Key Roles and Responsibilities
Oversee implementation of programmatic activities in close coordination with the Chief of Party (COP).
Establish and maintain close working relationships, partnerships, and coordination with the Government of Kenya, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Interior, USAID-funded partners, and other key stakeholders, particularly at the county level.
Takes a leadership role in ensuring technical implementation of high-impact, proven interventions, and ensures that the project achieves stated goals and meets reporting requirements.
Develop documentation processes and capabilities to ensure documentation and dissemination of project results.
Troubleshoot to prevent and resolve potential problems and review outputs for quality control; ensure quality of all project activities, products and deliverables.
Provide support to COP in ensuring compliance with the policy and legislative requirements of USAID as stipulated.
Directly supervise the project’s Technical Leads and manage the performance of the project’s technical staff.
Act as the officer in charge in the absence of the COP, as necessary.
Qualifications
A Master’s Degree in public health or related field.
At least 10 years of experience managing and implementing complex public health programs of similar scope and size in a development context, with at least five of those years in Sub-Saharan Africa, preferably in Kenya.
At least 5 years of demonstrated experience in project design of HIV technical activities and managing and supervising teams.
At least 3 years demonstrated, recent experience within the capacity as senior staff in some aspect of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment; and/or quality improvement/quality assurance; health systems strengthening; M&E; and operations research.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with government representatives, for-profit private sector entities, local community organizations, donors and other stakeholders, particularly at the sub-national level.
Professional level of oral and written fluency in English required.
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