Technical Director Immunization and Surveillance

Jhpiego is an international non-profit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. Jhpiego works with health experts governments and community leaders to increase access and options to high-quality health services and health technology for their people. Through our partnerships we aim to revolutionize health care for people who are disadvantaged and vulnerable around the world.

The Technical Director Immunization and Surveillance will lead our portfolio in the Philippines. S/he is accountable for the strategy performance and growth of this work and leads a multidisciplinary teamworking with the Department of Health at national and subnational levels.

The Technical Director sets the countrystechnical directionshaping how Jhpiego addresses zero-dose communities equity gaps climate-sensitive disease threats and data-driven public health action and ensuring alignment with national priorities and global frameworksincluding IA2030. The role integrates digital innovation quality improvement and health system strengthening into a coherent country approach.

As Jhpiegos senior representative inthis space the Technical Director engages directly with the Department of Health donors technical partners and academic institutions and leads the identification and pursuit of new funding togrow the countrysportfolio. The role requires deep technical credibility combined withleadership judgment and strategic instinct to translateexpertiseinto program impact at scale.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Team Leadership and Management

• Lead manage and develop a multidisciplinary team oftechnical staff across immunization surveillance and program management functions.
• Set teamobjectives manage performance support professional growth and build a culture of technical excellence and accountability.
• Ensure effective collaboration across the country office and with Jhpiegos global technical and program teams.
• Hold accountability for the technical and financial performance of the portfolio including budget oversight donor compliance and value-for-money.

1. Strategic Technical Leadership

• Set thestrategic directionfor an integrated portfolio spanning immunization VPD surveillance and outbreak preparedness and response.
• Lead the development offuturelookingstrategies that strengthen resilient primary health care public health surveillance and emergency response capacities.
• Shape approaches thatanticipateemerging disease threats climate-driven vulnerabilities and changing population needs.

2. Immunization and Health Service Delivery

• Lead thedesign and implementation of strategies to improve routine immunization reach zero-dose children and reduce inequities in underserved communities.
• Promote integrated service delivery models that link immunization with maternal newborn child and community health platforms( postnatal well-childschool-based.)
• Strengthen vaccine management and cold chain systems while promoting sustainableclimateresilientsolutions.

3. Surveillance and Data Systems

• Strengthen detection reporting and investigation ofvaccinepreventablediseases and other priority pathogens(zoonotic AMR).
• Driveintegration across event-basedindicatorbased digital and community-based surveillance systems.
• Advance the use of data for planning micro-mapping performance monitoring and outbreak response.
• Build capacity for data visualization real-time dashboards and predictive analytics.

4. Government Capacity Strengthening

• Lead Jhpiegos technicalassistanceto the Department of Health at national and subnational levels ensuring TA is responsive to government priorities and aligned with sustainability goals.
• Oversee the design and delivery of training coaching and systems-strengthening efforts that build durable government capacity in immunization surveillance and outbreak response.
• Position Jhpiego as a trusted technical partner to the Department of Health rather than a parallel implementer.

5. Partnership Representation and Coordination

• Coordinate closely withdonors national and subnational government agencies academic institutions and technical partners.
• RepresentJhpiegoin interagency technical working groups partner forums and multisectoral coordination platforms.
• Build strong collaborations to support coherence across national strategies and global priorities.

6. Business Development and Strategic Growth

• Lead the identification positioning and pursuit of new funding opportunities aligned with national priorities and Jhpiegos strategic direction.
• Build and sustain donor relationships with bilateral multilateral and philanthropic funders active in the Philippines.
• Lead technical proposal development and represent the country office in capture and bid processes.
• Drive the strategic growth of Jhpiegos portfolio in the Philippines beyond current funding.

7. Monitoring Learning & Quality Improvement

• Oversee monitoring of program performance against immunization coverage surveillance and health system indicators and ensure data drives decision-making.
• Embed quality improvementimplementationscience and adaptive management approaches across the portfolio.
• Ensure high-quality program reporting documentation and dissemination of evidence and learning.
• Lead operational research and innovation in digital health data systems and service delivery.
• Foster a culture ofevidenceuse learning and adaptive decision-making across the team.

• Advanced degree (Mastersor higher) in Public Health Epidemiology Medicine Nursing Health Systems Health Policy or a related field. A doctoral degree (PhD DrPH MD) is an asset.
• Minimum 1215 years of relevant experience in public health programming preferably in immunization epidemiology surveillance or communicable disease control.
• At least 5 years in a senior leadership or management role withdemonstratedaccountability for program strategy team performance and results.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing multidisciplinary technical teams including direct line management and staff development.
• Demonstrated experience leading or shaping routine immunization systems and vaccine-preventable disease surveillance programs.
• Track recordof successful business development in the global health sector including donor engagement proposal development and securing funding from bilateral multilateral or philanthropic donors.
• Demonstrated experience engaging with government health systems and Ministries of Health at senior technical or policy level in the Philippines.
• Direct experience working on programs funded by major immunization and health security donors (e.g. Gavi Gates Foundation USAID FCDO Pandemic Fund ADB World Bank).
• Strong strategic judgment and ability to navigate complex political institutional and stakeholder environments.
• Experience using health information systems (DHIS2 or equivalent) to drive program decisions and performance improvement.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English; workingproficiencyin Filipino preferred with familiarity in regional languages (Cebuano Ilocano Hiligaynon) an asset.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically up to 30% of the timeincluding toremote and underserved areas.