Banyan Global is an international development consulting firm committed to improving livelihoods through market approaches for a broad and lasting impact. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices in a number of countries, including Nigeria. Banyan Global operates seamlessly across four practice areas: health, economic growth, empowering communities, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning.

Banyan Global is recruiting for a Senior Technical Advisor, Human Resources for Health (HRH) for the anticipated USAID/Nigeria Health Financing and Human Resources for Health. This position will lead efforts to support Federal and State government efforts in Nigeria to strengthen health financing and risk protection.  

The Senior Technical Advisor, Human Resources for Health is accountable for project deliverables and results, implementation, and ongoing monitoring of project activities related to HRH, including fulfillment of technical strategy and vision, project and people management, documentation and reporting, and client and stakeholder relationship management. The position is full-time and based in Abuja with travel to various states and is contingent upon funding. 

• Provide technical leadership and strategy for the strengthening of human resources for health (HRH) management systems, including improving the development and implementation of state/local government area HRH plans; improving health workforce management; effectively utilizing HRH; strengthening academic health institutions; and advocating for an enabling HRH policy environment. 
• Identify best practices in workforce performance management systems that improve productivity and retention of health staff.  
• Support the integration and scaling up of best practices in workforce management. 
• Oversee improvements to in-service training system and performance by supporting the Government of Nigeria in its stewardship role. 
• Maintain strong results focus with partners, and provide regular technical input into, and support for the implementation of work-plans. 
• Ensure project activities are compliant with all award conditions, and state-specific special provisions. 
• Facilitate dialogue between the Federal and State governments and multisectoral partners, including the private sector.  
• Serve as the primary liaison between the project, USAID, and the Nigerian government for activities related to HRH, ensuring effective dialogue and relationships across all stakeholders. 
• Manage a team of staff and consultants to ensure effective performance and institutionalization of expertise.  
• Build and maintain effective collaboration, coordination, and partnerships across key internal and external stakeholders and identify and ensure synergies with other relevant efforts to achieve maximum impact. 

• Master’s degree in public health, health systems, health policy and planning, or related field. 

• Direct relevant experience in designing and implementing HRH programs in the areas of pre-service training, in-service training, human resource information systems, HRH policy research and implementation, HRH leadership strengthening, HRH monitoring and evaluation, and HRH retention. 
• Proven ability to provide technical leadership and support, capacity building and technical assistance on the design and implementation of activities related to HRH.  
• Direct relevant experience in policy design, advocacy, and implementation related to HRH.  
• Proficiency in navigating and understanding the intricacies of health systems and policies in Nigeria, including knowledge of key HRH stakeholders.  
• Experience working with donor agencies and public institutions, particularly USAID, on effective health financing highly preferred.   
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with senior-level colleagues, particularly building productive and collaborative partnerships with government agencies, NGOs, private sector groups, USAID, and international organizations. 

Banyan Global does not discriminate against employees based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender expression. Please apply for the position through our website, https://banyanglobal.com/careers/.