Key Responsibilities
This role is responsible for the success of TBI’s portfolio of TBI’s donor-funded health programmes in Africa. The specific tasks of this role holder are:
Strategic Planning and Delivery
Provide overall management, strategic direction, and leadership to the programmes to achieve expected goals and results within budgets and timeframes
In partnership with the expert resource in Global Client Solutions and Global Business Development & Income (BD&I):
Development of strategies for all three programmes that are aligned to contractual obligations for the countries and partners we support
Play the role of primary thought partner for our programme teams to continually improve the quality of our offer and propose innovative methods of delivery to achieve programme impact and outcomes
Facilitate effective escalations of issues and requirements to Africa Executive leadership and where appropriate country and regional directors
With CDs and RDs, facilitate political intervention and problem solving with senior counterparts where needed, ensuring coordination and alignment with country teams, and obtaining rapid approvals and quick responses for changes in project outlook or strategy
Staff management and quality assurance
Take a results oriented approach to ensure a high standard of award management by programme managers for multi-country health programmes. Direct and line manage such programme managers, while empowering them to remain closely anchored to other parts of TBI Africa to ensure the government-led nature of their programmes
Support programme managers in technical design of programmes
Nurture and grow high performance leadership teams for programmes within your portfolio
Conduct and ensure effective induction sessions to new joiners into the teams
Ensure effective learning and development plans and effective objective setting and performance of the teams
Ensure programme managers retain required documentation of activities to contribute to knowledge management, learning, and grant requirements
Ensure a strong working relationship with country heads managing in-country health advisors, associates and analysts. Such staff will be the line responsibility of the country heads, but will have a dotted line to you and the programme managers responsible for whole of programme grant compliance and impact
Funding and business development
Work with TBI’s Global Business Development & Income team to contribute to relevant strategy and compliance efforts for this area of TBI’s Africa Health work
With BD&I, ensure a hands-on approach to grant and contract management activities including but not limited to meeting burn rate targets, meeting results framework and reporting requirements
Support grant agreement modifications and programme evolution including pivots where needed as continental health trends may require (e.g post pandemic)
Contribute to new business opportunity development including participation in conceptualisation meetings, proposal development and related engagements
Maintain excellent working relationships with critical revenue partners
Build relationships with senior stakeholders in the wider ecosystem (institutional and country level) to build TBI’s credibility and spot and develop opportunities, including for wider partnership workin
Health offer development and community of practice
Contribute to the evolution of and strengthening of our Health Institution Strengthening (HICS) offering as an active part of the TBI Health community of practice and in support of the Director, Health in Global Client Solutions
Collaborating with the Global Business Development & Income team, ensure the Health offerings remain relevant and responsive to your programmes’ needs and expectations of our donors
Proactively identify synergies, partnerships, and opportunities to scale impact through coordination and collaboration with other TBI health efforts, initiatives, and partnerships and other practice areas including manufacturing, climate, and digital, technology transformation
Work with the Health Community of Practice and Director, Health in Global Client solutions to contribute to a roster of effective external networks which support the needs of your projects
Person Specification
This role requires someone with excellent strategy, management and communication skills, with applied experience in public health administration and grant management.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following skills, knowledge and experience:
Extensive public health administration experience either in management consulting, government advisory, national or multi-national public health institutions or similar organisations
Experience implementing a complex strategy particularly in the health sector would be advantageous
Experience successfully developing and leading a programme of work and managing a high-performance team
Strong technical expertise in the public health system development in a low-income and lower middle income country context
Political savviness and comfort working in politically sensitive contexts including at the highest levels of governments and multilateral institutions
Strong financial management skills and advanced understanding of monitoring and evaluation frameworks
Ability to engage a wider range of resources around a given problem to develop appropriate solutions and to spot opportunities for collaboration
A track record of successfully engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders, including at a high level (e.g. Head of State) and development partners
Proven ability to structure and solve complex policy problems
A clear and confident communicator, both written and spoken
Self-starter, motivated and proactive with solutions
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