Government Liaison at SevenSeas Technologies Group

The Government Liaison supports the Chief Information Officer and facilitates interaction with Government authorities in Kenya. He/she is directly responsible for the collaboration between the organization and Government to ensure ongoing projects and new projects run smoothly. The jobholder serves as the primary direct contact – under supervision of the Chief Information Officer to all government bodies partnering with Seven Seas Technologies.

Job Responsibilities

• Day to day liaison with Government counterparts of the project at national or county level and program team at Seven Seas Technologies to support effective implementation of the various activities under the project
• Collect information, data and documents relevant to specific activities, from various partners and under the guidance of the project experts, undertake relevant analysis of data
• Provide support in organizing meetings and consultation workshops under the project and support the project team in undertaking documentation and capturing the proceedings of the meetings
• Maintain work calendar and activities scheduled of the project and undertake necessary follow-up actions as assigned
• Conduct daily review of electronic and print media and take appropriate action.
• Extract health issues affecting international, national and the County from the media and give feed back to the Chief Officer of Health.
• Draft speeches, statements, briefings and written communication ensuring high level of consistency and accuracy of content.
• Any other task assigned by the Project Team

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications or media studies
• Understanding of healthcare challenges in Kenya
• Evidence of successful change management in previous employment
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Healthcare sector preferably in the field of liaison with Government.
• Familiarity of working with national and local government systems in Kenya
• Proficiency in written and spoken English
• Proficiency in computer related skills