Senior Public Health Data Security Advisor, DOS LEAP Global - Zambia

ZemiTek, LLC is a Woman-Owned, SBA-certified 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) based in the Washington, DC metro area. We have a strong record delivering innovative and high-quality solutions. Since 2007, ZemiTek has provided technical assistance, project management, information technology (IT), knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, training and learning development, and institutional support services.

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.

Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) is strengthening its digital health ecosystem, including the Public Health Surveillance and Information Management System (PHSIMS) to support integrated public health surveillance, early warning systems, and evidence-based decision-making.

With increasing volumes of sensitive public health data, there is a critical need to ensure robust data security, privacy, and governance frameworks. The Advisor will provide technical leadership to secure ZNPHI’s digital systems and data assets. 

The Public Health Data Security Advisor will provide expert technical support in carrying out life-saving humanitarian assistance (LHA) service delivery in full alignment with the U.S. Presidential Executive Order (EO) directives.  The primary focus of the advisor will be to provide expert technical support in strengthening public health data security, privacy, and protection mechanisms across ZNPHI and other systems within the One Health (the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health), public health data ecosystem, ensuring compliance with national and international standards.  The advisor’s focus in providing expert support will be on preventing, detecting, and responding to infectious disease threats which impact public health.  The advisor will be based at the Zambia National Public Health Institute.  The specialist will receive direction from the Director of Strategic Planning and Information Management who will serve as the onsite supervisor. The specialist will also report to the US Embassy Lusaka’s Health Coordination Offices’ Senior Public Health Advisor on a weekly and monthly basis.

The objectives of this role will be to assess existing data security systems and risks, develop and implement data security frameworks and policies, strengthen system-level security for PHSIMS and related data platforms, and build institutional capacity in data security and privacy.

• →Regular conference calls with stakeholders, U.S. Embassy and GHSD Washington to review progress, discuss activities and address emerging issues.
• →The Public Health Data Security Advisor should provide information and avail him/herself for calls/meetings with the State Department/U.S. Embassy as requested.
• →The advisor will provide monthly reports to U.S. Embassy/ U.S. Department of State