Reporting to the Deputy Project Director, the Senior Program Delivery Advisor will be responsible for providing technical and programmatic support to ensure sustainable adoption of family Planning (FP) innovations, and scale-up in the selected geographies (counties, districts or cities) in East Africa.
Responsibilities:
Develop the criteria for identifying potential project counties/districts in East Africa to implement TCI Program.
Support the project team in advocacy and marketing activities for a demand-driven approach for expansion of urban FP innovations in both the government and private sectors.
Perform FP landscape analyses in the selected geographies to identify the county needs and priority, identify the potential gaps in the family planning programs both programmatic and financial.
Provide technical and programmatic assistance to geographies in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to develop viable RH/FP proposals that address the specific needs and priorities of the counties focusing on sustainable approaches which can be funded with TCI’s program delivery funds.
Support the counties to engage with governments, donors, implementing partners, foundations and other non-governmental organization on innovative ideas for family planning resource mobilization and leveraging on existing FP or related investments.
Jointly with national/county/district health management teams, develop technical assistance plans aimed at operationalizing successful county/district RH/FP proposals.
Provide technical and programmatic guidance aimed at successful and sustainable adoption of family planning innovations across counties and districts in multiple countries in East Africa.
Provide mentorship and coaching to County/District Health Management teams on family Planning innovations and best practices, scale up and institutionalization.
Support monitoring of FP project activities at county/district levels including financial tracking of resource commitments by TCI, Counties/districts and other donors.
Support the global team in the development and refinement of capacity building materials for public and private sector partners on the demand driven model, on adoption of FP innovations/ best practices, on sustainable scale up as well as on the use of communities of practice and other capacity building technologies.
Assist in the preparation of donor and project reports.
Qualifications:
The position requires a Master’s degree in Public Health, Demography or related field.
A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in providing FP service delivery in a complex donor funded program.
Demonstrated experience in working with international donors and foundations – success in grants management is a plus.
Experience building capacity at individual and organizational levels: including working with Ministries of Health and devolved County government’s staff and system, particularly in area of family planning – experience working in the East Africa region is a plus.
Ability to travel as required to support the progress of program activities.
Excellent verbal, written communications and presentation skills.
Applicant should have excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.
Excellent analytical, communication and report writing skills.
Computer literacy, particularly in the use of MS Office.
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