Data.FI Kenya Senior Health Financing Technical Advisor

Data.FI Kenya Senior Health Financing Technical Advisor

About Palladium
Palladium is a global leader in the design, development, and delivery of Positive Impact, the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world's most pressing challenges. For more than 50 years, Palladium has been helping clients achieve impact through innovative strategies, practical approaches, and measurable results.

Project Overview and Position Summary
Data.FI is a global project funded by the U.S. Department of State to strengthen health information systems, health financing and improve the use of data for decision making. In Kenya, Data.FI will support the Ministry of Health (MoH) through the Digital Health Agency (DHA), National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), the National Public Health Institute (NPHI) and other relevant state agencies to enhance digital health governance, public health surveillance, and health financing integration.

The Senior Health Financing Technical Advisor reports
to the Deputy Director - Health Financing & Policy who leads the overall
technical direction of the project on Health Financing and Policy. This
position will lead in designing health financing policies, providing technical support,
and preparing analyses to inform decisions. The position will also engage
government and partners, introduce innovative health financing approaches, and
represent the organization in national and regional forums to advance sustainable
health financing.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

*Assess health finance impact and other related health financing studies to improve access to key financial information to determine feasibility and sustainability of scaling up health finance interventions.
*Design and implement technical activities related to health finance policy in Kenya.
*Working closely with both in-person and virtual teams to achieve shared objectives. This will include other technical team members in Kenya, project partners, and the global technical leadership team to ensure application of high-quality Health Financing strategies, tools, and curricula.
*Lead development and implementation of policy tools, approaches, and curricula to achieve project objectives.
*Produce and/or edit a variety of documents including briefing materials, meeting notes, presentation slides, research briefs, and reports for a variety of stakeholders (such as funders, implementing partners, external audiences).
*Support project teams with the development and production of highly polished presentations, concept notes, briefing materials, and other products such as blog posts, newsletters, meeting summaries, thought pieces, and e-communications on key topics of interest.
*Contribute to the development of administrative policies and procedures to ensure efficient and effective project implementation.
*Provide technical support on matters health care financing and PFM.
*Conduct all work to accepted standards of research ethics.

Required Qualifications:

*Masters in health policy, public health, Statistics, Economics/Health Economics or relevant field; at least 10 years demonstrated relevant work experience, OR 8 years' experience with at with a PhD degree will be an added advantage.
*Extensive experience in health systems strengthening and proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams effectively.
*Experience leading or providing support to the implementation of high-quality monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities (e.g., developing and or monitoring theories of change and conducting outcome harvesting).
*Experience managing and monitoring the execution of deliverables through collaboration with implementing teams, funders, and other technical partners and government.
*Track record of building teams, fostering collaboration, and achieving high-quality deliverables.
*Success in partnership building with diverse stakeholders, including public and private sectors, government representatives, donors, and community organizations.
*Proficient in interpersonal communication, writing, presentation, organization, and computer skills (Outlook, Microsoft office).
*Detail-oriented with the ability to balance multiple tasks and priorities within designated timeframes.
*Responsive and adaptable to changing requirements and demands.
*Knowledge of using any statistical software such as R, STATA, Python.

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Reports To: Deputy Director / Health Financing & Policy Lead

Type: Full-time, National Position

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Equal Opportunity Employer
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Interviews conducted on a rolling basis.