Senior Technical Advisor, Care, Treatment and Systems Strengthening at PATH

Specific Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction, technical guidance, and leadership on issues related to systems strengthening, including leadership and governance, health workforce capacity development, retention and allocation, quality improvement, supply chain commodity and laboratory management.
• Provide overall administrative and technical leadership of the service delivery core team of HIV service delivery technical teams to ensure effective collaboration, teamwork, and collegiality.
• Provide overall technical assistance and leadership in strengthening institutional and individual capacity in the component areas of health systems at county, sub county and community levels.
• Support the County Health Management Teams (CHMTs) to strengthen capacity and systems for efficient delivery of essential health services, including planning and budgeting.
• Provide overall technical leadership and mentorship in the implementation of the HIV Care and Treatment and Health Systems Strengthening component of the project.
• Coordinate the development, implementation, and monitoring of costed project work-plans.
• Supervise and coordinate the service delivery project team in the assigned project area including HIV/TB Care and Treatment, PMTCT, Gender, Supply Chain, Laboratory, and HRH in close collaboration with M&E team.
• Oversee the integration of the project’s technical approaches for the achievement of successful project implementation using evidence informed, innovative and best practices.
• Provide leadership in creating and strengthening linkages and referral networks between facility and community activities ensuring there is seamless implementation of activities leading to improved health outcomes across the project areas.
• Take lead in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and other reports as may be required and submit these to the Deputy Chief of Party in a timely manner.
• Provide leadership in weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual project performance reviews, assessing progress in an objective manner.
• Ensure quality implementation of health systems strengthening efforts across human resources for health, country planning and budgeting, health management information systems, and quality improvement.
• Provide leadership to the HIV/TB Care and Treatment PMTCT Gender service delivery team on Quality Improvement/Quality Assurance interventions.
• Participate in the donor progress report writing, continuation application and quarterly review report writing and presentation
• Overall coordination with CHMTs on implementation of HIV Care and Treatment PMTCT Prevention service delivery work plans.
• Represent the project in technical forums at sub-county, county, and national level.

Required Skills

Required Experience

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Health Economics, Healthcare Management, Health Systems Management, or any other related field with a minimum of 7 years’ progressive professional experience managing and implementing public health programs with specific experience in HIV/TB projects.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the concepts, principles, techniques, and practices of health systems strengthening.
• Experience working on integrated health service delivery programs, with a focus on systems strengthening.
• Proven experience leading multi-sectoral project teams in implementing PEPFAR projects
• Proven experience and familiarity with MOH/GOK health systems.
• Excellent interpersonal and supervisory skills, capable of directing and managing change, effective delegation, inspiring teamwork and motivating staff and partners to achieve results.
• Research experience, proposal and abstract writing will be a distinctive advantage.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Excellent facilitation, mentorship, team building and coordination skills.
• Ability to lead a multi-sectoral team and support collaboration with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a complex project implementation environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform.