Job Opening at Options Consultancy Services Ltd

Job Description

We’re seeking an experienced individual to join our team based in Nairobi, who will be successfully leading on national ownership and health financing across Lot 2 of the UK-Aid funded Women’s Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) programme. The successful individual will provide excellent leadership and support to WISH Lot 2 teams and consultants based across Asia and Africa, and enable us to achieve above and beyond key performance indicators.

Responsibilities

The Regional (multi-country) National Ownership and Health Financing Lead will be responsible for leading and coordinating the approach to achieving national ownership across WISH Lot 2 countries. The successful applicant will engage with consortium partners to ensure alignment and buy-in to the overarching approach to national ownership.

The Regional National Ownership Lead will provide technical, strategic and management backstopping support to the National Ownership Leads based in Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Madagascar, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The successful candidate will also ensure learning as well as tools and approaches are used to inform roll-out of national ownership interventions in the rest of the Lot 2 countries.

Person specification

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• At least a Master’s Degree in public health, health economics, health management or a related field.
• Significant experience in a senior role in the provision of technical assistance for health including remote support.
• Considerable experience in leading the delivery of donor-funded programmes, particularly those funded by DFID.
• Relevant and demonstrable experience in domestic financing and/or strengthening policy and legislation, using evidence to hold the government to account for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) outcomes and promote quality control and standards of service provision and care programmes settings.

See the Job Description for more details: https://options.co.uk/jobs/regional-multi-country-national-ownership-and...

About the programme and Options

Options Consultancy Services Limited was established in 1992 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marie Stopes International. We are a consultancy organisation providing technical and management expertise in the health and social sectors to governments and international development partners to transform the health of women and children. We provide information, expertise and influence to governments, health workers, NGOs and businesses to catalyse change so that health services can be accessed by the people who need them most.

WISH Lot 2 is led by the International Planned Parenthood Foundation (IPPF) with the following consortium partners: Options (national ownership lead); Marie Stopes International (service delivery partner); International Rescue Committee (service delivery partner); Development Media International (social norm and behaviour change lead) and Handicap International (inclusion of disabilities).

Our approach to National Ownership comprises of four strategies: increase government commitment to SRH outcomes through domestic financing; use evidence-based advocacy and effective partnerships to strengthen policy and legislation; use evidence to hold the government to account for SRH outcomes and; promote quality control and standards of service provision and care.

Benefits include

• Basic salary will include the following allowances and benefits: housing, transportation and meals.
• 25 days Annual Leave per year in addition to Kenyan public holidays.
• Employer 5% pension contribution
• Medical insurance
• 13th month bonus pro rata
• Relocation package for international applicants can be considered

Other information

Options is an equal opportunities employer

Overseas candidates require to have the right to work in Kenya.