Jobs at PATH

Responsibilities:

• Provide overall leadership to the project team, technical and operational aspects of the project, including planning and implementation of the project.
• Manage effective and efficient use of project resources to achieve the desired results of the project, monitoring the workplans and budgets/finances in accordance with USAID policies and procedures.
• Serve as the liaison with the Government of Uganda, the USAID Mission, US Government representatives, partners, civil society organizations, and other donor and development agencies.
• Provides strategic visioning to guide the development of technical and programmatic activities and project work planning.
• Lead development of work plans, budgets, and reports in a timely fashion for submission to USAID.
• Ensure timely and accurate financial and programmatic reporting to USAID and PATH HQ as required, aligned with project objectives and in compliance with relevant SOPs and policies.
• Plan, direct, and coordinate activities to ensure that goals and objectives are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters.
• Provide guidance and coaching to managers and staff to achieve project goals and develop national leadership capacity.
• Establish and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including relevant Government of Uganda counterpart, public, private, and implementing partner organizations, on project matters.
• Responsible for induction of project staff, ensuring their familiarity with mandate values, quality standards, policies and program objectives and their individual responsibilities in upholding these standards and policies.
• Manage consortium of partners to ensure seamless internal coordination, collaboration, and knowledge sharing
• Ensure the development and delivery of high-quality technical assistance and products to USAID and other external stakeholders.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of multilateral health agencies (e.g., WHO, Global Fund) and country-level systems for managing health product supply (e.g., budgeting, procurement, supply and distribution).
• Solid technical knowledge of market analytics including the ability to build and implement research studies and/or quantitative models, experience in product development and introduction, and a background developing recommendations from complex and ambiguous data.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain close and effective relationships with partnering organizations at local, national, and international levels.
• Demonstrated experience in project planning/management and balancing multiple projects and priorities.
• Proven effectiveness working in a team-based environment, but capable of also working independently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and thrive in fast-paced, high-pressure situations.
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally up to approximately 20% of the time (pending COVID-19 precautions).

Required Experience

• Master’s Degree in Public Policy, Economics, Public Health, Biomedical Engineering, or equivalent advanced degree plus a minimum of five years in market analysis, healthcare management consulting or other relevant private and public sector experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading and managing project teams.
• Experience working with public and/or private-sector health systems as an implementer, researcher, policy professional or commercially, especially in emerging market settings.
• Experience with medical devices, and/or diagnostics, especially in emerging markets a plus.

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Responsibilities:

Country Monitoring and Evaluation Oversight:

• Through country-based project M&E staff and together with Ministries of Health, coordinate the development and implementation of key performance indicators for respiratory care and other medical devices. Establish baselines for relevant indicators, implementing standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure data quality at each step of the data management system (source, collection, collation, analysis, reporting, use), develop program monitoring dashboards.
• Act as a liaison for project M&E staff and other implementing partners regarding health sector data collection for respiratory care systems.
• Oversee the collection of multiple rounds of data and evaluate key performance indicators jointly with Ministry of Health partners over the multiple years of project implementation.

Project Leadership in Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Contribute to the development of globally aligned respiratory care related indicators and broader agenda setting around progress tracking for improved respiratory care access and patient outcomes.
• Support the development and execution of data analysis plans and modeling efforts that track progress for respiratory care related indicators.
• Lead writing reports and communicating with donors and other project partners on project-specific key performance metrics and indicators.
• In collaboration with the project team, facilitate dissemination of project findings including technical input into written materials and communication with key partners.

Broader Portfolio Support:

• Support planning and development of data collection and evaluation efforts for other grants within the Access to Medical Device Portfolio
• Leadership with implementing benchmarks for tracking equity and gender in project work and operations.
• Liaise with partners in the global health monitoring and evaluation community to identify and pursue novel evaluation approaches in development practice.

Required Experience

• Minimum of master’s degree in health informatics, public policy, public health, data science, or related field.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience providing technical and operational support in monitoring and evaluation for the private or not-for-profit health sectors.
• Knowledge of public health in low- and middle-income countries is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct advanced data analysis and to translate analyses into compelling visual and written materials for a variety of audiences, including donor, government, and corporate audiences locally, regionally, and globally.
• Experience incorporating gender equality in monitoring and project evaluation preferred.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment across multiple time zones, balance competing priorities, and function independently, with strong communication and organization skills is critical.
• Humble, self-driven, fast learner that functions well in a highly collaborative environment as part of a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural team.
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills; demonstrated representational experience in professional and global format.

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Job Responsibilities

• Lead County Government Capacity Building and budget management efforts, monitoring and reporting activities throughout relevant project cycles - project design, start-up, implementation and close-out - in line with PATH Kenya program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices to ensure quality, timeliness and efficiency of all deliverables on the case management systems and referral networks component of the project. Ensure project team and partner staff use the appropriate systems and tools in County engagements/partnerships.
• Focal person for implementation of PEPFAR Journey to self-reliance for Homa Bay, Kisii and Migori County. Design robust sustainability systems, develop detailed county engagements and private and public partnership strategy aligned to PATH Kenya and USAID Nuru Ya Mtoto core programming principles and objectives.
• Lead the conceptualization and implementation of USAID Nuru Ya Mtoto program’s holistic approach costed sustainability planning at the County level to support AGYW, OVC and household graduation/transition and social service system strengthening ensuring alignment with national graduation strategy and criteria and progress towards OVC service delivery standards. Coordinate and work closely with the other component leads to ensure integrated approach to program implementation.
• Proactively lead and/or participate in meetings with the County Government to ensure the project activities are given due attention and is reflected within inter-governmental fora.
• Establish and coordinate Country-specific coordination mechanisms for situations co-led by USAID Nur Ya Mtoto and the Government.
• Participate and ensure the coherence of the work of the multi-sector group in accordance with the County Government.
• Facilitate linkages with government programs and other stakeholders to ensure that activities complement other economic strengthening initiatives and adhere to county, national and global standards.
• Effectively manage talent and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, contribute to the recruitment process of project staff, and complete performance management for direct reports.
• Provide capacity strengthening to project staff through trainings, workshops, facilitated group interactions as well as accompaniment through regular communication and site visits to support the successful implementation of system strengthening project activities across implementing partners.
• Champion learning with project staff and partner teams. Analyze and evaluate project performance data following MEAL policy.Proactively identify issues and concerns and use participatory processes to overcome implementation obstacles.
• Identify/adapt and promote evidence-based organizational capacity strengthening tools, methods or approaches that the LIPs can use or improve upon to address identified capacity gaps or areas in need of improvement for CSO/CBO and networks to better support OVC and household graduation/transition and strengthen a HIV-sensitive social service system
• Coordinate and monitor financial and material resources relevant to achieve the assigned project outcome. Through planning and oversight, ensure efficient use of project resources.
• Ensure sustainable social change is attained through partnerships with a wide array of organizations, non-profits, faith-based, host governments, international agencies, and others working to achieve USAID Nuru Ya Mtoto core objectives of improved welfare and wellbeing of AGYW, OVC and their families.
• Serve as the Communications focal person for the project and oversee the implementation of the project communication strategy.

Key Competencies Required

• Partnership
• Accountability
• Stewardship
• Integrity
• Communication

Required Skills

Required Experience

• Master’s Degree in Political/Social Science, Sociology, Public Administration, Public/Health policy, Business Administration or Organizational Management or Leadership, or equivalent degree with proven capacity strengthening experience.
• Experience in system strengthening programming with a focus on vulnerable populations especially orphans and vulnerable children, youth, and women.
• Training and Capacity Building of County Governments. Develop, propose, and implement training programs for target groups.
• Relevant grant management experience, especially for USG or other public donors, will be a plus.
• Experience working with stakeholders at various levels including but not limited to State and County government actors, LIPs, civil society, healthcare providers and social service providers.
• Experience managing partnerships
• Multi-stakeholder communications with Partners, Government & Community.
• Strong communication skills will be a plus.
• Experience analyzing data and contributing to evaluation reports.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Strong critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment.
• Strong communication, relationship management skills and the ability to work effectively with local stakeholders. Representation abilities.
• Report writing, presentation and communication skills, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills
• Proactive, results-oriented, and service-oriented.
• Strong technical writing skills in English and Kiswahili
• Minimum of 7 years professional experience, with 3-5 years in organizational development and provision of technical assistance to the government, NGOs, and/or CBOs and in the field of HIV care and treatment and/or OVC services delivery.