Main Responsibilities and Tasks:
1. Strategy Development: Formulate and implement a comprehensive ecosystem enablement strategy targeting key priorities, including regulatory improvement, policy advocacy, talent development, R&D, and access to financing for the healthcare sector.
2.Regulatory Advocacy: Lead efforts to engage with Nigerian healthcare regulatory bodies, advocating for policies that foster innovation, enhance accessibility to healthcare services, and improve the sector’s investment climate.
3.Stakeholder Collaboration: Cultivate collaborative relationships across the healthcare value chain, including government entities, private healthcare providers, academia, and industry leaders, to foster alignment on key initiatives.
4.Program Development & Oversight: Oversee the design and rollout of programs that address workforce development, R&D advancements, and operational support for healthcare organizations, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.
5. Trend Analysis and Strategic Insights: Monitor sector trends and identify challenges impacting Nigeria’s healthcare landscape, proposing solutions and actionable strategies to mitigate these issues
6. Team Leadership: Manage a team of specialists responsible for identifying and mitigating regulatory and operational challenges within Nigeria’s healthcare ecosystem.
7. Budget Management: Ensure effective management of the unit’s budget and resources, optimizing expenditures to maximize impact
Work Assignments
1.Develop a strategic framework for collaboration between PVAC and key stakeholders to advance locally relevant healthcare product R&D
Deliverable/Output:
Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration Strategy Document.
2. Develop a comprehensive roadmap for regulatory improvement and capacity building to support local healthcare product manufacturing.
Deliverable/Output:
Needs Assessment Report and Capacity Building Program Proposal.
3. Develop a proposal for aligning PVAC initiatives with development partners’ health programs in Nigeria.
Deliverable/Output:
Partnership Proposal Document and Collaboration Plan
4. Prepare briefings for stakeholders on PVAC’s healthcare initiatives
Deliverable/Output:
Briefing and Engagement Strategy Document
5. Identify areas for alignment on technology transfer with relevant stakeholders
Deliverable/Output:
Technology Transfer Opportunities Proposal
6.Develop a strategic plan to secure financial commitment from key Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) to support PVAC programs
Deliverable/Output:
DFIs Engagement and Strategy Document
7. Enhance Nigeria’s domestic manufacturing ecosystem for specific disease control technologies, diagnostics, and therapeutics
Deliverable/Output:
Strategic Ecosystem Development Plans for key diseases
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- A master’s degree in public health, Healthcare Management, or a related field.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in the Nigerian healthcare sector with a proven track record in ecosystem enablement, policy advocacy, and stakeholder engagement.
- Demonstrated expertise in leading teams, formulating strategic initiatives, and influencing policy and regulatory changes.
- Strong abilities in negotiation and relationship-building with diverse stakeholder groups.
- Skilled in leading, managing, and motivating a high-performing team.
- Capability to assess complex regulatory and operational challenges, developing strategic solutions.
- Ability to manage and optimize budgetary resources.
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment and handle evolving priorities
- Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
