Interchurch Medical Assistance Health Systems Strengthening Advisor Job in Nairobi Kenya

Interchurch Medical Assistance 

Health Systems Strengthening Advisor 

The USAID-funded Kenya Afya Jijini (Nairobi) and Pwani (Coast) Program will look to strengthen Health and Human Capacity and increase overall health services through the expansion of quality HIV/AIDS services, focused Maternal, Newborn, Child Health (MNCH); Family Planning (FP); increasing Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH); and Nutrition services and finally by strengthening County Health Systems. 

The Health Systems Strengthening Advisor will report to the Chief of Party. S/he will provide technical guidance for areas that focus on support of the National and County Government's effort to improve organization of devolved service delivery to improved access to health and related services. 

These efforts will specifically be centered on the organization of the health infrastructure, health service package, care and treatment services and facility management.

Duties:

• Provide technical and programmatic leadership in program design and implementation.
• Strengthen health training systems and processes that support primary clinic health care and community health service delivery including management of health facilities, equipment, human resources, management of health commodities, patient records etc.
• Improve delivery of quality primary health care according to evidence-based standards through training programs which address technical areas such as HIV/AIDS, family planning, WASH and nutrition.
• Provide technical assistance to improve human resource capacity, internal control procedures, technical management and workflow.

The position requires a competent and experienced person with the following attributes:

• Master's degree in public health, health economics, public policy or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in health systems strengthening, at least 5 years in a developing country.
• Must have 5 years of first-hand experience in strengthening health services, health provider training and capacity building, performance improvement, or supervision.
• Must have demonstrated knowledge of one or more of the following areas: HIV/AIDS, MNCH, family planning, WASH, and/or nutrition.
• Experience working with health financing, service delivery and/or supply chain management.
• Experience providing health systems strengthening technical assistance to government agencies, NGOs or other organizations.
• Must have a knowledge of challenges faced by the Kenya Ministry of Health, pertaining to health financing, human resources for health and institutional capacity building, cost analysis, and efficiency indicators for health care.
• Experience working on a USAID-funded health project and knowledge of PEPFAR programming, process and frameworks is strongly preferred.
• Excellent verbal, written communications and presentation skills
• Computer literacy, particularly in the use of Microsoft Office suite.
• Proven presentation and writing skills.
• Fluency in English.

How to Apply:

All interested parties should send their CVs to the following email address: recruiting@imaworldhealth.org

Closing date: 24 Dec 2014