Health System Strengthening Advisor - Samburu County at Options Consultancy Services Limited

Main Duties

Assessment & Monitoring

• Jointly administer an organizational capacity assessment tool with Government of Kenya (GOK) colleagues to assess baseline health system capacity, and develop targeted capacity development plans. Administer repeat Organisational Capacity Assessments (OCAs) over time to assess HSS improvements.

Technical Leadership and Advisory Services

• Provide technical guidance, advice and support to project counterparts to improve health system performance across domains, including: Governance & Leadership, Human Resources for Health (HRH), Supply Chain Strengthening, Information Systems, Health Care Financing

Project Management

• Effectively plan, deliver and evaluate the implementation of activities and critically reflect and improve on project strategies to promote health system performance

People Management

• Supervise and line manage various Officers providing technical support, pastoral support and support the implementation of the organisation’s HR policies and effectively source and manage short term consultants to support priority activities

Partnership and Team Work

• Work closely with other project staff to ensure that project strategies and approaches are delivered in a coherent and coordinated way, in line with project targets, and build partnerships with other key organisations to promote synergy

Person specification

· The candidate will hold at minimum a Master’s Degree in the health sciences, public health or related field.

· The candidate will have at least 5 years’ experience in implementing complex public health programmes of similar scope and size in Sub-Saharan Africa, preferably in Kenya.

· The candidate will have at least five years demonstrated experience at mid- or senior level in health system strengthening, ideally including planning and budgeting, human          resources for health, information systems and/or supply chain management.

· The candidate will have experience in managing donor-funded programs and demonstrated ability to work effectively with all kind of stakeholders: government representatives,      local community organisations, for-profit private sectors entities.

· The candidate will have experience in managing a technical team and monitoring HSS activities and strong leadership and management skills.

· The candidate will be fluent in English and Swahili.

· A practical knowledge of the Samburu context would be an added advantage.