Latest Recruitment at Amref Kenya

JOB PURPOSE

The Grants Manager is responsible for overseeing the efficient and effective management of subgrants across the Kenya Country Office. S/he will work with the Grants Teams in the Country offices to ensure a standardized approach to sub-granting. S/he is responsible for grant monitoring and capacity building of recipients including internal control procedures, ensuring compliance with Agreement and Sub-agreement(s) terms and conditions. S/he will oversee & ensure effective administration of sub-grants to enhance accomplishments of project’s activities and deliverables.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical support, guidance and coaching to country teams on Amref’s grants management policies, procedures and processes.
• Prepare and submit periodic reports to management and provide recommendations to improve subgrants management & performance.
• Support and participate in field-level program monitoring visits in collaboration with other technical, operations and MEAL teams.
• Contribute to continuously improving internal grant management systems and regularly updating Amref’s Grants Manual
• Provide an internal helpdesk that will be geared towards resolving ad hoc issues affecting the grants team and the sub-recipients.
• Lead on organisational assessments of subgrantees by providing appropriate tools and support programmes to conduct pre and or post-award due diligence assessments
• Contribute to the capacity building of subgrantees as required and identified in partner assessments.
• Review Subgrant agreements (including modifications and annexes where applicable) and coordinate their review or signing with the relevant Programmes, Compliance, and Legal units.
• Coordinate with respective budget holders and finance to ensure partner budgets are correctly allocated and aligned.
• Provide technical support to countries and relevant budget holders on subgrantee budget & expenditure monitoring and recommend budget revisions as necessary.
• Conduct visits to country & field offices to support with capacity building of grants staff and subgrantees.
• Support programmes and business development teams in pre-award vetting and pre-award assessments of partners.
• Maintain an updated contact list and other information for all AHA in Kenya subrecipients.
• Maintain trackers such as audit, reporting, reconciliations, and monitoring for subgrantees.
• Ensure financial and other key documents and files related to sub-grants are maintained per Amref’s and donor policies.
• Support country grants teams and subgrantees to prepare and complete their cost proposals during the application process to ensure compliance with Amref and donor rules.
• Support and participate in external audits, internal audits, and compliance reviews, as required, to ensure compliance with Amref and donor requirements and generally accepted accounting practices.
• Monitor the effectiveness and adequacy of the subgrant management policies and procedures and suggest and implement improvements.
• Support programmes with subgrant start-up and closeout processes.
• On a sample basis, review subgrantees financial reports for correctness, completeness, timeliness, and compliance across the organization.
• Provide overall leadership to the AHA in Kenya Grants team, coordinate grants team meetings, contribute to their annual performance reviews and provide feedback throughout the year; and contribute to their professional development.
• Ensures subgrantees’ inquiries and needs are promptly addressed to develop and continue positive relationships between Amref and the subgrantees.
• Support the Business Development and programmes in grant writing and proposal development.
• Maintain a broad and deep understanding of relevant donor policies, regulations, and procedures.
• Lead in the development of sub-recipient capacity-building plans and development of Training materials.
• Spearheaded the rollout of Organizational Development System Strengthening (ODSS) programme in AHA in Kenya.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND ABILITIES
Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field and a full professional accounting qualification (e.g., CPA, ACCA).
• A Master’s degree in a relevant field will be an added advantage.
• At least 8 years of experience in grants management, preferably with experience managing the Global Fund funded grants and USAID grants
• Demonstrated experience in managing grants, subgrants, procurement, and compliance with donor regulations.

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• Familiarity with Global Fund and USAID policies and procedures.
• Familiarity with grants management and experience with financial and operations management.
• Ability to provide leadership, communicate effectively, conflict resolution, and promote a team approach to enhance staff commitment to the programme’s success.
• Strong interpersonal and time management skills.
• Strong negotiation or persuasive skills

Languages

• Excellent spoken and written English

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JOB PURPOSE

The Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) Advisor will provide technical and strategic leadership; work with MoH at national and county levels, partners, and other stakeholders to ensure coordinated execution of Health Systems Strengthening, HSS intervention; and advocate for greater investments in Health and Community systems. The Advisor will ensure that all activities are implemented in alignment with the current GOK strategies and priorities in the health sector, namely the recent health reform Acts to support the roll-out of UHC, and a transformation of the social health insurance.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the champion for sustainability and HSS by facilitating cross-linkages across systems.
• Provide the political, geographic and technical guidance thattogether with strategic alignment that willshape the development and implementation of HSS investments at Amref and Kenya
• Coordinate and support the implementation of HSS interventions in close collaboration with relevant MoH departments, Counties and other HSS stakeholders
• Provide strategic leadership and guidance for the development and implementation of HSS investments in line with Government of Kenya strategies and priorities
• Develop and implement robust monitoring and evaluation frameworks for health systems strengthening interventions
• Support national and county level implementation of the Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in alignment with the PHC Act including the development of a dashboard to monitor PCN performance.
• Support Kenya NPHI operationalization
• Working with counties and county transition teams (CTTs) to build capacity around key responsibilities linked to transition program elements of the HIV programs to the Counties.
• To support implementation and sensitization of the Social Health Authority (SHA) at the county level to align with GOK timelines and facility linkages to the SHA/SHIF systems.
• Supporting HRH activities at national and county levels, including supporting alignment of PEPFAR workforce to GOK structure, coordinating engagement meetings, capacity building on HR management, tools and reporting and use of HRIS.
• Support county HRH units and the development of overall county HRH dashboards and milestone tracking for HRH transition to government payroll.
• Use health systems data for decision making to include supporting modelling sustainability approaches for key cost drivers for the HIV program working with the government and PEPFAR.
• Build strong partnerships with the government, donors, CSOs and other key stakeholders to ensure the effective execution of HSS interventions
• Provide targeted technical assistance to PEPFAR projects and programmes in the department through supportive supervision, mentorship and on-the-job training
• Provide leadership in the documentation of best practice models in the HSS with the support of
• Program Director, Communications Unit and other relevant departments.
• Provide technical leadership in identification of relevant HSS policy issues and supporting policy advocacy action/process in liaison with Program Director and Advocacy focal person within Amref.
• Develop and maintain working and advocacy partnerships with health and development stakeholders in HSS program areas, including Counties of coverage and MOH policy fora (HSWG, COEs).
• Represent Amref on relevant National technical working groups, committees, and meetings
• Identify and test the implementation of complementary innovative financing approaches and modelsforHSS programmesthroughprivate sector engagement andother non-traditional donors such as philanthropy organizations
• Provide supportin the research, identification and testing of new social ventures/enterprise ideas and solutionsfromHSS programthat can be scaled up to feed into the organization’ssustainability agenda.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND ABILITIES
Education and Experience

• A Master’s degree in health policy and administration, Health economics, health systems, public health, health sector development or related field.
• Minimum five (5) years of relevant, senior-level professional experience managing and implementing health systems strengthening programs in the areas of health policy and administration, health economics, health sector development, public health at the national level.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with numerous counterparts, including donors, Ministry of Health officials, local partners and other NGOs.

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work with a great deal of independence
• Ability to coach, mentor and develop technical capacity in national programs and technical staff in health systems strengthening
• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of Kenya healthcare system, particularly the public health system.