WAHO Delivery Analyst

Focus of the Role

TBI is supporting the West Africa Health Organisation (WAHO) to strengthen its institutional capacity to respond more effectively to routine public health issues and pandemics.

This work will be focused on improving the capacity of WAHO and its staff to deliver on their mandates and duties. Following the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the public health agenda has never been more important.

The WAHO Delivery Analyst will provide overall support to the WAHO Lead Advisor and Delivery Advisors for the delivery of the project.

This is a two year fixed term role.

Key Responsibilities

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­The key responsibilities of the role include:

Workstream management support

• Support the management of the workstreams from start to finish, including timelines, content, and deliverables
• Support the planning and facilitation of workstream related meetings with counterparts, routines and engagements

Delivery Support

• Support the development and implementation of strategies/frameworks and approaches
• Support the project team in the development of reports, presentations and other relevant documents
• Conduct relevant research and acquire/analyse data to support the project’s workstreams and deliverables

Evaluative support

• Support evaluation of strategies, frameworks and activities to ensure progress and intervention effectiveness
• Proactively identify issues affecting workstream delivery, propose solutions and promptly communicate them to team leader(s)
• Support the successful development and delivery of project goals and deliverables

General support

• Any other duties as assigned by WAHO Delivery Advisors

Person Specification

We are looking for individuals with high levels of enthusiasm, drive, resilience, a can-do attitude and ability to consistently achieve results in a fast-paced environment. This is a role in a fast paced team, working within complex policy areas that are highly scrutinised.

Therefore the successful candidate for the role should be able to display the majority of the following:

• A minimum of two years demonstrated experience in economics, public policy, management consulting, international development, health systems strengthening, etc.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent leadership, coordination and relationship building skills
• An ability to operate and succeed in a highly political environment
• An ability to deliver results in complex and challenging environments
• An ability to operate and succeed in a highly political environment
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, networking and communication skills
• An ability to work independently, think strategically and translate strategies to concrete and implementable plans; an acute attention to detail with excellent organisational skills
• Strong analytical and management skills, including sound knowledge of strategic planning and project management tools
• An ability to communicate in at least one but preferably two of the ECOWAS official languages
• Strong analytical and organisational skills
• Self-starter, motivated and proactive with solutions
• Good knowledge and application of Microsoft Office products Word, Excel and PPT and other relevant software and tools

About The Institute

The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) is a purpose-driven, not-for-profit organisation, with a mission to equip leaders to build open, prosperous and inclusive societies. We believe that politics done well has the power to transform lives. When governments work well, they are able to create economic and social change in a way that promotes fairness, social justice and opportunity. We are optimists, and we work relentlessly to support leaders and governments with the challenges they face: giving them practical solutions and actionable insights, that once implemented, can be transformative for their people.  

We do this within two connected divisions: 

 Government Advisory 

Our Advisory Practice works directly with political leaders and governments around the world to implement reforms that improve the lives of their citizens. It has both non-profit partners and a client base and its outputs cover a range of disciplines and projects across countries in Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and South Asia. We are currently in a rapid expansion phase from c. 18 countries at present, to 30 by December 2022.

 Policy Futures 

Our Policy Futures work encompasses three broad areas: 

• Renewing the Centre: developing a bold and innovative domestic policy programme to help renew the centre ground of British politics; 
• Tech and Public Policy: exploring the policy challenges and opportunities presented by the technological revolution; and 
• Extremism Policy Unit: creating solutions designed to tackle the threat of extremist ideologies in the UK and around the world. 

As an organisation, the core beliefs we all embrace are: 

• Open and Progressive: you’ll believe in the value of teamwork 
• Bold and Pragmatic: you’ll approach everything you do with integrity and authenticity 
• Optimistic Changemaker: you’ll be focused on results 

TBI believes embracing diversity and inclusion make us a better place to work.  It’s our goal to reflect everyone in society and we actively welcome applications from individuals and groups who are under-represented in the workplace. We celebrate difference be it ethnicity, religion, age, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation or disability. We will only ever assess you on your abilities and fit for a role. We’re happy to discuss any adjustments you need to ensure a level playing field during recruitment and, if you\'re successful, discuss any adjustments you might need to thrive in your role.