Summary
Date Posted:Friday, April 07 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The opportunity
USAID’s Health System Strengthening (HSS) Vision 2030 draws upon the progress over the past decade and the new challenges that have arisen, while reaffirming USAID’s longer-term goal of worldwide resilient health systems. The vision recognizes that integrated, systems-based approaches for strengthening health systems are now more critical than ever due to COVID-19 and other pandemics and asserts that:
• All people and institutions including communities, health workers, leaders and policy makers should be engaged in HSS efforts.
• Reliable links between the public and private sectors, including communities, lead to stronger health systems.
• Health systems are resilient when they are able to adjust resources, policy and focus to varying degrees to respond to challenges.
• Locally led, inclusive HSS efforts that account for social and behavior change lead to more sustainable results and greater self-reliance.
• Locally designed approaches take into account the unique conditions of country conditions and often result in higher quality health care reaching the most disadvantaged and vulnerable.
Living Goods is undertaking a USAID HSS project, and is seeking to fill the position of Community Health Services Technical Officers (2)

Community Health Services Technical Officer
Available Positions: 2 (Full-time)

Summary of the Position
Reporting to the Deputy Chief of Party, the incumbent will drive implementation of community health system strengthening operations. S/He will provide technical assistance and capacity-building of the county health management team on service delivery, supply chain management, quality improvement and management of community health workforce.

Duties and Responsibilities
• Ensure execution of community health component of the Afya Imara project at allocated clusters
• Advocate for adoption of DESC
• Ensure community health systems strengthening blocks is fully deployed in partnership with the county and other community health implementing partners.
• Implement the Afya Imara project workplan and collaborate with the CHMT to develop project cascade workplan.
• Ensure dissemination of the CHS polices strategies and guidelines to the CHMT.
• Advocate for the adoption and implementation of the CHS polices, strategies and guidelines at the county.
• Ensure community health supportive supervision is conducted.
• Organise and coordinate meeting with CHMT and key stakeholders.
• Advocate for CH health financing and frameworks at county level
• Advocate for set and operalization of Community Health Committees and County Budget Economic Forums
• Collaborate with CHMTs to ensure project targets are delivered against set KPIs
• Ensure quarterly performance review meetings are held in every county
• Work closely with the county pharmacist to strengthen and advocate for community commodity allocation – forecasting.
• Ensure establishment/ strengthened CHS governance structures – TWGs and CHCs.
• Represent the project at the county TWGs.
• Work with relevant National MoH Health Programs to build the capacity of the county ToTs on community technical modules based on needs.
• Advocate use of data for decision making
• Support in the implementation of KQMH and the development of QIPs
• Advocate and support uptake of e-learning platform by counties
• Support sensitization of CHMTs on CHV training and certification guidelines
• Document project learnings and activity progress reports

Key Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Community Health, Public Health, Nursing, Health Systems Strengthening, Social Sciences or related field. Advanced degree will be considered an advantage.

Key Requirements
• Minimum of Five (5) years’ relevant experience in implementation of community health program
• Exposure to community health policies, strategies, and guidelines
• Project management skills
• Solid grasp of DESC
• Relationship building skills and day to day alignment with key stakeholders at the county MOH teams to ensure successful project delivery
• Ability and willingness to travel (at least 70%) across counties
• Ability to analyse, comprehend and articulate operational goals
• Ability to synthesise community health data and use to inform decision making
• Good grasp of government operations, especially under the devolved system of governance
• Stakeholder management and engagement
• Conversant with USAID rules and regulations, including project implementation guidelines
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• A sound understanding of the Kenya Health System and prior technical assistance work experience with and/or involving close association with county governments is a definite plus.
• Experience working with community health workers and driving performance.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and writing skills
• Good computer and analytical skills a must
• Able to manage priorities, take initiative, and work without constant supervision.
• Collaborative team player.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Go to Living Goods on livinggoods.applytojob.com to apply

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