Public Health/Health Planning/Health Systems Specialist

Closing Date: 13 July 2009

The Technical Resource Centre within LATH manages and bids for short term technical assistance to external clients and provides logistics, contracting, consultant search, and technical services to LATH’s Programme Delivery and Business Development Teams.  We are now looking to recruit:

REF: PER/TRCPHS Full Time, Permanent, £40,142-£42,587p.a., 10% pension contribution

This role will primarily involve the successful candidate contributing towards the tendering and winning of health programmes, delivering consultancy and providing technical oversight to existing programmes and to other consultants.  We are looking for either a public health specialist or health systems specialist or health planning specialist.

It is essential that you have had past experience of working within a project environment together with substantial bid proposal writing experience. Familiarity of working within at least 3 Sub-Saharan African countries.  You will have significant experience of delivering consultancy including evaluations.

An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal and influencing skills, you will have the ability to develop long-term productive relationships with partners and manage within a fast changing working environment.  The ability to work creatively and independently to achieve results is required to operate effectively within this role.

You will have a Masters degree in Public Health/Health Planning or equivalent. A medical degree is desirable but not essential.

Completed applications should be forwarded to hr@lath.com. CV's received without a completed application form will not be considered.

This post will based in Liverpool, UK but regular travel to developing countries, often at short notice is required.

We value diversity and strive to encourage it within our workplace. 

This post will be employed by LATH Management Services Ltd and seconded to LATH.