PROPEL Health Kenya Senior Program Officer at Palladium International

The Senior Program Officer will contribute to the PROPEL Health Kenya country program by providing a combination of administrative, logistical, and technical support to senior technical program staff to ensure the successful implementation of project activities. The Senior Program Officer reports to the Technical Advisor but will also support other technical staff in the office who are responsible for directing other components of PROPEL Health Kenya’s work as needed.  

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Work closely with technical staff to support the planning and organizing of meetings, workshops, and trainings related to PROPEL Health's activities, including drafting invitation lists and letters and following up with participant RSVPs.
• Support production of technical materials, including estimating quantities for workshops, compiling info packets etc.
• Support technical staff in developing technical content for meetings, such as drafting agendas and presentations and participate in actual coordination and implementation of the meetings/activities.
• Take meeting minutes at weekly and bi-weekly team meetings and other technical meetings as required
• Circulate these minutes to relevant staff in a timely manner and document follow up or outstanding items for subsequent meetings
• Support project documentation by taking activity notes (notes to file), interviewing technical staff, and submitting to HQ for reporting purposes and capturing project successes
• Initiate and coordinate inputs for bi-weekly activity trackers according to schedule and ensure team calendar is up to date.
• Work closely with the operations team to ensure all Ops issues are incorporated, and with the technical team/project director to ensure all program activities are accurate.
• Assist with activity planning (e.g., timelines, tasks) and provide inputs for the development of budgets for programmatic activities. Collaborate with finance staff on procurement and spending projections.
  Prepare creative briefs, workshop/ meeting agendas, activity reports
• Support the project in data collection and analysis
• Identifying areas of success and support with drafting success stories and nuggets
• Represent PROPEL Health in meetings with partners and stakeholders if requested
• Work with the PROPEL Health Technical team to provide inputs for draft quarterly, semi-annual, and annual activity reports and success stories to showcase PROPEL Health Kenya work
• Work with the PROPEL Health headquarters team as needed to provide updates on activity implementation and documentation of activities and results
• Work with other PROPEL Health Kenya team members on capacity development through the design and development of PROPEL Health workshops and trainings. This may include supporting colleagues with logistical arrangements and delivery of trainings
• Contribute to the PROPEL Health Kenya components including data collection and analysis, support to modelling processes, providing technical assistance to GOK counterparts in strategy implementation and monitoring
• Work with senior staff and/or consultants to engage with GOK counterparts and relevant multi- sectoral technical working groups to enhance information sharing, collaboration, and advocacy

Required Qualifications:

Education:

• BA in health policy, public health, Statistics, Health Economics, or relevant field; at least 6 years relevant work experience, or related field or equivalent experience. Master's degree in a relevant field will be an added advantage.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Strong written, presentation and oral communication skills for high-level policy audiences
•  Minimum five years previous experience in a similar position, preferably with an INGO
• Experience with USAID-funded projects preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the Kenyan budget and budgeting process.
• Experience and demonstrated understanding of health resource tracking tools (NHA, PEA, PETS)
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office and any other statistical package like SPSS, R, STATA
• Strong organizational and technical reporting skills (policy briefs, blogs, etc).
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to build effective relationships with all clients, peers, and stakeholders.
• Ability to work hands-on, independently, and within a team.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to coordinate activities with officials from host country government, US Government, NGOs, and other partners
• A general understanding of health systems in a LMIC