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Require a DEPUTY COUNTRY TECHNICAL LEAD in Harare , Zimbabwe

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Job Location:

Harare - Zimbabwe

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Experience Required: 5-10years

Posted: 13 September 2026 (5 days ago)

Application Deadline: 11 December 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Provide strategic technical leadership across PSI Zimbabwes portfolio ensuring programs are evidence-based responsive to national priorities and aligned with PSIs global and regional strategies and technical standards.
Lead the introduction evaluation adaptation and scale-up of innovative HIV prevention products HIV and STI diagnostics SRH technologies and differentiated service delivery approaches.
Collaborate with PSI Global and regional technical teams to identify emerging technologies innovations and service delivery models with potential for introduction and scale-up in Zimbabwe.
Assess health system policy provider market and implementation readiness and support the integration of new interventions into national programs and public and private sector delivery platforms.
Provide high-level technical assistance to MOHCC implementing partners private sector stakeholders and other partners to strengthen program design implementation quality and scale.
Lead the development and adaptation of technical strategies implementation approaches guidance tools and quality standards.
Ensure strong technical quality across the portfolio including appropriate quality assurance and continuous quality improvement systems.
Facilitate in-country and cross-country technical learning and exchange drawing on PSIs regional and global experience to inform program design and accelerate adoption and scale-up.
Represent PSI Zimbabwe in national regional and global technical and strategic forums and position the organization as a trusted technical and implementation partner.
Build and maintain strong relationships with MOHCC regulatory bodies donors technical working groups implementing partners research institutions private sector partners and other key stakeholders.
Provide technical leadership to policy dialogue and support the translation of emerging evidence into national policies guidelines implementation frameworks and service delivery approaches.
Support policy regulatory market and implementation readiness for the introduction and scale-up of new health technologies and interventions.
Provide strategic oversight of implementation science operational research evaluations and other evidence-generation activities that address priority programmatic and policy questions.
Ensure research is implemented to high scientific and ethical standards and in accordance with applicable regulatory and Good Clinical Practice requirements.
Provide oversight and mentorship to research and technical teams and strengthen organizational capacity for evidence generation analysis interpretation and use.
Lead and contribute to dissemination of evidence through policy briefs technical reports scientific manuscripts conferences technical forums and other national regional and global platforms.
Provide strategic oversight of program performance monitoring evaluation learning and technical reporting across the PSI Zimbabwe portfolio.
Ensure that technical and programmatic activities are effectively planned coordinated implemented and monitored against agreed workplans milestones results frameworks deliverables and donor commitments.
Work across technical program operations finance and other functions to identify implementation challenges address performance gaps and ensure timely delivery of high-quality programs.
Strengthen the development and use of performance indicators monitoring systems dashboards learning agendas and other tools to support effective program management and accountability.
Promote systematic analysis and use of program and research data to inform management decisions improve implementation demonstrate results and guide adaptation and scale-up.
Ensure high-quality and timely technical and programmatic reporting to donors MOHCC PSI Global and other stakeholders.
Lead the synthesis of program experience evidence and lessons learned into actionable insights technical presentations briefs dashboards and other knowledge products.
Promote systematic documentation and dissemination of lessons learned and best practices across PSI Zimbabwe and through national regional and global networks.
Foster a culture of performance accountability innovation collaboration learning and continuous improvement.

Requirements

A Bachelor of Medicine Degree as a minimum requirement.
A Masters degree or higher in Public Health Preventive Medicine or Epidemiology .
Good Clinical Practice is a must.
At least 7 years of experience in HIV SRH diagnostics public health research implementation science or health systems strengthening.
Demonstrated experience supporting the introduction or scale-up of new health technologies diagnostics pharmaceuticals or service delivery innovations.
Experience working with government donors regulatory authorities and development partners.
Strong technical expertise in infectious diseases HIV prevention STI management diagnostics and emerging health technologies.
Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams and complex stakeholder partnerships.
Excellent understanding of implementation science research methodologies and health systems strengthening.
Strong knowledge of research ethics regulatory compliance and policy development processes.
Excellent strategic thinking communication stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
Ability to translate evidence into actionable policies programs and health system solutions.