Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Senior Technical Advisor (STA) is the project technical lead. The position reports to the Country Project Director (CPD). In close coordination with the CPD, the STA will-
• Provide technical leadership for the project’s financing and governance activities.
• Lead annual workplan development, particularly focusing on the technical strategies and approaches to ensure sustainable interventions
• Manage the implementation of HS4TB Kenya technical activities ensuring that they:
• achieve the expected results and are adequately and timely implemented
• are responsive to the needs and expectations of local partners
• contribute to a clear health financing system strengthening approach, and
• have clear strategies to sustain them through local ownership
• Establish strong working relationships with the National TB and Lung Disease Department and expand HS4TB’s technical linkages with all relevant governmental and non-governmental stakeholders
• Facilitate county level intervention and consultation with the council of governors relative to HS4TB approved intervention
• Ensure timely support to TB National and County Technical working Groups, Steering Committee meetings, and technical consultations as and when required
• Guide other advisors/ and or consultants in their work
• Work closely with the local M&E Specialist and Global MEL team to support indicator development, tracking and their timely reporting to USAID
• Develop quarterly, annual progress as well as ad-hoc reports in line with Mission requirements and HS4TB reporting to assure the timely and quality production of program deliverables.
• Lead or participate in key assessments, gap analysis and intervention design in collaboration with key TB financing stakeholders
• Perform other duties as assigned by Country Project Director and HQ based Portfolio manager

REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION
• Masters’ degree in health policy and finance, health economics, health systems, public health or a related field is preferred.

REQUIRED MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
Required:
• Seven (7) years’ experience or more in leading teams and/or managing projects with a health financing focus
• At least 5 years’ experience working with the county governments, Ministry of Health or other government ministries on financing and governance of health programs required
• Experience in working with USAID-funded projects strongly preferred
• Experience with public health programs supported by bilateral agencies, such as USAID, and international agencies, such as WHO and World Bank, preferred
• Demonstrated technical managerial and organizational skills in a developing country setting with flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
• Demonstrated expertise in health financing; particularly in domestic resource mobilization and/or contract management and outsourcing
• Demonstrated ability to develop and write technical reports
• Results driven and demonstrated ability to work both independently and within a team to produce results on time
• Demonstrated skill in quickly assessing priorities and opportunities and managing a variety of activities with attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact professionally with donor, project stakeholders, in-country collaborators, and staff at all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills in local and English language
• Ability to work in a cross-cultural team

CORE JOB COMPETENCIES:
• Delivering technical products through systems approaches
• Action Oriented
• Drive for Results
• Information Sharing
• Managing and Measuring Work
• Priority Setting
• Problem Solving
• Decision Quality
• Listening
• Time Management
• Motivating Others
• Delegation

Core Personal Competencies:
• Ethics and Values
• Integrity and Trust
• Interpersonal Savvy

Core MSH competencies:
• Adaptability
• Communication
• Problem Solving
• Creativity and Innovation
• Quality and Timeliness of Work
• Quality of work and Team Relationships
• Resource Utilization


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Associate Degree

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