This role was posted on September 17, 2024. Please note that we will review applications on a rolling basis.
The Role
At Last Mile Health (LMH), we make bold commitments that inspire innovation. Do you have demonstrated experience in developing cost-effective, country-level digital health interventions for hard-to-reach, resource-limited communities to promote digital transformation? If so, you may be our next Director, Digital Health and Informatics located in Ghana.
With the objective of improving the quality and efficiency of community health service delivery, Last Mile Health’s Global Digital Health practice works closely with country program teams to support ministries of health to design and deploy digital health (DH) solutions for community health programs. This can include work across all aspects of the project and design cycle including ICT strategy setting, co-design of health software, user feedback, and deployment and maintenance. LMH works closely with ministries to effectively coordinate DH partners to align with ministry strategic priorities for enhanced solution sustainability.
The Director, Digital Health & Informatics will lead Last Mile Health’s Digital Health practice and be a part of the Health System Strengthening (HSS) team. This role will develop LMH’s digital health vision, approach, and oversee the execution of the HSS Team’s digital health activities. The position will oversee the digital health practice’s strategy, workplan, budget, and support fundraising, partnerships, and business development. Along with the Digital Health Manager (DH Manager), he/she will provide technical leadership for the full software product development cycle including conceptualization, design, and quality assurance of digital health-related innovations that are fit for purpose for remote communities. This position will also serve as LMH’s lead over digital health activities and be responsible for providing or sourcing appropriate technical input into digital health activities across LMH’s programs and projects.
The Director, Digital Health & Informatics will liaise with the Global Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (GMERL) Department to support the development of in-house digital information systems. He/she will also liaise with multiple teams to drive measurement approaches, design, and fundraise for digital interventions’ implementation and evaluation to generate evidence on digital tools and to test and improve digital health interventions and outcomes.
This role is Hybrid in Accra, Ghana and is open to candidates who are located in Ghana and have work authorization or who do not require sponsored work authorization in Ghana.
What you’ll do
Oversight, Management, and Strategy
Government, Stakeholder Collaboration, and Technical Assistance
Partnerships and Advocacy
Technical Support and Capacity Building
What You’ll Bring
You’ll Impress Us If
Compensation Information
At Last Mile Health, we strive to reward our employees equitably and transparently. This means that we pay our employees based on a clear and consistent methodology and without regard to their identity or personal relationships. We have made this model fully transparent so that everyone has access to all information related to compensation. We hope this helps you better understand Last Mile Health’s values and commitments to our employees. We look forward to answering any questions you may have during the hiring process.
Before applying to this role, please take a moment to learn more about our approach to compensation and how compensation works in each of the countries where we operate. Please find the link to our compensation model and benefits overview below:
OVERVIEW OF LAST MILE HEALTH’S COMPENSATION MODEL
Compensation for this position:
The Band for this position: SLB-5
For Ghana, the range is $90,966- $113,018 USD dependent upon experience doing an equivalent role. Please note that this compensation is subject to statutory taxes.
About Last Mile Health
Last Mile Health partners with governments to design, scale, strengthen, and sustain high-quality community health systems, which empower teams of community and frontline health workers to bring life-saving primary healthcare to the world’s most remote communities. LMH is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. For more information, visitwww.lastmilehealth.org.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at LMH. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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