Deputy Project Director Health Financing, USAID/PROPEL, Round 2 – Adapt at Amref Kenya

Job Responsibilities 
The Deputy Project Director is expected to perform the following primary duties:

• Work across programmatic areasto build local capacity and enable sustainable health systemsin fragile settings.
• Provide strategic and technical leadership across the project, assist in the design and implementation of core, and field funded activities as it relates to Health Financing.
• Responsible for overall technical leadership in the area of Health Financing.
• Oversee the project’s provision of technical assistance and capacity building activities.
• Oversee sub-awardee performance and coordinate with all relevant stakeholders.
• Support the Project Director to oversee project technical staff in ensuring the technical quality of all project work as it relates to Health Financing.
• Ensure that evidence-based Health Financing policy, advocacy, financing, and governance approaches and cross-cutting approaches inform and are integrated into core and field programs, and ensure that all project assistance is technically sound and appropriate.
• Provide support in managing the relationship with USAID, project partners, and stakeholders.
• Oversees private sector engagement.
• Identify collaboration and knowledge sharing opportunities across countries and regions.
• Work closely with the project team, USAID, and relevant global, regional, and country stakeholders to advance and inform policy and facilitate the uptake of technical approaches within country buy-ins.
• Support the development of the project’s global, multisectoral, technicalstrategy including targets and timely implementation of the project.
• Lead and participate in annual workplan development and implementation.
• Support the day-to-day implementation and management of project activities as it relates to Health
• Financing through improvements in policy, advocacy, financing, and governance.

Qualifications 
Education

• An advanced degree (MA, PhD) in Public Health, Health Care, International Development, Public 
• Administration, Economics, Policy, Social Sciences, Law, Development Studies or a related field.

Required Experience 

• At least 10 years of experience working internationally in health or health financing and technical 
• knowledge of policy, advocacy, financing, and governance (PAFG) approaches, particularly as it relates to fragile settings and responses to country epidemics or global pandemics. 
• Demonstrated senior expertise in developing and implementing effective partnerships with partners, government entities, and donors. 
• Knowledge and proven experience in technical leadership, strategy development, and staff oversight.
• Demonstrated experience engaging private sector and private investment for health outcomes in fragile settings. 
• Demonstrated leadership, management, coordination, teamwork, and planning skills, with proven ability to liaise effectively with and collaborate with diverse stakeholders, including global, regional, national, local, public and private partners.
• Strong interpersonal and capacity building skills including training, mentoring, and coaching skills. 
• Experience working in and/or leading complex donor-funded programs in fragile contexts and nexus settings, with at least 5 years of fieldwork in fragile settings. 
• Fluency in English with strong oral and written communication. Proficiency in other languages, especially French, is preferred.

How to apply:

Please send your application to recruitment@Amref.org quoting REF: Deputy Director Health Financing/06/22 in the subject line. Your application should include a cover letter detailing why you are the best fit for this position and your CV with relevant skills and experience. Kindly note that this position will remain open until filled, and selection process will be on a rolling basis. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.