The Health Strategy and Delivery Foundation (HSDF) is a not-for-profit firm established in December 2013 to improve the quality of decision-making and execution in the health and social sectors. HSDF supports key stakeholders at all levels of government and the private sector to achieve measurable and sustainable impact.
HSDF focuses on evidence, rigor, continuous improvement, and results at scale, through substantive engagements that cover conceptual design, long-term strategy, and implementation. By doing so, HSDF seeks to address complex and fundamental health system challenges and ultimately impact the transformation of the health and social sectors in Nigeria and Africa. We focus on improving existing processes and where necessary, deviate from the status quo to introduce transformative and sustainable processes and ideas.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Program Associate
Location: Kaduna
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
- The Associate will be responsible for providing technical support to the programs team on any deliverable assigned by HSDF’s client.
- S/he will drive projects and project workstreams across different health and social sector domains.
- The individual must be a business professional with the capability to manage and deliver programmatic goals with decisiveness and accuracy for effective business performance.
Job Responsibilities
- Plans and manages allocated projects and/or project workstreams to completion, including organizing workflow, creating and reporting work plans and status reports, conducting quality reviews on all deliverables and reports, etc. Develops clear operational plans for execution of program aims; continually identifies and implements opportunities for HSDF to add value and maximize impact.
- Participates in team and client problem-solving sessions; supports the facilitation of client engagements, workshops, and the development of documents and reports.
- Identifies, develops, executes, and disseminates high-quality research, analytical, and advisory activities on projects and for HSDF’s knowledge base.
- Provide program updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments and progress.
- Develop strategic relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders at State, National and International levels. Works closely with the communications team to produce high-quality knowledge materials, pictures and narratives on projects.
- Researches and identifies mission-aligned grant funding opportunities to develop new and sustain existing programs. Prepares draft proposals and responses on new opportunity areas and on request; contributes new ideas and identifies opportunities for expanded scope of work and new projects.
- Manages any technical elements required by the client, i.e. costing exercises, modeling, etc.
- Performs other responsibilities as may be directed by supervisor.
Qualifications
The successful candidate is expected to have the following qualifications, technical competencies, and behavioral competencies.
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree qualification from a recognized university. A Master's Degree is preferred.
- 6+ years of relevant experience in public health advisory or management consulting.
- Strong analytical skills (understanding of how to collect, analyze, and draw insights from data).
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Fluency in English (excellent oral and written communication skills) is required, with the ability to prepare documents on complex subjects for diverse audiences, speak and write persuasively, and present ideas clearly and concisely.
- Fluency in a foreign language is an added advantage.
- Must be able to work collaboratively with others in a participative management environment, working independently as well as working in a team.
- Must be able to take initiative where appropriate, and proffer solutions to bottlenecks and challenges.
- Must be conversant with working in the North region and engaging stakeholders within.
- Demonstrated expertise in applying rigorous analytical skills to understand and improve public health and social sector programs.
- Proven cultural, social, and political sensitivity of working in Nigeria or other low and middle-income countries at different levels of government.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.