Career Opportunities at Path

Responsibilities

• Lead high-impact, HIV/AIDS service delivery at different levels of care.
• Provide technical expertise in rational packaging of priority HIV/AIDS health service delivery across the health system and their integration in publicly funded programs and/or private insurance schemes.
• Development and assessment of key inputs (including infrastructure and staffing standards) essential to delivery of HIV/AIDS health delivery services at different types of medical facilities.
• Develop individual and institutional capacities (from curricula development to their implementation) in health system strengthening, quality improvement and continuous professional development in HIV/AIDS health service delivery fields.

Required Experience

• Master’s Degree in public health or related field.
• At least seven years of experience in managing and implementing complex public health programs of similar scope and size in a development context, with at least five of those years in Sub-Saharan Africa, preferably in Kenya.
• At least five years of demonstrated experience in managing and supervising a technical team and in project design
• At least three years demonstrated state-of-the-art experience within the capacity at a mid- or senior level in these areas HIV/AIDS care and treatment, AND demonstrated experience in two of the following areas: quality improvement/ quality assurance; community health, human resources for health development; M&E; and operations research.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with government representatives, for-profit private sector entities, local community organizations, donors and other stakeholders, particularly at the sub-national level.
• Professional level of oral and written fluency in English language.

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Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance, technical assistance and capacity building in health systems strengthening to strengthen integrated service delivery in HIV/AIDS.
• Develop and disseminate tools and training materials to strengthen the capacity of staff and local partners on health systems strengthening and activities in HIV/AIDS.
• Monitor implementation of health systems strengthening and HIV/AIDS health related activities in the field and ensure timely completion of objectives.
• Assemble and lead the health systems strengthening technical team to carry out assessments and capacity building exercises for local partners.
• Produce and present papers at local, regional and international forums to share experiences and best practices.
• Develop/produce contractual deliverables (quarterly, annual, field project evaluations, etc.) in conjunction with other key staff and external evaluators.
• Work closely with Project staff and implementing partners to identify, document, and disseminate best practices.

Required Experience

• Master’s degree in public health, social sciences, international development, or other closely related field.
• 10+ years’ experience in the implementation and management of international development projects preferably within health.
• Broad understanding of public health in Kenya and knowledgeable in the area of primary health care and HIV/AIDS health.
• Proven skills in managing health related projects, building organizational capacity in health service delivery program and use of host country and community level mechanisms.

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Responsibilities

• Responsible for all monitoring, evaluation and reporting activities under the program.
• Develop and manage the Project’s Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP).
• Develop and maintain systems to collect and analyze information on inputs, outputs, outcomes and impact of the program.
• Analyze monthly data and support training of M&E personnel in quality assurance.
• In collaboration with program and field staff, ensure successful implementation of M&E strategies and performance monitoring plans.
• Ensure quality, consistency and adherence to standards and best practices for M&E across the program, including data quality and use.
• Work collaboratively with key headquarters and country program staff to plan M&E activities, budgets, timelines, and level of effort requests.
• Prepare quarterly and annual reports for USAID.
• Promote and support knowledge management and sharing efforts both internally and externally, including participation in internal and external communities of practice and contribute to PATH’s knowledge management sites.
• Mentor junior M&E staff at headquarters and in the field as needed.

Required Experience

• Master’s degree in public health (international health, epidemiology, biostatistics, population) or related social sciences.
• 8- 10 years of relevant experience.
• Prior experience setting up and/or implementing routine data collection systems for health service delivery.
• Computer skills demonstrating competency in MS Office Suite and at least one statistical package such as Stata or SPSS.
• Demonstrated self-starter (i.e. motivation, dealing with pressure, adaptability)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English,
• Experienced and proficient in writing reports and M&E sections of proposals, including performance monitoring plans for external audiences, and manuscripts for publication
• Ability to interact skillfully and diplomatically with numerous counterparts, including donors, Ministry of Health officials, local partners and other NGO’s.