Hospital Support Director

The Palestinian Health Sector Development and Reform Project (Flagship Project) is a five-year project funded by USAID. The Project is seeking to recruit a long-term Hospital Support Director.

The candidate will work in a collaborative manner with Flagship project staff, Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH), and hospital personnel to implement the project work plan within the MoH hospitals. This position is responsible for the oversight of secondary hospital activities for the project.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
-Direct and mentor the team by providing guidance on approach of intervention, the development of the program work plan - at the sub activity level – the action plan and the progress report.
-Leading the team to ensure that programmatic work is fully executed effectively and efficiently.
-Provide technical advice to the senior management on the strategic approach of interventions in order to achieve project results.
-Ensure that the activities of the HS team are in concert with other focus areas by serving as a liaison with other unit heads.
-Ensure continuous coordination and communication with Senior MoH counterparts especially the Director General of Hospital Directorate.
-Identification of technical intervention required and drafting SOW for short-term technical consultancies.
-Contribute to the development of content, and delivery and preparations for all training and non-training events in coordination with other project staff (technical, compliance, finance, and operations staff).
-Produce reports required by the project and per guidance of the knowledge management team.
-Protect the interest of the project and Chemonics International while abiding to work ethics.

Education, Qualifications and/or Equivalent Experience
-Master’s Degree in Health related field.
-Minimum of seven years of work experience in health. Knowledge of Palestinian health context is a plus.
-Excellent writing, verbal and reading Arabic and English language skills.
-Excellent computer skills (including all Microsoft Office programs).
-Works well in a team environment and able to foster team spirit.
-Must be able to work well with a variety of professionals in an interdisciplinary manner (doctors, nurses, health information science technicians and other technical and executive staff.
-Previous experience with USAID projects is preferred.

Interested candidates that meet the minimum qualifications should submit a cover letter and
a CV via email to [email protected] with the subject: Hospital Support Director by
no later than 4:00pm Thursday April 7, 2011. No phone calls please.