Overview
This role provides technical expertise and project support within the health portfolio, focusing on needs assessments, health infrastructure implementations, equipment specifications, installation support, and capacity-building efforts.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct technical assessments and stakeholder consultations to identify health system service gaps and needs.
- Evaluate medical assets/systems' operational performances and produce reports.
- Define and review medical equipment technical specifications, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards.
- Prepare cost estimates for medical equipment.
- Support in drafting Terms of Reference (TORs) for consulting services within the healthcare sector.
- Review and verify deliverables submitted by consulting firms.
- Coordinate project implementation through site visits and surveys.
- Participate in technical evaluation assignments for medical equipment and health facility installations.
- Supervise equipment installation, testing, commissioning, and handover.
- Support the development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and operation manuals for medical equipment.
Required Experience
Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in hospital planning, medical waste management, medical equipment specification, and installation or similar fields.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) preferably in Biomedical Engineering or a closely relevant discipline, with 7 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any of the above or related fields with 5 years of relevant experience.
