About Deloitte

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About the Division

Our Assurance services go beyond merely meeting statutory requirements. We help our clients perform better and achieve their business objectives. We listen to their needs, think about the business implications and tailor our approach accordingly. In today's changing global economy, businesses need trusted advisors. Because Assurance professionals at Deloitte take the time to understand our clients' business as well as the industries in which they operate, we can help them identify major risks and opportunities over and above performance of the traditional financial reporting function. Our services include:

• Audit
• Accounting and Auditing
• Financial Institutions Services Team
• Capital Markets Team
• Actuarial & Insurance Solutions

About the Role

What you will do / Specialised Skills

• Provide public health technical direction to public health projects with a key focus on advanced analytics
• Manage multiple public health projects running within the team
• Develop public health stakeholder relationships
• Contribute towards and drive public health strategic direction within the team
• Draft public health project proposals and concept notes
•  Develop public health project leads

Key Responsibilities:

• Stakeholder Focus: Leverages a deep understanding of audit and risk advisory services and stakeholder needs to deliver high quality engagements
• Become experts in risk assessments and audit responses: Takes an independent view and contributes heavily in developing and challenging the risk assessment and controls testing strategy and designing appropriate audit responses for risks
• Integrate engagement teams and manage referred work: Collaborates effectively across Deloitte functions to deliver a seamless audit that is responsive to stakeholder needs
• Make appropriate use of tools, guidance and methodology: Provides appropriate guidance to the audit team in relation to the application of tools, guidance and methodology in delivering the audit
• Manage project plans to optimize engagements: Proactively manages the project plan through efficient use of resources and tracking delivery of assigned tasks, guiding team members’ prioritization
• Formulate reasonable judgements and conclusions in order to deliver informative and timely outputs: Uses judgement and consults appropriately when dealing with complex matters, applying an appropriate level of professional skepticism
• Apply Ethical and Professional Standards: Understands their business security, ethical and compliance responsibilities, displaying best practice and actively encouraging appropriate behaviours of engagement teams

Minimum Qualifications     

• Masters in Public Health, Health Economics, Biostatistics or relevant/similar field

Leadership Capabilities

• Living our Purpose - Acts as a role model, embracing and living our purpose and values, and recognizing others for the impact they make
• Talent development - Develops high-performing people and teams through challenging and meaningful opportunities
• Performance drive - Delivers exceptional client service; maximizes results and drives high performance from people while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders
•  Influence - Influences clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people
• Strategic direction - Understands key objectives for clients and Deloitte, aligns people to objectives and sets priorities and direction

Experience Required

• Minimum 5 years on-the-ground experience in public health facilities and projects
• Minimum 5 years experience working within the NGO and donor space
• Strong oral communication and writing skills
• Strong computer literacy and numeracy skills
• Strong project management skills to manage multiple timelines and complete tasks quickly within the constraints of clients’ timelines and budgets.
• Ability to constructively manage and nurture a diverse team