Associate Director, Centre for Health Innovation and Impact

The role

The Associate Director provides senior institutional and operational leadership for the Centre for Health Innovation and Impact. This person translates strategic direction into institutional systems, programmes, and capabilities while coordinating with African Leadership University structures.

What you will do

• Translate CHII strategy into annual priorities and implementation plans
• Coordinate the establishment of approved programmes and institutional capabilities
• Monitor implementation of the Centre strategy
• Serve as CHII principal operational representative across ALU structures
• Lead engagement with Finance, People, Legal, Procurement, Student Life, Academic Affairs, and Communications
• Coordinate annual planning, management reporting, and internal governance
• Develop and maintain operating systems, SOPs, and knowledge-management practices
• Coordinate development and implementation of short courses, workshops, and learning labs
• Coordinate implementation of approved applied research and knowledge agenda
• Operationalise strategic partnerships and translate resource mobilisation priorities into actionable pipelines

Required qualifications

• 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
• Demonstrated experience working in complex organisations with significant cross-functional coordination requirements
• Experience translating strategy into implementation plans, systems and organisational capabilities
• Experience managing teams, budgets, programmes and institutional stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience supporting resource mobilisation, partnership development and organisational growth

Nice to have

• Experience in healthcare, higher education, development or innovation ecosystems

About the company

ALU provides higher education for a higher purpose where students develop real-world skills to take on the world's most pressing challenges. The institution believes in the power and agency of young people to shape the future.