Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, March 17, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Project Assistant will implement community health system strengthening activities including initiating formulation of community health policies, strategies, guidelines and linkages; mapping potential partners, stakeholders and forging linkages; coordinating target setting and work planning for community health activities of Health Investments and Partnerships Project implemented in Partnership AMREF Health Africa in Kenya. Specifically, he/she will implement interventions that stimulate investments in Community health services at National and County level.

Main Roles
• Provide support in the coordination of activities under this project and management of both strategic and technical aspects of the project;
• Ensure interphase between stakeholders and the COG while ensuring for quality and timely delivery of the project’s action plans;
• Coordinate tasks in relation to Facility improvement funding, Community health services and social accountability activities while ensuring quality, timely delivery on work plans.
• Support the COG health committee in high profile events and other knowledge management, learning communications and policy advocacy opportunities
• Prepare background notes, briefs, talking points and speeches for the COG during highlevel public engagement related to health financing and community health services.
• Support COGs efforts towards resource mobilization including fundraising logistics and communications for knowledge sharing;
• Provide oversight and follow-up on agreed action points and deliverables from the COG health financing and community health services stakeholders.
• Create forums for sharing of emerging issues and best practices, promotion of health as an instrument for socio-economic growth
• Support the development and implementation of the AWP and the budgets of the directorate
• Coordinate planning and implementation of the activities and operations of the Health directorate
• Any other role that assigned by the supervisor from time to time.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:
• Academic and Professional Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: Community Health, Public Health, Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Sociology, Social Work, Community Development, Nutrition, Health Systems Management, Health Education/Promotion,
• Population and Health or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution or other relevant field with substantial experience
• Experience
• At least five years of related professional experience, with technical knowledge and understanding of the Kenya health system
• Understanding of Kenya Government planning process, including in context of devolution and experience in supporting preparation of community health policies and guidelines
• Professional experience in community health services, primary health care, capacity building and public health project implementation and reporting.
• Demonstrable capacity to build relationships, networking and to negotiate with key stakeholders across different sectors in support of community and public health systems strengthening.
• Ability to build positive working relationships, characterized by mutual respect and professional courtesy, with counterparts and program beneficiaries across cultural, linguistic and geographic boundaries

Functional Skills
• Thorough understanding of national goals, policies, objectives, and ability to relate them to Council’s mandate.
• Thorough understanding of Devolution as envisioned in the Constitution.
• Sound technical skills with the ability to organize, execute and communicate for effective project delivery.
• Highly organized in both time and in resources.
• Analytical skills and critical thinking
• Ability to write high quality progress reports and work plans
• Ability to multitask; work well under pressure, and work efficiently to meet strict deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to allow for collaboration with other team players.
• Self-Directed

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Interested persons should send their CV with names and addresses of three referees and Cover letter to hrcog@cog.go.ke  on or before Thursday 31st March 2022, indicating the name of the position in the subject on the email.

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