Senior Deputy Director, Health Management Services-curative Services- (Healthy Ageing, Palliative Care and Older Persons Health) at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and Responsibilities 
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-    

• Coordinating the development, implementation, and review of policies, strategies, legislations, guidelines, frameworks, norms, tools, regulations, plans, and standards on palliative, health aging, and older persons' care
• Spearheading capacity development and technical assistance initiatives for Ministries, Departments, Counties, and other Government Agencies (MDCAs) on palliative, health aging, and older persons' care
• Facilitating provision of technical support to ministries, departments, counties, and other government agencies on palliative, health aging, and older persons' care
• Coordinating the undertaking of health surveys and monitoring health trends for palliative, health aging, and older persons' care
• Initiating the development, implementation, and review projects and programs for palliative, health aging, and older persons' care
• Collaborating and establishing linkages with relevant stakeholders for palliative, health aging, and older persons' care
• Providing guidance in the determination of Palliative, Health aging, and Older persons' care data variables
• Coordinating the dissemination of national aged care data, reports, and other knowledge information in collaboration with relevant stakeholders
• Coordinating the undertaking of health research and innovation and maintaining a repository for aged care in collaboration with the relevant directorate
• Providing lead in identification of health resource gaps palliative, health aging, and older persons' care
• Mobilization of resources for palliative, health aging, and older persons' care
• Initiating and overseeing implementation of projects and programs for health-related infrastructure, health products, and technologies for palliative, health aging, and older persons' care
• Coordinating designing and development of regional centers of excellence for palliative, health aging, and older persons' care
• Spearheading Business Process Re-engineering in palliative, health aging, and older persons' care

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Served for a minimum period of three (3) years at the grade of Deputy Director- Medical Services CSG ‘6’ or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service
• A Bachelor's Degree in any of the following: Medicine and Surgery, Clinical Medicine/Higher National Diploma in Clinical Medicine, Nursing, or any other equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya
• A Master's Degree in any of the following disciplines: Geriatrics, Internal Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Clinical Medicine (Family Medicine), Nursing (Geriatrics), Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Systems Management, Global Health, or any other equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya
• Registration and licensing by a recognized regulatory body as applicable
• Membership to a relevant professional body where applicable
• Demonstrated managerial, administrative, and professional competencies in work performance and results