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Director of Health Systems - Egypt Osra

The Palladium Group
Cairo, Egypt
Posted 3 years ago
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Company Profile

Palladium is a global leader in the design, development, and delivery of Positive Impact—the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value.

For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved—and is committed to continuing to improve—economies, societies and most importantly, people's lives.

Palladium is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. We also provide equal employment to all employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.

Position Overview

Palladium is seeking a Director of Health Systems for an anticipated USAID-funded family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) project, which is anticipated to begin in 2022. The USAID/Egypt Osra (Family) Activity will support and contribute to the Government of Egypt’s (GOE) National Population Strategy (NPS) 2015–2030 and the three-year National Program to Plan Population Growth (2021-2023). The potential program will strengthen high impact practices in family planning and incorporate innovative, promising approaches to improve family health outcomes. For more information on the potential project, please consult the RFI: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=332851.

Reporting to the Project Director, the Director of Health Systems is responsible for all project activities related to strengthening health systems. This includes but is not limited to interventions related to increasing domestic financing for family planning; interventions to increase health workforce performance, accountability, and authority; and the implementation of polices that increase access to, availability of, and quality of family planning and reproductive services. The Director of Health Systems must have in-depth technical expertise and experience in strengthening health systems in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region. In addition, this position requires a comprehensive understanding of Egyptian health systems.   

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Provide technical and programmatic direction related to strengthening health systems.
  • Serve as the main interface between the project and external stakeholders in the area of health systems strengthening.
  • Provide direct supervision to staff working on health systems strengthening.
  • Ensure that activities that are related to this project area are tracked according to the project workplan.
  • Represent the project at relevant professional meetings, working groups, and seminars.
  • Prepare analyses, recommendations, briefing notes, white papers, and assessments for internal and client use.
  • Assume responsibility for completing all project reports related to health systems.
  • Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Job Requirements

  • Extensive, progressively increasing responsibility on service delivery and health systems initiatives, with significant experience in a senior leadership position that directed technical interventions to strengthen health systems.
  • Experience working in Egypt and/or the broader MENA region.
  • Understanding of the Egyptian FP/RH health systems space and service delivery system.
    Familiarity with systems strengthening techniques and approaches appropriate for the Egyptian context.
  • Experience working on USAID-funded projects (preferred) and knowledge of U.S. government regulations.
  • Experience interacting with in-country agencies, including central and local government, development partners, civil society, and community-based organizations.
  • Demonstrated oral and written communication skills in English and Arabic (MSA and Egyptian dialect).
  • Ability to develop and deliver technical presentations for technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Demonstrated ability to interpret research findings and apply them to the Egyptian context when required.
  • Prior experience developing strategic plans, workplans, and/or activity plans for health systems strengthening activities.

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