Business Title: Regional Emergency Response Advisor (English-Speaking Africa)

The STRIDES Regional Emergency Response Advisor supports outbreak response planning, coordination, and implementation across English-speaking Africa, ideally bringing prior experience with high-consequence pathogens (e.g., viral hemorrhagic fevers).

The advisor aligns country programs with STRIDES leadership’s direction, tracking and reporting on response efforts while leading coordination with technical, finance, and operations teams to mobilize resources.

Key responsibilities

• Develops or writes technical briefs, reports, or other necessary materials to facilitate research, best practices, policies, and procedures.
• Develops and implements technical training and capacity building interventions related to emergency response and preparedness.
• Prepares and delivers presentations to sponsors on progress.
• Development of scope of work and deliverables for partners, consultants, etc.

Requirements

• Leads outbreak response and preparedness activities in alignment with established STRIDES emergency response protocols and in-country incident management systems.
• Manages the coordination of day-to-day response activities across technical, operational, and administrative teams to ensure alignment with response objectives and timelines.
• Oversees the consolidation of response information and manages internal coordination during active outbreaks.
• Leads standardization of response processes across their portfolio of countries, including reporting templates, deployment trackers, and coordination tools…

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