The Health Systems Advisor will lead and provide technical support to capacity building of providers, and will work with the local government health system to expand access to quality services. This individual will also work closely with the country results team in the head office. This position reports to administratively to the Program Manager, and functionally to the Senior Health systems Advisor. This position will also work closely with the Country Results Team based in the Ipas home office.

Specific responsibilities include

•   Provide supervision, technical support, and programmatic coordination in the Tamale sub-office to ensure results in the Northern and Upper regions
•   Provide technical leadership to develop, implement and monitor health systems activities to improve quality of care and increased access;
•   Lead effective coordination of data collection;
•   Promote integration of community-based, social and behavior change strategies into health systems activities;
•   Use data to understand and improve programmatic results;
•   Represents Ipas Ghana to government and partners in Tamale;
•   Prepare reports to document results and lessons learned.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   A Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field (including BSc. Nursing); an advanced degree in the relevant discipline (MBCHB/MD) will be preferred;
•   4 +years relevant experience;
•   Demonstrated leadership and technical skills in design, implementation and monitoring of reproductive health programs;
•   Demonstrated project management, staff supervision, communication and writing skills;
•   Ability to interpret programmatic data and use it to make decisions;
•   Familiarity with the health system and culture of Ghana’s northern regions;
•   Ability to represent Ipas externally, including communications and negotiations with partners;
•   Ability to work independently with minimal supervision;
•   Travel up to 50% nationally.

The offer will be on a one/three years renewable contract basis, subject to good performance and availability of funds. Remuneration will be based on qualification and experience, commensurate with industry standards.

Location: Tamale

How To Apply For The Job

Applicants should submit a cover letter and CV to: hrrecruit@ipas.org. We do not accept phone calls but we encourage you to visit our website: http://www.ipas.org before applying or send your queries to hrrecruit@ipas.org

Closing Date: 23 December, 2013

Due to anticipated volume of applications, only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Note: ipas management reserves the right to modify the contents of these position descriptions at any time.