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, Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) 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.

The location of this position is anticipated to be Antananarivo.

The Senior Technical Advisor, HSS will provide strategic guidance, technical leadership, and coordinate activities with stakeholders for health systems, particularly human resources for health (HRH) and health governance, components of the Access Miahy program. The Senior Technical Advisor will lead co-development of strategies and activities with national, regional, and district government staff and oversee HSS activities at sub-national levels.

This position will also guide other technical staff and collaborate across the activity to embed HSS components within relevant 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 HSS 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.

• 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.

• Knowledge of the political, social, and economic context of Madagascar.