Global Health Security (GHS) Advisor

Location: Based in hirify.global's Addis Ababa, Ethiopia office, with periodic travel within Ethiopia to project sites and regional offices. Applicants must be authorized to work in Ethiopia; visa sponsorship is not available.

Company

hirify.global is a global consulting and implementation company delivering solutions across health, infrastructure, economic growth, climate, energy, and digital transformation in partnership with governments, businesses, investors, and communities.

What you will do

• Provide senior technical and programmatic leadership for Global Health Security activities under a fixed-term, project-funded program.
• Lead the design, implementation, monitoring, and quality assurance of disease surveillance, outbreak response, laboratory, and emergency preparedness interventions.
• Modernize surveillance platforms, Laboratory Information Systems, emergency management systems, dashboards, and interoperable data exchanges.
• Strengthen IDSR, event-based surveillance, HIV Case-Based Surveillance, One Health coordination, laboratory-to-surveillance integration, and the 7-1-7 approach.
• Support Public Health Emergency Management systems, Emergency Operations Centers, incident management, preparedness planning, simulation exercises, and after-action reviews.
• Coordinate with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Ministry of Health, Regional Health Bureaus, laboratories, academic institutions, development partners, and government forums.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, global health security, public health emergency management, health systems, environmental health, health informatics, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience in Global Health Security, public health emergency management, epidemiology, disease surveillance, outbreak response, laboratory systems, or related areas.
• Experience with disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, emergency preparedness and response, and donor-funded health security programs.
• Knowledge of JEE, NAPHS, IDSR, PHEM, One Health, EOC operations, the 7-1-7 initiative, laboratory systems strengthening, biosafety, biosecurity, and specimen referral networks.
• Experience working with national and sub-national governments, public health agencies, laboratories, donors, and development partners.
• Authorization to work in Ethiopia is required; visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting Global Health Security programs in Ethiopia.
• Experience collaborating with WHO, World Bank, Global Fund, UN agencies, Africa CDC, or other multilateral organizations.

Culture & Benefits

• Fixed-term, project-funded employment for an initial 12-month term through September 2027.
• Continuation may be possible subject to project requirements and funding availability.
• Work includes periodic travel to project sites and regional offices within Ethiopia.
• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and the position may close once a suitable candidate is selected.

Hiring process

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Successful candidates will complete safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.