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  • Job Title Senior Technical Officer, Child and Newborn Health

    Job Title Senior Technical Officer, Child and Newborn Health

    Job description
    MSH seeks to recruit a highly-motivated and result-oriented Senior Technical Officer, Child and Newborn Health Senior Specialist for a five-year program (2016-2021), implemented in selected sub-counties in Baringo and Nakuru Counties. The purpose of the program is to enhance access to and utilization of quality family planning, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) services in the target areas. The position will be based in Kuresoi, Nakuru County.
    The Senior Technical Officer will oversee the strengthening of provider skills in newborn healthcare services by scaling up high impact interventions and reinforcing widely accepted standard care practices.
    S/he will also be responsible for guiding the scale-up of the use of ORS/zinc in the management of diarrhoea in private facilities as well as addressing inequities in immunization coverage through the Reaching Every Community (REC) approach. The officer will utilize the national Harmonized Competency Based Training Curriculum for Obstetrics and Neonatal Care to ensure appropriate care at various levels as well as a reinforced referral system through continuous trainings and training of trainers.
    Under the guidance of the Senior Technical Advisor, the officer will undertake the following activities;

    Utilizing distance learning approaches, conduct trainings to review standard new-born care practices including early breastfeeding initiation and lactation counseling.
    Introduce high-impact practices such as kangaroo mother care for preterm/low birth weight babies, chlorhexidine cord care, and neonatal resuscitation (Helping Babies Breathe). Additional topics will include compassionate and respectful counseling as well as injectable antibiotics for sepsis treatment.
    Train and mentor healthcare workers at high-volume health facilities in an exchange program to ensure providers have practical supervised experience in a setting with sufficient caseload to ensure diversity and depth of experience.
    Train trainers for the staff of private clinics and pharmacies to provide ORS/ZINC as part of their provided services.
    Promote data review of the various mentoring and quality improvement approaches to ensure continuous provision and quality improvement.
    Using tailored plans and Community Champions, among other approaches, collaborate with county authorities to design and implement a quality assurance strategy and to implement the Reaching Every Community (REC) approach to address inequities in immunization coverage.

    The ideal candidate should have a minimum of Bachelor’s degree in public health or other related field with atleast 5 years demonstrated experience implementing new born and child healthcare interventions.
    The candidate should have proven experience training healthcare workers in high volume settings. S/he should have strong written and oral presentation skills. In addition, s/he should have strong interpersonal, verbal and written communications, teamwork and partnering abilities.
    Willingness to relocate to Kuresoi and to travel within Kenya required.
    Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a global health nonprofit organization, uses proven approaches developed over 40 years to help leaders, health managers, and communities in developing nations build stronger health systems for greater health impact. We work to save lives by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Since its founding in 1971, MSH has worked in over 150 countries with policy makers, health professionals, and health care consumers to improve the quality, availability and affordability of health services. Working with governments, donors, non governmental organizations, the private sector, and health agencies, MSH responds to priority health problems such as HIV & AIDS; tuberculosis; malaria; maternal, newborn and child health; family planning and reproductive health; and chronic non-communicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and lung and heart disease. Through strengthening capacity, investing in health systems innovation, building the evidence base, and advocating for sound public health policy, MSH is committed to making a lasting difference in global health.
    Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or veteran status.
    Senior Technical Advisor

  • Senior Technical Advisor

    Senior Technical Advisor

    Job description
    MSH seeks to recruit a highly-motivated and result-oriented Supply Chain Systems Strengthening Advisor for a five-year program (2016-2021), implemented in selected sub-counties in Baringo and Nakuru Counties. The purpose of the program is to enhance access to and utilization of quality family planning, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH ) services in the target areas.
    The Supply Chain Systems Strengthening Advisor and overall lead of the Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) team provides technical and programmatic leadership for the implementation of a package of HSS interventions (including human resources for health (HRH), supply chain strengthening, and quality improvement) to ensure county capacity development for sustainable scale-up and delivery of quality FP/RMNCAH services.
    The HSS lead is responsible for planning, managing and coordinating HSS support to the target counties/sub-counties and serves as the project’s liaison with other implementing partners, donors and stakeholders supporting county health systems in Nakuru and Baringo Counties. S/he is specifically responsible for strengthening commodity management/supply chain systems and processes at county, sub-county and facility level to ensure accountability and uninterrupted access to quality assured FP/RMCAH commodities and other essential health products and technologies

    Health Systems Strengthening

    Lead the Project’s HSS team in developing and implementing strategies to strengthen health systems in Baringo and Nakuru
    In liaison with the County Departments of Health, lead the program’s interventions to strengthen management of health systems functions including human resources for health (HRH), supply chain, planning and budgeting and quality improvement
    Manage coordination and collaboration with other implementing partners and donors supporting efforts to address health systems strengthening gaps
    Monitor and provide routine reports on progress and results from the project’s implementation of HSS interventions

    Commodity Management/Supply Chain

    Act as the project’s primary liaison in collaborative activities with the County Departments of Health, stakeholders and technical assistance partners to strengthen and build support for health commodity security interventions for FP/RMNCAH
    In collaboration with the county health management teams, develop and implement programs to promote effective stewardship and technical leadership of supply chain management and commodity security initiatives
    Act as the project’s principal technical expert and the lead for ensuring quantification and pipeline monitoring of FP/RMNCAH commodities and other essential health products and technologies by the sub-county and county health management teams
    Oversee routine stock status monitoring, through production and dissemination of stock status reports, working closely with county departments of health and other national stakeholders
    Design and implement appropriate tools and approaches for strengthening systems for management and accountability of FP/RMNCAH commodities within Baringo and Nakuru counties as well as monitoring performance of selected indicators
    Plan, organize and conduct training courses covering supply chain and/or commodity management technical areas as required including collaboration with the other stakeholders to develop relevant training materials and in the implementation of capacity-building initiatives
    Assist the county departments of health to develop and implement interventions that ensure improved product quality and patient safety initiatives with a focus on FP/RMNCAH commodities.

    Cross-cutting

    Provide written quarterly and annual progress reports to the Afya Uzazi Program leadership on Health Systems Strengthening interventions. Prepare regular briefs/reports to the Ministry of Health, USAID, other collaborating partners and stakeholders as requested.
    Participate and contribute to development of program budgets and workplans
    Participate in relevant stakeholder fora to advance the interests of the project in health systems strengthening

    The ideal candidate should have a background in health sciences with advanced degree in pharmacy, public health or supply chain management. S/he should have a minimum of 7 years progressive professional level experience in public health and program management; relevant experience in health commodity/supply chain management required including knowledge and good understanding of the supply chain management systems for health commodities in Kenya at national and county level.
    Proven programmatic, technical, and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with professional colleagues from the Ministry of Health and other governmental organizations as well as implementing partners and donors. Experience in implementing public health programs including those supported by bilateral agencies such as USAID; understanding of US Government-funded programs essential.
    In addition, s/he should have strong interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills, teamwork and partnering abilities, demonstrated excellent English language skills (both written and oral), demonstrated computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite applications including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point.
    The Candidate should be willing and available to relocate to Nakuru and travel extensively within Nakuru and Baringo counties as required
    Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a global health nonprofit organization, uses proven approaches developed over 40 years to help leaders, health managers, and communities in developing nations build stronger health systems for greater health impact. We work to save lives by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Since its founding in 1971, MSH has worked in over 150 countries with policy makers, health professionals, and health care consumers to improve the quality, availability and affordability of health services. Working with governments, donors, non governmental organizations, the private sector, and health agencies, MSH responds to priority health problems such as HIV & AIDS; tuberculosis; malaria; maternal, newborn and child health; family planning and reproductive health; and chronic non-communicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and lung and heart disease. Through strengthening capacity, investing in health systems innovation, building the evidence base, and advocating for sound public health policy, MSH is committed to making a lasting difference in global health.
    Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or veteran status.
    Country representative

  • Quality Improvement (QI) Advisor

    Quality Improvement (QI) Advisor

    Job description
    The QI Advisor will provide Technical Assistance to MOH and health facilities to institutionalize QI standards for improved maternal, newborn, adolescent and child health (MNCAH) service delivery. The QI Advisor will also support the development/adaptation and application of QA/QI data management systems to track implementation of health facility quality improvement plans and other MNCAH service quality improvement activities.
    Under The Guidance Of The Health Systems Strengthening Lead; And In Close Collaboration With Prime Partner FHI360, The QA/QI Advisor Will Deliver Integrated Technical Assistance To The MOH And Health Facilities, To

    Provide technical assistance to target counties and sub-counties in developing health facility quality Teams( WITs ) & Quality improvement plans to ensure quality MNCAH service delivery;
    Develop cross-cutting quality improvement training programs and materials in coordination with stakeholders to help ensure quality standards;
    Contribute to the development of a common platform for QA/QI efforts across health interventions, specifically, Maternal and Neonatal and Child health programs.
    Strengthen MOH capacity to include implementation science (operational research) & Learning of QI activities/interventions
    Oversee training of staff on utilization of QA/QI measures;
    Develop QI tools and instruction guides to improve monitoring, standard of care, and quality of MNCAH care practice;
    Participate in technical working group (quality management) and other information sharing/technical;
    Develop a system for monitoring and evaluation of health facility QI plan implementation and ensure it is linked to appropriate national data management systems such as DHIS2

    Requirements

    Advanced degree in medicine, pharmacy, public health, social science or other relevant area; clinical background is required.
    Minimum of 5 years of experience providing technical assistance to government agencies in developing and strengthening QA/QI in Kenya including assessment of MNCAH care practices at health facilities,at Community level, development of quality improvement plans, and QI capacity building programs.
    Experience developing or implementing quality improvement data management systems
    Knowledge & Experience with the National and County health systems and structures for the provision of MNCAH services.
    Knowledge of the Kenya’s KQMOH & MNCAH standards and the health facility framework.
    Experience in monitoring & Maintaining Standards and quality of services at facility and community levels
    Experience in Research and Learning will be an advantage
    Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communications, teamwork and partnering abilities.
    Demonstrated computer skills in MS Office Suite applications, including Word, Excel, and Access.
    Fluency in English and Swahili

  • HRH Management Senior Advisor

    HRH Management Senior Advisor

    The HRH Management Advisor will provide strategic direction and technical oversight for the planning and implementation of interventions and mechanisms required for effective management of HRH systems in the focus Counties and sub-counties. This will include: evidence-based human resource planning; development and management including recruitment, deployment, and retention; and health education and health workforce regulation. The Management Advisor is expected to strengthen human resource directorates in the focus Counties and provide training in HRM to selected staff so they can become effective HR managers. S/he will contribute to HRM program learning and research.
    S/he is responsible for achieving required project results through effective project planning and management, technical assistance, administration and oversight, monitoring and evaluation. S/he ensures a comprehensive approach to workforce capacity development and provides programmatic leadership to ensure seamless planning, implementation of activities, and technical support, in close collaboration with USAID funded HRH Kenya Project.
    The ideal candidate will have technical expertise and prior experience in HRH program implementation, and more specifically HRM, and experience networking with Ministry of Health and other key stakeholders. Previous USAID experience is a plus.
    Specific Responsibilities
    Planning and project development, implementation and delivery of technical results:

    Conduct HRH assessments and employee satisfaction surveys.
    Strengthen the staff training needs assessment system, enhancing staff management and leadership development and strengthening the link to external pre-service training.
    Design and implement long- and short-term retention schemes that are relevant to the Nakuru and Baringo County contexts, including strategies specifically focused on retention of health workers in hard-to-staff sub-counties.
    Support the overall change management process related to improving HRH management in the context of devolution.
    Strengthen HRH coordination forums.
    Develop leadership and management skills of frontline health workers and managers based on MSH’s Leadership Development Program (LDP) to improve service delivery.
    Ensure the alignment of daily HRH activities with project goals, approved workplans and standards for high quality, within-budget, and on-time product delivery.
    Contribute to the development and on-going use of a project monitoring and evaluation plan, including indicators linked to results that meet all MSH and USAID reporting requirements.
    Contribute to and provide appropriate, timely, and accurate monitoring and evaluation of project activities and outcomes, and complete and submit project reports to meet all USAID requirements.
    Contribute to documentation of HRH results, evidence, and lessons learned from this Project and the dissemination of this information within, and beyond, the Project and USAID/Kenya.

    Qualifications and Experience

    Graduate degree in human resource management, public administration, management, social sciences or a related discipline.
    A minimum of 7 years experience in the following areas:
    Designing and implementing HRH quality improvement programs.
    Providing technical leadership to district health offices on HRH quality improvement activities.
    Guiding and providing technical assistance to Project/host country government staff working on HRH.
    Interacting with donors, implementing partners, and host country government in HRH quality improvement issues.

    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, demonstrated leadership, ability to build synergies across technical disciplines and nurture innovative alliances.
    Fluency in written and spoken English required and fluency in Kiswahili, a plus.

    5. Willingness to relocate to Baringo and to travel within Kenya required.
    Background Information Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a global health nonprofit organization, uses proven approaches developed over 40 years to help leaders, health managers, and communities in developing nations build stronger health systems for greater health impact. We work to save lives by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Since its founding in 1971, MSH has worked in over 150 countries with policy makers, health professionals, and health care consumers to improve the quality, availability and affordability of health services. Working with governments, donors, non governmental organizations, the private sector, and health agencies, MSH responds to priority health problems such as HIV & AIDS; tuberculosis; malaria; maternal, newborn and child health; family planning and reproductive health; and chronic non-communicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and lung and heart disease. Through strengthening capacity, investing in health systems innovation, building the evidence base, and advocating for sound public health policy, MSH is committed to making a lasting difference in global health.EEO StatementManagement Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or veteran status.Reports To MSH Kenya Country Representative,

    HRH Management Senior Advisor