Senior Technical Advisor
4 weeks ago
Amref Health Africa in Kenya is the country programme office of Amref Health Africa, Africa’s largest International Health NGO. This is the largest and oldest country programme in Africa with an average annual budget of USD 40million.
ABOUT YOU
You are a leader who understands how to inspire and guide teams, fostering collaboration, and driving towards common ambitious goals. You are a clear and concise communicator who uses your skills to engage and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders, conveying strategies, and ensure alignment across various levels of the healthcare system. You are able to think strategically to understand, analyze and influence the broader healthcare landscape, identifying opportunities for improvement, and developing long-term plans to address challenges.
You also are a strong project manager who is able to use the skills in planning, implementing, and evaluating programme interventions effectively, while ensuring adherence to timelines and budgets. We know that the health sector is dynamic, and thus you are adaptable to respond to changes and challenges but still having an eye on the goal which is the key to success.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Project Management
Provide management and technical expertise, oversee coordination, and supervise activities within the Learning for Life programme, ensuring alignment with programme goals and objectives.
Lead discussions to guide the implementation of the programme, offering insights and recommendations based on technical expertise.
Offer technical and operational support across all phases of the programme, ensuring seamless integration and alignment with the multi-country programme.
Conduct regular risk assessments, identifying potential obstacles and developing mitigation strategies to ensure programme success and minimize disruptions to activities.
PHC Health Care Workers Employment
Steer conversations with the stakeholders including National and County Governments, Regulatory Bodies, and training institutions to co-develop, review, and adapt country-specific curricula responsive to training and healthcare ecosystem needs.
Facilitate the establishment of knowledge exchange platforms to promote south-to-south and peer-to-peer learning and communities of practice among primary healthcare workers.
Support young health workers through mentorship programmes and scholarships to enhance specialized or advanced skills, including soft skills relevant to the health ecosystem.
Facilitate the development and review of regulations at national and regional levels to facilitate cross-border labor movement and ensure harmonization of curricula and qualifications.
Health Entrepreneurship Support
Lead strategic mapping and vetting of health and related-sector entrepreneurship opportunities, leveraging the Social Health Insurance Fund.
Provide comprehensive support to health workforce and affiliated entrepreneurs in business development, focusing on supply chain optimization.
Drive development, testing, and scaling of innovative business models such as Social Franchising and Social Marketing in healthcare.
Establish and nurture inter-university social entrepreneurship networks in collaboration with tertiary institutions.
Monitoring, Evaluation Research and Learning
Support monitoring and evaluation processes to assess programme progress, ensure accountability, determine impact, and facilitate organizational learning.
Support management of health data monitoring and audit activities, ensuring accurate reporting in various systems including iHRIS, National Health Workforce Accounts, CHW registry, and project-based tools.
Take the lead in documenting, institutionalizing, and disseminating achievements, best practices, and lessons learned from health activity implementation.
Support comprehensive in-country assessments and collaborate with regional team to identify knowledge and skills gaps in the health ecosystem, guiding strategic planning.
Support in conducting and applying research to inform the implementation of best practices in health interventions.
Health Ecosystem
Lead stakeholder policy engagement initiatives, including with youth, to address identified gaps within the health sector.
Support the project steering committee at country level;
Develop and maintain strong, collaborative partnerships with health sector entities, government counterparts, regulators, and county stakeholders to ensure effective programme implementation.
Represent the organization at national and county-level technical meetings, conferences, and workshops, collaborating with other Amref Projects to support the co-design and institutionalization of project interventions.
Programme Development
Actively participate or lead programme concept development and proposals for fundraising.
Engage in strategic partnerships towards programme development
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Professional Qualifications
University degree in health sciences or healthcare management.
Master’s degree in health or social sciences is preferable. Additional years of relevant programme management experience combined with a Bachelor’s Degree can substitute the requirement for a Master’s Degree
Required Experience
A minimum of 5 years relevant health system strengthening experience.
Demonstrated experience in project management.
Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary teams is an advantage.
Experience in implementing development programmes is an advantage
Experience in implementing in the private sector is an advantage;
Experience in delivering technical assistance and/or institutional capacity building is an asset.
Proficiency in report writing, and presentation skills.
Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required
Skills and Competencies
Strategic thinking and leadership skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Good coordination, problem solving and networking skills
Excellent stakeholder engagement skills
Excellent report writing skills
Decision making and problem-solving skills
Ability to work under pressure, and within strict time limits
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