Principal Consultant
Management Sciences for Health
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Abuja • 🇳🇬 Nigeria
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Lead
About the role
- Serve as a strategic advisor to ministries of health, donor agencies, and NGOs on health systems strengthening, financing, and governance
- Lead the design of policy, financing, or service delivery reforms to improve population health outcomes
- Translate government and donor priorities into actionable work streams with measurable impact
- Oversee planning, implementation, and evaluation of major health and governance projects
- Manage deliverables, budgets, and timelines across multiple concurrent projects
- Ensure high-quality outputs that respond to client and stakeholder expectations
- Lead and directly supervise a team of consultants and analysts, managing workloads, performance, and professional development
- Mentor junior and mid-level staff to strengthen technical and consulting skills
- Manage resource allocation across multiple projects to balance MAS’ operational priorities
- Build trusted relationships with bilateral and multilateral donors, global health institutions, and philanthropic foundations
- Identify new opportunities in global health and governance; lead proposal writing, pitch presentations, and scope development
- Act as the senior point of contact for LMIC government clients, donors, and implementing partners
- Publish research, policy briefs, or blogs and represent MAS at international forums and technical working groups
Requirements
- A minimum of 10 years in consulting, public health, or health sector reform, including leadership experience in LMIC contexts
- Demonstrated expertise in at least one of: health financing, sector-wide approaches (SWAPs), donor transition planning, or global health governance
- Experience managing multidisciplinary teams of consultants, advisors, and country partners
- Strong communication and facilitation skills with government and multilateral stakeholders
- Entrepreneurial mindset suitable for a small but growing advisory firm/business line
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task and manage multiple competing priorities across time zones
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, consultants, and volunteers in multicultural environments
- Ability to travel to and work in countries in which MSH operates
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
health systems strengtheninghealth financingsector-wide approachesdonor transition planningglobal health governancepolicy designservice delivery reformsproject managementbudget managementproposal writing
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationfacilitationorganizational skillsmulti-taskingcollaborationmentoringrelationship buildingentrepreneurial mindsetperformance management