Associate, Kenya Essential Medicines Program at Clinton Health Access Initiative

Position: Program Associate

• CHAI Kenya is seeking a Program Associate to work in the Kenya Essential Medicines Program. The goal of the program is to support the Ministry of Health at both National and County levels, in collaboration with other stakeholders, to reduce overall child mortality and morbidity through scaling up of high impact interventions that target key drivers of mortality and morbidity.

This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya with periodic travel (up to 40%) within the country.

Responsibilities:

• Support designing and re-designing of program approaches, priority interventions, and activities.
• Participate in the execution of the program strategy/approach at all levels of the program engagement.
• Development of program evaluation assessments to identify gaps and monitor progress.
• To support the Division of Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health teams in execution of its strategy across the priority areas
• To support county, sub-county and facility teams in strengthening service delivery across maternal, newborn, child and adolescent Health
• To work closely with partner organizations at the national, regional and county levels in the execution of the National and county strategies .
• To actively participate in identifying high-impact opportunities to improve on the care provision of children under five years across all counties in Kenya.
• Provide robust data management and analytical support for the various program areas as required.
• Assist with program budgeting and financial forecasts. 
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Program Manager.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (Clinical) areas or equivalent plus 6 years work experience; or Advanced Degree (clinical) plus 3 years work experience
• Demonstrated experience with coordination of and consensus building with senior government and organizational (including private sector) stakeholders toward a common goal
• Strong analytical, research and presentation skills, including proficiency with data management, analysis and tool building
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Demonstrated strong project management and problem solving skills
• Ability to work independently and deliver against expectations without close supervision
• Ability to work with humility and achieve results
• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet applications

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working in the public health sector in Kenya or other similar settings
• Demonstrated experience working with academic institutions including universities and academic medical centers on pre-service training for health workers
• Post graduate degree in public health, business, economics or related disciplines