Technical Director

STRengthening Infectious Disease Detection Systems (STRIDES) Technical Director

The STRengthening Infectious disease DEtection Systems (STRIDES) Technical Director leads and directs technical focus areas across the Activity to enhance global health security in priority countries. S / he will align STRIDES technical frameworks, approaches, tools, and activities with relevant normative guidelines and technical standards. This may include identifying specialized partnership needs and engaging qualified partners to ensure technical performance. STRIDES Technical Director works closely with the Country Project Director, technical leads, and the Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Specialist to cascade the Activity's technical approach and ensure adherence with the United States Government's (USG) global health security priorities across country-level work plans. S / he is accountable for the successful delivery of all technical aspects and reporting across STRIDES from initiation through delivery and closeout, ensuring completion of technical deliverables on schedule and within budget and that meet or exceed quality standards.

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• Serves as STRIDES technical lead and key point of contact for relevant topics.
• Provides technical direction to develop country-specific workplans and budgets, ensuring alignment with STRIDES objectives and USG priorities and with global technical standards.
• Ensures high quality technical deliverablesincluding workplans, required and ad hoc reports, and success stories highlighting technical achievementsare developed, submitted and approved on schedule and within budget parameters.
• Provides direction to ensure technical activities are compliant with STRIDES contract, government regulations, relevant quality standards and FHI 360's policies and procedures.
• Responds to client requests and questions on technical matters; ensures timely drafts and submissions of consent, approvals and / or waivers.
• Ensures technical activities are designed to support STRIDES monitoring and evaluation activities; collaborates with the MEL Director to finalize and submit country-specific technical indicators and report against their progress in quarterly, annual, and other reports.
• Assesses subcontractors' performance on technical activities and directs adjustments, as needed.
• Collaborates with the MEL Director and to promote STRIDES successes by collecting, writing, and distributing success stories, case studies, photos, and outreach at events.
• Represent STRIDES at global health security-focused events; collect and share information that could be valuable to the Activity.
• Coordinates the drafting of technical deliverables.
• Supports performance management and professional development of direct reports, including ongoing feedback, coaching and career support.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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