Palladium
For the past 50 years, we have been
making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees
operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000
technical experts, Palladium has improved – and is committed to continuing to
improve – economies, societies and most importantly, people’s lives.
Regional Coordinator
Isiolo – Kenya
Company Overview: Palladium is a global leader in the design, development
and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social
and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments,
corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and
implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial
benefits.
Palladium is a child-safe
organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. We
also provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard
to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran
or marital status.
Project Overview and Role: The Feed the Future Kenya Investment Mechanism (KIM) Program is
a five-year project (2018 – 2023) that is one of USAID’s “Market Systems Suite”
projects that aims to increase agricultural production and reduce poverty and
malnutrition in Kenya.
The overall purpose of the KIM
program is to create a sustainable, market-based ecosystem for finance and
investment through mobilizing capital into the horticulture, dairy, livestock,
and clean energy value chains (VCs), and facilitating an enabling environment
conducive to investment. The focus is on strengthening Small and Medium
Enterprises (SMEs) working in the following value chains: dairy, livestock, and
horticulture (mango, passion fruit, avocado, banana, pineapple, sweet potato,
and African leafy vegetables).
The KIM program will mobilize private
capital into target VCs through innovative smart incentives and building
partnerships with key actors that can deliver access to market, know-how, and
technology to drive VC competitiveness.
Concurrently, KIM will lead policy
reform efforts focused on removing barriers inhibiting large-scale investment
into the target sectors, therefore unlocking further finance. The two
objectives of KIM will result in the project serving as an investment platform
that mobilizes substantial capital from the public and private sectors and
builds partnerships between stakeholders in the financial ecosystem, ultimately
contributing to USAID’s overall goal of fostering broad-based, sustained, and
inclusive economic growth in Kenya.
The KIM project will focus on
businesses located in, or doing business in, the following target counties:
Homa Bay, Migori, Kisii, Kisumu, Siaya, Kakamega, Bungoma, Busia, Vihiga,
Kitui, Makueni, Taita Taveta, Isiolo, Marsabit, Turkana, Garissa, and Wajir
counties.
Responsibilities
The KIM office is currently located
in Nairobi for easy access to the headquarters of financial institutions such
as commercial banks, investors, and exporters, as well as relevant government
offices for influencing national policy decisions on the business/investment
enabling environment.
However, presence in KIM’s target
counties is important to engage with SMEs seeking financing, KIM partners such
as business advisory service providers (BASPs) and local financial institutions
(FIs), and county-level governments.
Therefore, Palladium is recruiting a
Regional Coordinator long-term staff member for KIM in Isiolo, serving as the
primary point of contact for KIM’s regional stakeholders, as well as a key
facilitator for consultant trips and meetings. The regional representative
would also be utilized for monitoring and spot checks of project activities.
The Regional Coordinator will be
based in Isiolo and will be responsible for activities located in the 9
Northern and Eastern counties: Kitui, Makueni, Taita Taveta, Isiolo, Marsabit,
Turkana, Garissa and Wajir. They should have extensive contacts in these
regions at the county level in order to make necessary introductions for KIM
team members.
The Regional Coordinator will have a
range of responsibilities that could include, but are not limited to:
Business Development
·
Identify and engage business advisory
service (BAS) providers and support capacity building efforts,
·
Improve linkages between
agri-enterprises and banks and/or investors by working directly with
agribusinesses and financial institutions in the region,
·
Support the closure of financing deal
processes for SMEs in the target value chains, working with KIM’s BAS and FIs
partners when needed,
·
Support SMEs with company
registration and banking arrangements, among other capacity building support,
·
Represent KIM in county investment
forums and present on project objectives; follow up after events to pursue
opportunities,
·
Support the identification of
partnerships and activities to constructively enhance agricultural commerce,
and support implementation of these tasks,
·
Undertaking monitoring and evaluation
work as well as research/surveys required in furtherance of KIM’s core mandates
and objectives,
·
Accountable for strong collaboration
with other implementing partners, notably USAID’s Kenya Crops and Dairy Market
System (KCDMS) and Livestock Market Systems (LMS) activities.
Project Coordination and Operations
Support
·
Provide technical and administrative
support to the KIM technical teams, including coordinating meetings,
facilitating field visits, and identifying potential partner firms,
·
Assist with verifying subcontract
milestone documentation at the field level,
·
Support and facilitate the process of
procurement of venues for any regional events in collaboration with Director of
Finance and Administration,
·
Ensure compliance with USAID rules and
regulations pertaining to approvals, due diligence, record retention and other
contractual requirements,
·
Support KIM’s personnel and
consultant visits to their region of operations,
·
Spearhead corporate implementation
projects as required; and
·
Assist with any other tasks as
assigned by the Chief of Party or his/her designate.
Requirements
Minimum education and experience
required:
·
Minimum first degree in business or
other relevant social sciences.
·
A minimum of 5 years of relevant work
experience.
·
A minimum of 5 years of project
management experience with United States Government or other donor clients,
including at least 3 years’ experience with USAID contracts specifically.
·
Minimum of 5 years of experience in
management consulting, business advisory services provision, financial sector
development, and or/business development.
·
Financial sector experience in at
county level will be an added advantage.
·
A minimum of 3 years working remotely
with minimal supervision. Experience in North and eastern region is an added
advantage.
Key competencies and professional
expertise required:
·
Strong relationship building,
networking and business development skills.
·
Experience living in the target
regions, as well as the ability to demonstrate professional connections in KIM’s
target sectors.
·
Excellent written and verbal
communication and presentation skills.
·
Sound problem solving and
decision-making skills.
·
Strong management skills with ability
to lead and mentor SMEs.
·
Ability to work with a low level of
supervision and as a part of a team when required.
·
Willingness to travel extensively
from one county to another.
·
Knowledge on livestock sector,
agribusiness and energy sector will be added advantage.
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Closing Date: 08 November 2019
Senior Health Informatics Advisor
Kisumu, Kenya
Company Overview: Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and
delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and
economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations,
communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions
that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.
For
the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of
more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network
of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved – and is committed
to continuing to improve – economies, societies and most importantly, people’s
lives.
Palladium
is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work
with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and
employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability,
sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.
Project Overview and Role
Company Profile: Palladium develops and delivers innovative, locally relevant,
evidence-based solutions to improve the health and well-being of people around
the world. Since 1971, we have assisted governmental and non-governmental
agencies, foundations, and the private sector by designing, implementing, and
evaluating programs in HIV/AIDS, sexual and reproductive health, population and
family planning, maternal and child health, infectious diseases, and gender.
Palladium
has deep expertise in policy and advocacy, research and strategic information,
health markets and private sector engagement, modelling and economic analysis,
patient monitoring and management/HMIS, strategic consulting, and program
management.
Project Profile: Palladium has recently been awarded a cooperative agreement to
implement the USAID County Measurement, Learning and Accountability Program
(CMLAP) in Kenya. The purpose of this activity is to support ongoing activities
by the national and county governments and other development partners to
strengthen outcome measurements, learning and accountability (MLA) systems in
order to provide quality data and synthesized information for planning,
implementation, policy development and decision making.
This
activity will focus its support in the following HIV, malaria and MNCH focal
counties of Homa Bay, Migori, Kisii, Kakamega, Busia, Vihiga, Bungoma, Kisumu,
Nakuru, Baringo and Turkana
The project has two sub-purposes:
·
Increased leadership and management
capacity of county governments for effective outcome MLA systems.
·
Increased availability, analysis and
use of quality data
Position Summary: The Senior Health Informatics Advisor will be responsible for
providing thought leadership and technical guidance in effective implementation
of data systems that support data capture at facility level, reporting and use
of quality data at all levels of the Ministry of the Health. The main systems
of focus include EMRs (KenyaEMR, IQCare and AMRS), KHIS, CPIMS and EID/VL
database.
S/he
will lead the engagements with focus counties, national HIS team and
implementing partners in defining the EMR scale up road maps at county level,
adapting and implementing county level EMR policy, cascade and implementation
of Unique Person identifier (UPI) at county level.
S/he
should be skilled in using the data systems that currently support HIV
programming, mining data from this system and various data systems at the
county and sub county level, to analyze it into information for
evidence-informed programming.
S/he
will work closely with Deputy Chief of Party, Senior Governance and the Senior
CPIMS Specialist and Learning Specialists to support EMR and UPI policy
implementation, outcome measurement activities and ensure that data analyses
support information needed by these stakeholders to answer key questions and
support decision making, and for quality improvement.
Responsibilities
·
Gather and analyse various targeted
data system issues and gaps and propose solutions subsequently working closely
with national mechanisms to implement identified enhancements.
·
Lead development of various tailored
systems based on needs identified by the county and sub-county teams.
·
Impart complex technical knowledge in
simple, understandable ways to diverse audience or remotely.
·
Provide technical guidance in
adoption of national EMR and UPI policies at county level.
·
Work with DCS at the county level,
USG counterparts and others to determine priority areas to be addressed in
strengthening the child protection M&E systems.
·
Support Counties to in implementing
key EMR activities to strengthen the M&E systems by supporting stakeholder
forums, technical working groups, collaborating with other players,
participating in the implementation of key activities, monitoring, reporting,
and improving child protection data quality in the 8 Counties
·
Provide technical support on an
ongoing basis to improving data collection, analysis skills among key
stakeholders including USAID implementing partners
·
Participate in the design,
implementation, and operation of Data Quality Assurance initiatives as they
apply to various health programs including but not limited to Malaria, RMNCAH,
HIV,
·
Mortality data and their associated
data platforms.
·
Representing Tupime Kaunti at
national and county stakeholder meetings
·
Link to Strategic Information
mechanisms and teams for cross-platform learning and sharing of strategies and
techniques.
·
Assume other duties as assigned
Requirements
·
Minimum of a Master’s degree in
Computer Science, Information Technology, Informatics or related field,
·
At least 7 years of relevant
experience in System Development Life Cycle using various system development
tools web, mobile and desktop systems.
·
Excellent problem solving skills with
ability to analyse situations, identify existing or potential problems and
recommend solutions
·
Demonstrated experience and
understanding of health information systems design, development, roll-out,
and/or use (e.g. KHIS, EMR)
·
At least 5 years’ experience working
with open source health management tools including KHIS
·
Knowledge of the Ministry of Health
reporting structure especially at county and sub-county levels.
·
Knowledge of various Kenya Health
Sector implementation policies, SOPs and guidelines
·
Minimum 5 years’ experience in
handling health data including HIV, Malaria, RMNCAH, etc.
·
Experience working with community
health/social workers and community level health services
·
Relevant experience in data
collection, quality control, analysis, and interpretation and/or in using data
to identify and meet program monitoring and evaluation needs and contributing
to child rights and welfare policies.
·
Experience with USAID and/or PEPFAR
funded programs.
·
Strong written and oral communication
skills for high-level policy audiences (writing examples may be required)
·
Excellent coordination and
organization skills and attention to detail and ability to effectively and
efficiently perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities often
within a limited timeframe
·
Ability to develop and maintain
relationships with users and various stakeholders;
·
Ability and willingness to travel
frequently within Kenya and work under field conditions
·
Fluency in written and spoken English
and Swahili.
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Closing Date: 31
October 2019
Administrative Intern
Kisumu, Kenya
Company Overview: Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and
delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and
economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations,
communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions
that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.
For
the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of
more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network
of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved – and is
committed to continuing to improve – economies, societies and most importantly,
people’s lives.
Palladium
is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work
with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and
employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability,
sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.
Project Overview and Role
Company Profile: Palladium develops and delivers innovative, locally relevant,
evidence-based solutions to improve the health and well-being of people around
the world. Since 1971, we have assisted governmental and non-governmental
agencies, foundations, and the private sector by designing, implementing, and
evaluating programs in HIV/AIDS, sexual and reproductive health, population and
family planning, maternal and child health, infectious diseases, and gender.
Palladium
has deep expertise in policy and advocacy, research and strategic information,
health markets and private sector engagement, modelling and economic analysis,
patient monitoring and management/HMIS, strategic consulting, and program
management.
Project Profile: Palladium is implementing a cooperative agreement – USAID Tupime
Kaunti formerly County Measurement, Learning and Accountability Program (CMLAP)
in Kenya. The purpose of this activity is to support ongoing activities by the
national and county governments and other development partners to strengthen
outcome measurements, learning and accountability (MLA) systems in order to
provide quality data and synthesized information for planning, implementation,
policy development and decision making.
This
activity focuses its support in the following HIV, malaria and MNCH in focal
counties of Homabay, Migori, Kakamega, Busia, Vihiga, Bungoma, and Kisumu. In
addition, the project anticipates supporting Nakuru, Baringo, Turkana and
Samburu.
Responsibilities
·
Finance: The intern will support the
finance function in processing payments, scanning and filing finance documents
and photocopying.
·
Procurement & Administration: The
intern will support the procurement function by assisting in sourcing for and
analyzing quotes and bids, and processing documents to support payments and any
other duties as assigned.
·
General Program support: Support data
entry and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data from various sources
and support in preparing activity/workshop handouts, materials and documents.
Requirements
·
A basic degree the Finance, social
sciences, procurement or related. Accounting qualification CPA/ACCA an added
advantage.
·
Proficiency in MS-Word, MS-Excel and
MS-PPT is required
·
Attention to detail
·
Ability to work independently
·
Excellent verbal, interpersonal and
written communication skills
·
Team player with the ability to work
in a fast-paced environment
Performance period: The project support intern will be engaged with Tupime Kaunti
project for three months with no expectation for extension
Performance station: Kisumu – Tupime Kaunti project
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Knowledge Management (KM) / Communications Specialist
Kisumu, Kenya
Company Overview: Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and
delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and
economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations,
communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions
that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.
For
the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of
more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network
of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved – and is
committed to continuing to improve – economies, societies and most importantly,
people’s lives.
Palladium
is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work
with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and
employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability,
sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.
Project Overview and Role
Company Profile: Palladium develops and delivers innovative, locally relevant,
evidence-based solutions to improve the health and well-being of people around
the world. Since 1971, we have assisted governmental and non-governmental
agencies, foundations, and the private sector by designing, implementing, and
evaluating programs in HIV/AIDS, sexual and reproductive health, population and
family planning, maternal and child health, infectious diseases, and gender.
Palladium
has deep expertise in policy and advocacy, research and strategic information,
health markets and private sector engagement, modelling and economic analysis,
patient monitoring and management/HMIS, strategic consulting, and program
management.
Project Profile: Palladium is implementing a cooperative agreement – USAID Tupime
Kaunti formerly County Measurement, Learning and Accountability Program (CMLAP)
in Kenya. The purpose of this activity is to support ongoing activities by the
national and county governments and other development partners to strengthen
outcome measurements, learning and accountability (MLA) systems in order to
provide quality data and synthesized information for planning, implementation,
policy development and decision making.
This
activity focuses its support in the following HIV, malaria and MNCH in focal
counties of Homabay, Migori, Kisii, Kakamega, Busia, Vihiga, Bungoma, and
Kisumu. In addition, the project anticipates supporting Nakuru, Baringo,Turkana
and Samburu.
The
Palladium led Tupime Kaunti project team includes the Kenya School of Government.
Together they bring a deep knowledge of the country context–in particular,
experience working on strengthening HIS in devolved counties. We have a
collective track record in governance, health M&E and data systems, ICT and
analytics, data demand and use, and capacity building strategies at all levels
of the health system.
Through
our existing projects, the partners have established collaborative working
relationships with local nongovernmental, community-based, and faith-based
organizations (NGO/CBO/FBO) and the County Health Management Teams (CHMTs) that
will facilitate work planning and the achievement of project results.
The project has two sub-purposes:
·
Increased leadership and management
capacity of county governments for effective outcome Measurement Learning and
Accountability systems.
·
Increased availability, analysis and
use of quality data
A
25person team is based in Kisumu to achieve the project results, led by a Chief
of Party also based in Kisumu. The project anticipates having a satellite office
in Nakuru with at least 3 staff. Other Palladium staff in Nairobi and our
international offices will provide routine technical and administrative support
and assistance.
Position Summary: The Knowledge Management (KM)/Communications Specialist will be
responsible for ensuring project results are collected, disseminated and
communicated appropriately for different audiences. S/he will work closely with
the Deputy Chief of Party and other key technical staff on supporting inter and
intra county learning and communications platforms.
The
KM/Communications Specialist will provide technical assistance and support
across the project activities to support the Tupime Kaunti counties to improve
the MLA framework and to help strengthen communications mechanisms and
networks.
S/he
will provide specific support to project activities to communicate learning
around MLA strengthening. The Specialist will coordinate and support and
planning, development, and implementation of project communications strategy
that clearly identifies the main audiences for CMLAP, appropriate dissemination
activities to reach the audiences, and the tools/products required.
S/he
will report to the Deputy Chief of Party. The position is based in Kisumu,
Kenya. No expatriate or relocation benefits are associated with the position.
Responsibilities
·
Guides the design of a CMLAP
communication and dissemination strategy and the production of innovative
communication tools, products and platforms for CMLAP. These include but are
not limited to reports, briefs, presentations, and special background papers.
·
Provides communication guidance and
capacity building to CMLAP staff and project partners through training and
mentoring to help partners apply communication in their contexts.
·
Organizes and supports communication
strategies, messages and materials for project trainings, conferences,
workshops, and meetings.
·
Leads compilation and sharing of the
Knowledge management library per the reporting guidelines.
·
Develop and disseminate monthly
knowledge management briefs and learning materials to CMLAP staff
·
Develops and manages innovative
mechanisms and tools to capture and share CMLAP ideas, achievements and impact.
·
Provide Support to the Deputy Chief
of Party to ensure the project M&E plan is implemented on time and to high
quality standards, including timely submission of all USAID -required reports.
·
In consultation with the DCOP,
coordinates CMLAP participation in national, regional, and local conferences
and workshops by helping to identify appropriate meetings, plan presentations,
prepare and finalize materials, and provide on-site communication support as
required.
·
Actively participates in the
development of annual work plans and any specialized technical planning or
reporting.
·
Works closely with CMLAP staff to
develop information products and learning material
·
Leads the identification, development
and dissemination of success stories and material for monthly newsletter
·
Performs other related duties and
responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements
The
following may be acquired through a combination of formal or self-education,
prior experience or on-the-job training:
·
A university degree in
Communications, Journalism, International Relations or a relevant field.
·
8 years’ experience in
KM/Communications. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in
i)
public health; and
ii)
information systems strengthening
iii)
USAID development projects.
·
Strong writing skills. Samples may be
requested.
·
Ability to meet deadlines in a
fast-paced environment.
·
Excellent interpersonal skills,
strong communications skills.
·
Fluency in written and spoken English
and Swahili.
·
Solid computer skills, including
photo editing and desktop publishing.
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Closing Date: 31
October 2019