CONSULTANCY: Senior Technical Advisor - Tuberculosis

Bethesda, MD

Posted 13 days ago

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Job Description

Position: CONSULTANCY: Senior Technical Advisor - Tuberculosis

Location:

Global

Job Id: 2312

# of Openings: 1

Location: Chevy Chase, MD (remote)

Hours: The contract includes multiple assignments that will be assigned within individual Work Order Agreements (WOAs). Multiple assignments ranging from 1-50 days over 6-12 months.

Consulting Rate: Commensurate with required experience and qualifications

Reports to: Senior Vice President, Asia, Middle East, and North Africa (A/MENA) Programs

University Research Co., LLC (URC):

Guided by a strong vision of equitable and resilient systems that respond to people's needs and emerging threats, URC helps countries and local actors to build, implement, and sustain science-driven, scalable solutions. Established in 1965, URC offers a range of technical expertise to empower governments, communities, and service providers toward strengthening their own health and social systems and improve service quality. We aim to expand access to and improve the quality of services, addressing maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health; global health security and infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria; reproductive health and family planning; nutrition and water, sanitation, and hygiene. In our interactions with each other and our clients, we stay true to our values for transformative change by focusing on:

Creativity: by unleashing our creativity, we enhance engagement and interaction to improve problem-solving.
Collaboration: We work towards the same vision and mission and instill staff with a strong sense of purpose, complementing each other's skills and allocating work to maximize everyone's strengths.
Accountability: we hold ourselves responsible for accomplishing goals, completing assignments, and making decisions.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion: we embrace the importance of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, where our leadership and staff model behavior that enriches our organization, demonstrates respect for all people, and supports opportunities for all staff.
Transparency: we understand that when employees deeply trust one another and their leaders, they will be more engaged in their roles because they will not be worried about unfair treatment.

Overview:

URC is searching for an experienced Tuberculosis (TB) Subject Matter Expert to support business development.

Responsibilities:

The Consultant will be an active member of the URC proposal team throughout the capture and proposal development phase of new business opportunities focused on TB, working closely with the Proposal Lead and Proposal Manager on assigned tasks.

Assignments may include:

Conduct research on the context of TB in proposal countries, including analysis of the TB epidemic and prevention and control efforts, competitors, and potential partners and staffing.
Read and interpret solicitations to identify critical items required for a compliant response.
Contribute to proposal design as a subject matter expert: participate in design sessions and brainstorming to develop win themes, strategies, and activities.
Serve as a lead or contributing writer on proposals
Provide written and oral feedback on proposal drafts, including serving as a color team reviewer as a part of a proposal team

Assignments may required travel.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

URC is looking for an experienced global health business development consultant with previous experience working with business development for international organizations and the US Government. Additionally, the consultant must have strong technical skills in health systems strengthening and governance.

Required Experience and Qualifications:

Advanced medical degree from an accredited college or university.
At least 10 years of programmatic global health work and business development experience for international donor-funded programing.
Experience drafting, reviewing, and finalizing global health proposals
Demonstrated experience with USAID TB programs.
Oral and written fluency in English required. Excellent English language writing skills.
Outstanding inter-personal skills and attention to detail and the ability to produce high quality deliverables in a fast-paced environment.

Please include your proposed consultancy rate within your application and/or cover letter.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Unless otherwise directed, we will retain your CV in our database for future opportunities.

URC is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

We value and seek diversity in our workforce

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Job Summary

Company

University Research Co., LLC

Start Date

As soon as possible

Employment Term and Type

Regular, Full Time

Required Experience

Open