Reports to: Chief Medical Officer
Supervises: Health Care Financing Specialist, and the Project Coordinator or Manager for each technical assistance partnership
Location: Somewhat flexible, but requires considerable travel and initially significant portion of the year in Bamako.
About Muso:
Muso is a rapidly growing global health organization, committed that no one should die waiting for health care. Muso partners with government to design, build, test, and scale proactive health care systems. Recently published studies have documented order of magnitude improvements in access to care and child survival in communities Muso serves. These are outlier, extraordinary changes. But they shouldn’t be. The death of a child should be rare everywhere. To make this kind of change the new normal, Muso commits to growing its services over the next five years, through direct health care delivery, research to drive forward the global effort, and technical assistance to governments and their partners, within and beyond Mali. In February, the President of Mali committed to a bold national health care reform, to remake the country’s health care system in the community and at the health center level for Mali’s 19 million people. The government of Mali has asked Muso to serve as their technical support as they now embark upon designing and delivering this historic change.
About the Position:
To this end, Muso is creating a new Technical Assistance Team. This new team will support governments and NGOs to implement methods that Muso has tested, in pursuit of our common goals of universal health care, maternal health and child survival. The Director of Technical Assistance will lead this team, joining Muso’s leadership team and reporting to Muso’s Chief Medical Officer. This position will engage in a cross-cutting way across every department of the organization, tapping the expertise of team members from Research, Program, Learning and Innovation, Development/Partnerships, Finance, and Operations teams to support TA partnerships. The Director of Technical Assistance will lead development and implementation of Muso’s technical assistance strategy, develop technical assistance partnerships, develop and refine Muso’s technical assistance methods, and contribute her/his efforts ensure the success of each of Muso’s TA partnerships. She/he will be a partner who works in a spirit of solidarity and service, assisting partners from design through planning and implementation. Through their service, the Director of Technical Assistance will have the opportunity to play a critical role in pursuing access to health care for tens of millions of people, and advancing the global movement for health equity.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Key Qualifications:
To Apply: Please submit a cover letter and CV to careers@musohealth.org with subject line“Director of Technical Assistance”. We will evaluate candidates on a rolling basis, so it is to the candidate’s advantage to submit as soon as possible. Muso is an equal opportunity employer.
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