Apply: Options Health Economist

Deadline: 25 October, 2020

Location: Kenya

Options Consultancy Services is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Health Systems Programme Consultant.

The organisation is an international development outfit that delivers innovative solutions to some of the most complex health challenges around the world.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the delivery of a technical assistance programme that is focused at sub-national levels of the Kenyan health system
  • Provide technical assistance to build county capacities in planning, budgeting, monitoring, reporting, to promote the use of data for decision making and monitoring and evaluation skills more generally
  • Improve reproductive maternal newborn adolescent and child health (RMNCAH) outcomes and reduce maternal and child mortality specifically

Requirements

  • Strong familiarity with the Kenyan Public Financial Management (PFM) structures, the PFM Act and other policy and legal frameworks guiding county budget preparation, approval, execution and oversight
  • Familiarity with the annual budget cycle and corresponding health processes and products
  • Experience in supporting health sector decision-making through health financing methods and tools
  • Familiarity with the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) or other public financial management system, including report configurations
  • Familiarity with the Kenya Health Information System (KHIS) or other DHIS2 system, health sector indicators and performance data
  • Awareness of the contexts and limitations faced in Kenyan county health systems and the financial systems that support them
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