Associate Director, Centre for Health Innovation and Impact

About the role

The Associate Director provides senior institutional and operational leadership for the Centre for Health Innovation and Impact (CHII), translating the Executive Director's strategic direction into effective institutional systems, programmes and capabilities. The role is the principal lead for CHII's internal engagement with African Leadership University and ensures the Centre operates effectively within ALU's organisational, financial, people, academic and governance structures. It is not an administrative support role and carries delegated authority for Centre-level coordination and decision-making.

Key responsibilities

• Turn CHII's strategy into annual priorities, implementation plans and milestones, and coordinate the establishment of approved programmes and capabilities
• Act as CHII's operational representative, leading engagement with Finance, People, Legal, Procurement, Student Life, Academic Affairs and Communications, and coordinating annual planning, reporting and governance
• Build operating systems, SOPs and knowledge-management practices, and resolve bottlenecks, escalating major matters to the Executive Director
• Coordinate short courses, workshops and learning labs, and develop competency frameworks and curriculum inputs
• Coordinate applied research, policy briefs, case studies and sector reports, including initiatives such as the Health Systems Scoring Index
• Operationalise strategic partnerships, turn resource mobilisation priorities into a pipeline of funding opportunities and proposals, and track funding and sustainability commitments
• Lead staff supervision, performance management, recruitment, onboarding, professional development and succession planning
• Support the Africa Health Collaborative's institutional delivery and internal grant portfolio

Required profile

• Master's degree in Public Health, Global Health, Healthcare Management, Business Administration, Programme Management or a related field
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in programme, institutional or organisational leadership
• Experience in complex organisations with cross-functional coordination, and in translating strategy into implementation plans and systems
• Experience managing teams, budgets, programmes and institutional stakeholders
• Experience in healthcare, higher education, development or innovation ecosystems strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience in resource mobilisation, partnership development and organisational growth

Required skills

• Strategy execution and organisational leadership
• Cross-functional coordination and operational management
• Financial and resource management
• Risk management, change management and executive communication