JOB PURPOSE
Amref Health Africa is seeking an experienced
professional who will be responsible for providing expertise and guidance on
social determinants of health (SDoH) to enhance health initiatives and
interventions for improved health outcomes, including delivery of TA, evidence
generation and translation to grow the SDoH portfolio. The successful candidate
should have global exposure in any of the following areas of social
determinants in health: culture and environment, syndemics and health
disparities, modern and traditional/indigenous health climate change, human
trafficking, violence, migration and natural/human made disasters. Working
closely with teams across Amref and the Health System Strengthening
Directorate, the successful candidate will provide specialized strategic,
technical and situational anthropological advice, overall strategic leadership
in conducting research and evaluations, collecting and interpreting medical
data in liaison with relevant stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Program Management:
- Promote measurable
anthropological programming which contributes to achieving suitable and
concrete results through communications, engagement and the empowerment
and participation of stakeholders, communities, implementing partners and
government counterparts.
- Provide support on the
delivery of technical assistance framework, in the various social health
determinant areas working closely with the different pillars within HSS
and Amref Health Africa.
- Provide guidance and
advisory to Amref Health Africa and the HSS directorate by studying and
understanding the health seeking behavior and social determinants of
health for the target populations and propose and build interventions of
interest.
- Propose and map groups of
individuals that are vulnerable to future outbreaks based on socio-
economic, belief and cultural practices, perceptions, attitudes and
knowledge level for risk management purposes and future interventions.
- Support Amref’s technical
leadership to define and grow SDoH priorities at the intersection with
health while building knowledge and thought leadership in SDoH and health
systems thus contributing to increased Amref Health Africa visibility in
this area.
- Support in the
establishment of sustainable partnerships with governments, and regional
blocks to influence SDoH priorities, resolve challenges and barriers with
a view to strengthen approaches in addressing SDoH.
- Identify interrelationships
between SDoH and other pillars within the HSS directorate to build the
synergy and coherence needed for efficient health systems through
development of essential policy documents, guidelines, job aids, and
toolkits
- Support in the development
of HSS work plans and budgets.
Evidence
Generation and Translation
- Develop and support the
generation of evidence through high-quality learning products to include
manuscripts for peer review papers while supporting analytics to identify,
consider, and propose reforms to strengthen multi-sectoral collaboration
towards a unified approach in addressing SDoH.
- Lead and provide guidance
to the HSS directorate and the Amref Health Africa’s country offices on
applying an SDoH lens to their work.
- Develop and support the
translation of evidence through high-quality learning products to include
policy briefs and other forms of publications that target high-level
decision-makers and stakeholders in the health sector.
- Support the
institutionalization of reforms on SDoH within government systems;
national and sub-national.
- Participate and represent
Amref Health Africa in policy dialogue forums to disseminate evidence
generated on health financing and health systems.
Business
Development
- Support proposal
development to secure funding and business for the HSS directorate and
Amref Health Africa at large.
Stakeholder
Engagement & Capacity Building
- Support in building
capacity on social determinants of health at the intersection with health
to Amref Health Africa and key stakeholders.
- Foster relationships with
key stakeholders in the health sector [Donors, implementing partners,
learning institutions, and governments and establish and strengthen
strategic partnerships with regional and international stakeholders.
Special
Projects and Initiatives
- Support leadership in new,
high priority efforts as opportunities arise in PHC and related areas
- Perform other relevant HSS
interventions in coordination with the supervisor
Key Qualifications
- The successful candidate will
have a strong technical background in medical/sociology anthropolgy as
well as solid experience in the delivery of technical assistance. The
candidate should be highly motivated, a creative problem solver, and have
strong analytical, communication, process facilitation, and collaboration
skills.
Education
and Professional Qualification
- An advanced degree in
medical anthropology, socio anthropology, sociology, public health social
sciences or any other relevant field.
Professional
Qualification and Competencies
- Minimum ten (10) years of
experience working in global development and technical knowledge of
policy, advocacy and governance in Social Determinants of Health (SDoH).
- Proven skills in social
research methods including systematic review of evidence, qualitative
operational research skills and translation of evidence into practice.
- Proven leadership in
developing strategies, conceptualizing, planning, and implementing
projects or programs.
- Experience in research,
conceptualizing and technical support and leading stakeholder engagement
in the Social Determinants of Health areas.
- Technically sound in
DEIB-focused approaches.
- Experience working on the
development and roll-out of cross-cutting initiatives and programmes
across multi-level organizations and stakeholder groups
- Ability to develop
workplans and proposals collaboratively
- Excellent written and
verbal communication skills, including demonstrated ability to effectively
facilitate high-level meetings; prepare clear and concise briefs,
presentations, and reports and translate knowledge products to both
technical and non-technical audiences.
Compensation
- This role attracts
competitive benefits commensurate with experience
How To Apply
Interested? Please visit our website https://amref.org/vacancies/ to
make your application. You will be directed to our online portal where you will
need to create an account in order for you to be able to submit your
application.
Your application should include a cover letter detailing
why you are the best fit for this position and your CV with relevant skills and
experience. Closing date will be Monday, 18
th March 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted