Jobs at Palladium

•  Lead on the technical outputs on the programme, ensuring that delivery milestones are met and acting as a technical backstop for all aspects of the programme
•  Liaises with Palladium corporate team members, programme leadership members and the programme delivery team to ensure the achievement of high-quality project benchmarks, products, and services on time and in budget
•  Provides day-to-day management support to the programme leadership team and ensure efficient functioning of country teams
•  Undertake technical work in technical area (health diagnostics, health financing, health partnerships etc)
•  Deputise for the Team Leader, as needed.

Required Qualifications

•  Master’s degree or equivalent academic degree in a relevant discipline such as health economics, health policy, or health systems.
•  Experience in health systems, preferably within the development context and in Sub-Saharan Africa.
•  Professional experience in preparation and implementation of investment projects including procurement and consideration of legal framework.
•  Experience and specific knowledge of Sub-Saharan African healthcare markets and public sector work practices and culture.
•  Demonstrated direct negotiation experience with Sub-Saharan African ministries of Finance and Health.
•  Experience in building and executing financial and partnership structures.
•  Experience of health investment projects preparation and implementation requirements, including adherence to relevant guidelines and legislation such as procurement, environmental and social policies.
•  Fluency in written and spoken English.
•  Working level knowledge of French.

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•  Establish and maintain good working relationships with host government at the national, provincial and district levels and local partners.
•  Take the overall responsibility for ensuring the delivery and quality of the project deliverables, results and milestones.
•  Represent Palladium to the client and other donor groups, ministries, sub-national government at provincial and district levels, community organisations, and other key stakeholders.
•  Provide guidance, oversight and quality assurance for all project activities, outputs and deliverables.
•  Develop and implement plans for results measurement, monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management and communication management.
•  Lead on maintaining programme’s awareness of EIB policies and procedures and ensure the programme complies  especially to areas such as safeguarding policies, disabilities, social exclusion, gender, and environment.
•  Direct and coordinate the programme team to ensure achievement of programme objectives and milestones.
•  Visit project offices and sites where necessary.

Required Qualifications

•  Master’s degree or equivalent academic degree in a relevant discipline such as health economics, health policy, or health systems.
•  Proven multi-country health programme leadership experience and success managing staff and consultants. Specifically, experience of working in a senior expert/management position on DFI/donor financed TA operation projects.
•  Professional experience as a technical expert having implemented at least 1 health sector project in the last 3 years
•  Experience of working closely with governments to identify health challenges and develop effective, innovative approaches to addressing them, including performance-based funding structures, financial and partnership structures.
•  Significant experience in the delivery of health sector programmes in Francophone Africa and specific knowledge of Sub-Saharan African healthcare markets and public sector work practices and culture.
•  Public health expertise, preferably on diagnostics and systems strengthening, including public sector engagement.
•  Good understanding of health sector policies within Sub-Saharan African countries.
•  Strong pre-existing relationships in the diagnostics industry in Francophone Africa.
•  Experience of mobilising technical experts across a range of countries.
•  Expertise in building and managing programmatic relationships with high level stakeholders from government, civil society and donors in Sub-Saharan Africa.
•  Experience in design and implementation of assessments for health sector projects including in the delivery of diagnostics in Sub-Saharan Africa.
•  Fluency in written and spoken English.
•  Working level knowledge of French.