Technical Director - USAID Frontier Health Markets (FHM)
Results for Development, United States
Experience
1 Year
Salary
0 - 0
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No
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No
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As mentioned in job details
Total Vacancies
1 Job
Posted on
Feb 20, 2021
Last Date
Mar 20, 2021
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Results for Development (R4D) is a leading non-profit global development partner. We collaborate with change agents around the world government officials, civil society leaders and social innovators to create strong systems that support healthy, educated people. We help our partners move from knowing their goal to knowing how to reach it. We combine global expertise in health, education and nutrition with analytic rigor, practical support for decision-making and implementation and access to peer problem-solving networks. Together with our partners, we build self-sustaining systems that serve everyone and deliver lasting results. Then we share what we learn so others can achieve results for development, too.
We have a unique and vibrant culture at R4D. Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of our work environment and help advance our mission. Diversityof ideas, identities, perspectives and backgroundsis vital to who we are and what we do. We seek people who embrace these values and will help reinforce them. Our work culture is collaborative, creative and entrepreneurial. We operate based on trust and respect. Teams across the organization frequently collaborate on programmatic work and support each other in continuously building a better R4D.
OpportunityResults for Development (R4D) is seeking a highly motivated and dynamic Technical Director for the anticipated Frontier Health Markets (FHM) project, funded by USAID. The Technical Director will be responsible for overall technical leadership and strategic direction for the project and will provide thought leadership in improving the functioning of health markets and increasing effective public-private engagement to achieve improved health outcomes.
The ideal candidate for this position will be a highly motivated individual with demonstrated technical, management, and interpersonal skills in order to effectively carry out a diverse array of technical and managerial responsibilities. S/he will have demonstrated effectiveness in a highly collaborative environment, balancing strong leadership with the ability to build-relationships, understand the perspectives of all stakeholders, solve problems, and forge compromises.Position contingent upon successful award of the project. Only finalist candidates will be contacted. No telephone enquiries please.
BackgroundThe public sector faces many constraints and cannot meet the growing market demand in MNCH, FP, HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria services in LMICs alone. People are increasingly accessing healthcare through the private sector, and challenges remain in ensuring that health markets are resilient, robust, and capacitated to deliver appropriate and quality health products, services, and information to address the growing need. The FHM project aims to strengthen local health markets and increase private sector contributions to advance health outcomes through targeted technical assistance, local capacity-building, and program implementation at scale.
Responsibilities
We have a unique and vibrant culture at R4D. Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of our work environment and help advance our mission. Diversityof ideas, identities, perspectives and backgroundsis vital to who we are and what we do. We seek people who embrace these values and will help reinforce them. Our work culture is collaborative, creative and entrepreneurial. We operate based on trust and respect. Teams across the organization frequently collaborate on programmatic work and support each other in continuously building a better R4D.
OpportunityResults for Development (R4D) is seeking a highly motivated and dynamic Technical Director for the anticipated Frontier Health Markets (FHM) project, funded by USAID. The Technical Director will be responsible for overall technical leadership and strategic direction for the project and will provide thought leadership in improving the functioning of health markets and increasing effective public-private engagement to achieve improved health outcomes.
The ideal candidate for this position will be a highly motivated individual with demonstrated technical, management, and interpersonal skills in order to effectively carry out a diverse array of technical and managerial responsibilities. S/he will have demonstrated effectiveness in a highly collaborative environment, balancing strong leadership with the ability to build-relationships, understand the perspectives of all stakeholders, solve problems, and forge compromises.Position contingent upon successful award of the project. Only finalist candidates will be contacted. No telephone enquiries please.
BackgroundThe public sector faces many constraints and cannot meet the growing market demand in MNCH, FP, HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria services in LMICs alone. People are increasingly accessing healthcare through the private sector, and challenges remain in ensuring that health markets are resilient, robust, and capacitated to deliver appropriate and quality health products, services, and information to address the growing need. The FHM project aims to strengthen local health markets and increase private sector contributions to advance health outcomes through targeted technical assistance, local capacity-building, and program implementation at scale.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall strategic leadership and technical direction in improving the functioning of health markets and mixed health systems to advance voluntary family planning and achieve improved outcomes in other health areas
- Understand country demand and need and position the project to identify and engage with new country work
- Facilitate the uptake of state-of-the-art technical approaches and coaching and mentoring methodologies in project countries
- Lead design and synthesis of global knowledge products
- Establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with local implementing partners, government counterparts, USAID mission staff and other stakeholders;
- Effectively represent the project in global forums and dissemination events describing technical elements of the work clearly and compellingly
- In collaboration with the Project Director, ensure high quality of all major technical deliverables
- Advanced degree in public health, health economics, health administration, health policy, or a related social science field.
- At least fifteen (15) years of experience in international health programming, with at least 5 years’ experience in senior level management positions and experience leading large and complex projects primarily focused on private sector in health;
- Demonstrated expertise in public-private engagement in health, supporting mixed health systems and health markets, market shaping or market dynamics, or implementing mar
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