RTI International is a nonprofit organization headquartered in the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina that provides research and technical services.

Responsibilities

Industry Outreach and Engagement

• Supports collaborative working relationships with USAID technical staff, strategic partners, and stakeholders, and continually promotes outstanding client service and technical leadership.
• Supports development and delivery of demand-driven training courses, learning resources, knowledge sharing events, and ad-hoc technical discussions for internal and external audiences.
• Establishes and nurtures collaborative relationships with partners, subcontractors, technical specialists, and clients.
• Establishes and nurtures collaborative relationships with the private sector and other key stakeholders in the health systems strengthening space.

Business Development

• Serves as a technical contributor for proposal solutioning, conceptualizing approaches, teaming strategies, partner negotiations for projects in health systems strengthening.
• Contributes to business capture through engagement in capture trips; preparation of expressions of interest in response to client requests for information; inputs to develop technical content for marketing materials pertaining to integrated health and/or health systems strengthening projects, new technologies and implementation approaches.
• Actively builds and leverages professional networks to assist in recruitment of future team members.

Project Implementation

• In collaboration with Division Leadership, provides demand-driven technical support to projects in the technical portfolio, such as serving as a thought partner to help solve specific technical implementation challenges or facilitating access to other technical and cross-cutting expertise to support implementation of innovative or integrated approaches.
• Researches cutting-edge tools, frameworks, or approaches available within the industry for potential project use.
• Contributes technical expertise to specific writing assignments (e.g. blog posts, reports, impact stories) as identified by clients.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 18 years of relevant experience, Master’s degree and 14 years of relevant experience, or PhD and 10 years of relevant experience.
• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in global health, with demonstrated experience leading or supporting USAID-funded health systems strengthening and/or integrated care projects.
• Experience and demonstrated success in building capacity of emerging market counterparts and stakeholders.
• Experience in leading and/or supporting business development efforts.
• Proven ability to manage and support complex and geographically disparate portfolios in international development.
• Experience working with diverse and multi-cultural teams.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Must have excellent listening skills and highly developed sense of responsibility and commitment to customer service and client relationships.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to communicate complex information to multiple audiences working in the international development.
• Must be able to manage disparate tasks simultaneously and re-prioritize as necessary.
• Must work effectively under deadlines, both independently and as a team member.
• Proficiency in French preferred, other language proficiency (Spanish and/or Portuguese or other) a plus.
• Ability to travel internationally for extended periods as needed.