDS, Malaria, COVID-19 response/global health security), health systems strengthening, primary health care, immunization and safe surgery. This dynamic team of technical leaders provides "best in class: technical leadership and support responsible to country needs and in pursuit of accelerated impact.

Responsibilities:

Provide quality technical assistance to country programs on gender integration in program design, including:

Train and mentor local gender advisors and partners to integrate gender strategies into their work supporting Jhpiego interventions

Conduct supportive supervision to ensure that the above has been well applied in health services, education and outreach

Facilitate knowledge exchange around best practices for regional gender advisors and focal points

Adapt and/or review trainings for health providers on issues such as respectful care, gender sensitive health service delivery, gender-based violence and engaging men in health to ensure that they align with global and Jhpiego standards and best practices

Adapt evidenced-based gender transformative community-based preventions to prevent gender-based violence and/or promote gender equality and positive health behaviors

Design gender analysis studies and/or conduct secondary analysis of data to support gender analyses

Contribute to staff orientation, trainings and technical updates to ensure staff possess excellent knowledge of state-of-the-art, evidenced based approaches to gender-based violence prevention and response, male engagement in health, and promoting gender equity and gender transformative leadership in the health workforce

Contribute to documentation and building knowledge base, as follows:

Writing or reviewing donor reports

Writing case studies, technical briefs and/or peer-reviewed manuscripts on learnings and outcomes of gender-related interventions

Contributing to information briefs, blogs, or infographics, or videos that highlight Jhpiego’s gender work

Contribute to new business opportunities, serve as the technical design lead and review proposals to ensure high-quality technical approaches for gender programming are reflected

Minimum qualifications (mandatory):

Advanced degree in public health, social sciences, development studies or equivalent degree

7 years’ progressively responsible related technical experience in public health, maternal health services, and/or international development, preferably promoting gender equality

2+ years of senior-level experience providing technical advice on gender equality in programming

Strong analytical skills, especially for conducting gender analyses

Strong knowledge of gender and global development issues, preferable with understanding of USAID’s approach to gender equality

Strong technical capacity and practical experience in designing and implementing gender transformative health and development programs

Proven experience in developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating gender projects and programs

Experience developing strategic and tactical plans in cooperation with others who represent a wide range of interests and needs

Ability to work in complex environments charged with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform

Experience working with civil society organizations, governments, donors, and international organizations

Strong interpersonal skills, able to work well in cross-cultural teams and under tight deadlines

Strong writing skills, both for technical and program reports

Aware of and sensitive to working in multiple socio-economic settings and with multi-cultural groups in a developing country environment

A personal commitment to gender equality

Ability to travel internationally up to 30% time

Preferred qualifications:

Experience managing and mentoring staff

Knowledge and experience of working for projects funded by international donors

Knowledge of and working within Ministry of Health systems

Experience working with community health workers and health providers

Worked and/or lived in a developing country

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.

The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of employment.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

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