Job Title: Project Advisor, Leadership, Management and Governance
Grade: 6 Job ID: 12-4655
Location: KE- # of Positions: 5
Center/Office: CLM - General
Project/Program: LMS/KENYA Application Due Date: None
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Overall Responsibilities
Serving as staff of the Leadership, Management and Sustainability Project in Kenya (LMS/Kenya), the Leadership, Management and Governance (LMG) Project Advisor will collaborate with the Kenya AIDS, Population and Health Integrated Assistance plus Project (APHIAplus) to strengthen APHIAplus and Health Sector LMG capacity within one of the five zones in which APHIAplus has a presence (Coast/Nairobi, Central/Eastern, Western/Nyanza, Rift Valley and Northern Arid Lands). The Advisor will work with APHIAplus staff to develop leading and managing skills among health sector managers; build skills in systems management, including, but not limited to human resources, finance, and communications; reinforce supervision and mentoring skills and process improvement at the district level; improve planning skills and oversight of the planning process; and strengthen governance structures and roles in the health sector. As a result of the LMS/Kenya–APHIAplus collaboration, it is expected that managers at all levels of the health system will have strengthened leadership, management, and governance knowledge and skills to effectively manage their programs and facilities to achieve greater health outcomes in a changing health system environment. Additionally, APHIAplus staff will have the skills and hands-on experience with LMG tools and approaches to integrate these into their ongoing work.
Specific Responsibilities
As the LMG Regional Advisor, the main responsibilities of this position include:
1) Enhance “on the ground” collaboration between LMS/Kenya and APHIAplus to identify LMG priorities in the assigned region
2) Provide technical assistance to the health sector (public, private, and faith-based) to respond to these needs and/or identify technical assistance requirements to be filled by LMS/Kenya staff and consultants
3) Build the capacity of APHIAplus to integrate responses to these LMG needs into their ongoing work, in collaboration with other LMS/Kenya staff
4) Link with the national level LMS/Kenya staff to support the regional work of LMS/Kenya national-level initiatives including work in priority hospital reforms, training in health systems management, leadership development program support, supporting teams and individuals going through online learning programs, etc.
5) In collaboration with the national level LMS/Kenya Communications staff, identify best and promising practices in leadership, management and governance for documentation, sharing and scale up
6) Perform other duties as may be assigned
This position will report to an LMS/Kenya National Coordinator as well as the zonal APHIAplus Director.
Qualifications
1) Minimum of a master's level education in public health, international development, organizational development, public administration, management, social sciences or a related field
2) Minimum of 5 years overall work experience with a minimum of 3 years of experience in capacity development, program management, and health systems strengthening
3) Knowledge of and experience in management and health systems capacity development and monitoring and supervision in Kenya desirable
4) Proven experience providing technical assistance to public health programs or projects
5) Demonstrated organizational, managerial and supervisory skills and abilities; sound judgment, and high ethical standards; flexible and able to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines
6) Fluency in English and Kiswahili is required.
7) Strong initiative and self-motivation highly required
8) Computer literacy with competence in Word , Excel, and PowerPoint is mandatory
9) Ability to work independently as well as in collaboration with colleagues and partners
10) Willingness to relocate to the specified work location (Mombasa, Nakuru, Kakamega, Isiolo or Embu) if not already located there. When applying for this position, please state your preferred work location.
Notes
To apply for this position, please see the instructions below. In you cannot apply online, please send your cover letter and CV, indicating the position of interest, to:
How to Apply:
https://jobs-msh.icims.com/jobs/4655/job
Deadline:12th April 2012
