HEALTH FINANCING EXPERT

Overview

Company profile: SoCha (a portmanteau of Social and Change) is an independent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (ME&L) firm that provides bespoke solutions to social challenges. Since our inception in 2010, we have grown into a fully-fledged ME&L services firm that specializes in advancing innovative methodologies and changing the way donors find solutions to social problems.

Context: SoCha LLC is implementing a two-year (optional third year) Mission Support for Journey to Self-Reliance (J2SR) Pivot (MSP) Activity on behalf of USAID Kenya and East Africa (USAID/KEA). The purpose of the Activity is to support USAID/KEA staff and stakeholders in achieving development outcomes through the use of evidence, performance management techniques, and collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA) practices that enable J2SR.

USAID and the Council of Governors (CoG) will jointly create a team of four experts (in the areas of Intergovernmental Relations, Public Health, Health Financing and Health Supply Chain) and three program management assistants to augment the Health Committee’s Secretariat.

This support advances USAID/KEA’s support to county governments to have:

• Improved coordination, collaboration, and cooperation within the intergovernmental forum on health as well as the National and County Government Coordinating Summit.
• Improved capacity of the CoG Health Committee to engage effectively in policy analysis, research, and communication.
• Improved fiscal, policy and legal analysis on matters related to the health sector to enhance service delivery.
• Coordination and engagement with development partners and other stakeholders towards sustainable delivery of Universal Health Care (UHC)

Responsibilities

Context: The Health Financing Expert will work closely with the Chairperson of the Health Committee and the Committee’s Technical Lead to advocate for increased revenue allocation for health care and streamline domestic resource mobilization.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead economic analysis of health financing policies and strategies including assessing, designing, and County Health Plans in line with Kenya Health Act and government agenda on Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
• Strengthen the Monitoring and Evaluation of County Health Sector planning and activities.
• Lead and support operational research and evidence-building/generation (i.e. budget and expenditure analysis) to influence policy dialogue around resource mobilization for counties.
• Develop guidelines on best practices around resource mobilization and management for healthcare in the counties.
• Provide up to date briefings related to health financing in counties.
• Support the County Executive Committee Members for Health and Finance on best practices around budgeting for healthcare.
• Support institutionalization of county health planning units to plan, coordinate and formulate budgets within the medium-term expenditure frameworks
• Perform any other tasks that may be assigned

Education

• Master's Degree

Additional education

• Minimum Master’s degree in health economics, or any other relevant discipline such as public financial management, decision sciences, operations research, or a related quantitative social science field.

Experience

Additional experience

• 10+ years of relevant work experience developing health-focused econometric models using decision analysis software (e.g., TreeAge, SPSS, advanced Excel), health systems strengthening, research and development preferably in African country settings
• Track record of analytical/diagnostic work: preparing high-quality technical reports, policy briefing materials, and presentations to influence health financing policy decision making and implementation at national and county levels.
• Deep understanding of the Kenyan Health System at National and County Levels, preferably on-the-ground experience in both levels.
• Specific experience consulting for or working for Intergovernmental Relations institutions (Former Constitution Implementation Commission, Former Transition Authority, CoG, Ministry of Devolution, or the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee) preferred.

Skills

• Health

Additional skills

SKILLS:

• Manages complexity and ambiguity effectively: demonstrated ability to work with flexibility, efficiency, and diplomacy in a complex, fast-paced environment.
• Effective communicator: Develops and delivers communications that convey complex situations in a clear and concise manner to high level Government of Kenya officials and other broad and diverse audience.
• Ability to identify issues, formulate opinions, make conclusions and recommendations.
• Ability to build and sustain formidable alliances on health financing issues affecting counties
• Ability to effectively work virtually, and conversant with virtual meetings apps eg zoom, google meets etc.
• Capacity building: Ability to design, develop and implement capacity building programs for county officials on health economic analysis.
• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy.
• Excellent mathematical and analytical skills.
• Team spirit and time management skills

Terms and conditions

To lodge an application for this position, please lodge CV via the following link://jobs.socha.net/health-financing-expert/

Applications close on August 31, 2020