Senior Technical Advisor, Health Financing at ThinkWell

ThinkWell is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of society as a means to achieve global prosperity. Since 2011, ThinkWell has helped over 30 countries to achieve long-lasting improvements to their health systems. We have staff and offices in the U.S., Switzerland, Philippines, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Kenya, and Uganda. In addition, we are working in more than 10 other countries on health financing and health systems issues.

 

Senior Technical Advisor, Health Financing

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationMBA/MSc/MA , PhD/Fellowship
  • Experience6 - 7 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldNGO/Non-Profit  , Project Management 

Description

Determined to transcend the status quo, ThinkWell was founded in 2011 to provide bold, creative, and practical solutions to helping low- and middle-income countries achieve universal health coverage. While our core area of work is health financing, we take a “whole-of-systems” approach, specializing in five practice areas that intersect with health financing: governance, human resources for health, private sector, public financial management, and research and evaluation.

ThinkWell Kenya provides technical support to strengthen health financing and improve how funds are allocated to achieve the goal of universal health coverage. ThinkWell Kenya is about to embark on a new project that aims to support Kenya in advancing its strategy towards the elimination of cervical cancer. We are seeking a Senior Technical Advisor to lead the implementation of this new project, as well as other health financing work. This is a full-time position, initially for a year, and will be based at ThinkWell’s office in Nairobi. The Senior Technical Advisor will report to Kenya’s Country Director.

Technical Leadership

  • With support from the global and local teams, lead economic evidence generation to support the development of a cervical cancer elimination strategy for Kenya, including an investment case, funding gap analysis, and other relevant analyses.  
  • Lead technical advocacy efforts to support policy change, resource mobilization, and efficient resource allocation to catalyze progress towards cervical cancer elimination in Kenya.
  • Provide direct technical assistance to Kenya’s national cancer control team, EPI, and other government agencies involved in cervical cancer prevention.
  • Provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Health in developing a cervical cancer elimination strategy.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders in the cervical cancer elimination field in Kenya, building ThinkWells’ reputation as a trusted partner of the government and its key partners and donors in this field.
  • Identify and leverage political and practical opportunities to influence priority setting, and convert cervical cancer elimination strategy and policy into action.
  • Develop high-quality, compelling technical and advocacy briefs, tailored to different technical and non-technical, public and private sector audiences.
  • Contribute to donor and internal reporting requirements.

Organizational Leadership and Development

  • Communicate with other ThinkWell directors and project managers globally to build, share, exchange and disseminate technical knowledge.
  • Represent ThinkWell with partners, donors and stakeholders at external meetings and forums at global and country level, actively engage key stakeholders, cultivate new business partnerships and concepts.
  • Publish papers, articles, and blogs. Present at conferences, and participate in technical working groups, build ThinkWell’s reputation as a thought leader in the field.
  • Play a firm-wide leadership role, participate in company initiatives and teams to build intellectual and human capital in the technical area of specialization.
  • Mentor junior and mid-level technical staff members to support their growth, and support recruitment, as necessary.

You Are:

  • ThinkWell core competencies are foundational skills and behaviors that align with our values and are expected of all employees.
  • An entrepreneurial, results-oriented ‘do-er’ with a willingness to take risk, think big and challenge conventional wisdom.
  • A change maker who reaches independent judgement with an open mind, influences the conversation, and seeks innovation.
  • Able to help create an empowering environment in which everyone feels free to take initiative, be accountable and fail intelligently (learn from mistakes).
  • A collaborative colleague who engages constructively with people from different cultures, orientations, and perspectives and maintains positive relations in a virtual world.
  • Principally motivated by a growth mindset, meaning the pursuit of knowledge, experience, and self-improvement.  You always question and continuously learn.
  • Authentic, honest, direct, self-aware and open to giving and receiving feedback. 

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in health economics, health financing, management, public policy, public health, or another relevant field with 7+ years of experience or a PhD with 6+ years of experience;
  • Substantive, relevant work experience in the specific area of technical expertise: health, cancer and/or immunization financing, health policy expertise, and advocacy;
  • Experience developing health-related strategies;
  • Demonstrated track record of designing and implementing technical advocacy projects;
  • Experience in navigating complex multi-stakeholder projects, influencing national level dialogue, effectively and strategically engaging stakeholders at all levels within government, private sector, partners, and other individuals;
  • Adept at communicating technical information to non-technical audiences;
  • Knowledge and experience of managing donor-funded projects;
  • Demonstrated interest and ability in growing staff, mentoring and coaching junior professionals;
  • New business development, proposal writing and fundraising experience preferred;
  • Full English fluency required;
  • Outstanding cross-cultural communication skills, including the ability to relate respectfully with staff at all levels, ages, genders, nationalities, and orientations as well as across work areas;
  • Ability and willingness to travel up to 20%.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to ThinkWell on jobs.workable.com to apply

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Project Director at LVCT Health

LVCT Health is an indigenous Kenyan non-governmental and not-for-profit organization established in 2001. We are driving Kenya towards HIV prevention, with an ultimate goal of reducing HIV infections to zero. We offer integrated HIV services through development of models that are scaled up to the national models. We also carry out sexual and reproductive ...   Project Director Job Type Full Time Qualification MBA/MSc/MA Experience 7 - 10 years Location Kiambu Job Field Medical / Healthcare  Job purpose The Project Director will be responsible for providing overall strategic and technical oversight to the Dhibiti Project in Central region. This includes responsibility for the technical, monitoring and evaluation and financial and operations components of the project. S/he will work closely with the Program Director and other directors/managers to ensure adherence to technical and contractual requirements of the grant, achievement of targets and project alignment to institutional vision
Read more

Information Communication Technology - 12 Posts at Judiciary of Kenya

The Judiciary is one of the three State organs established under Chapter 10, Article 159 of the Constitution of Kenya. It establishes the Judiciary as an independent custodian of justice in Kenya. Its primary role is to exercise judicial authority given to it, by the people of Kenya. The institution is mandated to deliver justice in line with the Constitut...   Information Communication Technology - 12 Posts Job Type Contract Qualification Diploma Experience Location Nairobi Job Field ICT / Computer  , Internships / Volunteering  Job Description For appointment to an internship position in ICT, a candidate must:  Have a Diploma in any of the following fields: Computer Science, Information Technology, Information and Communication Technology or its equivalent from a recognized institution. Have graduated not earlier than the  year 2022;  Method of Application Interested and qualified? Go to Judiciary of Kenya on jobs.court.go.ke to apply
Read more

School Office Administrative Officer (a female preferred) at Tamkeen Integrated Schools

School Office Administrative Officer (a female preferred) Job Type Full Time Qualification BA/BSc/HND , Diploma Experience 3 - 5 years Location Nairobi Job Field Administration / Secretarial  Tamkeen Integrated Schools (TIS), is a private school in Kileleshwa providing the revered Cambridge System from Kindergarten to A-levels with a strong emphasis on STEM, Islamic Education, and Coding Programs. Our holistic approach integrates spiritual enrichment, recreation, and specialized teaching in Islamic Values, Arabic, and Quran memorization, fostering student ownership of learning in a modern Islamic education system. Tamkeen Integrated Schools is actively seeking a highly skilled Administrative Officer to join our team. The ideal candidate will bring a wealth of experience in school office administration, with a specific focus on the Cambridge system and academic matters. Exceptional organizational skills and a strong commitment to customer service and problem solving are essential. Key R
Read more