The Institutional and Partnership Manager will support implementation and expand the reach of our quality platform SafeCare in the health sector in Kenya to deliver improved health and business outcomes in a sustainable manner. The position promotes the use of self-assessments and the quality analytical platform to improve quality of service delivery. This includes coordination and liaising with various partners and external stakeholders, consolidating current partnerships, and exploring new collaborations. The Institutional and Partnership Manager will support the County Director to identify local funding opportunities to increase the reach of SafeCare.
The SafeCare Institutional and Partnership Manager:
Works in collaboration with the SafeCare Director in the development of SafeCare’s strategic goals and objectives.
Implements, evaluates, revises, and achieves performance outcomes of SafeCare’s Strategic Plan, specifically as it relates to national government, counties, and partner relations.
Monitors and maintains accurate institutional quality and partnerships performance metrics and prepares reports on the same to the SafeCare Director on a monthly basis.
Contributes to the creation of a workplace culture of purpose, and results, ensuring collaborative, strategic, and values-based decision-making that results in high team morale, cross-departmental engagement, and effective customer service.
Essential Skills
Excellent training and facilitation skills
Can coach and mentor teams and their leaders.
Can develop approaches and methods that enable continuous quality improvement.
Critical thinking/analytical skills to assess risks and opportunities, evaluate evidence and records, detect nonconformities, and root causes, and draw valid conclusions and recommendations. Problem solving skills and able to use appropriate tools and techniques, such as checklists, flowcharts, diagrams, charts, graphs, and software, to facilitate the audit process and presentation.
Ability to communicate clearly, professionally, and diplomatically, both verbally and in writing, Excellent listening skills; Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical personnel.
Excellent writing and presentation skills in English; Excellent report writing skills.
Strong interpersonal skills – Positive attitude, ability to interact professionally; Respectful, courteous, patient, and sensitive to cultural and personal differences with staff and external stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to network and communicate with a variety of stakeholders and liaise with colleagues from different programs.
Proven skills in project management
Excellent organizational, planning, writing and oral presentation skills.
Excellent ICT skills, demonstrable numerical and budgetary skills, including preparing fundraising budgets and proficient use of excel and spreadsheets.
Numerate with the ability to apply Key Performance Indicators to drive performance management to improve the quality-of-service delivery.
Demonstrated skills in project management.
Essential Behaviors
Customer focused and empathetic.
Demonstrates a high degree of ethics and integrity combined with strong leadership abilities and a collaborative management style.
Flexible work attitude, positive attitude; creative and strategic thinker who is able to work in a highly operational environment.
Able to work with minimal supervision while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with others.
Self-driven with a sense of urgency.
Ability to effectively communicate with a diverse and cross-cultural audience.
Demonstrated ability to assess priorities, manage many activities simultaneously and meet deadlines, with attention to detail and quality.
Presence, with the ability to inspire confidence and demonstrate that you’re capable and reliable.
Observant and intuitive; Assertiveness and self-awareness; Straightforward and tactful; Fair and open-minded; Flexible and focused
Attention to detail and quality with excellent planning skills and ability to prioritize multiple initiatives and manage activities in a time-sensitive environment; Ability to delegate and coordinate.
Commitment to lifelong learning, personal growth, and development
Willing to travel as required.
Essential Experience
Minimum ten years of relevant experience and demonstrated expertise in the implementation of quality improvement initiatives in low-resource international settings.
Minimum ten years of relevant adult education and/or training experience
Experience in synthesizing and disseminating QI best practices and lessons learned to government officials, implementers, and key stakeholders.
Experience working with multiple partners at both national and county level to achieve quality improvement results.
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