Executive Director

About the Role

The Executive Director will oversee Neotree's operations across 18 healthcare facilities in Malawi and Zimbabwe, ensuring the delivery of the "baby-first" mission. This role will lead the development and execution of Neotree's business model and strategy to scale impact globally.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide high-level oversight of Neotree's operations across 18 healthcare facilities in Malawi and Zimbabwe, ensuring the "baby-first" mission is consistently delivered on the ground
• Lead the development and execution of Neotree's business model and strategy to scale impact globally, ensuring sustainable growth and wider adoption as a digital public good
• Lead, oversee and inspire a multi-disciplinary, multi-country team (UK, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa), fostering a culture of agility, collaboration, and excellence
• Serve as the primary link to the Board of Trustees, providing transparent reporting on risks, financial performance, and strategic progress

This role leads the transition of Neotree from a research-led implementation partner to one able to scale up a digital public good, with the ambition that by 2030 Neotree will be a fully integrated, sustainable standard of care across Malawi and Zimbabwe, having been handed over to and owned by their respective Ministries of Health to end preventable newborn deaths in low-resource settings.

Required qualifications:

• Master's degree (MSc, MPH, MBA) in a relevant field (e.g. Global Health, International Development, Digital Health)
• Proven track record of overseeing delivery of health services and/or health interventions (ideally in low-resource settings)
• Experience of working in partnership with Ministries of Health strengthening health systems
• Proven experience in scaling an organisation or a digital product/health intervention from a pilot phase to a national or regional standard
• Experience of leading multidisciplinary, multi-cultural teams, both in person and remotely
• Experience managing complex grants, and diverse revenue streams (grants, philanthropy, or social enterprise models)

Salary: £80,000 – £90,000 per annum, depending on experience. The role is full-time (40 hours per week) with remote work within 2-3 hours of Central Africa Time (CAT), with approximately quarterly travel (including to Malawi, Zimbabwe and the UK).

Neotree is a mature, award-winning digital learning health system co-designed with frontline clinicians to end preventable newborn deaths in low-resource settings. The UK charity was established by core members of the University College London (UCL) Neotree research project to maximise the impact of their research on the quality of newborn care and newborn mortality.