Country: Benin, Niger
Closing date: 02 Apr 2017
To further develop its activities, BTC is looking for a (m/f):
International Programme Coordinator
Public health
Ref. BEN/13/025-10
Through this recruitment procedure, a recruitment pool will be constituted for this type of function. This pool will not be limited to the country concerned.
Place of assignment: different places of assignment; there are job openings for Benin (Cotonou) and Niger (Niamey)
Type of contract: Open-ended contract with termination clause
Expected starting date: as soon as possible
Monthly salary package: (cat. B476) depending on the place of assignment :
For Benin : between 5.784,23 euro and 8.204,79 euro
For Niger : between 6.575,67 euro and 10.006,80 euro
(inclusive gross monthly salary and expat benefits: expat and hardship allowances). The salary depends on the composition of the family and on relevant professional experience.
The function:
Responsibilities (Benin)
Technical component of the support (estimated half-time equivalent): During implementation of the intervention the technical advisor is responsible for close high-quality technical support in the areas of change management and public health. (S)he is responsible for the whole of the results, with the support of the PASS team.
Management component of the support (estimated half-time equivalent): The technical advisor shares the responsibility for coordinating and implementing PASS with the Intervention Director of the PASS programme (person delegated by the General Secretariat). Jointly, they constitute the Programme Coordination.
Responsibilities (Niger)
The type 2 Technical Cooperation Expert (TCE2) is responsible for the coordination and management of the implementation of the bilateral development cooperation in the Health sector in Niger. Considering the general and specific objective of the support programme to the health sector, the TCE will be a Public Health expert with sound knowledge of and experience with health financing.
Responsibilities
1/ Formulation and programme start-up component: Ensure, jointly with the partner country officer, that programme formulation is realised in consultation with the stakeholders, the partner country and regional focal points as well as the Resident Representative and the BTC team that (s)he supervises.
2/ Coordination component: The type 2 TCE ensures, jointly with the partner country officer of the PASS programme (person delegated by the General Secretariat), that the programme is coordinated. That way (s)he is responsible for implementing the programme in consultation with the partner country officer in order to ensure that the results are achieved.
3/ Technical support component: During implementation of the intervention the technical advisor is responsible for close high-quality technical support in the areas of change management and public health. (S)he is responsible for the whole of the results, with the support of the PASS team.
4/ Team management component: Ensure the functioning of programme staff employed by BTC.
Time will be mostly – and to an equal extent – spent on the ‘technical’ and ‘coordination’ components. The ‘team management’ component is however primarily a transversal one. The specific tasks related to this component take a minor share of the working time of the TCE.
Duty station and institutional framework
For the job in Benin:
The selected applicant will work in Cotonou at the Ministry of Health. (S)he will fall under the General Secretariat. (S)he will frequently travel to the departments in order to ensure the relation between the central level, the intermediary level and the operations level. The specific embedment does not impede the advisor to work with several directorates of the Ministry.
For the job in Niger:
The main working place is Niamey. The job requires frequent missions to the Dosso and Tillabéri regions.
The selected applicant will work in Niamey at the Ministry of Public Health (‘MSP’), where (s)he will fall under the General Secretariat (‘SG’). (S)he will frequently travel to the regions in order to ensure the relation between the central level, the intermediary level and the operations level. Notwithstanding the specific embedment at the ‘SG’ level, the joint officer is to work closely with several ‘MSP’ directorates.
Profile
Level of education
Public health physician.
Proved experience
At least 10 years of professional experience, with at least 5 years in an international context in a developing country and in the domain of public health
Experience with health economics and health insurance mechanisms
Experience with planning, organising, managing, coordination, supervision, monitoring and evaluation at the provincial or national level
Experience with accompanying a change management process
Experience with supervising health districts and with action research
Experience with project cycle management under an international cooperation framework
The following are considered assets:
Earlier experience in a similar job within a development cooperation organisation in the area of public health
Existing knowledge of the partner country situation
Skills
Strong ability to work in a multicultural and multidisciplinary setting
Strong interpersonal skills (facilitation skills, coaching skills, negotiation skills, flexibility, attitude of empathy, networking)
Good conceptual reflection skills
Team coaching and training skills
Action research and survey skills
Very good mastery of French; good reading skills in English
Very good computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, databases)
Interested?
Please apply no later than April 2nd 2017, through our website: https://www.btcctb.org/content/jobs.
If you have any additional questions**,** don’t hesitate to contact us at +32 (0)2/505 18 65.
How to apply:
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