Principal Technical Officer at Health Systems Consult Limited (HSCL)

Job Summary

• The Principal Technical Officer will be responsible for developing and implementing innovation including new frameworks, tools, and technologies, designing and implementing complex systems, and providing guidance to other technical staff.
• The principal technical officer will provide leadership in managing projects, staff mentoring, capacity development, and overall organizational development including transmitting organizational mission, vision, and core values and being a corporate ambassador.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead in sourcing for and responding to requests for expressions of interest and proposals.
• Serve as Internship coordinator, designing and maintaining a curriculum for the firm’s Internship program.
• Supervise all Senior Technical Officers and Technical Officers ensuring high-quality delivery of outputs.
• Serve as a member of the senior management team, providing strategic input for organizational growth.
• Identifying direct reports’ capacity gaps and supporting capacity improvement efforts for each.
• Serve as the technical backstop for all projects, ensuring fidelity to implementation plans and quality output.
• Actively participate in technical interface with donors and clients.
• Contribute to meeting organizational business development targets.
• Manage short to medium-term projects.
• Carry out any other tasks assigned that may be assigned by the supervisor.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years for Medical Doctors and 8 years for other related disciplines.
• A minimum B.Sc./MBBS certificate in Medicine, Economics, Public Health, or a related field.
• A professional certificate is required.
• MBA/MPH/M.Sc. is required.

Desired competencies:

• Expert-level communication and Presentation skills.
• Project Management skills including Value-for-Money Analysis.
• Subject Matter expertise.
• Strategic thinking
• Business Development.
• Leadership and Systems thinking.
• Critical thinking.
• Stakeholder Relationship Management skills.
• Mentorship and Capacity Development Skills.