Pact is an international nonprofit that works in nearly 40 countries building solutions for human development that are evidence-based, data-driven and owned by the communities we serve. Founded in 1971, Pact works with partners to build resilience, improve accountability, and strengthen knowledge and skills for sustainable social impact.

Programs – Pact strives for a world where all people are heard, capable, and vibrant. The Programs Team helps realize this objective by bridging program management, technical support, and business development, enabling Pact to achieve its global strategy. We ensure program excellence through continuous learning, monitoring and evaluation and provide organizational and industry-wide thought leadership by leveraging a complementary set of cross-functional, multi-disciplinary skills, expertise, and experiences. The Programs team: influences progressive change through the development and implementation of global and regional strategies and business plans; supports advancement of innovative solutions; pursues new business opportunities; and drives effective internal and external engagement to maximize Pact’s impact across the globe. Across all aspects of its role, the Programs Department adheres to and promotes a culture of inclusion, accountability, and respect.

Pact seeks a Senior Technical Advisor, Community Health & Engagement for the anticipated USAID Access Miahy Activity. USAID Access Miahy’s goal is to accelerate sustainable reductions in maternal, neonatal and child morbidity and mortality through increased access and availability of quality primary health care (PHC) services. USAID Access Miahy will continue building the capacity of Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) actors and other relevant stakeholders at district, facility and community levels to design, develop, manage, deliver, monitor and evaluate health services and programs aligned with the intervention packages in their catchment areas.

USAID Access Miahy is anticipated to be a $50-$99M cooperative agreement; the anticipated release date is August 16, 2024, with an anticipated award date of October 31, 2024.

This position is subject to project award; please note that the position title, requirements, and responsibilities are subject to change depending on USAID’s final qualifications for this role.

This location of this position is anticipated to be Antananarivo.

The Senior Technical Advisor, Community Health & Engagement will provide strategic guidance, technical leadership, and coordinate activities with stakeholders for community health systems, particularly professionalizing community health workers and demand creation, components of the Access Miahy program. The Senior Technical Advisor will lead co-development of strategies and activities with district government staff and oversee community health activities at district levels. This position will also guide other technical staff and collaborate across the activity to strengthen and extend primary health care and prevention services within community health and behavior change activities. The Senior Technical Advisor will also develop relevant, timely inputs to routine reports and work plans, lead assessments and systems strengthening strategies, and represent Access Miahy in community health and social and behavior change (SBC) technical working groups and other relevant coordination groups.

 

The specific duties to be carried out by the successful candidate:

• Lead the design, delivery, and expansion of community-level primary health care and engagement activities in collaboration with key national and regional stakeholders and other implementing partner projects, ensuring adherence to national guidelines and international best practices.
• Coach and mentor appointed MOPH and community organization teams to implement and use adaptive management principles to improve preventive and curative community-level services and engagement events at fokotany and community levels.
• Lead the development of community health, engagement, and SBC activities within annual work plans, ensuring they support the project’s overall integrated strategic approach and its coordination throughout all levels of the Government of the Republic of Madagascar.
• Collaborate with MOPH to co-develop, test, and extend models for community health worker payment and certification for retention.
• Monitor implementation of community health activities to ensure timely completion of objectives and outputs.
• Supervise relevant officer staff to execute and adapt project activities at regional and district level.
• Develop contractual deliverables (quarterly, annual, clinical assessments and mentorship plans, etc.) in conjunction with other key staff and external evaluators.
• Work closely with project staff and implementing partners to identify, document, and disseminate best practices.
• Represent Access Miahy at community health and SBC-focused technical working groups and coordinate all technical assistance requests.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Medical degree or Master’s degree in public health or other relevant field and a minimum of 6+ years of relevant experience of public health program technical leadership in sub-Saharan Africa or other resource-limited settings. A Bachelor’s degree in public health or other relevant field plus 8 years of experience maybe be substituted. 4 years of management experience is required.
• Minimum of 5 years leading community health, SBC, community engagement, or related technical component of a USAID-funded project of similar size and scope.
• Documented hands-on practical experience developing or adapting, providing technical assistance for, and assessing community health worker/volunteer activities for health programs in developing countries, including data quality assurance.
• Demonstrated expertise in at least one of the following areas: community-level health interventions, community health volunteer professionalism, community engagement and primary health care, or institutional capacity strengthening.
• Demonstrated flexibility, adaptability, and the ability to perform and collaborate in complex and politically sensitive project environments.
• Proven technical program management skills, including relevant experience in coaching and direct supervision of professional staff.
• Previous experience working on USG-funded health programming in Madagascar.
  Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in complex environments, and work with and between different stakeholders, including local organizations, government institutions, private sector entities, and US Government agencies.
• Demonstrated skills in problem solving and consensus building.
  Fluency in English, Malagasy, and French (oral, writing, and reading)
• Proven ability to produce professional quality English-language documents such as progress reports, case studies, and research protocols.
• Ability to travel within Madagascar and occasionally internationally.

• Knowledge of the political, social, and economic context of Madagascar.
• Malagasy nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.