Chief Operations Officer

Location: Ecopark (Hung Yen province), Hanoi Vietnam

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

Generous travel allowance, plus a competitive salary

13th month payment equivalent to one month’s salary each year

Ongoing commitment to your continuous learning and career development

Alina Vision (AV) is working to bring about a world in which no person will suffer needless blindness or visual impairment. We seek to scale affordable eye care into new markets by launching a global network of eye hospitals. We use a for-profit social enterprise model supported by centralized financing and operational technical assistance. Our surgery centers will deliver high-quality eye care for people of all income groups, actively reaching out to serve those excluded from mainstream healthcare systems. Alina Vision is headquartered in Singapore, and is owned by Australian international development organisation The Fred Hollows Foundation and listed multi-national pharmaceutical organisation ROHTO. Alina Eye Hospital Social Enterprise (AEHSE), Alina Vision’s first eye hospital, is situated in Ecopark (Hung Yen province) and is growing strongly.

About the Position

Reporting into the CEO of AV who is based in Sydney, Australia, the COO is accountable for leading the AV group’s business operations to ensure productivity, efficiency and compliance. Line managing two direct reports based in Hanoi, the COO will operationalise the strategy and will consistently consider - “how can we better prepare the company to scale and grow”.

Responsibilities include:

Collaborate with and support the CEO to set and drive AV’s strategy (both group- & hospital-level strategy), optimise the business model, as well as support fund raising and investor/funder relations;

Lead and oversee AV’s Operations functions to ensure execution and drive continuous improvement. Support the functions led by the Medical Director and Finance Manager in the same way;

Lead group- and hospital-level performance monitoring, analysis and reporting, the latter for both (i) internal and external stakeholders, and (ii) current results and forecasts;

Oversee and manage AV’s risk and control environment, ensuring good governance, effective risk management and full organisational compliance;

Build and maintain trusted relationships with key partners and stakeholders, to further AV’s goals;

Lead the scoping of new initiatives and concepts and, if shown to be feasible, the development of supporting plans. Drive new market and business development, and lead planning and execution; and as an AV Leadership team member, build the AV organisational culture, ensuring team members thrive and organisational outcomes are met

About You!

You are a highly driven and flexible self-starter with a passion for building and continuously improving businesses . As the CEO’s second in charge, this will be a great professional move in your career being provided amazing opportunities representing the CEO and Alina Vision. With advanced commercial acumen, you will bring extensive experience managing different parts of a start-up or high growth organisation and will have a passion for both people and process. Resilient, with a willingness to lead the resolution of a breadth of business issues, you enjoy bringing different departments together, and are able to see both the big picture and the smallest details. With extensive operational experience in the Health Sector, your personal brand will represent and enhance Alina Vision’s profile.

QUALIFICATIONS/ REQUIREMENTS:

7-10 years + proven experience in a COO or similar senior multi-functional role

Bilingual, with excellent Vietnamese and English

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, or related field (Master’s preferred)

Designing, implementing and continuously improving operational functions to deliver improved business (including patient) outcomes

Experience working in or with a hospital network

Experience in / working with an organisation operating cross-border / internationally

Good understanding of governance, risk and compliance

Demonstrated competency in business development and strategic planning

To work at Alina Vision, you will:

Undergo background check including criminal records and qualifications check

Undergo working with children check for positions which are identified as working with children.

How to apply If you are passionate about contributing to the vision of Alina Vision, please submit your resume and cover letter responding to the skills required above and click ‘Apply Now’. For further information on how to apply please visit our website - https://www.alinavision.com/

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Applications Close: 25th of June 2021