Vice President of Technical Services

Job Description

Summary of Position

The Vice President of Technical Services is a member of the Executive Leadership Team who will provide visionary leadership to shape, guide, and implement IntraHealth’s technical agenda. Reporting to the President, The VP will advance IntraHealth’s core capabilities in health systems, health services, and social and crosscutting focus areas to accelerate progress towards universal health coverage.

• Stays abreast of the evolving technical priorities, evidence, and trends in global health and positions the organization for success
• Executes technical vision and strategy to grow programming and impact globally and at country level by influencing systems change and through multilateral and private sector engagement
• Creates robust knowledge management systems and effective cross organizational sharing of lessons, best practices, and technical expertise across the organization
• Advocates for a multisectoral approach to achieving health and development goals
• Offers top-of-line support technically to IntraHealth’s global and bilateral projects

The VP, Technical Services will be responsible for developing capacity of staff members to ensure the organization remains a provider of state-of-the-art technical assistance. The VP will oversee internal communities of practices designed to foster knowledge sharing and learning.

• Oversees training programs on priority skills needed to effectively deliver on the technical agenda
• Develops and applies measures to track improvements in innovation and the skills sustaining them
• Creates communities of practices to help personnel generate ideas, to support best practices, to promote open innovation, and to ultimately increase impact
• Introduces group tools and processes that inspire innovative thinking
• Builds and fosters the development of a strong technical leadership team

The VP, Technical Services will utilize 21st century approaches that are fit-for-purpose with the current ever-evolving development landscape, including multisectoral approaches. The VP will contribute to business development, including by growing opportunities in new markets, through close collaboration with governments, private sector entities, multilateral institutions, donors, philanthropists, and coalitions.

• Leads new product and technical services initiatives
• Identifies new market spaces and cultivates innovative ways of working by applying cutting-edge financial models, by adopting multisectoral approaches, and by effective partnering
• Forges partnerships with government, private sector, donors and philanthropists to implement the technical agenda

The VP, Technical Services will be a renowned thought leader who represents IntraHealth at the highest level.

• Provides inspirational leadership through technically sound presentations and publications
• Positions IntraHealth to be recognized as one of the foremost authorities in health systems and services, resulting in it being the go-to organization for technical assistance
• Generates a large body of content and evidence on health systems and services topics that can be adapted to local contexts and/or replicated or scaled to deliver high impact results

An MD or PhD in public health or clinical studies and 15 or more years of experience in the international development sector with a vast record of providing technical expertise on health systems and service delivery projects, highly preferred, or a related Master’s degree and at least 18 years of relevant work experience. S/he will also have at least 10 years of supervisory experience.

Application Deadline March 15, 2018

Summary of Benefits

The ideal candidate will be highly knowledgeable about global health. S/he will be a talented team builder, a courageous visionary, a skilled communicator, and possess a high aptitude for working cross-culturally. S/he exhibits demonstrated integrity, credibility, and a commitment to and passion for IntraHealth’s mission. A MD or higher education degree in public health or clinical studies highly preferred.

IntraHealth International, Inc. is a great place to work and prides itself on its comprehensive benefits package. We offer competitive salaries and a dynamic inclusive work environment which supports health workers so they can improve the lives of people throughout the world.

IntraHealth International is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, and requires affirmative action to ensure equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. This is also to include inquiry about, disclosing, or discussing their compensation or the compensation of other applicants or employees.

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About the Organization

Why Join IntraHealth?

At IntraHealth, we are a global team of creative, committed humanitarians on a mission. We are advocates, technologists, health workers, and communicators. Program officers, finance experts, and technical leaders. We are passionate and diverse. And we’re united in our belief that everyone everywhere should have the health care they need to thrive. That’s why we work every day to improve the performance of health workers around the world and strengthen the systems in which they work.

For almost 40 years in over 100 countries, IntraHealth has partnered with local communities to make sure health workers are present where they’re needed most, ready to do the job, connected to the technology they need, and safe to do their very best work.

Our programs are designed with a deep understanding of and appreciation for the context of human rights, gender equality and discrimination, economic empowerment, and changing populations. And the longstanding relationships we’ve built with government agencies, private-sector partners, and members of civil society make our efforts stronger and more effective.

Join us and together we can make lasting changes in global health—for all of us.