PROPEL Health Kenya Technical Advisor, Health Financing at Palladium International

The Technical Advisor, Health Financing will serve as a key member of the project team, providing support for implementation of project activities. The Technical Advisor will report to the Country Director. Responsibilities of the Senior Technical Advisor Health Financing will encompass technical, project management, operational, research, and communication tasks. 

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Assess health finance impact and other related health financing studies to improve access to key financial information to determine feasibility and sustainability of scaling up health finance interventions.
• Design and implement technical activities related to health financing in Kenya.
• Engages stakeholders and local actors to ensure strong, consultative approach to health financing efforts and decision making.
• Stays abreast of key developments in health finance and resource allocation innovations and interventions in Kenya and more broadly in East Africa, to inform technical support activities under the PROPEL Health Kenya Field Program and other projects. This includes frequent interaction with the Government of Kenya stakeholders at the national and county levels relevant to this area as well as multilateral partners and donor agencies.
• Interacts with internal and external resources and other experts to bring new and “cutting edge” ideas into approaches.
• Helps others on matters related to topic area of health financing related to research and evaluation and applies relevant methodologies to programmatic issues of importance.
• Represents the projects, company, and programs in the health financing area in Kenyan and regional forums, as well as with others in the professional community and in countries of collaboration independent of technical supervision.
• Prepare analytical work that informs health financing decisions.
• Provide technical assistance to the team on matters health care financing and PFM
• Conducts all work to accepted standards of research ethics.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• A degree in Health Policy, Public Health, Statistics, Health Economics, or relevant field with at least 8 years of relevant experience in Health Systems Strengthening or Health Financing with a Bachelor’s degree OR 6 years of relevant experience with a Master’s degree
• Proven experience applying Health Financing related data generation tools
• Understanding and experience in areas relevant to PROPEL Health’s mandate such as policy, health financing, governance, and advocacy.
• Demonstrated expertise in health policy/financing engagement within developing countries and Middle-Income Countries 
• Established global and regional professional networks related to health systems, PHC or HF
• Strong track record of producing demonstrable results 
• Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with government (national/county) counterparts, academia and development partners 
• Demonstrated problem solving and analytical skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc).
• Strong interpersonal, writing, presentation, and organizational skills.
• Flexibility, adaptability, and resourcefulness.
• Ability to take initiative and/or respond independently to situations
• Appropriate skills necessary to conduct research and develop policy briefs
• Familiarity and experience with USAID reporting guidelines
• Strong written and oral communication skills for high-level policy audiences
• Fluency in English is required
• Kenya nationals are strongly encouraged to apply for this role

Other Desirable Qualifications:

Experience working on USAID projects; ability to meet rigorous timelines, track results and effectively manage multi-stakeholder relationships, detail-oriented with strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills. Self-starter with demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and independently.