African Health Markets for Equity Project Management Consultant
Purpose: Marie Stopes International (MSI) is the prime on a $60 m, 5 year
proposal to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and DFID entitled Africa
Health Markets for Equity (AHME).
AHME proposes to improve the coverage of priority health
technologies among the poor in Africa through integrating social franchising
with demand-side financing approaches at scale.
The AHME Project Management Unit is based in Nairobi and will provide
administrative support and management oversight respectively to country-level
implementation.
The Project Management Consultant will work to support the start
up of the AHME partnership.
The Incumbent will report to the Associate Director Health
Markets.
Duties:
- Facilitate
the start up of AHME at the country level
- Provide
leadership and vision on the implementation of AHME in country
- Provide
support to MSI and other partners in executing and managing
projects/developing their programme
- Organize
stakeholder meetings
- Prepare
training/commodity plans
- Develop
risk registers
- Convene
kick off meetings in Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana
- Support
start up of AHME work within MSI by coordinating with the relevant teams
such as Research and Metrics, Medical Development Team, etc.
- Document
start up with country level start up guidelines including financial and
narrative report requirements and schedule for all partners.
- Facilitate
start up of AHME management structure
- Create
Terms of Reference for AHME board, Technical Advisory Board, Project
Management Team
- Convene
initial meetings at all management levels
- Develop
communications strategy for AHME
- Develop
internal communications strategy for MSI to ensure all internal
stakeholders are aware of AHME and their contributions
- Develop
external communications strategy for stakeholders within implementation
countries and donors to ensure all external stakeholders are aware of AHME
and their contributions
- Facilitate
contracting process with AHME partnership
- Coordinate
and contracting process for MSI with donor partners and between partners
and MSI
- Effectively
manage sub-grants with partners including clear financial and narrative
reporting
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Master’s
Degree in Public Health - Health Financing and Health Systems focus
- Minimum
5 years progressive work-experience in international development
- Project
management experience
- Grants
management experience
- Knowledge
of health systems, clinical service delivery and health financing
- Writing
skills – ability to present written information in an appealing and easy
to follow format
- Highly
articulate and analytical with attention to detail
Attitude / Motivation:
- Passionate
about improving access to health services and information.
- Belief
in the role of the private sector to deliver health outcomes
Applications including a cover letter and detailed CVs with
contact details of 3 referees should be submitted to:
People and Development Dept
pd@mariestopes.or.ke
pd@mariestopes.or.ke
Marie Stopes Kenya
On or before 20th July, 2012
‘Marie Stopes International is an equal opportunity employer’
