Jobs at ICF Incorporated

• ICF is seeking candidates for the role of Chief of Party (COP) for the anticipated five-year, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Digital Health Ecosystems program in Kenya. The purpose of this five-year project is to increase country ownership and management of one national integrated and comprehensive sector-wide health information ecosystem to achieve health systems outcomes of equity, quality, and resources optimization. The program will build on and strengthen local capacity in digital health technologies’ adoption to promote the use of an integrated and comprehensive digital health ecosystem, lead systems evolutions management, and sustain health system outcomes of equity, quality, and resource optimization with broad based partners from the private sector, technology firms and academia.
• The position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya but may involve frequent in-country travel. The COP will have both managerial and technical responsibilities. Administrative responsibilities include routine liaising with the client; management of staff; overseeing of project budgets; and overall planning and management of the project. Technical responsibilities concern the ability to generally understand the range of project’s technical activities, the performance of senior and mid-level staff overseeing those activities, and the ability to assess technical performance of the project and staff. ICF is seeking an experienced Chief of Party with a strong background in technology solutions architecture, open source, and global goods development, and District Health Information Software (DHIS2) and OHIE knowledge. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience leading complex technology projects in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and other public and private stakeholders.
• The COP will lead ICF’s management of the Digital Health Ecosystems Activity.
• The COP will provide high-quality leadership to the project’s interventions across Kenya, overseeing the technical and strategic direction of a $18-25 million 5-year USAID investment.

Responsibilities:

• Provide high-quality leadership to the project’s interventions in Kenya, overseeing the technical and strategic direction of a multi-million dollar, 5-year USAID investment.
• Build upon the documented successes and lessons learned of concurrent and predecessor efforts in strengthening national health databases, technical capacities, and human resourcing to ensure that all relevant lessons learned are applied and adapted in implementation.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for USAID and other key stakeholders, providing regular updates on project progress, challenges, and opportunities.
• Work closely with the Ministry of Health and other partners to ensure that the project is aligned with national health priorities and supports the development of sustainable health systems.
• Make programmatic decisions and troubleshoot implementation challenges; oversee program data quality compliance, including development of data tracking and monitoring systems USG or donor funding audit standards; and oversee sub-grant development, including compliance with programmatic objectives and ICF\donor financial and administrative regulations.
• Establish and maintain effective and highly collaborative communication channels with USAID, Ministry of Health (MOH) and other national and regional health entities and stakeholders, international organizations, etc.
• Oversee project management processes and methodologies to ensure projects results are delivered on time, within the budget and adhere to high quality standards.
• Provide strategic guidance to the project’s learning, documentation, and dissemination of findings, impact, innovations, and lessons learned.
• Ensure the project’s timely and complete submission of high-quality work plans, quarterly and annual reports, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) reports, financial reports, and any other deliverables required by USAID.
• Use professional judgement in handling information and demonstrate sensitivity to project team, individual, and all levels of organizational concerns.
• Make use of data, statistical and quantitative analysis, explanatory and predictive modeling, and fact-based management to drive decision making.
• Mentor and support the success of junior and senior leadership team members within ICF and its subrecipients.

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in computer science, public health, or related field.
• 10+ years of senior leadership experience on USAID programs of similar size and complexity is required.
• 8 + years of relevant experience working in Kenya in digital health, technology solutions architecture, and project management especially with donor-funded projects.
• 7 + years of experience building partnerships with national and subnational government agencies, private sector, academia, and local community organizations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with a range of programming languages, including but not limited to JAVA and Python.
• Experience with DHIS2 and OHIE platforms and methodologies
• Experience in developing open source and global public goods applications and platforms.
• Experience of cloud computing platforms such as Google, AWS, and Microsoft.
• Familiarity with statistical languages and methodologies.
• Demonstrated commitment to locally-led, equitable solutions.
• Advanced communication, writing, English fluency and interpersonal skills

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• ICF is seeking candidates for the role of Finance and Administration Manager for the anticipated five-year, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Digital Health Ecosystems in Kenya. The purpose of this five-year project is to increase country ownership and management of one national integrated and comprehensive sector-wide health information ecosystem to achieve health systems outcomes of equity, quality, and resources optimization. The program will build on and strengthen local capacity in digital health technologies’ adoption to promote the use of an integrated and comprehensive digital health ecosystem, lead systems evolutions management, and sustain health systems outcomes of equity, quality, and resource optimization with broad based partners from the private sector, North American Technology giants and both local and global academia.
• The position is anticipated to be based in Nairobi Kenya but may require occasional travel.
• The Finance and Administration Manager will support the project team in their day-to-day management and administrative duties.  Primary duties include budget management, tracking invoices and purchase orders, logistics management, and any other financial or operational planning and tracking related to this task order execution. He/she will oversee day-to-day operations and financial management of the project.

Responsibilities:

The Director’s primary responsibilities would include ensuring overall compliance with ICF policies and USAID rules and regulations. The Finance and Administration Manager manages all aspects of program operations and administration, providing effective support in finance, procurement, asset management, subcontractor management, security, project start up, and project close-out. The Finance and Administration Manager will play a key role in supporting the project director and relevant team members to effectively achieve the results defined in the contract and ensure that all activities remain within budget. Responsibilities specifically include:

• Provide the management team with monthly financial reports including overall activity budget status (budget tracker) and work plan budgets’ status, and ensure potential issues are identified and addressed.
• Provide effective oversight and support to recipients of sub-awards to ensure consistent compliance with the terms of their agreements including financial management and compliance with funder regulations.
• Work with project leadership on project work plans, timelines, and logistics. Ensure that all financial information is consolidated on time and provided to the Chief of Party as appropriate for analysis and dissemination.
• Monitor expenses against the program budget, and provide precise, detailed, reports during project start up and throughout implementation and close-out.
• Work with project team to procure goods and services, ensuring competitive and compliant procurement processes, tracking invoices and payments, and monitoring vendor performance.
• Collaborate with project leadership to identify resources that help the program meet its goals, deliverables, and milestones. Monitor financial performance and progress toward objectives.
• Directly supervise the other finance and operations project staff and advise project staff on contractual requirements. And serve as the point of contact for staff traveling in-country in the event of resource needs or emergencies.
• Provide training on financial management, recordkeeping operational systems, and policies as needed.
• Oversee financial, operational, and administrative functions of the execution of subcontracts. Review and audit sub awardees’ reports, budgets, expenses, and proposals to ensure compliance with award terms and USAID regulations and maintenance of accurate financial records.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in business, finance, accounting, commerce, international relations, or related field.
• Certified/Chartered Public Accountant (CPA), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) or equivalent qualification is required for this position.
• 10 + years of relevant technical experience managing regulatory, contractual, legal and financial compliance requirements associated with U.S. Government funding including USAID financial management rules and regulations.

Preferred Experience and Qualifications:

• Demonstrated financial management, analytical and computer skills, with emphasis on budgeting and financial analysis.
• Excellent computer skills, particularly Microsoft Office applications, accounting software such as QuickBooks, and internet skills.
• Experience with start-up and close-out project activities in multiple countries with varied scopes of work is required.

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• ICF is seeking candidates for the role of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Specialist for the anticipated five-year, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Digital Health Ecosystems program in Kenya. The purpose of this five-year activity is to increase country ownership and management of one national integrated and comprehensive sector-wide health information ecosystem to achieve health systems outcomes of equity, quality, and resources optimization. The program will build on and strengthen local capacity in digital health technologies’ adoption to promote the use of an integrated and comprehensive digital health ecosystem, lead systems evolutions management, and sustain health systems outcomes of equity, quality, and resource optimization with broad based partners from the private sector, North American Technology giants and both local and global academia. The position is likely to be based in Nairobi Kenya.
• The MEL Director manages all aspects of the activity monitoring, research, evaluation, learning, and reporting. The Director manages and analyzes information and reports to the Chief of Party (COP) and provides the activity team with feedback on progress toward the achievement of key results as stated in the activity annual work plans M&E plan. The MEL specialist ensures that the team collects, analyzes, and disseminates accurate data consistently and timely, aggregates project-generated knowledge and lessons learned through routine monitoring and evaluation of the activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and refine the overall activity M&E plan and key performance indicators ensuring that all activity components have end-of-the-activity and annual indicators (inputs, output, outcomes, and impact), established baselines and measurable and achievable targets.
• Work with the activity team and collaborate with Kenyan counterparts on developing activity indicators, including their definitions, measurement, process of data collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and reporting.
• Lead a team of MEL experts in the ongoing development of the activity’s overall monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system, including indicator selection and adaptation, data collection, data analysis, and reporting.
• Provide technical oversight to systematic collection, analysis, synthesis, use, translation, and dissemination of data and learning to inform internal and external decision-making.
• Keep abreast of Kenya’s health and socio-economic statistical indicators and provide timely updates to ensure effective planning and adapting. This includes keeping up with current policies and operational plans to align activity metrics.
• Provide timely qualitative and quantitative information for quarterly and annual progress reports, programmatic updates, success stories, briefs, newsletters.
• Lead the development of tools and resources that support local implementing partners’ efforts to improve the monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) capacities of their programs and local partners.
• Ensure compliance with the activity’s MEL requirements and reporting.
• Liaise with activity’s technical team and country programs to establish appropriate targets for annual work plans.
• Lead the development of the activity’s learning agenda and related implementation activities.

Required Experience/Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in international development, monitoring and evaluation, public health, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experiencing implementing monitoring and evaluation activities for complex programs in Kenya.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in providing technical support, setting up and managing M&E systems that track performance as per the objectives of this activity (e.g. performance against each result area) and in the application of statistical methods and database management.
• Demonstrated experience focusing on results and impact in health system strengthening with strong strategic vision and an understanding of systems approaches to programming and monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
• Demonstrated experience in fostering a culture of continuous improvement and adaptive management.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation frameworks as well as measuring program results, including those related to the concepts of health coverage, quality, social and behavior change, self-reliance, gender, and youth.
• Demonstrated experience building monitoring, evaluation and learning capacities of country-level staff, including government, civil society, and private sector.
• Experience using one or more statistical software packages, including at least one of the following: SPSS, Epi-Info, Stata, MS Excel
• Fluency in English is required.