The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) is recruiting a:

Public health advisor with a solid background in management

1. Aim of the job
• To lead, manage and coordinate 2 objectives within the ‘Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Project, Ukraine’, that is led by Pact, funded by USAID and where Swiss TPH is a sub-awardee. The 2 objectives relate to i) enhancing surveillance and (ii) strengthening public health capacity to respond to emergencies.

• To provide technical advice and guidance to strengthen regional management and coordination of data driven public health responses to health threats, including disease outbreaks, in Ukraine.

2. Main Tasks: Project Management
- To lead the public health inputs from the Swiss TPH team to the project managerially in particular, project planning, implementation and budget execution
- To ensure relationships with local partner institutions, including Ministry of Health, Centre for Public Health are smoothly handled at national and especially regional level in coordination with Pact
- To flexibly handle the role of reporting to Pact overall, while also being responsible to Swiss TPH
- To manage and leverage the skills of the local Swiss TPH project team and to supervise their activities
- To harmonise project activities related to the public health objectives with the activities of other consortium members of the project (on mental health, risk communications etc.)
- To have local responsibility for the security communication tree and rapid decision-making
- To communicate, coordinate and collaborate with other key stakeholders working in similar fields to this project
- To ensure timely implementation of deliverables, keeping Swiss TPH HQ fully informed in case of risks and agreeing mitigating strategies in a flexible manner
- Coordinates and is responsible for timely feedback on local developments in the project to the Swiss TPH team in Basel Switzerland and vice versa
- Is responsible for all administrative issues and provides guidance and support to the Swiss TPH Administrative and Financial office in the project
- Responsible for monthly technical summary reports with the Swiss TPH lead in HQ
- Ensures quality assurance for all financial accounting to Swiss TPH Basel

3. Formal minimum requirements of the position
- Minimum of 5 years of managing internationally funded projects in a leadership role
- Graduate in health sciences: medicine, nursing, midwifery or pharmacy.
- Post-graduate qualification in public health, epidemiology, community medicine or health services management
- Strong English skills

4. Project Management Skills
- Demonstrated understanding of project cycle management
- Ability to multi-task and work with diverse teams
- Able to take well-informed decisions
- Strong communicator
- Ability to establish priorities and delegate, while keeping accountable oversight
- Solid understanding of managing budget allocation and budget management;

5. Public Health Experience
- At least 10 years’ experience in the health sector of Ukraine
- Strong familiarity with the public health system and proven track record of working in public health at regional and especially national level
- Experience with public health data analysis and data driven planning processes
- Experience in building public health capacities, including trainings
- Desirable: knowledge in disease surveillance activities, such as outbreak investigations and epidemiology

The position is full time and with location in Kyiv.

To apply, please, send cover letter and CV in English to [email protected] no later than May 12, 2023. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.