Director of Implementation Science at Maryland Global Initiatives Corporation Nigeria (MGIC)

Job Description

• We are seeking to recruit a Director of Implementation Science to support Operations Research and publications.
• The Director of Implementation Science will have the overall responsibility of leadership and management of the Implementation Science Unit. S/he will be responsible for making key decisions and solving problems in short timeframes while ensuring operational and project technical quality and integrity.
• The position will report to the Director of Strategic Information and manage a team of researchers and data analysts.

Key Functions

• Lead in the conceptualization and execution of relevant innovative implementation science research topics.
• Undertake advanced writing of publications, SOPs and technical papers.
• Support the Principal Investigator and technical team in scientific outputs and assisting with grant development, particularly implementation science-oriented grants such as NIH.
• Build implementation science, biostatistics and writing capacity among in-country staff. This will mean mentoring young data analysts and developing skills among other support staff.
• Generate outcome and impact evidence and develop into publications and white papers.
• Work with HQ technical leadership to integrate relevant components of implementation science.
• Support in the collection and monitoring of all projects and interpretation of findings.
• Lead the design of public health messaging and contribute to methods development for framework documents
• Actively participate and contribute to publications in peer reviewed journals and other program briefs and manuscripts
• Provide scientific and writing support for proposal preparation
• Engage in other tasks as requested by the Director, Strategic Information & Country Director.

Qualifications
Education:

• Master of Science or Doctoral Degree in Epidemiology, Social Statistics or related field.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• Experience: 6 - 10 years
• Prior experience in monitoring, designing, and implementing programs in health, HIV / AIDS, TB, or health systems strengthening, with demonstrated supervision experience.
• Prior experience in using electronic medical records
• Experience in impact and evaluation studies design and execution
• A familiarity with US Government Agencies and PEPFAR reporting requirements.
• Analysis and data management skills as well as demonstrated analytical skills and experience in identifying and evaluating best practices and state-of-the-art approaches to be utilized by public health projects
• Experience working in global health and in developing countries
• Experience working with statistical software platforms (R, STATA, SAS, SPSS etc.),
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Ability to communicate and coordinate effectively with donors, ministries of health, project partners.