State Team Lead at Palladium Group

Project Overview/Background
Health Policy Plus (HP+) is a USAID-funded five-year $185 million project awarded to Palladium on August 28, 2015. HP+ has a mandate across global, country, and subnational levels to strengthen and advance health policy priorities in family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH), HIV, and maternal health. It aims to improve the enabling environment for equitable and sustainable health services, supplies, and delivery systems through policy development and implementation, with an emphasis on voluntary, rights-based health programs, and by strengthening in-country partners’ capacity to navigate complex environments for effective policy design, implementation, and financing aligned to their priorities. Central elements of HP+ revolve around building in-country capacity, institutionalizing achievements of past investments, and promoting country ownership of programs and initiatives.
 
Purpose of Role

• The HP+ Nigeria State Team Lead is a full-time position in each state responsible for providing overall leadership and management of HP+ Health Project in Abia.
• Specifically, S/he must demonstrate access to key decision makers in the State and ability to inspire a team in a manner that strengthens partnership and coordination to achieve a sustainable and State-owned impact. 
• S/he will work closely with principal staff from the State Ministry of Health (SMoH), State Social Health Insurance Scheme (SSHIS), State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA), Local Government Area Commission, and other relevant institutions to ensure successful implementation of the workplan.
• S/he will work with other technical leads in the State to ensure that the project products, best practices, success stories, publications etc. are harnessed, stored and shared to the National Office and to other targeted State audience in a timely manner.
• S/he will report to the HP+ Country Director.

Responsibilities   

• Ensure overall leadership and management for HP+ Health Financing Program in the State.
• Lead in the engagement of major decision makers and other stakeholders in the State.
• Working with other State technical leads to constantly develop materials to update the HP+ website with case studies, process documents, research briefs and other publications of the project.
• Review inputs from technical leads in compiling quarterly reports and an annual HP+ project highlighting the key project progress in the State.
• Lead in the conduct of needed high level advocacy actions in the State
• Provide technical assistance to the State Steering Committee on BHCPF implementation
• Provide financial and administrative leadership to the State office
• Constantly update the HP+ National team with key publications, reports and news features related to Basic Health Care Provision Fund implementation in the State
• Ensure adequate visibility is given to program activities in the State.

Requirements   

• Master's Degree or higher in Public Health, Public Policy, Political Science, Public Administration, Communication or a related technical degree Experience in Health Economics/Financing in Nigeria
• 10 years of experience required
• Evidence of a strong track record of successfully engaging with key decision makers at the state.
• Strong program management skills and supervisory skills.
• Strong interpersonal, writing, presentation, and organizational skills are required.
• Demonstrated problem solving, analytic, financial, and evaluative skills.
• Experience translating/communicating data for decision making and policy reform
• Attention to detail and ability to effectively and efficiently perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities often within a required timeframe.
• Professional and mature demeanor and conduct.
• Ability to exercise professional judgement and take appropriate decision.
• Ability to respond and adapt quickly to changing requirements and competing demands.
• Ability to take initiative and/or respond independently to situations.

Location: Abia   Application Link

               Abuja  Application Link

              Ebonyi   Application Link