Team Leader for the Health Financing Programme at Options Consultancy Services Limited

Responsibilities

The team leader’s role will comprise two aspects:

Steering and Management

• Overall responsibility for project oversight and management of technical assistance team
• Coordinate all technical assistance inputs to ensure synergies across key tasks and alignment with NHIF’s needs and processes.
• Liaise closely with the MoH, NHIF and Counties on all technical and managerial aspects of implementation
• Facilitate effective stakeholder engagement to ensure smooth implementation and buy-in
• Ensure timely reporting to KFW and NHIF including quarterly progress reporting

Project Management

• Develop project management framework and continuous monitoring and evaluation of the project implementation.Review the Project conceptual framework to identify key inputs, processes, outputs and impact
• Oversee the development of project management tools
• Support of Technical Implementation Aspects

• Develop implementation options and detailed design and implementation concept to cover low income informal sector households in the selected counties with a health protection scheme. This should include recommendations to the NHIF on the following: (i) premium contributions; (ii) reimbursement procedures; (iii) contracting arrangements with accredited providers information and sensitisation campaigns;

• Ensure technical assistance approaches lead to stronger capacity within the NHIF including but not limited to data management, actuarial analysis, strategic purchasing, procurement and ICT

• Provide strategic advice and technical support to all aspects of the work, in consultation with the MoH and NHIF, including: (i) the County selection process; (ii) the drafting and signing of the MoUs with the selected Counties specifying tasks and responsibilities, especially financial contributions from Counties to the health protection scheme; (iii) the M&E framework including the baseline assessment and presenting the findings to the steering committee; (iv) review of NHIF business processes and upgrading of NHIF ICT systems; (v) the development of fraud detection and control mechanisms.

Person specification

Qualification

Post-graduate degree in either health economics, social science, project management, actuarial science,finance or related field

The expert must have the following competences:

• Demonstrated working experience regarding the health system in Kenya or regional countries (regional countries = countries of Sub Saharan Africa)
• Excellent interpersonal skills required for high level strategic engagement with ministries, departments and agencies, development partners and other stakeholders
• Outstanding influencing skills and able to work sensitively and effectively at multiple levels with partners from across government and the donor community.
• Significant experience managing teams and coordinating inputs from a range of technical specialists.
• Good writing and presentation skills, and ability to communicate effectively to diverse audiences
• Proven experience with the implementation of similar projects (e.g. health financing, UHC, health insurance) and the administration of large budgets.
• Knowledge of and understanding of different models of capacity building
• A collaborative and flexible approach with an ability to develop strong working relationships
• Understanding of KfW procurement guidelines desirable.