The ACT-Accelerator, announced by the WHO Director General and world leaders on the 24th of April, seeks to raise $8bn across diagnostics, vaccines and treatment for COVID as part of the global response to the pandemic.
FIND’s ACT-Accelerator team essentially functions as a ‘start-up’ within FIND, and consequently requires a team with an entrepreneurial ‘roll your sleeves up’ attitude to engage in this high-profile work in a fast-moving environment
The ACT-Accelerator, announced by the WHO Director General and world leaders on the 24th of April, seeks to raise $8bn across diagnostics, vaccines and treatment for COVID as part of the global response to the pandemic.
FIND’s ACT-Accelerator team essentially functions as a ‘start-up’ within FIND, and consequently requires a team with an entrepreneurial ‘roll your sleeves up’ attitude to engage in this high-profile work in a fast-moving environment
This position will require the ability to build relationships and manage a complex network of external stakeholders, while also supporting the operations and management of an internal FIND team.
The primary responsibility of this position is to expand FIND’s country preparedness capabilities by leading work contributing to the ACT-A Diagnostics pillar:
- Programme leadership:
o Develop programme workplans, deliverables, budgets and necessary team structure required to deliver on ACT-A grant objectives with the support of a project manager
- Technical and policy expertise:
o Ensure quality evidence production by ensuring the best of FIND’s technical and scientific expertise is brought to bear in all in-country efforts
o Maintain the right balance between standard and customization of technical and research projects, ensuring feasibility of execution whilst contextualizng to local context and priorities
- External stakeholder management:
o Lead the charge to expand FIND’s existing in-country stakeholder networking by deepening existing and establishing novel relationships with academic institutions, healthcare delivery systems, government stakeholders, and policy-makers globally, with a focus on low and middle income countries
o Ensure that external and in-country stakeholder needs are translated into appropriate priorities and deliverables to support ACT-A’s mission and guiding objectives
- Internal team communication and dynamics:
o Ensure effective communication between external ACT-A partners and internal FIND colleagues, identifying and navigating supporting interdependencies and opportunities as they arise
Education, knowledge, and skill requirements:
- At least 10 years’ professional experience in the public health or related field with at least 5 years’ experience managing a supporting team of colleagues
- English fluent
- Educational requirements: University degree in a related field such as public health, international development or related sciences
To apply
Please mail your motivation letter and CV to hr@finddx.org before 10th December 2020
(But don’t wait until the deadline! We will start screening right away and if we find the right person, we will stop searching.)
Please note that only applicants meeting the profile requirements will be personally contacted.
Applications sent by recruitment agencies will not be considered