ICT Coordinator Nigeria

The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) is looking to hire a senior information and communications technology (ICT) professional to coordinate activities related to the creation of an enabling ICT environment in support of the Saving One Million Lives (SOML) initiative.

The Senior ICT Coordinator will support the completion of an ICT baseline inventory and development of a national eHealth framework. He/she will work within the FMOH and report to the Senior Special Assistant to the Minister of State for Health. He/she will coordinate activities with key ministry partners and federal agencies, including the National Primary Health Care for Development Agency (NPHCDA) and SURE-P, and serve as a point of contact with key development partners, including the mHealth Alliance, Intel, GSMA, BBC World Trust, World Bank, and MDG Health Alliance.

• Contribute to the baseline inventory of ongoing e/mHealth activities, capacity, and demand, including the NPHCDA  MSS program
• Support the development of an eHealth Strategy within SOML
• Perform an eHealth policy review
• Assess gaps and critical roadblocks to the scale-up of existing e/mHealth solutions
• Interface with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MICT) in the application of the 2012 MICT National ICT Framework to eHealth
• Participate in and support the cross-sectoral SOML ICT Technical Advisory Group and derivative working groups that will drive strategy development and consensus process
• Facilitate stakeholder consultations
• Review in-coming ICT-related proposals by international and local partners
• Advise on the selection of ICT program, strategy, and partnership development

• Outstanding academic credentials.  Masters level or other relevant graduate degree in Health Informatics preferred.
  • Minimum 5 years ICT development, implementation or project management experience, with international field work with key development partners strongly preferred
  • Deep knowledge of the health programmatic use of mobile communication technologies and the telecommunications industry
  • Experience with both private and public sector in Nigeria
  • Exceptional analytical and communication (written and verbal) skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and communicate effectively with people of varied professional, cultural, and educational backgrounds.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset, including ability to think strategically, operate independently, self-motivate, be flexible, and set and achieve ambitious targets
  
  
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