Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is seeking a Technical Director for a potential USAID-funded new malaria activity in Cote d’Ivoire.
This position is subject to project award and funding.
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Technical Director is responsible for the following:
1. Technical leadership, oversight and management the technical aspects of the project’s scope of work, and ensure effective and timely implementation of the project.
2. Design and implementation of technical activities to strengthen malaria activities and ensure technical staff apply national and internationally accepted technical norms and standards and best practices for timely delivery of high quality malaria services.
3. Support the Chief of Party in the design, roll-out, and day-to-day management and implementation of interventions.
4. Collaborate and provide technical support to stakeholders on various levels to ensure program outcomes are achieved including NMCP, regional and district health officials, collaborating NGOs and other implementing partners.
1. Master’s degree in public health, or relevant discipline, MD preferred.
2. Minimum of 7 years of senior-level experience implementing malaria (or MCH) projects with demonstrated success in achieving results. USAID experience preferred.
3. Familiarity with the structure, systems and policies of the health sector in Cote d’Ivoire.
4. Fluency in French and strong English language skills. Demonstrated strong writing and oral presentation skills in English.
Local nationals of Cote d’Ivoire are encouraged to apply.
Applications are only accepted online.
Management Sciences for Health, an international nonprofit organization, is dedicated to closing the gap between what is known and what is done about public health problems. MSH saves lives and improves health by helping public and private organizations throughout the world to effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working from more than 30 country offices and our US headquarters, our staff from 65 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity, and commitment to making a lasting difference in health.
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a nonprofit international health organization composed of more than 2,000 people from 73 nations. Their mission is to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Together with their partners, they are helping managers and leaders in developing countries to create stronger management systems that improve health services for the greatest health impact.
EXPERTISE
MSH takes an integrated approach to building high-impact sustainable programs that address critical challenges in leadership, health systems management, human resources, and medicines. Simply put, they support stronger health systems for greater health impact.
Their expertise in these areas falls into the broad categories of management functions—for example, leadership and governance or pharmaceutical management—and health areas like tuberculosis or maternal, newborn, and child health. They apply their expertise by
Leadership, Governance, & Management
They work with in-country partners to build stronger health systems to improve:
Health Service Delivery
MSH combines extensive public health expertise, proven service delivery approaches, and evidence-based interventions in five critical areas:
Human Resources for Health
MSH helps governments develop multisectoral strategies and policies to plan and manage their health workforces. We use a comprehensive approach that addresses all the facets of human resources for health needed to achieve an adequate supply of well-trained and motivated health workers. MSH offers capabilities in leadership, human resource management, education, partnerships, policy, and finance to achieve these goals.
Pharmaceutical Management
Vital to our success is a participatory approach to project design and implementation, which cultivates broad-based support from all stakeholders. We also build and improve infrastructure and local capacity to effectively purchase, store, deliver, and use quality essential medicines.
Health Care Financing
MSH helps governments and NGOs assess their current financial situation and systems, understand service costs, and develop initiatives to use existing funds more effectively and generate additional revenue—all with the goal of supporting a nation’s health priorities.
Health Information
MSH has developed proven methods for rapidly strengthening the analysis and use of existing health data—normally at the province, district, and facility levels—without revising existing recording and reporting requirements. With an emphasis on learning through action, district teams undertake assessments of health services, identify gaps in performance, and design solutions to support better decision-making and, therefore, better management of improved services.
MSH has worked closely with the Health Metrics Network of the WHO to develop a comprehensive approach for enhancing the performance of health information systems and data by employing a practical, strategic planning process that can be carried out by national working groups.