Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Director
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
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We live our mission to save lives and
improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing
the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
MSH seeks a Monitoring and Evaluation
Director for an anticipated 5-year, $35 million, USAID-funded project in Kenya
that will deliver an integrated high-impact interventions in the areas of
HIV&AIDS; Family Planning; Maternal, Newborn and Child Health; Maternal and
Child Nutrition; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.
The project will also focus on
strengthening of health leadership and management capacities of the Nairobi
County Local Government.
The project will benefit under-served
populations in Nairobi County, with a possible focus on urban informal
settlements.
This position is contingent upon
project award and funding.
Overall Responsibilities:
The Director of Monitoring &
Evaluation is responsible for the overall management of monitoring and
evaluation system for project. S/he leads and coordinates monitoring and
evaluation, systems development and related activities.
The director ensures the smooth
operation and quality performance of technical efforts and field activities by
coordinating programmatic reporting, quality of data management and
information. S/he is responsible for leading the development and implementation
of a plan to monitor progress and evaluate effectiveness.
The Director of Monitoring &
Evaluation ensures adherence to monitoring of project activities using
developed tools and indicators.
Specific Responsibilities
1. Provide in-country technical
leadership and support for monitoring and evaluation and knowledge management.
These tasks include, among others:
a. Ensure the integration of M&E
activities into all project components.
b. Collect, report and analyze
information on project activities.
c. Ensure timely and complete
reporting from in-country executing partners in accordance with approved
reporting formats.
d. Monitor and evaluate progress
towards annual work plans, expected outputs, including selecting and monitoring
progress in meeting indicators.
e. Assist the Chief of Party in the
preparation of work plans/selection of indicators and annual implementation
plans with a view towards the project’s M&E requirements.
f. Coordinate the preparation of all
quarterly progress reports, annual project report, inception report, ad-hoc
technical reports, and success stories for USAID funding in line with the
required formats.
g. Collect data for annual M&E plan and use those data to improve project performance.
g. Collect data for annual M&E plan and use those data to improve project performance.
h. Adapt and implement tools and
techniques to improve the quality and use of data for decision making.
i. Compile information on lessons
learned and expertise within and outside the project.
2. Provide capacity building
activities on M+E to selected stakeholders and sub-contractors participating in
project activities (government, CBOs, NGOs).
3. Develop a detailed annual work
plan to build technical and managerial capacity of project.
a. Based on the capacity building
work plan mentioned above conduct monthly seminars, hands-on training,
mentoring and coaching for project staff.
4. Design and implement operations
research
Qualifications:
1. Required - Masters’ degree in
management, M&E, health sciences or public health or equivalent experience.
2. Required - At least 7 years of
relevant work experience in monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS, RH/FP,
and/or other relevant services, including maternal health, malaria and TB or
related areas in developing countries. Some of this experience must include
health programs in Kenya and the US Government as the project’s donor.
3. Required - Knowledge of and
experience in training and capacity building on M+E.
4. Required - Experience establishing
data quality assurance systems. Demonstrated experience with software applications
related to project planning and monitoring.
5. Required – Successful experience
leading M+E activities within a team comprising staff and consultant coming
from diverse organizations.
6. Recommended - Prior experience
conducting operations research.
Qualified candidates currently
residing in Kenya are encouraged to apply.
Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental handicap, or status as a disabled or Vietnam Era veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces.
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Title: Technical Director
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
This position is contingent upon
project award and funding.
Specific Requirements
1. Leads the design and
implementation of the project’s integrated high-impact interventions in the
areas of HIV&AIDS (the project’s major technical intervention); Family
Planning; Maternal, Newborn and Child Health; Maternal and Child Nutrition;
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.
This integrated package of
interventions will be delivered through MSH, its sub-contractors and/or
government and/or private health providers.
2. Coordinate the technical expertise
of MSH and its sub-contractors, which will include international, national and
local organizations so that the project’s technical interventions are designed
and implemented as a single package which includes the best expertise of MSH
and its sub-contractors.
3. Link with technical counterparts
in government and international development agencies and NGOs, private sector
and corporate organizations to coordinate and leverage the project’s technical
interventions.
4. Contribute to strengthening MSH
presence in Kenya
Qualifications
1. Required – Medical Doctor,
Registered Nurse or Registered Midwife with a Master’s degree in Public Health
or related area.
2. Required - Minimum of 7 years of
successful experience as senior-level technical or program manager of health
projects of equivalent size and complexity, funded by USAID or by other
international donors.
3. Required – Successful working
experience in health programs in Kenya. Successful experience in the design
and/or implementation of HIV/AIDS programs and at least two of the following
programs: Family Planning; Maternal, Newborn and Child Health; Maternal and
Child Nutrition; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.
4. Required – Successful experience leading technical staff and consultants within a consortium of international and local sub-contractors to achieve measurable results within a technically complex and integrated health program.
4. Required – Successful experience leading technical staff and consultants within a consortium of international and local sub-contractors to achieve measurable results within a technically complex and integrated health program.
5. Required – Successful experience
engaging technical representatives of the host country government, civil
society organizations, international development organizations and private
sector to support project implementation and/or to provide complementary
resources to the project.
6. Required – Successful experience
of working in a collaborate manner, sharing knowledge, documenting experience,
supporting creative initiatives. Demonstrated strategic agility, diplomacy,
conflict management, team building, written and oral communication in English,
and negotiation skills.
7. Recommended - Demonstrated
experience in the following:
- Working in programs addressing health needs of
populations living in informal urban settlements preferably in Kenya.
- Working with PEPFAR-funded programs.
- Strengthening capacities of NGO administrative
and financial systems, and oversight of grants programs.
- Strengthening leadership and management
capacities of national and sub-national government health systems.
Qualified candidates currently
residing in Kenya are encouraged to apply.
Management Sciences for Health is an
equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, physical
or mental handicap, or status as a disabled or Vietnam Era veteran of the U.S.
Armed Forces.
How to Apply
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Title: Chief of Party
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
This position is contingent upon
project award and funding.
Specific Requirements
1. Lead and manage the project with
full accountability and authority for the development, execution, and
monitoring of the project, including
(1) vision and technical
strategy;
(2) project management;
(3) program, contractual and
financial reporting, documentation and communication;
(4) client(s) and stakeholder(s)
relationships; and
(5) coordination and synergy with
other MSH projects.
Supervise the project’s senior
project staff, including the Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor and
Administrative and Finance Manager.
Oversee development and provide
ongoing oversight of the M&E plan.
2. Lead the consortium of MSH and its sub-contractors, which will include international, national and local organizations.
Ensure that the project activities
are supported and implemented to achieve project milestones and contractual
obligations.
Promote integration of internal
project activities so as to provide better support to the local health systems,
health facilities and local implementing partners as well as stronger support
to deliver integrated and high quality service.
Facilitate project start-up technical
activities, including the development of plans for each key technical and
management component.
3. Serve as MSH’s official representative of the project and maintains communication between all relevant parties, including appropriate officials from MOH and the USAID COR assigned to this agreement.
Coordinate with USAID for
communication with USAID/Kenya, other USG entities, and other GOK entities.
4. Engage additional international, government and private donors and stakeholders to leverage USAID’s project investments.
5. Contribute to strengthening MSH presence in Kenya
Qualifications
1. Required - Minimum of a Master’s
degree in Public Health or related area.
2. Required - Demonstrated a minimum of 10 years of successful experience as the Chief of Party, Deputy Chief of Party, or senior-level technical or program manager of a comparable multi-dimensional USAID health project, managing professional and financial resources on a similar scale preferred.
2. Required - Demonstrated a minimum of 10 years of successful experience as the Chief of Party, Deputy Chief of Party, or senior-level technical or program manager of a comparable multi-dimensional USAID health project, managing professional and financial resources on a similar scale preferred.
3. Required – Successful experience
leading, managing and/or coordinating a consortium of international and local
sub-contractors to achieve measurable results within a technically complex and
integrated health program. Proven ability to communicate well with, motivate,
guide, and direct all levels of staff. Hands-on senior staff supervision experience
required.
4. Required – Successful experience
engaging representatives of USAID, the host country government, civil society
organizations, international development organizations and private sector to
support project implementation and/or to provide complementary resources to the
project.
5. Required – Successful track record
of sharing knowledge, documenting experience, supporting creative initiatives,
and sharing credit. Demonstrated strategic agility, diplomacy, conflict
management, team building, written and oral communication in English, and
negotiation skills.
6. Recommended - Prior working
experience in programs addressing health needs of populations living in
informal urban settlements.
7. Recommended - Prior working
experience in health programs in Kenya and/or with PEPFAR-funded projects.
8. Recommended - Demonstrated
experience in the following:
- Strengthening capacities of NGO administrative
and financial systems, and oversight of grants programs.
- Strengthening leadership and management
capacities of national and sub-national government health systems.
- Integrated health programs which combine
HIV&AIDS; Family Planning; Maternal, Newborn and Child Health;
Maternal and Child Nutrition; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.
Qualified candidates currently
residing in Kenya are encouraged to apply.
Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental handicap, or status as a disabled or Vietnam Era veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces.
How to Apply
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Title: Director of Finance and Administration
Reports To: Chief
of Party
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Overall Responsibilities: The Director of Finance and Administration is the
primary financial and administrative officer of the Program. S/he ensures that
financial functions support the timely and effective implementation of the
program’s technical scope of work.
The Director of Finance and
Administration ensures that resources are allocated and used in compliance with
contractual requirements, applicable regulations, and appropriate standards and
procedures.
The Director also oversees the
overall administration of the program, including working with MSH’s HQ support
units managing operations, grants & contracts issued by MSH, procurement of
commercial goods and commercial services, accounting, and any HR activities on
the program.
S/he liaises with local
partners and with MSH’s headquarters regarding any aspects of the program
implementation related to finance.
The Director of Finance and
Administration ensures that all budgets, expenses as well as program
procurement activities are carried out according to USAID and MSH standards and
regulations.
S/he also oversees the management of
grants and contracts issued by MSH and oversees cost share within the project
Specific Responsibilities
Financial Management
- Oversees and supervises the work of the
project Finance and Administration team.
- Leads program annual budget development
process. This includes managing the annual work plan and activity budgets,
and ensuring compliance of program expenditures with approved budgets;
ensure the consistency, inclusion and accuracy of costs and that they
comply with MSH’s and USAID’s policy.
- Develop and maintain systems for program
expenditure monitoring and tracking. Provides routine pipeline analyses to
the Chief of Party and USAID. Also, provide any ad hoc reports requested
by USAID.
- Performs routine financial analysis on program
expenditures, documenting and monitoring overall performance, analyzing
trends, identifying gaps to ensure efficient and sound project management.
- Ensure that required financial reports are
submitted in the format and by the deadline stated in the cooperative
agreement. Communicates and coordinates with USAID to ensure receipt of
all necessary financial information.
Administrative Operations:
- Ensure that all equipment is inventoried and
managed per USAID rules and MSH standards.
- Implement standard procedures and forms that
promote and/or ensure program compliance with the cooperative agreement
terms and conditions, and that ensures program spending provides the best
value.
- Oversee the procurement of commercial goods
and commercial services in accordance with delegation memorandum from the
MSH Home Office.
- Manage and ensure that Administrative project
expenditures are properly authorized and within budget, and that payments
are properly reviewed and approved, as delegated by the Project Director.
- Supervise the field office administrative
staff to ensure that the project receives adequate and timely support for
administrative and logistics operations.
- Manage field office and MSH Home Office
administrative support for the project; plan and facilitate coordination
for timely support. Develop and manage action item trackers for
administrative operations.
- Coordinate the allocation of administrative
resources to ensure effective operations of the office and support of
technical activities. Ensure that project assets are properly managed,
tracked, and dispositioned.
- Within the auspices of MSH and project-wide
policy framework, develop and implement internal administrative
guidelines, SOPs, and manuals for better efficiency in administrative and
financial project management.
- Orient new staff and consultants regarding the
project and MSH policy and procedures, including staff on-boarding process
and staff administrative communications.
- Prepare reports and presentations as needed
regarding key administrative operations and initiatives.
- Manage administrative and contractual
documents as needed, such as internal communications, external
correspondence, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Agreement,
leases, work plans, and the like, and ensure completeness, accuracy, and
proper grammar.
- Ensure proper documentation and retention of
project specific financial, administrative, and technical information;
provide required support to internal and external auditors.
- Review and validate vendor/subcontractor
invoices including payments under TO99.
- Develop and communicate monthly field office
budget requests, documenting cost assumptions, monitoring spending against
budget, and providing administrative support to field staff as
appropriate.
- Serve as a member of the project senior
management team and attend all the relevant internal meetings.
- Represent project field office in internal and
external meetings as delegated by the Project Director.
- Other duties as assigned by the Project
Director.
Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree or higher in Business
Administration, Finance, Accounting or other relevant field.
- Experience in logistics, procurement or supply
management is highly preferred.
- Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in
administrative and financial management of large international projects
including experience in management of USG projects with USAID experience
preferred.
- Thorough knowledge of and experience working
with US Government contracting regulations, procedures, and policies,
including FAR, CFR and OMB Circulars.
- Demonstrated experience and skills in
developing and managing large and complex budgets.
- Experience with developing and overseeing
grants, sub grants and contracts.
- High degree of proficiency with spreadsheet,
document, database and accounting software.
- Strong analytical, oral and written
communication & interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated excellent English language skills
(both written and oral) with the ability to conduct business in English.
- Ability and willingness to travel within Kenya
as required.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively
communicate across different layers within the organization, and ability
to identify and resolve policy and operational constraints.
Qualified candidates currently
residing in Kenya are encouraged to apply.
Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental handicap, or status as a disabled or Vietnam Era veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces.
How to Apply
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Title: Health Sector Strengthening (HSS) Director
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
This position is contingent upon
project award and funding.
Specific Requirements
1. Leads the design and implementation
of the project’s health sector strengthening interventions focused on
(a) the Nairobi County Local
Government and related government entities (National Government, Health Zones
of the County); and
(b) local NGOs and/or CBOs. For both
audiences, possible HSS topics will include: human resource management, supply
chain management, leadership and governance, program and financial planning and
reporting, inter-institutional coordination, health information systems and/or
fundraising.
2. Coordinate the HSS expertise of MSH and of its sub-contractors, which will include international, national and local organizations so that the project’s HSS interventions are designed and implemented as a single package which includes the best expertise of MSH and each of its sub-contractors.
3. Link with HSS counterparts in
government and international development agencies and NGOs to coordinate and
leverage the project’s HSS interventions.
4. Contribute to strengthening MSH
presence in Kenya
Qualifications
1. Required –Master’s degree in
Public Health or related area.
2. Required - Minimum of 7 years of
successful experience as senior-level HSS expert in health projects of
equivalent size and complexity, funded by USAID or by other international
donors. This HSS experience must include both government institutions and civil
society organizations and must include at least four of the following HSS
topics: human resource management, supply chain management, leadership and
governance, program and financial planning and reporting, inter-institutional
coordination and health information systems and/or fundraising.
3. Required - Prior working
experience in health programs in Kenya.
4. Required – Successful experience
leading HSS staff and consultants within a consortium of international and
local sub-contractors to achieve measurable results within a technically
complex and integrated health program.
5. Required – Successful experience
in engaging HSS representatives of the host country government, civil society
organizations, international development organizations and NGOs to support
project implementation and/or to provide complementary resources to the
project.
6. Required – Successful experience
in sharing knowledge, documenting experience, supporting creative initiatives,
and sharing credit. Demonstrated strategic agility, diplomacy, conflict
management, team building, written and oral communication in English, and
negotiation skills.
7. Recommended – Successful
experience in the design and/or implementation of HIV/AIDS programs and at
least two of the following programs: Family Planning; Maternal, Newborn and
Child Health; Maternal and Child Nutrition; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.
8. Recommended – Successful
experience in programs addressing health needs of populations living in
informal urban settlements
Qualified candidates currently
residing in Kenya are encouraged to apply.
Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental handicap, or status as a disabled or Vietnam Era veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces.
How to Apply
CLICK HERE to apply online