Company Background
Health Systems Consult Limited (HSCL) is a public health and development consulting firm established by a team with extensive experience in international development and public health programming. We provide technical assistance for health system reforms towards access to cost-effective and quality health care across Nigeria and the continent of Africa. With a network of over 50 global partners and consultants, we develop programmes and provide sustainable solutions for a broad spectrum of health and development challenges.
HSCL is registered with the Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission (2009), the Tanzanian Registry of Companies (2014), the Office of Administration and registration in Sierra Leone (2015) and the Office of the Registration of Companies in Zambia (2016). HSCL has established offices in Nigeria, Tanzania and Sierra Leone and has also done work in several African countries including Cameroun, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mauritius, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zanzibar. In Nigeria, HSCL with it’s headquarters in Abuja, has offices in Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Borno, FCT, Kaduna, Kebbi, Lagos, Niger, Sokoto and Zamfara states.
Job Title: Principal Technical Officer
Location: Abuja or any other state
Division/Department: Technical
Reporting: Associate Director
Type: Full-time/Non-exempt
Job Summary
The Principal Technical Officer will be responsible for developing and implementing innovation including new frameworks, tools, and technologies, designing and implementing complex systems, and providing guidance to other technical staff. The principal technical officer will provide leadership in managing projects, staff mentoring, capacity development, and overall organizational development including transmitting organizational mission, vision, and core values and being a corporate ambassador.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as technical lead in sourcing for and responding to requests for expressions of interest and proposals.
- Serve as Internship coordinator, designing and maintaining a curriculum for the firm’s Internship program.
- Supervise all Senior Technical Officers and Technical Officers ensuring high-quality delivery of outputs.
- Serve as a member of the senior management team, providing strategic input for organizational growth.
- Identifying direct reports’ capacity gaps and supporting capacity improvement efforts for each.
- Serve as the technical backstop for all projects, ensuring fidelity to implementation plans and quality output.
- Actively participate in technical interface with donors and clients.
- Contribute to meeting organizational business development targets.
- Manage short to medium-term projects.
- Carry out any other tasks assigned that may be assigned by the supervisor.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- Minimum of 5 years for Medical Doctors and 8 years for other related disciplines.
- A minimum B.Sc./MBBS certificate in Medicine, Economics, Public Health, or a related field.
- A professional certificate is required.
- MBA/MPH/M.Sc. is required.
Desired competencies:
- Expert-level communication and Presentation skills.
- Project Management skills including Value-for-Money Analysis.
- Subject Matter expertise.
- Strategic thinking
- Business Development.
- Leadership and Systems thinking.
- Critical thinking.
- Stakeholder Relationship Management skills.
- Mentorship and Capacity Development Skills.
How to apply: Send a cover letter (no more than a page) and an updated CV in one document to [email protected], stating the advertised position as the subject of your email.
Application Closing Date: 20th October 2023.