Senior Technical Advisor, Private Sector Health at Palladium International

Key Responsibilities:

•  Provide technical support and leadership to private sector health financing, supply chain, health policy formulation, private sector service delivery, advocacy for co-financing, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and family health, including desk-based research, quantitative analysis (e.g. costing), health market analysis, and commercial sector and investor partnership building.
•  Leads planning, development, and implementation of private sector health activities, including management of staff, budget, reporting requirements, and products.
•  Prepares presentations, manuscripts, reports, and briefs for internal and/or client use.
•  Supports capacity building and knowledge sharing within the team on private sector engagement and investments in health.
•  Represents the project/program in specific technical meetings and fora, including coordination meetings with partners, clients, and other stakeholders.
•  Participate in outside associations, conferences, and symposia, including presentations of technical work.
•  Fluent writing, reporting, and presentational skills in English.

Candidate Requirements

•  Master’s degree in Business, Public Health, International Development, Public Policy, Health Sector Management, or a related field.
•  Extensive experience in private sector health, public-private partnerships, and private investments in health in Kenya, including experience with USAID strongly preferred.
•  Strong understanding of commercial sector in the Kenyan context, including private hospital and clinic networks, healthcare manufacturers, and health insurance, among others.
•  Experience working with/ for commercial companies and/ or investors highly desirable.
•  Strong quantitative skills, including data analysis and statistical interpretation. Experience with statistical software such as Stata, and familiarity with macro coding in Excel is desirable.
•  Experience with government engagement in the context of fostering better understanding and collaboration between public and private sectors in health, desired.
•  Ability and interest to present complex information to diverse audiences. Clear and effective writing and oral communication skills, including significant experience with report development and presentation software.
•  Strong program management, organizational, and interpersonal skills required.
•  Attention to detail and ability to perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities effectively and efficiently often within a required timeframe.
•  Fluency in English.