Principal Consultant - Digital Technology For Health

About the role

MAIN JOB PURPOSE

Reporting to the Director of Global Health, this is an exciting new role within the Crown Agents’ global health team leading and building out its digital technology for health portfolio positioning Crown Agents’ strongly in the market through ensuring that its programmes are delivering to a high technical quality, ensuring we are meeting and exceeding expectations both in terms of programme outputs and outcomes and client satisfaction, and ensuring that we are building out upon existing programmes resulting in a healthy pipeline of programmes.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF JOB

Technical Leadership

Develop the digital technology for health strategy ensuring that it positions Crown Agents well in the market as a thought leader and draws on current programmes and other parts of the wider business as relevant.
Support the integration of cross-cutting themes such as climate and energy, health financing, health supply chain into the delivery portfolio.
Provide oversight of technical quality of programming in digital technology for health, drawing on internal and external experts as appropriate.
Stay informed on global best practices and trends in digital technology for health and ensure that they are incorporated into the delivery of existing and development of new programmes.
Develop and present technical briefings, journal articles, commission research as appropriate to underpin Crown Agents technical depth in this area.
Contribute other areas of technical expertise as appropriate.

Business Winning (20%)

Aligned with the health strategy, develop a business case that lays the foundation for winning new work in this technical area
Win significant digital technology for health business to help clients (both national governments as well as international donors) run high performing, health systems.
For relevant programmes, participate in and provide technical input into identification, vetting, and negotiations with consortia partners.
Build and develop (increasing our portfolio of work) relationships key clients working in the technology space.
Proactively generate new business opportunities, particularly with new funders, by helping clients identify and understand their vision/objectives for change
Support and lead on business winning across department as appropriate e.g. writing technical sections, programme design, bid reviews, act as bid director as appropriate.

Programme Delivery

Provide leadership to programmes with a digital technology component
Provide short-term technical assistance as needed to health programmes.
Work with the PMO to ensure Quality Assurance, Risk Management, and M&E in all projects meet or surpass agreed development results
As part of broader continuous improvement role, support and challenge to all project team leaders to meet or surpass agreed development results.

Management

Line management of relevant staff, supporting them to professionally develop as required.

Raising Crown Agents’ profile

Contribute and lead as appropriate the production of communications and externally facing products, such as community health research papers, and participate in “communities of practice” to remain abreast of latest developments, standards, tools, and methodologies within the sector.

About you

Requirements

Typically Masters or equivalent professional experience in health technology or related subject.
Senior individual, able to bring good technical understanding of climate and health and a strong ability to think strategically and solve complex problems

Experience

Substantial and demonstrable experience leading digital technology programmes, ideally with a health focus.
Experience of working with a wide range of clients and low and middle income country (LMIC) governments
Management and leadership experience of a significant development contract within a multilateral, bilateral, consultancy organisation or NGO, with significant experience of being based in an LMIC
Excellent understanding and proven experience of the practicalities of designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating high quality digital technology programmes.
Experiencing working in multiple country contexts.
Demonstrated experience in technical grant writing and business winning strategies.
Experience of engaging with a range of stakeholders (including but not limited to UK government, GAVI. TGF, USG, UN ministries, Foundations etc.)
Excellent organizational and program management experience, including with staff work plans, budget management and monitoring and evaluation.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the capacity to effectively handle a variety of relationships in a multicultural environment and negotiate with both internal and external stakeholders;
Experienced in building partnerships/consortia for development and humanitarian funding as well as negotiation of programmatic contractual arrangements with partners.
Understanding of programme operations, including procurement and distribution of health commodities
Extensive international health or climate programme management at senior management level on large scale or multi-country health projects in Africa or Asia

Knowledge

Familiarity with the latest global evidence and innovations in digital technology for health, in LMICs and/or conflict-affected and humanitarian settings.
Familiarity with technical concepts, best practice and programming spanning a range of issues in digital technology

About us

You’ll be working with Crown Agents which is a high impact social enterprise passionate about transforming the future for millions of people. Since our creation in 1833 we have worked across the globe to improve public services and drive economic growth. Our expertise is finding new solutions to difficult problems for clients in the areas of health, governance, economic growth, humanitarian action and supply chain services. We work with and train leaders at local, national and international level to achieve lasting change drawing on our insight and experience.

Crown Agents is committed to diversity and will always promote diversity for all candidates as well as a business culture that reflects that belief. Crown Agents will treat everyone equally irrespective of race, religion, colour, sex, age, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation, and places an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy. Crown Agents shall not discriminate unlawfully when deciding which candidates are selected for interview, or in any terms of employment, and will ensure that each candidate is assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications, and abilities to perform the role. Crown Agents is committed to being an organisation enhanced by diversity and encourages applications from anyone who shares our values and commitment to improving the lives of communities affected by poverty or conflict.

About what's on offer

Crown Agents offers a competitive benefits package