Jhpiego Senior Regional Project Advisor Jobs in Kenya

Jhpiego Senior Regional Project Advisor Jobs in Kenya

Overview

The Senior Regional Project Advisor will have the overall responsibility for keeping the project on scope, delivered on time and within budget. S/he will lead the management of and reporting on the implementation, making key decisions and solving problems in short timeframes while ensuring operational and program quality and integrity.

This includes ensuring effective organizational management and communication interacting with other projects, Ministry of Health, County Health Management Teams (CHMTs), and national and district stakeholders.

S/he will ensure timely and cost-effective project implementation, reporting of activities, and will be responsible for all project deliverables to the donor. S/he will supervise a team of highly qualified staff and will report to the Country Director. S/he will also liaise, coordinate and work closely with the US based team and especially the Project Director to ensure optimal project outcomes.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and strategic direction to ensure programmatic and financial integrity of project and to achieve rapid and sustained project goals, objectives and targets

Ensure compliance with the project award results and the oversight of project activities to achieve the stated goal, outcomes and outputs

Provide regional technical support to Nigeria and Zambia to ensure successful startup and implementation, drawing on lessons learned from Smiles for Mother’s Project and AMPLI-PPHI

Mentor Kenya AMPLI-PPHI staff appropriately to support continued excellence in project implementation

Develop and maintain strong working relationships and alliances with the Kenya Ministry of Health, especially Reproductive Health/Maternal Health/Community Health and District Health Management Teams, as well as other maternal health implementing partners, private sector partners and other key stakeholders in Kenya to maximize resources and avoid duplication of effort

Collaborate closely with project partners, PATH and FIGO to ensure effective coordination between across implementation efforts

Collaborate closely with Ministry of Health across all levels to ensure streamlined implementation to achieve project goal, outcomes and outputs

Represent Jhpiego’s interests and present progress, achievements and lessons learned to key Kenyan stakeholders and implementing partners in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations

Provide technical leadership in the design, analysis, and synthesis of interventions

Ensure the quality and sustainability of interventions particularly in the areas of PPH coverage, implementation research and access to quality medicines

Drive project implementation towards sustainability, replication and scale up from Day 1 working closely with key stakeholders to build on to what is already in place as well as position key partners to expand efforts put in place under this project.

Directly implement the project scalability plan, working closely with the Ministry of Health, and other key counterparts

Participate in relevant national technical advisory groups with counterparts and partner institutions

Lead the annual work planning process in close collaboration with project leadership, Unitaid, Ministry of Health, District Health Management Teams, project team and project partners

Oversee preparation of periodic project reports to donor

Mentor, support, supervise and manage a team of highly qualified staff and align their efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results

Write and/or review technical components of materials and publications related to integrated health and its development

Ensure resources for project implementation are available

Work with finance and

project staff to develop and track project budgets

Work closely with all technical staff including clinical Technical Advisors, Market Shaping Advisors to help support high quality outcomes and technical integrity of the project.

Work with Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) staff to generate and document data; b) conduct data analysis; c) document results to guide future implementation; and d) any necessary course corrections.

Ensure compliance with Unitaid operational policies and regulations

Required Qualifications

Degree in medicine, public health or a related field

10 years' experience in successfully implementing successful activities in areas such as maternal, newborn and child health, reproductive health, care and treatment and health systems strengthening

Understanding of the Kenya social and political context, and developments in the health sector

Expertise in research to practice—identifying best practices and adapting them to project realities

Previous experience working in Kenya, with intimate understanding of local health system and health systems strengthening, malaria care and treatment, and maternal, neonatal and child health care gaps and opportunities, and solid relationships at government agencies

Proven ability to steer at least 2 PPH project implementation successfully, as shown by results

Demonstrated programming, management and technical skills

Experience developing strategic and tactical plans in cooperation with others who represent a wide range of interests and needs

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Fluent in written and spoken English

Proven expertise in providing technical assistance

Knowledge:

Strong demonstrable programming, management and technical skills in MNH

Excellent verbal, written communications and presentation skills

Computer literacy, particularly in the use of MS word, Excel and PowerPoint

Familiarity with international donor policies and administrative procedures

A team player accustomed to building team capacity, delegating working teams and developing communities of learning among host-country partners and counterpart

Ability to travel nationally and internationally

Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and pressure to perform

Abilities/Skills:

Ability to coach, mentor and develop technical capacity in national programs and technical staff

Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple projects/tasks, short deadlines, competing deadlines and intense pressure to perform

Ability to interact with established networks of senior level international health professionals, donors, universities and other partners

Appreciation for socio-cultural differences in countries, preferably having lived and worked in one or more low resource settings

Awareness of, sensitivity to, and experience in working in multiple socio-economic settings and with multi-cultural staff and groups

Ability to develop productive working relationships with counterparts in other agencies and organizations nationally

Excellent skills in facilitation, team building and coordination

Experience managing a budget

Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

How to Apply

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