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West Africa Regional Technical Advisor I - Polio

DRC-Remote🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-23 → 2026-09-27

Core

Provide strategic and technical leadership for the Strengthening Infectious Disease Detection Systems (STRIDES) Activity focused on polio eradication, including surveillance, laboratory strengthening, and data analysis.

Role type

Senior IC regional technical advisor (polio eradication)

Builds

Polio surveillance systems, laboratory operations, and outbreak response capabilities across West Africa

Domain

Global health security + infectious disease epidemiology

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Polio eradication technical expertise, surveillance systems design, laboratory operations management, outbreak response planning, data quality assurance, stakeholder engagement, program implementation, budget management, training development, risk mitigation, strategic planning

Preferred skills

Experience with GPEI norms, donor relations, Francophone African country contexts

Technologies

Polio surveillance tools, laboratory information systems, data analysis platforms

Responsibilities

Lead creation and implementation of regional STRIDES-Polio activity plans, provide technical oversight to country teams and subcontractors, develop training and competency systems, review donor reports and prepare presentations, ensure alignment with global guidance and national policies, coordinate with HQ and partners for program delivery

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with regional scope

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