[Hiring] Regional Health Advisor - Latin America and the Caribbean (Consultant) @Corus International

Role Description

The Regional Health Advisor will provide strategic and technical leadership to strengthen Corus International's positioning for health opportunities across Latin America and the Caribbean, with a particular focus on Central America.

• Develop an in-depth understanding of the regional health landscape, donor priorities, Corus' existing capabilities and relationships, and emerging health funding opportunities.
• Identify priority opportunities, strengthen relationships with key stakeholders and potential partners, and help shape competitive technical approaches for future health programming.
• Provide regional intelligence, technical input, partner mapping, capture support, and proposal design leadership.
• Help Corus refine a clear health growth strategy for the region.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in public health, medicine, epidemiology, global health, health systems, health economics, international development, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible experience in international health, public health, or global health programming.
• Significant experience working in Latin America and the Caribbean, with strong knowledge of Central America preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with U.S. Government-funded health programs, particularly programs funded by CDC, the U.S. Department of State, USG, or other relevant U.S. Government agencies.
• Demonstrated experience supporting business development, capture, proposal design, or strategic positioning for donor-funded health opportunities.
• Experience developing or maintaining relationships with government ministries, donors, regional institutions, implementing partners, and local organizations.
• Experience in one or more priority technical areas such as global health security, infectious disease surveillance, laboratory strengthening, epidemiology, health systems strengthening, health workforce development, primary health care, or community health.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of the health and donor landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Strong strategic thinking, opportunity analysis, and business development skills.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex public health challenges into competitive program strategies and technical approaches.
• Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong proposal writing, technical writing, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with geographically dispersed and multicultural teams.
• Ability to rapidly analyze new technical areas, donor priorities, and funding opportunities.

Benefits

• Professional fluency in English and Spanish required.
• Existing professional networks within the health sector in Central America and the broader LAC region strongly preferred.
• Ability and willingness to travel within Latin America and the Caribbean and internationally, as required.
• Familiarity with locally led development and partnership approaches strongly preferred.

Expected Deliverables

• A regional health landscape and opportunity assessment focused on LAC, with deeper analysis of priority Central American countries.
• A recommended LAC health growth and positioning strategy identifying priority countries, donors, technical areas, and near- and medium-term opportunities.
• A pipeline of priority health opportunities, including anticipated DOS, CDC, and other donor procurements.
• Donor and stakeholder mapping for priority countries and technical areas.
• Partner mapping and recommendations for strategic teaming relationships.
• Opportunity-specific capture and positioning plans for selected priority procurements.
• Technical input and leadership for concept notes, expressions of interest, proposals, and other business development materials.
• Regular briefings to Corus leadership regarding regional health trends, funding opportunities, competitive intelligence, and recommended actions.

Application

Interested candidates should submit a CV and any other requested application materials to [email protected].