Industry: Health Care
Location: Nairobi
Position: Partnership Lead – African Health Markets for Equity (AHME)
Our Client, an international NGO
whose core business is reproductive health and family planning to millions of
the world’s poorest and vulnerable women, and the lead of African Health
Markets for Equity (AHME) is looking to recruit a Partnership Lead.
Programme Implementation and
monitoring
- Provide guidance and support to partners in
the country team to ensure that AHME is implemented effectively with high
impact.
- Lead on the preparation, review and periodic
revision of detailed implementation plans for AHME to ensure the project
is delivered within the timeframe and achieves all significant milestones.
Agree plans with partners and present to AHME Director for approval.
- Review and approve all AHME sub-contracts and
consultancy ToRs.
- Monitor progress through regular field visits,
review of indicators, and meetings with Project Management Unit, partners,
service providers, communities, and other stakeholders.
- Ensure the effective use of donor
resources. Ensure compliance with donor requirements at all levels
(reporting, procurement, visibility, budget etc.) and be in charge of the
communication to the Project Management Unit.
- Ensure supply, demand, and policy streams are
synergistic and coordinated.
Programme Development
- In collaboration with partners, monitor
environmental opportunities and challenges.
- Work together with the country team and
Project Management Unit to adjust and refine plans as needed to seize
opportunities and mitigate risks.
- Organise AHME Technical Advisory Group
meetings, and use the TAG to ensure early understanding of environmental
changes.
- Develop and take ownership of a formal risk
matrix for the country.
Coordination/Representation
- Work closely with the AHME Director and
Project Management Unit to ensure Country plans and implementation are
aligned with the AHME Theory of Change.
- Build an effective working relationship with
partnership members and other key stakeholders.
- Ensure coordination of AHME partnership at all
levels of implementation, and especially supervise joint activities.
- Organise workshops, training and review
meetings as relevant.
- Lead the development and implementation of a
country level advocacy and communication plans in coordination with
partnership members.
- Represent country at AHME Leadership Team
meetings.
- Maintain regular, productive communications
between donor agencies (in-country), AHME partners and other key
stakeholders.
Reporting and Documentation
- Prepare periodic reports for international
monitoring and provide input to the interim and final reports to the
donor.
- Develop case studies for publication.
Experience (Essential/Desirable)
- Proven experience in strategic planning and
project management (essential).
- Proven experience in, and technical
understanding of, Health Financing (essential) and specifically of Health
Insurance in sub Saharan Africa (desirable).
- Proven experience in primary health service delivery
(essential), including Social Franchising (desirable).
- Demonstrable experience of project financial
and budget management.
- Proven experience of designing and
implementing M&E frameworks, including: routine data collection, data
quality assurance and data use, preferably for public health interventions
(essential).
- Publication experience including case studies,
abstracts/presentations for international conferences, research papers
(essential).
- Experience of developing research plans and of
identifying research gaps (desirable).
- Experience of capturing and analysing Health
Insurance data (desirable).
- Experience in partnering with International
donors, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Department For
International Development (desirable).
Skills and Qualifications
- Master’s degree (MA, MPH, MSc) in public
health or relevant field of social science or equivalent experience.
- Excellent representational skills with
experience of negotiating and influencing governments, working with
partners, donors and development agencies.
- Ability to use effective strategies to
facilitate change initiatives and overcome resistance to change by
involving others, listening and building commitment.
- Fluency in English (written and spoken).
- Excellent interpersonal and communication
skills.
To apply, send your CV and cover
letter only to recruit@flexi-personnel.com before 29th February, 2016.
Clearly indicate the position applied
for, and expected remuneration, on the subject line.