Deadline: Ongoing
The Jhpiego is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Country Director based in Kenya.
Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University working with health experts, governments and community leaders to ensure high-quality health care for their people.
Key Job Responsibilities
The Country Director will perform the following functions-
- Provide leadership and strategic direction to ensure programmatic and financial integrity of Jhpiego’s efforts in country.
- Develop and revise, or update as needed, the Country Strategy.
- Ensure that all Jhpiego activities are in line with country priorities, and include substantial engagement of national partners.
- Engage regularly and early on with the Regional Director and Director of Global Programs on issues that could positively or negatively impact country operations.
- Provide oversight of program activities, ensuring that the programs are technically sound, follow organizational standards and are responsive to the needs of the country.
- Ensure the quality and sustainability of all program approaches; work with program staff, partners and funders to continually improve programs to address challenges and meet needs and ensure achievement of the goals, objectives and targets of each project.
- Provide programmatic and/or technical leadership in the design, analysis, and synthesis of interventions.
- Work with Monitoring, Evaluation and Research (MER) staff to ensure MER frameworks are developed, conduct relevant implementation research and data/results are effectively tracked and appropriately reported.
- Ensure preparations and timely submission of all programmatic and financial reports to Jhpiego and donors.
- Ensure that Internal Control Reviews (ICR) and external audit findings are documented and corrected in a timely manner.
- Ensure the program is working within available resources and that the program is fiscally sound.
- Ensure compliance with Kenya laws, Jhpiego policies and donor rules and regulations as well as all contractual requirements.
- Provide guidance, and take overall responsibility for ensuring accountability of subcontractors and sub-grantees.
- Oversee finance and project staff to ensure that realistic budgets are developed and expenditures tracked.
- Engage regularly and early on with Regional Director and/or relevant HQ officers regarding any irregularities in financial management or compliance.
- Conduct annual staff evaluations and support professional development for staff.
- Align team members’ efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results.
- Revise staffing strategies to meet the changing needs of the country office.
- Lead intensive efforts to develop new business/program opportunities; this will include identifying and developing opportunities; negotiate for new partnerships, leading program design efforts; and identifying and coordinating proposal development teams.
- Lead by example in communicating Jhpiego key messages to external audiences and complies with JHPIEGO standards for submission of communication deliverables.
- Designate a communications liaison who delivers at least 3 communications pieces (success stories, high profile events with stakeholders and photo assets) annually to ERCO for use in Jhpiego newsletter, corporate website and social media.
- Build the capacity of staff to serve as Jhpiego public spokespersons on intervention areas.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Advanced degree in public health, health administration, public administration, business administration or related degree.
- Over 15 years of progressively responsible international public health management experience including design, implementation, monitor, reporting, and financial management.
- Demonstrated ability to manage donor funded public health projects and budgets.
- Experience developing successful, replicable and sustainable projects in Kenya.
- Proven leadership skills and expertise in strategic program planning, implementation and management.
- Proven experience in leading highly skilled and qualified staff (evidence of leading a technical and program team of more than 200 staff), including administrative and finance personnel.
- Experience working within the Kenya health system and the devolved system of government
- Fluent in written and spoken English (working knowledge of Kiswahili will be an added advantage).
- Ability to communicate effectively, instilling trust and confidence.
- Excellent interpersonal and written and oral presentation skills.
- Ability to work in a complex environment charged with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform.
- Technical knowledge in one or more of Jhpiego’s core competencies.
- A team player accustomed to building team capacity, delegating working teams, and developing communities of learning among host country partners and counterparts.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted through online process.
For more information, please visit Jhpiego.
