Senior Program Officer Job Opening at Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) Vaccines in Nairobi Kenya 2014
Overview of CHAI Vaccines Kenya
CHAI Vaccines is looking for a Senior Program Officer to develop and implement this program in Kenya.
The vision of this program will be to assist the Government of Kenya to reach its goal of routine immunization coverage for all children.
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The Immunization Strategic Planning and Execution Officer will be based in Nairobi, with frequent travel to the field.
The successful candidate will have four primary areas of responsibility, which correspond to the four key pillars of best-in-class strategic planning and execution.
Immunization strategic plan design
- Support the Ministry of health in gathering the necessary evidence to inform the drafting of the Immunization strategic plans; this may include evaluating the performance of the previous long-term plan and forecasting immunization programme needs
- Work with the Ministry of health, county governments, and partners, to ensure the immunization strategic plans’ design is robust ;
- Support costing and evidence-based prioritization of activities within the immunization strategic plans
- Support regular assessment of funding needs; this may include adapting current CHAI tools to country context
- Support regular assessment of resource availability to identify funding gaps
- This may include building on current resource mapping tools, and working with the Ministry of Health, partners and donors, to identify reallocation or cost-saving opportunities
- Support donor proposal applications and reporting to supplement funds for national immunization programme
- Work with the Ministry of Health to put in place appropriate mechanisms to translate the Immunization strategic plan into concrete, actionable workplans for county governments
- Support systematic tracking of the implementation of these workplans, help identify roadblocks and problem solve solutions
- Help implement priority interventions of the strategic plans
- Resolve data issues impacting monitoring and evaluation, and formulate suggestions to improve routine immunization data systems
- Leverage best practices on strategic planning and execution to adapt and embed those project management tools and process within the Ministry of Health and county governments
- Identify opportunities for mentoring / on-the job skill transfer for Ministry of Health and county officials;
- Develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders in government, international partners, donors and NGOs, and ensure coordination of resources and efforts;
- Continually identify opportunities for CHAI to add value and maximize impact; document and share lessons learned
- A high quality degree from a top University (preference for Masters’ level)
- 3-5 years of work experience in a demanding results-driven environment
- Strong organizational and problem solving skills
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency at Microsoft Excel
- The ability to build relationships with senior stakeholders and quickly demonstrate credibility
- Strong communication skills – written and verbal, including proficiency at Microsoft PowerPoint
- Strong process management skills, high level of organisation and good attention to detail
- Deep experience in programme management and project delivery, ability to work proactively within a context of ambiguity and to remain focused on impact
- Proven track record working in challenging multi-stakeholder environments
- First-hand experience of strategic capability building, with previous exposure to strategy work at organization level
- Experience working with government institutions
- Personal qualities including resourcefulness, entrepreneurialism, flexibility, independence, humility and strong work ethic.
- Experience working on health related issues in resource-limited settings;
- Knowledge of health systems strengthening and/or global healthcare systems;