Health Director

Background/Anera Summary:

Since 1968, Anera has helped refugees and others hurt by conflicts in Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan live with purpose and hope.

Anera, which has no political or religious affiliation, works on the ground with partners in Palestine (West Bank and Gaza), Lebanon and Jordan. We mobilize resources for immediate emergency relief and for sustainable, long-term health, education, and economic development. Our staff serve in their communities, navigating the politics that constrict progress to get help where it’s needed most.

That’s how Anera received more than $171 million in support of programs in 2023 alone, and it’s how we will keep building better lives until hope finds its way in the Middle East.

 Job Overview/Summary:

Since 2023, Anera has been steadily expanding its health portfolio in Gaza and the West Bank, delivering essential services and medicines to people in need. In 2025, Anera became a founding member of the Palestine Healthcare Partnership (PHP), an initiative incubated by Palestine Emerging (PE), taking on leadership of several PE health catalysts, especially in community health. The partnership is formed to enhance coordination between the public, private and NGO sectors to improve the quality and access to healthcare through structural transformation and reform. The partnership is grounded in Anera’s strategic priorities, which are aligned with the Palestinian Authority’s national priorities and the PE Health Blueprint. To translate Anera’s strategic priorities into concrete projects and measurable impact, Anera is strengthening its health team and will be expanding its health programming in the West Bank and Gaza.

As part of the expansion plan, the Health Director will play a pivotal role. We seek a dynamic professional who can shape Anera's refreshed health vision, coordinate multidisciplinary teams across Gaza and the West Bank, and position the organization as a key contributor in strengthening the Palestinian health system. The Director will ensure regular updates of Anera health strategy, and provide leadership across the programme cycle, including strategic planning, programme design, fundraising, and portfolio management.

The health director will also guide business development and resource mobilization to secure the long-term sustainability of Anera's health programme. They will identify and advance catalytic investment opportunities and drive sustainable programme expansion across six thematic domains: service delivery, product donations, workforce development, health technology, critical infrastructure, and blended finance. The role also entails managing Anera's active participation in the Palestine Healthcare Partnership and ensuring tight strategic alignment between Anera's internal health teams and the broader ecosystem of government, NGO, and private-sector stakeholders.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership & Development: Build, mentor, and retain a high-performing health team that delivers on Anera’s vision to catalyse Palestinian health-system transformation.
• Programme Design: Craft and deliver modular, evidence-based health programmes that advance mobile units, tele-health, product donations, and other strategic pillars.
• Business Development & Resource Mobilization: Coordinate domestic and international fundraising, working closely with the U.S. team, to secure diversified and sustainable revenue streams.
• Strategy Development: Lead the bi-annual refresh of Anera’s health strategy, aligning it with emerging needs, partner priorities, and field evidence.
• Portfolio Management: Steer the full health portfolio, setting priorities, coordinating cross-functional teams in Gaza and the West Bank, and ensuring coherence across all interventions.
• Partnership & Advocacy: Represent Anera within the Palestine Healthcare Partnership (PHP) and other fora, brief senior leadership, and cultivate high-value relationships with government, NGO, and private-sector allies.

Key Working Relationships: Anera Country Director, Deputy Country Director-Programs, health team, and relevant operational team

Position Reports to: Deputy Country Director-Programs

Position directly supervises (preliminary, non-exhaustive):

To be confirmed: the health director will be working very closely with the health manager in the short run before building up the health team based on identified capability gaps and needs.

 Other Internal and/or external contacts:

• Internal: Head of programs, health, and operational team
• External: Relevant stakeholders in public, private, and non-profit sectors, including partners from the Palestine Healthcare Partnership (PHP)

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 Qualifications:

 Academic Qualifications:

• A medical degree (MD) or a medicine-related field (e.g., pharmacology) from a recognized institution is desirable.
• A master’s degree in business administration, public health, health policy, or healthcare management is desirable.

 Experience and Skills:

• Minimum 10 years of combined experience in healthcare delivery or management, ideally at an NGO, private hospital, or ministry-level institution, and/or at a private sector institution, at a leading accounting, consulting, or financial advisory firm.
• Relevant experience in strategic planning, program development, investment case design, fundraising, cross-sectoral partnership building, portfolio monitoring, and impact tracking.
• Strong leadership and team management skills with experience overseeing complex health portfolios and resolving complex problems.
• Experience managing strategic program development (e.g., board-level strategy).
• Experience managing fundraising efforts and investment projects (e.g., medical equipment procurement, hospital construction, and expansion).
• Extremely high level of business and financial acumen.
• Experience working in low-resource or conflict-affected settings preferred.
• Familiarity with Palestinian health systems and stakeholders is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Based in Palestine, fluency in Arabic and English is a must.

Our values:

We are inspired: We are committed to energize, engage, and motivate others to forge the best outcomes for the diverse communities we serve.

We are people-centric: We are respectful and empathetic. We believe that each person, no matter their circumstances, embodies promise and has the power to shape the lives of their community and world.

We are collaborative: Teamwork and collaborative action are at the heart of how we do our work and deliver results.

We are versatile: In a region burdened by obstacles, we make the right connections to find a way and bring can-do, innovative approaches to everything we do.

We are impactful: We make a lasting difference in the lives of those we serve by delivering impactful solutions at the local community level.

We are accountable: Our words, actions, and results stay true to our mission and values. 

Interested candidates are requested to send their CVs and cover letters by email to [email protected]. Applications must be received by Thursday, July 3, 2025. Please include "Health Director - Ramallah" in the subject line of your email.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Anera is an equal-opportunity employer.