Senior Global Health Security Advisor - DOS LEAP Global - Zambia

About the role

The Senior Global Health Security (GHS) Advisor provides strategic leadership and technical expertise to strengthen Zambia's public health security infrastructure and emergency preparedness capabilities. The Advisor will provide technical support in preventing, detecting, and responding to infectious disease threats which impact public health in Zambia and are a threat to the security and safety of the United State of America. The Senior GHS Advisor will support the Zambia National Public Health Institute and the appropriate multisectoral Government of Zambia (GRZ) departments and agencies in carrying out life-saving humanitarian assistance (LHA) in full alignment with U.S. Presidential Executive Order (EO) directives. The primary focus of the advisor will be technical support with a special emphasis on preventing, detecting, and responding to infectious disease threats which impactpublic health. The advisor will support the Zambia National Public Health Institute in coordinating, tracking, and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Zambia. This five-year MOU aims to strengthen Zambia's health system and enhance infectious disease surveillance and outbreak response capabilities. The advisor will provide technical support across four key areas of cooperation: 1. Infectious Disease Surveillance, 2. Epidemic preparedness and response, 3. Laboratory systems, and 4. Data systems The Senior GHS Advisor will be based at the Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI). The Advisor will receive direction from the Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response of the ZNPHI who will serve as the onsite supervisor. The advisor will report to the U.S. Department of State's Health Coordination Office's Senior Public Health Advisor on a weekly and monthly basis.

Responsibilities

• Strategic leadership and planning
• Provide high-level technical guidance on global health security priorities.
• Support the development and implementation of national public health security strategies, policies, and action plans.
• Coordinate with government ministries, international partners, and stakeholders to align public health security initiatives.
• Provide technical guidance on achieving MOU outcome metrics, including meeting the 7-1-7 detection and containment target.
• Emergency preparedness and response
• Strengthen preparedness planning for infectious disease outbreaks, pandemics, and other public health emergencies.
• Provide technical guidance during outbreak investigations, including field epidemiology, data analysis, and response coordination.
• Support intra-action and after-action reviews and implement lessons to improve outbreak response capabilities.
• Support development and testing of multisectoral contingency plans, rapid response mechanisms, and simulation exercises.
• Monitoring & Evaluation
• Support frameworks to assess public health capacities and program performance.
• Support regular assessments such as Joint External Evaluations (JEEs), States Parties Self-Assessment Annual Reporting ( SPAR), etc.
• Capacity building and technical assistance
• Strengthen disease surveillance networks, data systems, laboratory systems, and emergency operations capabilities.
• Support the design and delivery of training programs for public health professionals on outbreak investigation, risk assessment, and emergency response.
• Strengthening institutional capacity for biosafety, bio

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Additional Information

Dexis is a dynamic professional services firm dedicated to partnering with government and community leaders both in the U.S. and internationally to achieve critical social outcomes in a rapidly changing world. At Dexis, you will experience a corporate culture of inclusiveness, respect, fairness, and trust. You will be given the means and mentorship needed to succeed, and your creativity will be rewarded. LEAP Program Description Global Solutions Ventures (GSV) - a joint-venture partnership between ZemiTek, LLC and Dexis Consulting Group - is implementing the Long-term Exceptional Technical Assistance Project (LEAP Global), a mechanism originally used by USAID to battle against infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, neglected tropical diseases, and pandemic influenza. As of July 1, 2025, LEAP Global transitioned to the U.S. Department of State (DOS). This initiative aims to address the complex human resource challenges faced by national infectious disease programs in the USA-supported countries. The intervention of this project is to hire and embed technical expert advisors and subject matter experts within government entities. By directly embedding the technical expertise within the national programs, LEAP provides long-term, sustainable lifesaving support to empower host governments to lead and manage key aspects of their infectious disease portfolios and improve coordination between the U.S. Government and the host country.

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