Regional Government Affairs and Policy Lead at Jhpiego

Overview

The Regional Government Affairs and Policy lead will manage core Policy and Advocacy functions within the HealthTech Hub Africa (HTHA) project. The Regional Government Affairs and Policy Lead will work under the overall supervision and guidance of the Director, HealthTech Hub Africa, with technical guidance from the Director, Advocacy and Accountability for Global Programs, Jhpiego. The position will deliver the policy and advocacy portfolio scope in close collaboration with the HTHA core team, advisory committee, donors and partners. This position will support HTHA in agenda setting, strategy development, and day-to-day implementation of its policy and advocacy objectives, including collaboration with government and non-governmental stakeholders, creation of technical resources and documents and capacity development with key stakeholders, including governments. 

Responsibilities

• Growing and managing a pan-African Intergovernmental Working Group – including three thematic sub-groups – to develop, champion, and operationalize a policy blueprint to fast-track the adoption of health tech innovation within the public sector;
• Organizing a Policy Blueprint Summit that will convene stakeholders from across Africa to engage in policy dialogue;
• Engaging with multi-country policymakers and enterprises to identify key innovation barriers and facilitators to inform policy action,
• Identifying and onboarding new country governments under the policy blueprint and intergovernmental working group initiative.
• Contribute to donor reporting and engagement, development of HTHA’s long-term sustainability plan, strategic partnership engagement and management, communications, and monitoring and evaluation.
• Overall planning and delivery of activities for HTHA’s Policy Blueprint pillar, while driving alignment with key regional stakeholders such as Africa CDC and the African Union.

Required Qualifications

• Min 7 years of experience in government affairs and policy development in international development. 
• Multi-country policy and advocacy health development experience
• Deep understanding of the Africa region’s health development policy, financing and health technology discourse
• Previous experience inclusive of the above in similar positions or closely related such as advisor, program manager, or other work as relevant to the position
• An experienced technical writer with high proficiency development of technical reports, presentations, policy briefs and white papers, among others
• Understanding of needs and challenges faced by social innovators working in health technology ecosystem in Africa
• Experience managing health policy advocacy networks, platforms, and programs in the Africa region
• A dynamic strategist and thinker with strong problem solving and decision-making skills: identifying the problem; locating, gathering, and organizing relevant information; generating alternatives; choosing a solution; implementing the solution
• A team player with strong teamwork skills: identifying team membership and role; establishing productive relationships; meeting team objectives; resolving conflicts
• Experience handling program tasks (e.g., work plans, reporting, budgeting, documentation)
• Demonstrated superior organizational skills and excellent written and oral communication skills with diverse groups; including ability to communicate with high-level stakeholders
• Experience managing partner relationships and coordinating among multiple stakeholders
• Strong attention to detail and ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• English and French bilingual speaker preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• Min 10 years of experience
• Multi-country policy and advocacy health development experience