Ability to operate effectively within the Department of Health and national government; effectively manage people, resources, and risk.

Utilizes and optimizes resource allocation within approved budget

• Utilizes and manages people, technology, legal and other resources to achieve outcomes

• Demonstrates an understanding of budget and funding process and how to optimize resource allocation within these constraints

Anticipates resource needs and matches it to existing budget realities

• Identifies current and future resource needs based on organizational goals, priorities, competing resource needs across initiatives, and budget realities

• Uses logical method for organizing and analyzing information

• Prepares management plan (office or unit level) aligned to DOH’s strategic direction and resource available

• Collects and maintains relevant information for management and operations planning

Makes effective and transparent decisions on routine and crisis situation based on gathered and examined information

• Works within the legal and ethical boundaries

• Acts decisively by gathering integrating and analyzing sufficient, relevant information from various sources, to make effective, timely and transparent decisions, both in routine and crisis situations

• Uses expertise in policies and procedures to identify problems, and makes recommendations for addressing these through communications, job aids, learning and development opportunity, etc.

• Develops communication plans to management team including agenda, activities, tasks, and persons responsible for the implementation of DOH’s policies and programs

• Prepares Progress and Evaluation reports with recommendations

Applies management principles to ensure that actions and decisions are aligned with organizational priorities

• Maintains and applies a broad understanding of financial management principles to ensure decision are fiscally sound, responsible and is aligned with organizational priorities

• Proactively identifies potential risks and develops, plans, and implements measures to avoid, mitigate or minimize risks

• Uses influence and negotiation skills to advocate or defend decisions as necessary

• Applies legal and ethical principles to advocate human and societal well-being

• Appraises status of development targets and programs, applying valued and experienced judgment to ensure that any budget changes are aligned with policy objectives

• 4: Medical Officer V