Jhpiego seeks a Director Surveillance Monitoring, Evaluation & Research (SMER) who will provide technical leadership and project oversight around Surveillance Monitoring, Evaluation and Research for an upcoming five-year $30,000,000 million USAID Usalama wa Afya Duniani (USAID Global Health Security (GHS)) activity in Tanzania. The activity aims to support the Government of Tanzania to improve their health system to prevent, detect and respond to emerging infectious diseases (EID) through building and strengthening measurable, sustainable capacity while helping to develop and adopt evidence-based and innovative solutions to prevent, rapidly detect, effectively respond to, and ultimately recover from EID – whether naturally occurring, accidental, or deliberate.
The SMER Director will lead, establish and enhance surveillance, monitoring, evaluation and research systems strengthening interventions to impact global health security in collaboration and coordination with key stakeholders including the Ministry of Health, Presidents’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG) and Prime Minister’s Office.
This position is contingent upon award from USAID. All qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Reporting to: Chief of Party
Positions supervises: Zonal SMER Managers
This position will be closed on April 23 2024
