Senior Technical Officer at Health Systems Consult Limited (HSCL)

Job Summary

• The Senior Technical Officer will be responsible for providing technical expertise, strategic guidance, and leadership in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health programs and projects.
• The STO will also be involved in Business Development, Client relationship management, and leadership mentoring.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the designs and implementation of projects, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Oversee the monitoring and evaluation of projects to measure impact, identify challenges, and make data-driven improvements.
• Develop and plan public health programs in alignment with organizational goals and public health priorities.
• Conduct needs assessments, gap analyses, and stakeholder consultations to inform program design and development.
• Pro-actively identify market access opportunities for the states through effective planning and development of financially sound business proposals.
• Effectively allocate and deploy resources including people, activities, projects, and investment.
• Communicate economic assessment results to relevant stakeholders.
• Perform economic analysis and develop model plans for health-care programs in the states.
• Communicate and distribute academic literature, presentations, and reports on research findings to update team and stakeholders about new issues, solutions, and other topics relating to health economics, especially as it may relate to the project.
• Support the management of budgets and cost estimates according to plans.
• Actively support the teams by participating in supervision missions, providing analytical support, and spending time in the field to understand the real challenges facing implementers and beneficiaries.
• Support the development of methodology, tools and support the implementation of a capacity needs assessment of relevant staff of the SMOH and Contributory Health Agencies
• Support the development of progress summaries and technical reports, technical assistance plans, policy briefs.
• Support development of survey design, data collection tools, study protocol and field implementation guides for pre-implementation assessments (budget study, readiness assessment/gap analysis, health labour market analysis) to be conducted.
• Provide on-the-ground technical and operational support to project and facilitate capacity building and mentoring for state actors and project state team.
• Carry out any other tasks assigned that may be assigned by the supervisor and other senior management staff.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• A minimum B.Sc./MBBS certificate in Medicine, Economics, Public Health, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years for Medical Doctors and 5 years for other related disciplines.
• M.Sc./MBA/MPH will be an added advantage.

Desired competencies:

• Core technical skills around: Health systems strengthening and or health financing, human resource for health, policy development, and public health programs.
• Strategic thinking
• Strong business acumen
• Policy development
• Project management.
• Critical thinking.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Leadership/Mentoring skills
• Stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.