Africa Health Placements is a dynamic South African-based social profit organisation working to address the extreme inequities in access to healthcare on the continent through human resource solutions. AHP currently offers culture strategy consulting, health workforce planning, recruitment, workforce retention initiatives and an expanding portfolio of human resources in health advisory services. The organisation’s mission targets health access for the most indigent, partnering governments, civil society and private sector to do so.
AHP defines itself as “social profit” because its work, while mostly donor-funded, delivers profit measured in improved healthcare and social indicators.
Its burgeoning team of approximately 50 professionals, specialists and administrative staff, while mostly based in Johannesburg, are spread throughout the field, both locally and internationally. The team is divided into three capability areas:
Enabling: The purpose of this function is to enable the organisation to deliver pragmatic solutions through fundraising, brand awareness (story telling) and internal infrastructure.
Innovative Planning: The purpose of this function is to take stakeholder requirements and through innovative analysis of data, input from people and research, define pragmatic solutions.
Delivery: The purpose of this team is to find, place and keep healthcare workers in alignment to planned solutions.
Role Purpose:Outputs:
Defining the most innovative approach to solving the need considering the specific context (resources available: money, time and people) and development of the plan(framework for project activities) to deliver the solution in alignment to the approach identified
Mobilising appropriate working groups
Managing implementation of the plan
Monitoring and communicating progress during implementation
Ensuring contractual obligations of the plan are met
Knowledge and Experience:
Data analysis and integration platforms (systems)
Data synthesising
AHP strategy (planning and measurement approaches)
Current SA Healthcare environment
AHP people management processes
Project management
Measurement/data analysis
Communication (internal and external stakeholders)
Intervention planning and design
Problem solving
Conflict management
Education:
Post graduate degree (leadership/ organisational psychology/data analysis)
Behavioural Competencies:
Ability to Connect (listen, identify emotional need, clarify understanding, accept different ideas, ensure language and style serve the relationship);
Ability to Plan (think through approach, use research and information to inform, turn the need into clear and realistic objectives, identify what, when, who and how necessary to achieve objectives, define and document a clear plan);
Ability to Keep People Informed (identify appropriate communication channels, commit to defined dates and time, explain the why, what, how and who, build buy in and confidence by using appropriate language and style, proactive in sharing information);
Ability to Deliver (define commitments clearly, deliver on commitments, deliver when promised, adapt to unforeseen circumstances, remain calm under pressure, maintain healthy perspective, collaborate effectively); and
Ability to Lead for Growth (seek out opportunities to learn, seek out feedback from others on how to improve, share learning’s in a structured way so that others can benefit, encourage new and innovative approaches).