Job Opportunities at Palladium

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

The Kenya Malaria Strategy (KMS) is a strategic framework with medium-term targets and high-level activities and a monitoring and evaluation component all aligned with the national health sector strategic plan. The overall goal of the KMS 2019-2023 is to reduce malaria incidence and death by 75 percent of 2016 levels by 2023.The implementation of the KMS has enabled the national level malaria prevalence (6 months to 14 years) decreased from 8.2% in 2015 to 5.6% in 2020. The reduction in prevalence has also been facilitated by investments in health by the National and County governments which have steadily been increasing since devolution. The public sector health budget expanded from Ksh 94 billion in FY 2012/13 (pre-devolution) to Ksh 217 billion in FY 2019/20.

Strategic programmes such as malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV, are heavily dependent on donor support, particularly for key commodities. Donor contribution to the sector over the years has been decreasing, and this may affect key programmes and activities that are heavily donor dependent. With the decrease in donor financing for malaria, the country requires a blueprint that guides on ensuring that smarter investments are made towards malaria for sustainability. This includes evaluating all possible sources of sustainable financing for malaria that will contribute towards controlling and eventually eliminating malaria in Kenya.
Developing an investment case for sustainable financing in Kenya will contribute towards increased domestic resource mobilization for malaria at both the national and county levels. An investment case for health uses economic analyses to inform costs and improvements in survival and quality of life. An investment case for malaria for Kenya provides an opportunity to inform successful provision of malaria control and interventions that seek to ensure a malaria free Kenya while moving forward the UHC agenda.

USAID/Health Policy Plus (HP+) seeks the services of a consultant/technical expert who is knowledgeable and experienced enough to deliver a malaria investment case based on the given background.

Justification
The investment case is needed to determine the how much investment will be required to ensure the successful implementation of interventions leading to positive outcomes. The investment case will also estimate how much is gained from each shilling invested in selected interventions thereby determining return of investments for these selected interventions. The final Investment Case will be used as a policy and advocacy tool for sustainable domestic resources for Malaria programming in Kenya.

Objectives

1. To highlight the strategic shifts and the domestic financing options that are needed to make the greatest impact on the epidemic by 2030.
2. To determine how much investment will be needed to ensure the successful implementation of interventions leading to positive outcomes considering national and global developments.
3. To estimate how much is gained from each shilling invested in selected interventions thereby determining return of investments for these selected interventions’ sustainability.
4. To undertake a cost benefit analysis to provide information that will link costs of interventions to benefits experienced per epidemiological zone.
5. To estimate present possible scenarios if there is no improved funding for malaria.

Expectations of the Consultancy

The consultant is expected to develop a methodology including data collection tools that will be implemented to achieve the output.

1. Introduction
2. Specific Objectives
3. Purpose of the investment case Literature Review (include situation analysis) - current and historical structure, activities, and financing of the malaria program
4. Methodology
   - Cost benefit analysis
   - Information Gaps/Limitations
   - Data collection & analysis
   - Options/scenarios /impact & coverage modeling-Costing (financial costs vs economic costs)
   - Uncertainty analysis
   - Estimating Return on investment
5. Findings/Results
   - Cost & benefits of maintaining status quo i.e current funding levels
   - Costs & Benefits (financial & economic) of increased investments towards achievement of KMS goals & objectives per  intervention & according to epidemiological zones
   - Return on investment
   fiscal space analysis (SWOT)
6. Recommendations
   - Future malaria strategic funding
   - financing opportunities
   - addressing health system bottlenecks
   - Proposed Sustainability plan in cognizance of the scenarios set
7. Implementation plan – to be developed together with stakeholders after dissemination of the investment case

Work assignment for the consultant:

• Develop data collection tools based on agreed upon parameters by DNMP and HP+. 
• Train RAs on data collection. 
• Supervise RAs during data collection. 
• Analyze data and prepare the report. 
• Present the report findings for validation.
• Work closely with DNMP and HP+ to address comments on the draft report. 
• Finalize the report.
• Prepare a presentation to accompany the final report. 

Deliverables

1. Inception Report
2. Finalized data collection tools based on agreed upon parameters by DNMP and HP+. 
3. Clean and validated data screens
4. Draft Report
5. Slides for presentation during the validation meeting.
6. Final Report

Required Qualifications:

1. Master of Science in Economics, Health Economics and Policy or related field is required. PhD in Economics, Health Economics will be an added advantage.
2. Demonstrated experience in developing of investment case for health in a low and/ or middle-income country is required.
3. Demonstrated experience in conducting economic evaluations in health.
4. In-depth understanding of MOH key strategic programmes including malaria.
5. Proven track record of seven years or more in health economics, health care financing and/or health policy analysis is required.
6. Fluency in written and spoken English and Kiswahili required

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Position Overview:

The Chief of Party (COP) will lead the Palladium team in achieving all project objectives and will be based in Kenya. The COP for the Kenya Strengthening Health Supplies activity will be the principle point of contact for the USAID Agreement Officer's Representative (AOR) in country and will have the authority to make decisions on behalf of Palladium and will have primary accountability for project requirements. S/He will coordinate and liaise with other stakeholders, including government agencies, other donorfunded projects, implementing partners, and USAID and other donors. The COP will support timely implementation across all activities by working with technical leads and operations staff to maintain a general organizational order of all ongoing activities. This role requires strong project management and organizational skills and an understanding of how to translate theories of change and project workplans into daytoday activities to achieve desired outcomes to ensure project success. The COP will also manage incountry project staff by providing direct supervision to senior project leadership.

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as key point of contact for daytoday program management. Oversee and manage country team to ensure project implementation runs smoothly.
• Lead the development and execution of highquality country strategic plans relevant to the local context and reflecting the global priorities.
• Oversee the recruitment, orientation, and performance of senior staff and development of middle management staff.
• Collaborate with technical leaders to ensure all workplan activities are not only taking place as planned but are also of high quality.
• Liaise between technical and ops teams to ensure activity plans are translated into contracts, consultancies, travel, etc., and support financial management by ensuring case forecasts and spending reports reflect planned/completed technical activities.
• Oversee project workplanning, budgeting, and progress/financial reporting, in collaboration with country team, technical, and HQ staff.
• Interface with clients and other project stakeholders, to plan, implement, review, and report on projects and deliverables or products as needed.
• Ensure staff compliance with project guidelines and SOPs. 
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in international development working with donors (including USAID) is required.
• Experience as a Chief of Party or in a senior leadership position of a project that is implemented at the country level that required the assembling, managing, and supervising complex teams.
• Experience with health supply chain management, procurement, warehousing or logistics programs strongly preferred. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of supply chain, 4PL, and 3PL logistics, including experience with LMIS, WMIS, TMIS, and control tower software.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating and collaborating with stakeholders including government agencies, host country governments and counterparts, and international donor agencies.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Experience in monitoring and documenting project activities and outcomes.
• Ability to exercise leadership, build teams, maintain effective communication, motivate, and generate commitment within a team.
• Knowledge of USG procurement regulations.
• Excellent written and spoken English and ability to communicate across technical disciplines and nontechnical audience required.

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Position Overview:

Under the leadership of the Chief of Party (COP), The Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) will serve as colead in achieving project objectives and will be based in Kenya. Along with the COP, s/he will coordinate and collaborate with other donorfunded programs and governmental stakeholders in Kenya. The DCOP will also work with the COP to develop and implement the project work plan and assure timely provision of highquality deliverables and routine project reports. The DCOP is the secondary point of contact for the USAID Agreement Officer's Representative (AOR) in country and will serve as the acting COP as necessary. 

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Serves as a member of the senior leadership team of the program and supports the COP in leadership and oversight of project staff and activities. As such, provides senior leadership, management oversight, and coordination on all matters projectwide. 
• Collaborate with different stakeholders to foster countrydriven, inclusive, locallyrelevant strategies to improve and assure supply chain management. 
• Work with the COP and other project staff to continuously refine implementation processes by integrating lessons learned and best practices.  
• Leads and/or reviews and monitors programmatic functions, i.e., development of work plans and budgets and quarterly/annual reports and ensures effective implementation of program strategy as articulated by in the work plan.  
• Ensure that program implementation is in accordance with Palladium’s and USAID’s regulations and procedures.  
• Serve as the COP’s primary point of contract for current information about the status of activity implementation.  
• In collaboration with local staff incountry, identify program opportunities and potential local partners as needed. 
• In collaboration with the M&E officers ensure relevant staff use, maintain and regularly upload data to the project M&E system. 
• Participate, and represent the organization as needed, in outside associations, conferences, and symposia. 
• Serve as acting COP when s/he is unavailable.  
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned. 

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in international development working with donors (including USAID) is required. 
• Experience with activity design as well as development and management of projects, preferably including both communitylevel and nationallevel activities.  
• Experience with health supply chain management, procurement, warehousing or logistics) programs strongly preferred.  
• Demonstrated knowledge of supply chain, 4PL, and 3PL logistics, including experience with LMIS, WMIS, TMIS, and control tower software. 
• Experience engaging with the private sector in support of improving the performance of health supply chains would be particularly beneficial 
• Demonstrated experience coordinating and collaborating with stakeholders including government agencies, host country governments and counterparts, and international donor agencies. 
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills. 
• Experience in monitoring and documenting project activities and outcomes. 
• Ability to exercise leadership, build teams, maintain effective communication, motivate, and generate commitment within a team. 
• Knowledge of USG procurement regulations.  
• Excellent written and spoken English and ability to communicate across technical disciplines and nontechnical audience required.

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 Type of Contract: Short Term Technical Assistance-Level of Effort (LOE)

Level of Effort (days): 45 days

Estimated Start Date: On/around July 01, 2021

Position Reports To: Chief of Party or his designate

Background

USAID’s Kenya Investment Mechanism (KIM)

KIM is a USAID-funded project that is designed to unlock $400 million in investment for key sectors of Kenya’s economy, including agriculture; horticulture, dairy, and livestock (supported by Feed the Future), energy (supported by Power Africa), regional trade and investment opportunities (supported by the Prosper Africa initiative), women-owned businesses as well as in the WASH, health, and infrastructure sectors. KIM addresses constraints on both the supply and demand sides of investment transactions and is building a market system that will mobilize substantial capital from the public and private sectors. By building local partnerships among stakeholders in the financial system, KIM is stimulating the power of the private sector to accelerate Kenya’s journey to self-reliance.

KIM addresses two principal market failures that have discouraged investors from financing important segments of the targeted sectors: (i) insufficient quality consulting services (financial, transaction advisory, strategy, and business performance); and (ii) limited scalability of financial products tailored to selected key sectors of the economy in the region. KIM provides capacity building support to both business advisory service providers (BASPs) and Financial Institutions (FIs). KIM uses smart incentives to mobilize finance for development in the targeted sectors. These incentives are designed to create a sustainable ecosystem for businesses to access finance and investments needed to expand and grow. Business transactions are further supported by a diverse range of sustainable partnerships--with and among strategic businesses, institutions, government counterparts (county and national) and other development partners. These partnerships will lead to scaling and replicating creative approaches to unlock finance and investments, reduce risks of extending credit to the agriculture and energy sectors, and offer testing of innovative business models that can be scaled.

The Palladium Group

Palladium is the implementing organization behind KIM. As a global leader in the design, development, and delivery of Positive Impact, Palladium creates enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved - and is committed to continuing to improve - economies, societies and most importantly, people's lives.

Women’s Economic Empowerment Fund at USAID

Globally, women continue to confront disproportionate barriers to full economic participation, despite the potential of the female economy to unlock significant growth. Access to finance is one of the most significant barriers to economic participation. Women entrepreneurs in Kenya, for example, face a $2.7 billion credit gap. The challenges limiting access to finance for women-owned small and medium-size enterprises (W-SMEs) in Kenya are multifaceted. On the demand-side, Kenyan W-SMEs often have a poor understanding of the requirements to access financial products on the market, in addition to minimal capacity to comply with them. On the supply-side, the Kenyan financial sector continues to lack products and processes enabling FIs to identify, attract and serve W-SMEs.

The U.S. Government launched the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Fund in 2019 with a focus on three key pillars to address these challenges: (i) women prospering in the workforce; (ii) women succeeding as entrepreneurs; and (iii) women enabled in the economy.  KIM’s works within two of these pillars; (ii) women succeeding as entrepreneurs; and (iii) women enabled in the economy. KIM aims to empower Kenyan W-SMESs by unlocking access to finance. By financing women-led businesses, Kenyan financial institutions have the potential to expand their client base, increase profits, and decrease credit risk, while also facilitating long-lasting economic growth and development.

The Assignment

KIM is looking for a Gender Finance Consultants to support program implementation of WEE-funded activities, specifically, to conduct a Gender Opportunity Assessment (GOA) developed by Palladium with two (2) partner financial institutions. The GOA is a data-driven assessment of the business case for financial institutions to expand their focus on W-SMEs. The assessment benchmarks the FI’s gender performance against peer institutions and identifies opportunities to better serve W-SMEs. The assessment evaluates strategy, leadership and employees, marketing and analysis, and services to women clients.

The findings of the assessment will enhance the financial institution’s strategy so that the institution can increasingly expand their client base, while also addressing the unmet demand for finance for W-SMEs. During the GOA the consultant will conduct interviews with the leadership, hold focus group discussions with existing and prospective female clients, and conduct a strategy co-creation workshop with each financial institution.

Participatory engagement by the financial institutions with the consultant, using the tool, will yield a series of recommendations and follow-on technical assistance to enable the financial institutions to reach W-SMEs and help establish proof-of-concept.

 Objectives

The objective of the Gender Opportunity Assessment is to assist KIM’s FI clients to understand the business case for serving women-led enterprises and corporates, and support them in the development of customer-centric strategies, business models and delivery mechanisms to target W-SMEs more successfully. Resulting recommendations will guide the institutional strengthening of the FIs and the development of new or adjusted non-financial products.