Senior Technical Advisor (Health System Strengthening) at The Center for Clinical Care and Clinical Research

Job Overview

• Provides health systems, health finance, and public health technical assistance to the program, technical staff, and administrators as per project/program requirements.
• The STA HSS will supervise the advisors/teams for Laboratory, Supply chain/Pharmacy, Financing, and Private sector engagement will also be responsible for developing and maintaining the project HRH plan and annual workplans and will work closely with the AMEL team to ensure appropriate monitoring, reporting, and remediation of all project deliverables.
• The STA HSS is also responsible for subcontract engagement, monitoring, reporting, and compliance

Work Interactions and conditions:

• The STA HSS will report to the DCOP and will work closely with other STAS in the field

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and programmatic oversight, strategic direction and ensure appropriate support for the implementation of program activities in the areas of health systems strengthening and quality improvement
• Provide leadership in the development of HSS& QI framework
• Coordinate assessments, site strengthening, follow-up, and supervision, including developing supportive supervision guidelines
• Develop and test approaches for quality and performance improvement according to the local context as needed
• Lead in establishment/maintenance of quality laboratory practice and quality standards for all biomedical interventions
• Lead in establishment/maintenance of quality operational pharmaceutical supply chain standards
• Apply quality standards to ensure that health services meet standard requirements
• Advocate with donor/client organizations, agencies, and NGOson domestic resource mobilization
• Initiate and lead the deployment of wholistic approaches to strengthening public finance management processes
• Establish and strengthen state-based monitoring and accountability mechanisms
• Coordinate efforts towards the development of an enabling environment to foster increased private investment and contributions

Requirements and Qualifications

• Postgraduate Degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Laboratory Science
• Possession of an MPH is desirable
• At least 10 years of demonstrated experience in managing and/or implementing integrated HIV/AIDS/TB prevention, care, and treatment with HSS programming on PEPFAR funded programs
• Knowledgeable about facility- or community-based HIV/AIDS models; health governance; HRH; supply chain strengthening; QI; AMEL;health care financing; public-private partnerships capacity strengthening of local organizations
• Familiarity with the Nigeria public sector health system and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable

Abilities:

• Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively with a broad range of senior and mid-level public and private sector counterparts, donors, and other key stakeholders
• Ability to supervise technical staff in the implementation of integrated health programming
• Good interpersonal relationships
• Fluency In English and local language

Skills:

• Excellent demonstrable writing and diplomacy skills with experience presenting technical issues to stakeholders,
• Proficient use of Microsoft office for documenting and reporting
• Proficient use of data management and analytic tools