About NEST360 Alliance

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• Hub operates successfully as a leading organisation in neonatal health in Africa.
  

• Sustained multi year funding and diversified funding portfolio for NEST360.
  

• Expansion of implementation to new countries while transitioning out of countries that have achieved sustained impact.
  

• Efficient management of board operations and support.
  

• NEST360 interventions, policies, and best practices embedded in national systems.
  

• NEST360 is a leading voice in newborn health advocacy in Africa.
  

• Operates within a politically nuanced, multi-country public health environment.
  

• Works across a broad alliance of academic institutions, NGOs, governments, and donors.
  

• For the hub, impact is achieved primarily through technical assistance, coordination, fundraising, and strategic leadership rather than direct program implementation.
  

• Decisions often involve ambiguity, competing priorities, and long-term consequences for reputation and sustainability.
  

• Funding is donor-dependent and, therefore, can be unpredictable and change quickly at times.
  

Internal: Global Fiduciary Board; Senior management team of the hub (direct reports); Hub staff across functions.

External: Ministries of Health and government stakeholders; Donors and philanthropic partners; Alliance member organisations and country leadership teams; Multilateral agencies and regional bodies.

Profile

• Experience: Extensive senior leadership experience (15+ years) leading complex, medium to large development, NGO, or public interest organisations.
  

• Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of public health systems and the ability to operate credibly in health-sector discussions. Clinical or neonatal technical expertise is not required, although it is an advantage.
  

• Education: Master’s, MD/MBBS, or Doctoral-level degree in relevant fields or Bachelor’s with demonstrated significant relevant experience.
  

• Regional Expertise: Proven track record of navigating health systems in sub-Saharan Africa and working with governments, leading multi-country and/or multi-partner programs in Africa. Preferred: citizen of any African country.
  

• Financial Acumen: Demonstrated fundraising capability and donor relations experience, and experience overseeing large-scale, multi-year budgets.
  

• Stakeholder Engagement: Demonstrated experience collaborating with ministries of health, donors, NGOs, academic institutions, and other partners in public health with proven success leading in multistakeholder, politically complex environments.
  

• Strategic and Political Acumen: Diplomacy, influence without authority, ability to build and foster strategic partnerships.
  

• Emotional Intelligence: Relationship building, conflict management, ability to motivate others, and effective communication skills.
  

• Startup Mindset: Comfortable building systems from scratch in a fast-paced, evolving environment, often with ambiguity and complexity.
  

• Strategic Execution: Able to think “big picture” and organise diverse governing bodies to pursue the same and translate vision into execution.
  

• Problem Solver: Creative and adaptive leader with evidence-based practice and innovative approaches.
  

• Ethics: Transparency, integrity, good judgment, and accountability.