Management Consultant- Associate at Sydani Group

Project Management

• Oversee design, planning of health systems strengthening projects and lead the development of project work plan with clear timelines and deliverables
• Facilitate project inception meetings with key stakeholders to align project objectives, scope, and implementation timelines, and routine project check-in meetings to provide updates to clients/donors
• Provide technical assistance in areas across healthcare improvement, contributing to development of policy briefs, reports and strategic documents for advocacy and program involvement
• Coordinate field activities, training sessions, workshops and stakeholder meetings ensuring that projects are executed according to national health priorities
• Build and maintain trust-based relationships with relevant government stakeholders, development partners, and other stakeholders on assigned projects through sustained engagements
• Provide technical leadership in the development of project execution approach and tools, outlining insights to optimize performance
• Provide on-the-job mentoring to the project team while delegating roles/tasks to teammates and facilitate periodic individual performance reviews and provide feedback to program analyst on their strengths and re-direction needs as is it applies to program activities and deliverables
• Oversee the development and submission of project reports in line with client/donor requirements and facilitate project closeout
• Contribute to the preparation of monthly/quarterly technical and financial reports (the latter will be in collaboration with the designated Finance Officer)
• Participate in structured mid-term and end-term program evaluations
• Contribute to all team management issues, including but not limited to team communication, data storage, and sharing modalities, team workstation, facilities, and other logistics, team bonding activities, etc

Business development

• Develop responses to grant applications and technical responses to RFPs or expressions of interest (EOIs) as assigned by the Senior Engagement Manager.
• Represent Sydani’s brand image at all points and in all ramifications

Leadership development and performance management

• Participating in the Sydani problem-solving, ideation, and capacity building sessions
• Participate in Sydani’s periodic performance reviews and provide feedback to team members for performance improvement as applicable

Required Qualifications and Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree (First class or second-class upper) with at least 5 years of professional experience in the health and/or development sector; or
• Master’s degree in public health or related subject with at least 3 years of relevant experience
• Compelling evidence of interest in and commitment to the mission of Sydani Group
• Proven understanding and technical experience in public health, international development, research, implementation science and management consulting
• Significant experience in working in low-and middle-income countries, with local governments and NGOs
• Outstanding quantitative, qualitative, problem-solving, statistical analysis and data synthesis, and report writing skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency with Ms. Office suite
• Experience brokering relationships with global partners, including research, industry, government, other donors, grantees, to build a common vision for effective solutions to complex problems
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a matrixed environment, manage, coordinate and prioritize multiple projects and meet deadlines within a fast-paced environment with multiple ambitious demands