**Technical Manager, Brazil** **Brasília, DF, Brazil** **About Pure Earth:** Pure Earth is a growing international nonprofit addressing one of the most urgent yet solvable global health crises: toxic pollution and its profound impacts on human health. We specialize in preventing exposure to lead and other toxins in low\- and middle\-income countries, embedding solutions into government systems that outlast any single project or grant. With substantial multi\-year funding through the Audacious Project, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Coefficient Giving, and other partners, secured through 2033, Pure Earth is leading one of the largest concentrated efforts ever undertaken to end childhood lead poisoning. We are scaling proven interventions across dozens of countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, working in partnership with governments, multilateral organizations, leading philanthropies, and frontline organizations to identify exposure sources, mitigate contamination, and improve policies and regulation. Pure Earth holds top ratings from Charity Navigator and Candid, and our work has been featured on the TED mainstage and across major news and global health outlets. At Pure Earth, you'll join an agile, mission\-driven team that translates science and innovation into measurable impact, with the resources, partnerships, and ambition to deliver change at scale. **Position Overview:** As the Technical Manager, you will play a crucial role in ensuring high standards of quality in the implementation of Pure Earth programs in Brazil. Your expertise will help ensure that programs are informed by high\-quality data and the best technical practices. You will provide analytical support to the team to help prioritize issues, strategies, and locations for implementation, and will inform the design of state\-of\-the\-art interventions, research, and quality assurance. The Technical Manager will also participate in the development of technical publications and resources, and may represent Pure Earth with donors, governments, and other stakeholders, as appropriate. This is a broad, technical role spanning technical quality assurance, research leadership, and external representation. **Reporting and Team Structure:** Reports to: Country Director, Brazil Direct reports: Technical Consultants Key internal partners: Pure Earth Brazil Country Office, Technical and Research Department HQ and Global, Programs Department HQ, Latin America country offices **Work Location:** Brasília, DF, Brazil **Employment Type:** Full\-time **Scope of Work:** **Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:** **Crosscutting / Transversal** * Ensure that programs and research activities are implemented based on Pure Earth's mission and strategy, with the objective of understanding and mitigating exposure to lead in affected populations, using methods that follow pertinent regulations and prevailing standards/guidelines as well as meet best practices in public health, environmental remediation, and scientific research. * Provide consistent high\-quality technical assistance to country office and programs, integrating quality management throughout. * Lead the establishment of technical standards, technical procedures/protocols, and transversal models for programming based on the best available research. * Directly participate in Pure Earth's efforts to build the evidence base for our work and to find innovative cross\-sector solutions that reduce lead exposure and their consequences in human health. * Ensure compliance with safety and security standards and guidelines, especially during fieldwork and travel. * When needed, represent Pure Earth with international agencies and partners dealing globally with lead issues. * Collaborate with Pure Earth HQ’s technical team and technical specialists in other country offices to identify potential synergies across various countries, regions, and contexts. **Research \& Knowledge Management** * Lead the design and implementation of Pure Earth's field\-related research projects, developing research proposals, objectives, methodologies, and standards. * Provide feedback and guidance on research and intervention design and implementation in consultation with the Technical Team at HQ. * Analyze data collected through field programs and contribute to manuscripts and other publications. * Oversee and coordinate in\-country research activities to align with the organization's strategic goals and facilitate collaboration with external entities. * Conduct desktop research on environmental and public health issues to inform prioritization and strategic decisions. * Ensure timely delivery of research outputs, including papers, reports, and articles highlighting lessons, outcomes, and cost\-effectiveness of fieldwork. * Maintain and enhance relationships with research, academic, and scientific partners in\-country. **Quality Assurance** * Ensure application of technical standards and procedures that are grounded in th