HSS-Health Financing Officer at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH)

Duties and Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Chief of Party, USAID Dumisha Afya, through Health Strengthening Systems Manager, the incumbent will among others be responsible for the following:

• Provide technical support to county health departments in sector planning and budgetingand ensure prioritization of strategic disease programmes including HIV in county resource allocation.
• Foster consultative discussions between the department of health and key county structures such as county assembly, county treasury and governorship on prioritizing health interventions during resource sharing.
• Represent the project on county level and intergovernmental policy forums and provide technical advisory on policy design and implementation pitfalls & successes.
• Support the focus counties to design and implement health financing strategic frameworks aligned to the national health policy framework and UHC goals.
• Provide technical assistance to county health department in designing and implementing public financial management laws and regulations.
• Support county health department to design and implement strategies to increase health sector revenues.
• Build strong partnerships with the government and other key stakeholder to ensure the project is in line with government priorities and the successful implementation of the project.
• Collaborate with the project M&E lead to develop metrics for monitoring and measurement of health financing interventions against benchmarks and support the learning agenda.

Desired Qualifications

• University degree in Economics, Public Health, Health Systems Management, or related discipline. 
• At least five years of experience in implementing health financing interventions in donor funded projects in devolved setting.
• In depth knowledge of Kenya’s public financial management processes and the PFM 
• Vast knowledge of Kenya’s health system in the devolved setting and good understanding of health policy environment.