Director - Strategic Planning and Information Management (SPIM)
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About the role
Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) is a global health organization that partners locally and globally to create and scale solutions to the world’s deadliest health threats. Millions of people die from preventable health threats. We collaborate to close the gap between proven, life-saving solutions and the people who need them. Since 2017, we’ve worked with governments and other partners in more than 60 countries to save millions of lives. We work toward a future where people live longer, healthier lives, communities flourish, and economies thrive. This is an ambitious vision, and it inspires us and our partners to make progress every day.
REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA
ZAMBIA NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE
JOB ADVERTISEMENT
Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) with support from Resolve to Save Lives through the Collaborative Surveillance Project seeks to recruit a suitably qualified and experienced person to be appointed as Director-Strategic Planning and Information Management (SPIM) at Zambia National Public Health Institute. This Directorate is responsible for planning, research, information management, data synthesis and translation as well as monitoring and evaluation functions in order to enhance programmes and projects performance as well as provide appropriate development of health guidelines in order to ensure realization of the ZNPHI objectives.
Job Title: Director-Strategic Planning and Information Management (SPIM)
Reports to: Director General
Location: Zambia National Public Health Institute HQ, Lusaka
Job Purpose
The Director - Strategic Planning and Information Management shall be responsible for strategic planning, research and information management that are an essential pre-requisite to the formulation of coherent policies in the successful implementation of the Zambia National Public Health Institute strategic goals. He/she shall lead/advise on all matters concerning the formulation of draft policies in public health security and ensure that they are approved and implemented. A key role of this position is translation of data from institutional activities into manageable information at various levels and fora.
Specific Roles and Responsibilities
a) Corporate Planning
- Coordinates effectively the development, implementation and review of the ZNPHI Strategic Plan (SP) in order to ensure attainment of the Institutes strategic objectives
- Monitors the implementation of the Strategic Plan by analyzing the performance of ZNPHI against set targets and ensure that quarterly Performance Review Reports are prepared on time
- Facilitates the mid-term and end of term evaluations of the ZNPHI Strategic Plan, ensuring findings and recommendations are integrated into institutional planning cycles
- Ensures alignment of workplans across ZNPHI directorates and funding sources
b) Data synthesis and translation
- Coordinates research concepts and implementation of operational research across the institute
- Lead workflow coordination and implementation of information products embedded in core business operations and workflows, which include data reviews, synthesis and visualization of data products
- Support data interpretation and development manuscripts, scientific conference materials and policy briefing products
- Provide mentorship and training for data analysts and offer support across other institutional programs
c) Programme/Project Management and Coordination
- Works closely with other Departments and Units at ZNPHI in implementing performance improvement programs, particularly the Delivery Unit and projects in order to ensure effective performance
- Coordinates the direction of strategic planning process for projects implementation across ZNPHI’s functional areas in order to attain set objectives
- Coordinates all Directorates, Units and stakeholders in the development and communication of project strategies with high impact, clear targets and measurable outcomes that support the implementation of the ZNPHI Strategic Plan linked to the National Development Plan and the National Health Strategic Plan
- Develops proposals and concept notes for potential donors and funders to ensure adequate resources in order to ensure effective implementation of the ZNPHI Strategic Plan
- Develops metrics, presentations and reports demonstrating strategic impact of projects and interventions to the ZNPHI Board, Government, Cooperating Partners and other stakeholders in the public health sector in order to facilitate knowledge sharing
d) Organization of Regular Project Meetings and Assessments
- Coordinates and manages organisation of programme/project inception workshops and meetings that deploy program implementing strategies, determines annual work plans, and introduces the programme management regulations
- Coordinates periodic programme/project implementation review meetings and assessments on all current projects
- Coordinates quarterly and annual performance review meetings and review of implementation work plans for the following year