Director of Education

Everybody at Last Mile Health (LMH) is a teacher and a student. Do you have experience creating and directing educational initiatives that bolster community health systems? Considering that, you may be our future Director of Education.

The Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) department’s education practise will be overseen by the director of education. In order to create, develop, and execute programmes to upskill the health workforce, leaders of the health systems, and community health systems that support this workforce, the director will engage with our country teams and government counterparts.

Curriculum creation, digital content delivery, blended learning strategies (in-person, online, and off), workforce development, and workforce policy development are some of these initiatives. The Director of Education will serve as a key leader in designing a vision and strategy to effectively execute LMH’s Education Portfolio.

This position is only open to candidates who are Ghanian Nationals currently located in Ghana.

Responsibilities/Duties

• Review and align the vision and strategy of the Education portfolio of work to LMH’s strategies inclusive of advising and developing a country-specific education strategy and work plan with country teams.
• Examine and align Last Mile Health’s approach to education, and how it adapts to country programs.
• Support the country offices and provide technical advice and capacity building as each develops a country-specific education and upskill agenda. This includes support during annual and quarterly planning, or in some cases, drafting strategies and work plans directly.
• Work with country teams to ensure that all education priorities are translated into projects, activities, and sub-activities that are adequately designed, have clear scopes of work, roles and responsibilities, and are properly resourced
• With support from the Manager, Education, establish and maintain necessary project management systems to ensure efficient and consistent reporting of education efforts across the organization.
• Support project management of all engagements to ensure timely execution, prioritization and reprioritization, and adequate resource application
• Establish clear accountabilities and link each activity to the team and organizational objectives, key results, and work plans.
• Work with the Clinical Excellence team on HSS to ensure the course delivery strategies and protocols align with clinical best practices.
• Work with the Digital Health team on HSS to implement e-learning solutions for upskilling the health workforce.
• Manage direct reports, other education/upskill staff or consultants, and working teams to deliver on the above activities.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, building knowledge, sharing experience, joint learning, and building capacity in countries
• Develop and cultivate relationships with key stakeholders related to our education work, represent LMH externally, and bring an understanding of education in the context of other influence and advocacy agendas.
• Build a culture of learning, equity, and inclusion, and results in the working teams

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Qualification & Experience

• A master’s degree in education, public health, or another relevant subject (e.g., leadership, management, or instructional learning design)
• Significant years of demonstrated experience in curriculum development, educational pedagogy, competency-based education, and workforce development, in low and middle-income countries.
• Several years of previous management experience, preferably with an integrated team of cross-cultural and remote staff members, managing a portfolio of projects and technical teams to accomplish those projects
• Experience with the technical components of education such as curriculum development, e-learning best practices, adult learning methodologies, interactive content development, active learning, training of trainers, etc.
• An adaptable mindset with the ability to effectively cope with change
• Experience in leading at least one new complex program, taking it from ‘start-up’ to ‘mature’

• You have experience designing projects that support national community health programs or health services delivered at a community level
• You have experience building effective teams and are skilled at motivating and empowering staff members to achieve key performance indicators
• You possess strong influencing skills and have the ability to develop relationships with a variety of stakeholders

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