The African Volunteers Health Corps (AVoHC) Kofi Annan Scholars Program 2026 – Strategy Development Expert (AfCDC) for African public health professionals (Fully Funded)

Application Deadline: April 2nd, 2026

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 AVoHC Kofi Annan Scholars Program.  The AVoHC was conceived as a continental mechanism to quickly deploy expert African public health professionals in assist of Member States throughout health emergencies and different precedence public health interventions, strengthening Africa’s collective capability to forestall, detect, and reply to health threats in a well timed and coordinated method.

The Kofi Annan Scholars Program (PHSP) deploys skilled African public health professionals, together with specialists from the African Diaspora, into time-bound, results-oriented placements inside Ministries of Health, National Public Health Institutes, and different strategic nationwide or continental health establishments. These deployments are designed to offer high-level technical help, strengthen methods, assist institutional transformation, and ship clearly outlined outputs aligned with Africa CDC priorities.

Recognizing the African Diaspora because the sixth area of the African Union since 2012, the Scholars Program additionally serves as a structured mechanism to harness diaspora experience in assist of Africa’s health safety, institutional resilience, and sustainable financing for health.

Within this framework, Africa CDC seeks to ascertain a roster of certified Strategy Development Expert below the AVoHC mechanism as part of the Kofi Annan Scholars Program. Inclusion within the roster doesn’t represent recruitment right into a workers place; moderately, it allows paid, time-bound skilled deployments based mostly on programmatic wants, availability of funding, and agreed deliverables. Scholars engaged via this mechanism obtain remuneration and advantages in accordance with relevant AU guidelines, rules, and enumeration tips, reflecting the seniority, experience, and outputs anticipated from the task.

Specific Responsibilities

• Conduct situational analyses and functionality mapping to tell nationwide or institutional strategic path.
• Identify coverage, operational, and useful resource gaps in public health methods and suggest acceptable options.
• Lead or contribute to the drafting of nationwide or institutional methods aligned with AU and country-specific priorities.
• Facilitate strategic planning consultations and co-creation workshops with related stakeholders.
• Develop strategic frameworks, roadmaps, implementation instruments, and monitoring mechanisms.
• Produce high-quality technical paperwork, coverage briefs, and planning steering.
• Support international locations in useful resource mobilization, associate coordination, and integration of strategic initiatives.
• Contribute to the design of monitoring, analysis, and studying (MEL) methods to trace progress and affect.

Academic Requirements and Relevant Experience

• Master’s or Doctoral diploma in Public Health, Health Policy, Health Systems Management, Strategic Planning, or a associated subject.
• At least 7 years of expertise in strategic planning, nationwide coverage growth, or institutional reform within the public health sector.
• Demonstrated expertise in main or contributing to technique growth processes is required.
• Strong understanding of health methods and coverage environments throughout Africa.
• Proven skill to develop and implement nationwide strategic frameworks or plans.
• Experience working with Ministries of Health, NPHIs, growth companions, and civil society.
• Familiarity with Africa CDC’s initiatives and AU strategic paperwork (e.g., Agenda 2063) is a bonus.
• Excellent strategic writing and coverage communication expertise.

Required Skills

Functional Skills

• Advanced expertise in coverage evaluation, strategic planning, and institutional growth.
• Ability to translate technical insights into actionable technique paperwork.
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement expertise.
• Proficiency in managing multi-stakeholder processes.

Personal Abilities

• High resilience and adaptableness in dynamic or resource-constrained settings.
• Strong emotional intelligence and cultural sensitivity.
• Capacity to work independently whereas sustaining efficient staff collaboration.
• Commitment to service, integrity, and affect.

Language Requirement:

• Proficiency in not less than one AU working language (English, French, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili).
• Knowledge of two or extra extra AU working languages is an added benefit.

Notes

The Team Members shall be deployed on on-call foundation, based mostly on the necessity. The Africa CDC will decide the period of deployment in session with member state authorities. 

TENURE OF APPOINTMENT:
The Kofi Annan Scholars – AVoHC Team Members shall be deployed on an on-call foundation, based mostly on request from member states. The Africa CDC will decide the period of deployment in session with member state authorities. 

Benefits

• Stipend supplied for the period of deployment.
• All journey, lodging, and deployment-related bills lined by Africa CDC.
• Opportunity to work on high-impact assignments with authorities and regulatory authorities throughout Africa.
  

REMUNERATION:
This is a name for AVoHC membership. Successful candidates aren’t entitled to any financial incentives throughout membership.  However, in the course of the task, deployed specialists may have rights to the next:

• Economic class round-trip tickets and different journey associated bills;
• Health insurance coverage in the course of the deployment interval;
• Stipend , communications, Incidentals and Risk allowance;
• Accommodation allowance in case of deployment exterior of the town of residence;
• Certificate of recognition of your contribution on the finish of deployment;
• Advantages of turning into an AVoHC member.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the AVoHC Kofi Annan Scholars Program