Senior Nursing Advisor, Africa Region

Description

• Develop and execute PIH nursing vision and strategy in collaboration with Chief Nursing Officer and ensure strategy is reflective of care delivery site priorities
• Support and integrate nursing leaders into other PIH work streams to ensure representation across the organization
• Accompany care delivery nursing and midwifery leadership around efforts to strengthen nursing profession and advance nursing leadership
• Provide mentorship and support to build current and emerging nursing leadership capacity directly at care delivery sites
• Integrate site strategies into the PIH strategic plan and nursing strategy
• Identify opportunities for interprofessional collaboration with various PIH teams and departments
• Provide strategic planning and development to support ministries of health, nursing and midwifery councils to advance and strengthen nursing and midwifery practice and professionalization

• Position PIH as a global nurse leader at high level meetings with external partners and conferences
• Develop and steward relationships with leading global nursing organizations
• Raise the visibility of nursing and midwifery internally and externally
• Manage academic partnerships in alignment with PIH strategic priorities and site needs, identifying gaps and opportunities for partner involvement or new partners when appropriate
• Disseminate the outcomes of PIH nursing and midwifery activities through webinars, manuscripts, conferences and speaking engagements 
• Participate and engage in thought partnership with the PIH nursing and midwifery advisory board and steering committee

• Liaise with ministries of health and in-country regulatory bodies to promote, support and advance nursing and midwifery education and practice concerns
• Identify key opportunities for PIH nursing engagement ​and leverage strong nurses across PIH care delivery sites
• Lead efforts to demonstrate impact of nursing and midwifery to support policy & advocacy strategy working across departments

• Promote systems and clinical innovation that support evidence-based practice and patient safety
• Provide technical expertise in the areas of clinical program development, management, training, implementation, and evaluation
• Generate opportunities for professional development, growth and clinical expertise

• Engage and manage individual donors specific to nursing
• Provide technical input during the development of proposals and technical reviews
• Collaborate with the Development team on future and current funding opportunities

• Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, or PhD in nursing or related field preferred
• At least 5 years of clinical bedside practice
• 5 years of demonstrated experience in public health, public administration, health care management, or international development
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with maturity and poise to effectively interact across a diversity of stakeholders
• Demonstrated competence to assess priorities and manage a variety of activities in a time-sensitive and complex environment and to meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality.
• Ability to travel internationally 50% time between Africa-based care delivery sites (Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone)
• Interest in social justice strongly desirable
• Strong sense of accountability, personal initiative, and responsibility
• Remote working experience preferred
• Experience living/working in limited resourced environments for extended periods of time