Governance Technical Lead USAID/Health Systems Strengthening Project at Palladium

This Opportunity:

• Palladium International, LLC is seeking a Governance Technical Lead for a potential upcoming Health Systems Strengthening project in Ghana.
• The Governance Technical Lead must have in depth technical expertise, experience, professional reputation, interpersonal skills, and professional relationships that demonstrate her or his ability to be a thought leader in their field.
• This is a full-time position based in Accra, Ghana.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership, facilitation, participatory analysis, capacity building, technical assistance, mentoring and/or coaching in the design and implementation of health governance activities, tailored to the specific needs and context in Ghana.
• Provide ongoing mentoring and coaching to in-country teams and local partners as they implement health governance related approaches and/or their governance capacity improvement plans.
• Promotes multi-sectoral partnership and leadership to strengthen governance at the state level to use resources transparently, enable citizen engagement in planning and monitoring, and produce results in primary health care.
• Works with key stakeholders to identify and select priority areas for RNMCH+N policy development; and develops plans, concept papers, and proposals for policy initiatives that are evidence-based and gender sensitive.
• Provides technical leadership in reviewing and formulating state policy initiatives, including research and drafting policy documents, regulations, ordinances, decrees, guidelines, and circulars.
• Assists stakeholders to prepare for and implement new health policies through capacity building and organizational development.
• Provide thought leadership around strategies intended to strengthen governance of integrated health systems at the national, regional, and local levels.
• Oversee the documentation of project results related to governance and disseminate results as appropriate at national, regional, and global levels.
• Work closely with health ministries to build capacity to effectively plan, manage, and oversee priority systems such as procurement, budgeting, stakeholder, and project coordination, etc.
• Manage partnerships and cooperate with host country governments and international partners in implementing multi-intervention health information system projects.
• Ensure technical excellence of project interventions and lead the learning agenda related to policy and community-level governance.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Key Competencies Required: 

• Demonstrated experience in leadership, governance, public administration, and management areas on projects of similar size and complexity.
• Substantial experience in designing, implementing, and managing large, complex public health projects in/for developing countries, of which at least 5 years has been spent addressing governance in the health arena. Experience in Ghana is highly desirable.
• Experience with USAID (highly desirable) and other multilateral organizations (e.g. CDC, WHO, World Bank, DFID, etc.).
• Ability to multi-task and keep track of concurrent activities and deadlines and deliver results on time.
• Strong written and oral communication skills for high-level policy audiences.
• Strong analytical and computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, web-based research)
• Fluency in English required
• Must be willing to live and travel within Ghana.