Summary
Date Posted: Friday, September 24, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
PharmAccess Foundation is dedicated to affordable access to quality health care in Africa, by stimulating investments through partnerships with the private sector and government institutions. This group of non-profit organizations has a shared goal, working towards achieving inclusive health care for Africa. In doing so, we contribute to healthier populations, social and economic development.
Our integrated approach consists of complementary initiatives that aim to increase investments and resources, efficiency and effectiveness within the healthcare system. By combining standards for quality improvement (SafeCare), loans for healthcare providers (Medical Credit Fund), health plans (health insurance), mHealth, in-depth impact research and advocacy, we simultaneously stimulate the demand for and supply of health care for the informal sector.
The approach of PharmAccess has helped shape the agenda for health financing and delivery, as evidenced by recognitions by the UN, the G20, the World Economic Forum and the OECD. PharmAccess has offices in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana and the Netherlands.
For its operation in Kenya, PharmAccess has a vacancy for the position of a Business Advisor.

The Position
TASKS and Responsibilities
Underwriting
• The BA will participate in implementation or supervision of underwriting activities. The partner banks will apply their own intake and appraisal policies and can independently approve loan requests. However, for the MCF to back up a loan approval through underwriting, it has to apply its own endorsement policies which mostly deal with eligibility and quality considerations. In specific cases the banks may request the MCF to also participate in their own appraisal processes.
• The BA will coordinate with banks and technical partners the processing of all pending and expected loan and underwriting requests. To that end the BA will accurately update the MCF pipeline software and feed updates into the central MCF pipeline registry in Amsterdam.
• The BA will routinely include all planned underwriting activities into the on-rolling overall MCF activities planning system.
Technical support
• The BA will monitor the recruitment, loan preparation, training, and monitoring work of MCF’s technical partners in the country on the basis of current partnership contracts and, if so required, propose specific or remedial action to keep all activities on track
• In selected cases the BA will provide similar serviced directly to health facilities recruited by the banks or by MCF or PAI, depending on urgency and workload considerations
Monitoring and Reporting
• The BA will participate in MCF’s and PAF’s data base systems, especially with the purpose of supporting planning and reporting activities.
• The BA will be the first responsible for composing and submitting all progress and related reports required by MCF and PAF.

Job Title: Business Advisor
Reports to: Director East Africa
Division: Medical Credit Fund-PharmAccess Group

Job Positioning
The Business Advisor will be employed on behalf of the MCF by PharmAccess Foundation Kenya and be stationed at its office in Nairobi. The Business Advisor is expected to travel extensively in the country.
At the request of MCF, the Business advisor may be temporarily stationed in other countries in the region with the purpose of setting up MCF data mining and customer sourcing similar to the Nairobi practice.
The Business Advisor forms part of the MCF Team at the Nairobi office and will expectedly frequently liaise with MCF teams elsewhere in the continent as well as with the other teams at the Nairobi office

Reporting Relationships: jobs that report to this position directly and indirectly
Direct Reports
None
Indirect Reports
None
Stakeholder Management: key stakeholders that the position holder will need to liaise/work with to be successful in this role.
Internal
• Credit Analysis
• SafeCare
• Digital Lending
• Credit Administration
External
• Health SMEs
• Other stakeholders

Decision Making Authority /Mandates/Constraints: the decisions the position holder is empowered to make (Indicate if it is Operational, Managerial or Strategic). Please also highlight any budgetary control responsibility if applicable for the role.
The Business Advisor might be added other roles by the Director MCF or Country Director-PharmAccess on a need basis

Ideal Job Specifications
Academic:
• Essential: BSc Business Administration, Finance, Entrepreneurship or equivalent.
• Desirable: MBA or post graduate qualification in Finance, Management, Accounting, Microfinance or Management.
• Professional Qualification CPA, ACCA, Credit Management will be an added advantage
Professional:
● Credit skills and Knowledge of Health SME products and policies is an added advantage
Desired work experience:
● 3-4 years’ experience in sales, customer service and relationship management.

Ideal Job competencies
Technical Competencies
● Advanced Credit skills and analysis knowledge
● Great oral and written presentation skills
● Ability to work well in a team
● Understanding of Health SMEs

Behavioral Competencies
Professional
• Treats people with dignity, and fairness; gives proper credit to others; stands up for others and their deserving ideas even in the face of resistance or challenge
• Keeps customers up to date and informed, assures and confirms satisfaction and seeks feedback / understands customer issues
• Strong commitment to an output and performance-based working style.
• Decisive.
• Sound in mind.
• Innovative, Initiative and drive.
• Honest, fair and firm.
• Leadership qualities.
• Entrepreneurial mind-set: explorative, hands-on, initiating.
• Excellent team leader: coaching, leading team members.
• Able to work in a context of international performance standards and expectations.
• Work out of office on location a good part of the time.
• Willing to lend a hand and gives advice, offers expertise, and gathers information to assist others

Performance Criteria
• Availability and degree of implementation of plans of action.
• Timeliness and quality of reports.
• Adequacy and appropriateness of reports in terms of needs of users.
• Appropriateness of support to the facilities.
• Completeness of management information system.
• Cost-effectiveness and value addition of programs initiated and implemented.
• Problem resolution rate.
• Ability to appraise and develop subordinates.

Skills
• Excellent business writing and reporting skills
• Financial analytical and planning skills.
• Computer literate, including use of tablets and databases/web applications.
• Display a commitment for health development.
• Organizational skills.
• Communication and interpersonal skills.
• Advocacy and negotiating skills.

PharmAccess offers
PharmAccess offers an excellent job opportunity in an exciting and dynamic international environment with terms and conditions conforming to industry standards.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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Job application procedure
Qualified candidates can apply by emailing their CV and cover letter to Hr@pharmaccess.or.ke with “Business advisor” as the subject. The deadline for application for this position is 11th October 2021.

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