Initiatives Inc.
Job Vacancy: Chief of Party
Summary: Initiatives
Inc. seeks a Chief of Party for an anticipated USAID-funded health
project.
This five-year project aims
at strengthening services and systems for HIV and AIDS with a focus on
strengthening county, facility and community capacity to effectively manage
HIV/AIDS service delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Set the project
strategic vision, guide planning, and manage implementation of project
activities related to HIV service planning, management and coordination.
- Oversee
contract management and ensure compliance with USAID policies and
regulations.
- Supervise both
technical and administrative project components, including project
compliance and financial management.
- Manage
relationships with the Ministry of Health, other government health
departments and agencies, USAID and implementing partners.
- Manage and
supervise project staff.
- Oversee
effective project data management, monitoring and reporting.
Required Qualifications
- Master degree
or higher in public health, business administration, health services
administration, health systems strengthening or another relevant field.
- Bachelor Degree
in medicine, nursing or other relevant field with experience in HIV
service management.
- Minimum of 15
years of relevant work experience in a supervisory role with at least 10
years of senior management experience
- At least 3
years of experience managing USAID- and/or PEPFAR-funded programs and at
least five years of experience managing development programs outside of
Kenya.
- Demonstrated
experience personnel management of diverse teams of staff representing
multiple partners and addressing various project elements.
- Previous
experience supporting government health systems managers in strengthening
HIV service management.
- Outstanding
leadership and management capabilities with demonstrated achievements in
interpersonal relationship management, written and oral presentation
skills and partner coordination.
Deputy Chief of Party and Senior
Technical Director
Summary:Initiatives
Inc. seeks a Deputy Chief of Party and Technical Director for an anticipated
USAID-funded health project.
This five-year project aims
at strengthening services and systems for HIV and AIDS with a focus on
strengthening county, facility and community capacity to effectively manage
HIV/AIDS service delivery.
Location: Western Province Kenya.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage
the project’s strategic direction and technical scope.
- With the COP,
oversee project planning and manage activity implementation; lead the
development of annual workplans and oversee timely completion of routine
project reports.
- Ensure project
implementation is done in line with the stated goals and objectives of the
project.
- Lead technical
strategies and interventions for human resources for health and quality
improvement and oversee all interventions including planning and budgeting
support, HRIS strengthening, as well as staff capacity development through
coaching, mentorship and training related to HIV/AIDS service management.
- Manage
relationships with the Ministry of Health, other government health
departments and agencies, USAID, sub-contractors and local
partners.
- Coordinate
closely with other implementing partners to ensure synergy between
capacity building and service delivery interventions.
- Manage and
supervise project staff and ensure the project provides high-quality,
value added, technical support and capacity development.
Required Qualifications
- Master degree
or higher in public health, business administration, health services
administration, health systems strengthening or another relevant field
- Bachelor Degree
in medicine, nursing or other relevant field with experience in HIV/AIDS
service delivery.
- Minimum of 10
years of relevant work experience in a supervisory role with at least 5
years of senior management and project design experience for HIV programs.
- Demonstrated
technical leadership in service delivery management; quality improvement;
human resources management; health worker performance improvement,
training and capacity development; government health planning and
budgeting; and management information systems use.
- Extensive
understanding of gender issues in HIV and health systems management and
the needs of populations vulnerable to HIV and AIDS.
- Demonstrated
experience in leadership, partner relations and coordination, and
personnel management
- Previous
experience supporting government health systems managers, for profit
sector entities, local community organizations, donors and other stakeholders
in Kenya.
- Strong written
and verbal communication skills.
- Previous
experience with USAID- and/or PEPFAR-funded project management.
Job Vacancy: Monitoring
and Evaluation Specialist
Summary: Initiatives
Inc. seeks a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for an anticipated
USAID-funded health project.
This five-year project aims
at strengthening services and systems for HIV and AIDS with a focus on
strengthening county, facility and community capacity to effectively manage
HIV/AIDS service delivery.
Location: Western Province Kenya.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design
and implementation of the project’s monitoring and evaluation systems and
activities, including development of the M and E framework; data
collection and storage processes and platforms; data analysis and report;
documentation and visualization of results.
- Manage routine
data collection, data quality assurance and data analysis; document
improvements, lessons learned and project progress and achievements
relevant to indicators and targets.
- Orient project
staff on data collection and lead the project team in data interpretation
and use.
- Ensure timely
reporting of data to PEPFAR and USAID per donor requirements.
- Manage and
supervise project monitoring and evaluation staff.
- Oversee project
reporting and documentation, including the development of articles for
publication and/or conference presentations.
Required Qualifications
- Master degree
or higher in public health, statistics, health services administration or
another relevant field.
- Minimum of 7
years of relevant work experience developing and managing monitoring and
evaluation systems for public health programs, with specific experience in
HIV programs.
- A strong
understanding of monitoring and evaluation of health systems strengthening
interventions and outcomes.
- High
professional competency in data analysis and report writing for complex
public health programs.
- Extensive
experience in qualitative and qualitative data analysis, GIS, and use of
dashboards and other data visualization methods.
- Demonstrated
experience in personnel management.
- Professional-level
English written and verbal communication.
- Previous
experience in USAID- and PEPFAR-funded projects.
Job Vacancy: Health
Systems Strengthening Advisor
Summary: Initiatives
Inc. seeks a Health Systems Strengthening Advisor for an anticipated
USAID-funded health project.
This five-year project aims
at strengthening services and systems for HIV and AIDS with a focus on
strengthening county, facility and community capacity to effectively manage
HIV/AIDS service delivery.
Location: Western Province Kenya.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and
manage the project’s technical interventions to strengthen country
planning and budgeting, human resources management and data management use
and analysis for HIV/AIDs service delivery.
- Manage and
supervise the project capacity building team.
- Lead
interventions to transfer skills through training, mentorship, coaching,
team-based learning and other capacity building support.
- Work with the
project Technical Director and M and E Specialist to ensure interventions
are clearly defined and are carried out in line with the project workplan.
- Contribute to
project planning, monitoring of systems strengthening progress and
reporting.
- Develop publishable
case studies describing system strengthening achievements.
Required Qualifications
- Master degree
or higher in public health, business administration, human resources,
health services administration or another relevant field.
- Minimum of 7
years of relevant work experience supporting government and civil society
institutions to strengthen management and accountability.
- Demonstrated
experience developing and using organizational capacity assessment tools
to assess and monitor capacity development.
- Extensive
experience in capacity development including training, mentorship,
coaching, on-the-job learning, adult learning and team-based learning
approaches, among others.
- Experience in
personnel management.
- Professional-level
English written and verbal communication.
- Previous
experience in USAID- and/or PEPFAR-funded projects.
How to Apply:
All applicants should email a
CV, cover letter, and contacts for three references to initiativesinc.kenya@gmail.com with “Health Systems Strengthening
Advisor” as the subject line.