STRIDES Cameroon Technical Advisor

Title: STRIDES Cameroon Technical Advisor (Consultant)

Reports to: STRIDES Implementation Director

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Purpose of Consultancy:
The Strengthening Infectious Disease Detection Systems (STRIDES) Activity is seeking a consultant to support workplan startup, implementation, and stakeholder management for a global health security (GHS) activity in Cameroon. The STRIDES Technical Advisor ensures the quality and timely implementation of STRIDES activities in Cameroon with a specific focus on strengthening capacity across laboratory and surveillance systems to prevent, detect, and rapidly and effectively respond to emerging infectious diseases and other public health threats, and support health emergency management during outbreaks. S/He will play a technical and strategic role across STRIDES activities, capturing and incorporating inputs from the Government of Cameroon, USAID and other USG representatives in Cameroon, and feedback from STRIDES HQ and FHI 360’s in-country Cameroon teams across the work plan implementation and budget/spending. STRIDES Technical Advisor serves as the Activity’s primary liaison with USAID and other USG entities in Cameroon; key stakeholders, including government officials, multilateral organizations, and donors; and other global health
security implementing partners in addition to overseeing STRIDES subcontractors operating in the country, as applicable. Working across the human and animal health sectors,the  STRIDES Technical Advisor will support the development and implementation of work plans, monitoring and evaluation activities, technical and financial reporting, and other administrative elements of the Activity.

Scope of Work:

• Provide technical and programmatic leadership to the implementation of STRIDES activities in consultation with the country director and HQ backstops

• Lead the development of key deliverables, including activity reports, concept notes and other relevant documents as advised by the supervisor.
• Review relevant technical deliverables for quality and relevance before they are sent to FHI HQ and USG.
• Ensure engagement with relevant key stakeholders in consultation with the country director and supervisor.
• Share new knowledge/evidence and best practices with the team, partners and host country counterparts.
• Provide programmatic coordination to the design and implementation of activities including inputs for budget development and monitoring.
• Coordinate logistic needs for project activities such as meetings and workshops in consultation with the country director and country staff.
• Lead development of presentations, updates, reports and other communications during the consultancy on topics s/he is working on.
• Seek and provide guidance and completes additional tasks to ensure that project implementation adheres to evolving USG guidelines and local rules and regulations.

Key Activity Description

Deliverables
Workplan Start Up and Implementation Support
Support the start-up of the STRIDES Cameroon workplan, tracking deliverables and activities
• Review workplan for implementation planning
• Monthly progress report on implementation

• Contributions to the technical work plan
Team Structure Development

Advise and recommend team structure and implementation approaches for efficient implementation
• Draft team structure for review and approval
• Final team structure
• Draft scope of work for positions for review and approvals
• Final scope of work per feedback

Local Stakeholder Engagement and Management
Build on FHI 360’s existing relationships with in- country stakeholders, introduce STRIDES and identify areas of collaboration during implementation
• Meetings with stakeholders and associated meeting minutes
• Stakeholder engagement plan

Liaison and Representation Alongside FHI 360’s Country Representative for Cameroon, serve as STRIDES representative in

• Participation in meetings and communications with USAID, partners, and national stakeholders
Input/contributions to Deliverables: Support the development
and review of high-quality technical reports and deliverables
• Drafted and reviewed deliverables and knowledge products

Working Days: Estimated level of effort (LOE): 20 days/month for 4 months.

Experience:
• Prefer 10 years of relevant public health and project management experience, preferably in GHS.
• Proficient with applicable USAID or other donor rules, regulations, and policies.
• Established relationships with local governments and stakeholders.
• Knowledge and experience working on the management and implementation of human and/or animal health projects and interventions for infectious diseases or on other public health interventions.
• Demonstrated experience in managing complex, multidisciplinary projects and/or activities.
• Proficiency and/or fluency in English and French (read, write, speak, and able to produce reports/presentations) is required.
• Experience operating in insecure environments.
• Experience working in a Government of Cameroon Human, Animal or Environmental Health Ministry/Agency is desirable.

Travel Requirements:
• Local travel 10-25%

Required documentation:
– Resume
– Cover letter
– Other documentation (such as Biodata Form) upon request

Submission Deadline
– Interested candidates are required to submit their offers by email to the following address: Cameroon.Procurement@fhi360.org no later than 09th May, 2025.
– All clarification questions can be sent to the address Cameroon.Procurement@fhi360.org. Not later than the 06th May 2025