Western Kenya Project Manager at PharmAccess Group

Roles and responsibilities

The responsibility of the PM is to manage the PharmAccess Connected Diagnostics Projects.

Operational: Supervising the day-to-day operations of the projects to ensure that the key deliverables are met within the set timeframes:

• Developing and implementing workplans.
• Supporting the teams to facilitate timely implementation and ensuring deliverables are met by collaborating with field teams, data team, research team.
• Conducting and reporting on field visits.
• Co-ordinating  and assisting with facilitating in trainings in collaboration with Kisumu county.
• Supporting and supervising timely submission of quality data entries by healthcare providers, community health promoters and chemists, support  data analysis and dissemination,  propose dashboard improvements.
• Ensuring inclusion of Safecare in the projects and align with other opportunities of programs within PAF Kenya and spefically the Western region.
• Actively participating in internal strategic meetings, weekly and biweekly meetings.
• Pro-actively report on  barriers and opportunities for requisite actions.
• Supporting the financial implementation of the project, including preparing the budget, payment processing, budget implementation and budget reporting according to organizational and donor requirements.
• Supporting and ensuring timely reporting within the organization and as per the required donor guidelines.
• Assisting with briefs and presentations in relation the the project.
• Documenting successes, support monitoring and evaluains including lessons learned in the implementation of the projects.
• Co-ordinating and supporting research activities in relation to the projects which includes ensuring ethical approvals are obtained.

Stakeholder engagement

• Actively responding to stakeholder inquiries and requests.
• Attending key stakeholder meetings locally and internationally and presenting insights when requested.
• Co-ordinating and facilitating periodic partnership review meetings.
• Ensuring timely and periodic updates to the County Government, project partners and other key stakeholders.

Profile 

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a healthcare discipline; a master’s degree is an added advantage.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Kenya’s Public and Private Healthcare space including work experience with county health system operations.
• Senior role experience in project management that include project planning, design, implementation, and financial management.
• He/she must be a team player with the ability to work with minimal supervision in a multi cultural environment.
• Open minded, self motivated personality, proactive.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver successful complex project implementations.
• Analytical skills in planning and budget review.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, ability to communicate at all levels of health spectrum.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work with Excell, Word and PowerPoint. Experience with Power BI is an added advantage.
• Experience in working with digital technology tools and interpreting insights.
• Some (operational) research experience or experience working with (operational) scientists an added advantage.
• Prior experience with EU and USAID project implementation and budget regulations an added advantage.

The program

Connected Diagnostics is one of the four PharmAccess Solution leads. Currently Connected Diagnostics entails two projects in Kenya: DIDIDA (supported by EU and UK government) and PMI (supported by PMI-USAID). The core Connected Diagnostics project is DIDIDA that is supported by majority of funding and therefore has priority; the PMI project is supplementary. Future developments may change this priority setting, dependent on potential future additional funding.

Specific operational responsibilities

DIDIDA project: building a digital health system infrastructure for epidemic monitoring

• Full coordination / representation of ConnDx towards DoH (including 3-monthly analyses of discrepancies IDSR data).
• Streamline DIDIDA subproject with KEMRI-Walter Reed on sewage water epidemic monitoring.
• Streamline Glasgow University DIDIDA AI project with the designated KEMRI staff.
• Internal coordination SafeCare self assessment / green with DIDIDA network of facilities.

PMI project: Expansion of malaria case management activities in the private sector.

• Support set up of a data collection infrastructure including the digitization of an automatic incentive system on a payment platform.
• Identify, train and connect providers, chemists, and CHPs on the Health Pulse app.
• Attend USAID PMI Implementing partners events and provide progress update reports based on the milestones.
• Process monthly payments for field teams for project logistics and incentives.
• Coordinate evaluation of this project by independent operational research (DIDIDA PhD students).