SP4PHC Project Director

Do you believe that everyone deserves access to affordable, quality healthcare?  Are you driven by creativity, bold ideas, and disruptive innovation? Are you inspired by exceptionally talented, diverse, impact-oriented colleagues? Do you thrive in a dynamic, high-growth, fast-paced environment? Most importantly, are you fed-up with the status quo of foreign assistance in the health sector? Then consider a job with ThinkWell.

a.     The Strategic Purchasing for Primary Health Care (SP4PHC) project implemented by ThinkWell Institute with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is working to (1) provide country-based evidence, analysis, and technical assistance to strengthen ongoing health financing reforms and sub-national health system performance management to improve primary health care outcomes in select low and middle-income countries, and (2) capture and share learnings  from these efforts to inform policy dialogue and improve policy at the local, national, and global levels.

As its lead, the SP4PHC Project Director is responsible for solidifying the SP4PHC as a premier learning project on PHC financing and sub-national health system performance management by setting the strategic direction of the project, elevating technical quality of in-country work, deepening learning, and expanding network of sharing insights. Working with the project leadership team, the PD will   oversee a distributed team of project staff and learning partners, serving as the primary point of contact with BMGF, ensuring the timely and coordinated execution of all project deliverables, and representing the project externally.     

This position is fully remote with a preference for someone from the global South.

What you’ll do

Technical leadership: The PD, in collaboration with the project team, moves forward the technical quality and impact of the project

·       Continued evolution of the project, including the overall project vision and strategic direction, theory of change, learning agenda, and the results framework

·       Ensure that the project possesses effective structure and talents to further strengthen technical quality of analysis and knowledge products of the project. Build and lead internal processes linking analytics and technical assistance work for impact.

·       Support cross-country learning among the team members and strengthen the culture of technical excellence among the project team members

·       Establish a network of subject matter experts to elevate technical designs,

·       Engage with BMGF on key learnings from the project, routine project updates, project finances, and any unexpected developments (e.g. pivoting to respond to a global pandemic)

·       Position themselves as a thought leader on health financing and sub-national health systems performance management and influence in-country and global dialogue through leading strategic publication and public dissemination of knowledge products, expansion and deepening of engagement with in-country, regional, and global partners, including other BMGF grantees

·       Mentor and support team members to establish themselves as thought leaders,

·       Cultivate new business opportunities to expand technical excellence and influence based on the project results

Operational oversight: The PD is accountable for the overall implementation of the project

·       Ensure timely, on-the-budget, and compliant implementation of the project by collaborating, delegating, and overseeing necessary management and operational functions among the project team members, with the Project Implementation Unit, and the Global Corporate Operation Group

·       Oversee the development and implementation of a project communication and knowledge management strategy and plan

·       Evolution of country strategies by country leads which ensuring technical cohesion within the project

·       Ensure timely development of workplans, budgets, and annual reports by various team members

Explore

·       Ways to improve the overall performance of the project

·       Options to enhance cross-country work within the project

·       Opportunities for collaboration with other projects within the firm and external partners to extend and expand core project activities

Who you are

·       Upcoming or established global thought leader in health systems strengthening in low- and middle-income countries. Strong preference for subject matter expertise or in-depth knowledge in health system performance management and/or health financing

·       Committed to advancing the global priority of strengthening primary health care to key pathway to UHC and resilient health systems

·       Demonstrative track record in pushing for