Immunization Strategic Planning and Execution Officer, Nairobi

The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI – formerly the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative) was established in 2002 to increase access to care and treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS and to strengthen health systems in resource-poor countries. Over the past few years, CHAI has expanded the scope to include access to high-quality treatment for malaria, new vaccines and essential treatments for common childhood illnesses such as diarrhoea and pneumonia. CHAI has also increasingly supported governments build the capacity required for high-quality care and treatment programs. Currently, CHAI partners with governments in more than 25 countries while more than 70 countries directly benefit from the low-priced drugs and diagnostic test agreements that CHAI has negotiated.

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. This will be achieved by enabling the Ministry of Health to step up the quality of its strategic planning for Vaccines, and by supporting execution against this plan.
The Senior Program Officer will be part of an established team in Kenya that works very closely with the Ministry of Health’s Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), interacting on a regular basis with government officials, donors, NGOs and civil society.


Location: Nairobi, Kenya

The Immunization Strategic Planning and Execution Officer will be based in Nairobi, with frequent travel to the field.

Responsibilities:

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

Resource mapping and mobilization for Immunization programmes

• 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

Execution of Immunization strategic plans

• 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

Capability building for Immunization programmes

• 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

Qualifications:

• 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.

Pluses

• Experience working on health related issues in resource-limited settings;
• Knowledge of health systems strengthening and/or global healthcare systems;

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