AMREF Head of Markets Jobs in Kenya

Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and has since grown to become the largest African based international health development organisation; currently implementing more than 140 programs, directly reaching more than 12 million people across 35 African countries. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Amref Health Africa has offices in eight countries in Africa, namely, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, South Sudan, Zambia and Senegal.

About SEMA Reproductive Health

Shaping Equitable Market Access for Reproductive Health – SEMA Reproductive Health – is a new, innovative partnership that aims to transform SRH markets so that people everywhere have sustained access to comprehensive, quality, and affordable SRH products. It emerged from a
collective reflection by partners that although we have made tremendous improvements in SRH markets, we need to do business differently moving forward.

To that end, SEMA has been designed to strengthen countries’ and global partners’ capacities to build healthier, more equitable, and more resilient SRH markets to ensure sustained access to comprehensive, quality and affordable SRH products and services. To do so, SEMA will focus on aligning and strengthening efforts across geographies and private and public sectors through three core focuses:

Proactively monitor SRH market health by aggregating, analyzing, and monitoring market data
to develop a holistic, unified view of user demand and current market supply of different SRH markets across regions and sectors to generate critical insights that can drive strategy & execution

Identify market barriers across geographies and co-design strategic solutions, tapping the unique strengths of existing networks and organizations in-country and globally to align on the most strategic approach

Support countries and global partners to finance and implement interventions including helping governments mobilize domestic funding against the problems, crowding in new players, directly funding market interventions and encouraging coordination of global investments to drive impact.

Job Purpose

The Head of Markets is responsible for leading how SEMA supports and partners with countries and global partners to prioritize market problems, design solutions, and coordinate interventions to overcome market problems. This approach should keep in mind how to keep countries in the driver’s seat, how to leverage and build the ecosystem, how to align and coordinate with others effectively, but also how to break bad habits/practices, try new strategies, and design for the future.

Reporting Structure

The Head of Markets will report directly to SEMA’s Executive Director. This role is one of three to four key Senior Management Team roles reporting to the Executive Director that will be hired within the first 6 months. Within the first year, this role will be leading a team of five to seven staff and overseeing investments with different partners.

Key Area

Leadership/Strategy

• Oversee the development and evolution of SEMA’s vision and approach to:

Drive a collaborative process to develop a working definition/framework/scorecard to assess the health of SRH markets that can be applied to global and country SRH markets to guide strategic direction.

Work in priority countries to align with local stakeholders around understanding and developing strategies to improve local SRH markets and identify how SEMA can complement the work of others while supporting countries to be stewards of their public and private SRH markets.

• Translate the above in collaboration with other SEMA Management Team into a strategic plan for market activities; track, adapt, and update the strategic plan over time.

• Present and gather feedback on SEMA market strategy and activities with the Technical Oversight Committee.

• Develop and present market strategy updates and
recommendations to Governing Body as necessary
Country Market Strategy Program Oversight

• Recruit SEMA Country Leads in each priority country (in conjunction with Ministries of Health and other local stakeholders) to serve as SEMA’s primary points of engagement in each country

• Oversee Country Leads to ensure they are effectively engaging with country stakeholders, participating in local processes, and gathering
information to:

Understand the local market context, support a country-led process to develop a market strategy, and identify priorities for how SEMA could complement the work of others to advance the
country’s market strategy. Leverage this information

to translate into SEMA’s workplan (objectives, metrics, and budget) for different geographies.

Identify, propose, develop and manage investment opportunities to support the local country market strategy.

• Oversee the SEMA country representatives and ensure they are learning and sharing best practices from each other in country engagement /support.

• Document and share any lessons learned on how to optimize country market strategy engagement with the SEMA Management Team to continuously learn and improve the approach moving forward

Global Market Strategy Program Oversight

• Define, develop, and implement SEMA’s approach to monitor the health of SRH markets, identify market problems, and drive collective action to tackle the market problem with an eye towards
addressing both short-term and longer-term needs as the organization gets off the ground.

• For prioritized multi-country market problems, drive process with SEMA Executive Director and other stakeholders to mobilize additional resources to finance the necessary market solutions

• Oversee process to develop and manage contracts, budgets, investments and other activities to execute the work and report progress

Communications/ Stakeholders

• Synthesize and communicate SEMA’s country and global market strategy approach with key stakeholders – including countries, technical experts, and key stakeholders – to build awareness and alignment, gather feedback, and develop partnerships

• Document progress, challenges and lessons learned to share with the working groups, Technical Oversight Committee, SEMA Governing Body, and SEMA Management Team as appropriate

Organizational Development

• Collaborate with other SEMA Management Team members to align workplans and activities (e.g., data & analytics, MLE) for organizational effectiveness and impact

• Participate and contribute to Management Team to support veffective launch and evolution of SEMA organization including providing input on business model, staffing, and strategic priorities

Minimum Qualification Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience working in market dynamics with understanding of global and country market dynamics (financing/procurement flow, product introduction, public/private service delivery, etc.)

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Medicine, Public Health, Social Sciences or a
related field

• Demonstrated experience developing and managing complex partnerships across key global donors and implementing organisations related to market areas

• Demonstrated success developing and managing complex partnerships with African country
governments related to market areas

• Experience developing and managing complex market partnerships with pharmaceutical developers and/or manufacturers

• Experience designing and managing working groups and partnerships among diverse sets of players to align on a common strategic direction and execute against the strategy

• Experience working in sexual & reproductive health & rights markets specifically in low- and
middle-income countries (LMIC)

• Demonstrated experience recruiting and managing multi-cultural team

Skills and Competencies

• Entrepreneurial and creative mindset: track record in building new initiatives, entities, and/or teams

• Ability to think strategically (where are we going, how to organize the work) and drive project
management (plan and manage numerous processes and projects simultaneously and meet deadlines)

• Ability to work independently in an ambiguous and changing environment

• Eagerness to contribute and collaborate to management team working in a start-up environment (i.e., enjoy creating, can be leader and execute on operational tasks where needed)

• Excellent written and communication skills, including areas of presentation and reporting
writing, with experience presenting to multi-cultural and executive level bodies

• Demonstrated effectiveness to work in a multi-cultural work environment and committed to promoting an inclusive culture where everyone is valued and belongs

• Deep personal commitment to sexual & reproductive health & rights, including the right to safe abortion for all who need it

• Language proficiency: English (required); French (highly desirable)

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; AMREF Head of Markets Jobs in Kenya

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