Deadline: 27 November 2022
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Chemonics is seeking to fill the role of Technical Deputy Director for the USAID Frontier Health Markets (FHM) Engage project.
Chemonics is an international development firm with the aim to reimagine global supply chains to deliver essential medicines to the right place at the right time.
Responsibilities
- Enable market scoping in FHM activities through participatory approaches and platform(s)
- Ensure project activities are consistent with established evidence-informed good practice, including stewardship in market development approaches
- Support technical work in topic areas including analysis and publication of technical reports and case studies
- Support the development of work plans and implementation of assigned core activities, primarily in East Africa, including strategy development, implementation planning, and technical direction of activities
- Support identification and recruitment of individuals with technical expertise who may be available for short- and long-term assignments
- Ensure that all activities are undertaken in full compliance with standard operating procedures, USAID policies and regulations, and national policies and laws
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, minimum, in Public Health or a health-related field
- Eight years, minimum, of relevant experience in health market development, ideally in targeted technical assistance in market facilitation approaches, preferably in East Africa
- Demonstrated technical leadership in market development approaches, private sector engagement, mixed health systems, family planning and/or maternal health outcomes
- Demonstrated experience working with USAID support programmes
- Ability to build strong relationships with host country governments, donor agencies, international organisations, and the private sector
- Willingness and ability to be flexible and adapt to the changing needs of the project, when needed
- Ability to work within a highly matrixed and remote work environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with clients, colleagues, partners, technical experts, and relevant project stakeholders
- High level of adaptability and ability to adjust to the constantly changing programmatic and working environment
- Proficiency in English
- Proficiency in a second language (French) strongly preferred
- Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
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