Director, Strategy

ABOUT VILLAGEREACH

VillageReach transforms health care delivery to reach everyone. We are driven by a vision of a world where each person has the health care needed to thrive. VillageReach’s goal is to reduce inequities in access to quality primary health care for 350 million people by 2030. We work with governments, the private sector, partners and communities to build responsive primary health care systems that deliver health products, information and services to the most under-reached. As a locally driven and globally connected organization, VillageReach has offices in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and the United States. 

Summary

The Director, Strategy is a new position which will lead and strategically advise on VillageReach’s relationships with African governments, inter-governmental institutions in Africa, multi-lateral institutions that work in global health in Africa, and non-state actors working or with interests in the health space in Africa. This position will collaborate across the organization to increase the visibility of VillageReach amongst ministers of health in Africa, institutions that work in health in Africa, and strengthen strategic collaboration with relevant non-state actors. The Director, Strategy will support the CEO and President in building strategic relationships with a broad range of African governments, African institutions, and stakeholders working on health in Africa. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of the complex global health landscape in Africa, have a strong commitment to improving health equity, and a track record of working with ministers of health. The location of this role will be in either Seattle, USA or Nairobi, Kenya.

Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time.

• Advise the CEO & President on strategic relationships that contribute to increasing the visibility, influence and leadership of VillageReach in the global health space.
• Support the CEO & President in securing collaboration and partnerships that are aligned with the strategic vision and direction of VillageReach.
• Lead the design and implementation of high-impact initiatives of the CEO & President while ensuring alignment with VillageReach’s priorities.
• Develop, maintain and grow a portfolio of strategic relationships with African Governments, particularly the leadership in Ministries of Health.
• Develop, maintain and grow a portfolio of relationships with the leadership of African inter-governmental institutions at both continental and regional levels.
• Identify current opportunities for strategic collaboration and partnership for health in Africa with relevant partners and develop strategic relationships that drive resources towards VillageReach’s priorities.
• Maintain extensive knowledge of VillageReach’s programs to create links between VillageReach strategic priorities and those of the institutions working in health in Africa.
• Lead engagements with relevant institutions working on health in Africa and manage relationships to position VillageReach as a preferred partner.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships within VillageReach to ensure the vision of the CEO for strategic relationships with African governments, continental institutions and partners is realized.
• Represent VillageReach at relevant meetings to interact with key stakeholders and strategically influence partnership decisions to include VillageReach.
• Support Board Responsibilities as needed.
• Promote VillageReach’s values of Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Excellence.
• Any other duties that may be requested by the supervisor.

Competencies:

VillageReach has ten (10) Organizational Competencies that describe how we work together and get things done that are grouped into three strategic areas of Achieving Great Results, Setting Direction and, Bringing Others With you. For a full description, please download our Organizational Competency document.

Achieving Great Results:

1. Risk Taking and Innovation

• Key Behaviors: Comfort with ambiguity, curiosity, adaptability, unconstrained and undeterred creativity, resourcefulness.

2. Business Judgement

• Key Behaviors: Getting to root causes, understanding environment, navigating complexity and ambiguity, entrepreneurial energy.

3. Building Strong Teams

• Key Behaviors: Trust in Subject Matter Experts (SME’s); radical candor to resolve conflict, hold each other accountable as colleagues, focused on results, commitment to mission.

Setting Direction:<