Technical Director – Quality of Care USAID, Strengthening Quality of Care through Primary Health Care at University Research Co

RESPONSIBILITIES

Specific responsibilities include:

• Lead the team that offers technical guidance on the targeted capacity building efforts to provide safe, timely, quality, and effective primary healthcare services;
• Support and oversee the introduction of appropriate quality improvement approaches that improve PHC service delivery;
• Build alliances and capacity of the public and private sectors across the continuum of primary healthcare.
• Support the establishment of the monitoring and evaluation system to track compliance, strengthen, and recognize the quality of health care services.
• Guide further integration of the national quality of care standards and accreditation requirements.
• Contribute to the writing and submission of technical reports, quarterly and annual reports.
• Coordinate implementation of the interventions to achieve greater synergy and better health outcomes.
• Build capacity through training, mentoring, supervision, and technical exchanges that support F/SMOH, civil society, faith-based, and local partner development.
• Supervise team of technical experts.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Post-graduate degree in public health, health administration, medicine, nursing, social sciences, international development, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible senior-level working experience in senior positions managing technical teams on large USAID or other donor funded programs of similar size and scope (such as Team Lead/Unit Manager) either regionally or in Nigeria.
• Experience in contributing to or managing quality improvement, primary healthcare service delivery and systems strengthening projects
• Familiar with the national and sub-national primary health care context in Nigeria and designing and implementing activities and projects with a focus on PHC and quality of care
• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain effective working relationships with USAID, senior host government personnel, international organizations, and NGO partners required; and
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English required.
• Willingness to travel throughout Nigeria as needed.