Company: AHP, Johannesburg, South Africa
Company Profile
HEALTH FOR AFRICA, POWERED BY PEOPLE
Africa Health Placements is human resources solutions and services organisation whose work has been changing the face of public health in southern Africa, creating completely new outcomes for healthcare facilities that might otherwise be defunct by now. We define ourselves as “social profit” because our work, whilst mostly donor-funded, delivers profit in terms of improved healthcare and social indicators. In addition, we value results and our organisational culture is strictly focused on delivery.
NEED AND MISSION STATEMENT
With 20% of the world’s population, sub-Saharan Africa languishes with only 2% of the world’s physicians. Attracting and retaining health workers and competent management is critical to solving the massive public health issues in this region. AHP aims to enhance the healthcare delivery system in Africa through the provision of human resource solutions and services. Recognising the value of relationships, we conduct our work through people networks that allow us to mobilise resources within Africa and across the world.
EXPERTISE AND SERVICES
At AHP we believe in quality people – like the professionals we employ to work in local hospitals. Similarly, our internal team comprises a set of highly qualified professionals, driven to make a difference in African HR in health. The team profile includes professional recruiters, HR specialists, doctors, nurses, professors, researchers, administrators, marketers and business professionals.
Staffing:
Recruitment and registration of local and internal health workers and managers to work in permanent or volunteer posts in government and NGO facilities.
Recruitment is supported by creative award-winning marketing campaigns involving local and international advertising, conference attendance and media promotions, as well as tapping a growing social network through online portals, alumni and a massive health worker and manager database.
Workforce Support:
Orientation and ongoing support for public sector health workers, with a focus on rural areas.
Orientation includes clinical, cultural and logistical support. Health worker support is aligned with government policies and NGO programme commitments, and focuses on improving retention through continued professional development, troubleshooting critical retention issues, and working to fix the systems that are creating recurring issues that impact on retention.
Consulting and Advocacy:
Helping governments, regulatory bodies and civil society institutions to make themselves competitive in attracting scarce and mobile health worker and manager resources.
This includes understanding the drivers of career choice, translating policy into practice and providing on-the-ground resources to help identify and unblock bottlenecks.
Strategic Information: Extensive ongoing monitoring and evaluation, as well as focussed research. This allows AHP to provide detailed intelligence to partners and funders, and to continuously improve upon what we are doing.
Africa Health Placements is human resources solutions and services organisation whose work has been changing the face of public health in southern Africa, creating completely new outcomes for healthcare facilities that might otherwise be defunct by now. We define ourselves as “social profit” because our work, whilst mostly donor-funded, delivers profit in terms of improved healthcare and social indicators. In addition, we value results and our organisational culture is strictly focused on delivery.
NEED AND MISSION STATEMENT
With 20% of the world’s population, sub-Saharan Africa languishes with only 2% of the world’s physicians. Attracting and retaining health workers and competent management is critical to solving the massive public health issues in this region. AHP aims to enhance the healthcare delivery system in Africa through the provision of human resource solutions and services. Recognising the value of relationships, we conduct our work through people networks that allow us to mobilise resources within Africa and across the world.
EXPERTISE AND SERVICES
At AHP we believe in quality people – like the professionals we employ to work in local hospitals. Similarly, our internal team comprises a set of highly qualified professionals, driven to make a difference in African HR in health. The team profile includes professional recruiters, HR specialists, doctors, nurses, professors, researchers, administrators, marketers and business professionals.
Staffing:
Recruitment and registration of local and internal health workers and managers to work in permanent or volunteer posts in government and NGO facilities.
Recruitment is supported by creative award-winning marketing campaigns involving local and international advertising, conference attendance and media promotions, as well as tapping a growing social network through online portals, alumni and a massive health worker and manager database.
Workforce Support:
Orientation and ongoing support for public sector health workers, with a focus on rural areas.
Orientation includes clinical, cultural and logistical support. Health worker support is aligned with government policies and NGO programme commitments, and focuses on improving retention through continued professional development, troubleshooting critical retention issues, and working to fix the systems that are creating recurring issues that impact on retention.
Consulting and Advocacy:
Helping governments, regulatory bodies and civil society institutions to make themselves competitive in attracting scarce and mobile health worker and manager resources.
This includes understanding the drivers of career choice, translating policy into practice and providing on-the-ground resources to help identify and unblock bottlenecks.
Strategic Information: Extensive ongoing monitoring and evaluation, as well as focussed research. This allows AHP to provide detailed intelligence to partners and funders, and to continuously improve upon what we are doing.
Category: other
Region: Southern Africa
Contract: full-time
Duration: permanent
Job Description
Key Customers Relationships
Customers (Internal)
• Directorate: Integrated Primary Health Care
Directorate: Districts and Development Cluster: District Health Services
Key Supplier Relationships
Suppliers (External):
• Consultants
• Provinces
• Districts
Suppliers (Internal):
• Other clusters
• NDoH Directorates
Core Accountability:
Output
• Administrative
- Analysis and reporting of data from the District Health Information System on Primary Health Care service delivery
- Process Paperwork
- Review departmental progress and policies and strengthen policy review process for PHC, and District Health System (e.g. white paper on transformation (Ch. 2) needs review, particularly its relevance in context of Primary Health Care re-engineering)
- Edit and develop documents for professional finish
- Drafting documents including proposals, reports and concepts
- Reporting – consolidate provincial and district reports, make amendments and present final reports
Contribute to skills transfer and capacity development
• Technical
- Perform policy relevant reviews and analysis to ensure consistency with constitutional and applicable legislative norms and standards
- Support managers in the integrated health planning and district performance review processes such as District Health Plan and health expenditure review and recommend appropriate action
- Identify best practices in programme integration
- Support in the production and analysis of quarterly performance reviews
• Support and advise managers in the NDoH to ensure their efforts on PHC re-engineering and health system strengthening are line with districts
• and sub districts needs
- Monitor and evaluate programmes that are implemented in the provinces and districts and recommend remedial actions
- Support the Monitoring and Evaluation systems for the districts in the provinces
- Develop and maintain relationships with all relevant stakeholders through identification and unblocking bottlenecks that may occur between head office and the provinces and districts. Normally these bottle-necks are at the heart of poor performance by the health system
- Assist the districts in the implementation of the key policy priorities, and alert both National Department of Health and Provincial Department of Health if there is a need for intervention.
• Other
- Manage the office as a Technical Specialist in HSS
- Involved in recruitment of new staff
- Monitoring of the PHC re-engineering
Support implementation and reporting and assist provinces
Competencies
Systems Thinking; Analytical and Strategic thinking; Conceptual Thinking; Independent self starter; Interpersonal skills / Team Player; Decision making and business intelligence ability; Dealing with complexity; Organised; Detail orientation, but understanding big picture (holistic view); Communication skills; Cross Functional Awareness; Technical ability
Minimum Requirements: Qualification / Professional Membership
B-degree or equivalent in health related field
Advantageous Requirements:
Qualification / Professional Membership
Masters in Public Health/Health Planning/equivalent Or Post Graduate Education in Health Management
Work Experience:
Work Experience:
• 5 – 10 Years experience in dealing with Public Health and DoH
Added advantage : previous involvement in district health planning and / or district health expenditure reviews
Skills:
• Exceptional technical skills
• Administrative skills
Advanced MS Office user – including outlook
Knowledge:
• In-depth understanding of HSS (WHO framework)
Understanding of the PHC system in South Africa
Customers (Internal)
• Directorate: Integrated Primary Health Care
Directorate: Districts and Development Cluster: District Health Services
Key Supplier Relationships
Suppliers (External):
• Consultants
• Provinces
• Districts
Suppliers (Internal):
• Other clusters
• NDoH Directorates
Core Accountability:
Output
• Administrative
- Analysis and reporting of data from the District Health Information System on Primary Health Care service delivery
- Process Paperwork
- Review departmental progress and policies and strengthen policy review process for PHC, and District Health System (e.g. white paper on transformation (Ch. 2) needs review, particularly its relevance in context of Primary Health Care re-engineering)
- Edit and develop documents for professional finish
- Drafting documents including proposals, reports and concepts
- Reporting – consolidate provincial and district reports, make amendments and present final reports
Contribute to skills transfer and capacity development
• Technical
- Perform policy relevant reviews and analysis to ensure consistency with constitutional and applicable legislative norms and standards
- Support managers in the integrated health planning and district performance review processes such as District Health Plan and health expenditure review and recommend appropriate action
- Identify best practices in programme integration
- Support in the production and analysis of quarterly performance reviews
• Support and advise managers in the NDoH to ensure their efforts on PHC re-engineering and health system strengthening are line with districts
• and sub districts needs
- Monitor and evaluate programmes that are implemented in the provinces and districts and recommend remedial actions
- Support the Monitoring and Evaluation systems for the districts in the provinces
- Develop and maintain relationships with all relevant stakeholders through identification and unblocking bottlenecks that may occur between head office and the provinces and districts. Normally these bottle-necks are at the heart of poor performance by the health system
- Assist the districts in the implementation of the key policy priorities, and alert both National Department of Health and Provincial Department of Health if there is a need for intervention.
• Other
- Manage the office as a Technical Specialist in HSS
- Involved in recruitment of new staff
- Monitoring of the PHC re-engineering
Support implementation and reporting and assist provinces
Competencies
Systems Thinking; Analytical and Strategic thinking; Conceptual Thinking; Independent self starter; Interpersonal skills / Team Player; Decision making and business intelligence ability; Dealing with complexity; Organised; Detail orientation, but understanding big picture (holistic view); Communication skills; Cross Functional Awareness; Technical ability
Minimum Requirements: Qualification / Professional Membership
B-degree or equivalent in health related field
Advantageous Requirements:
Qualification / Professional Membership
Masters in Public Health/Health Planning/equivalent Or Post Graduate Education in Health Management
Work Experience:
Work Experience:
• 5 – 10 Years experience in dealing with Public Health and DoH
Added advantage : previous involvement in district health planning and / or district health expenditure reviews
Skills:
• Exceptional technical skills
• Administrative skills
Advanced MS Office user – including outlook
Knowledge:
• In-depth understanding of HSS (WHO framework)
Understanding of the PHC system in South Africa
Education(min): University Undergraduate Degree
Language(min): English
Advert Date started on 20 Apr 2012 | ending on 20 May 2012
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Technical Advisor Africa Health Placements
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