Abt Associates is seeking a full-time, Nairobi-based Knowledge Management Technical Specialist (KM Lead) for the USAID-funded AfyaInfo project in Kenya.
The AfyaInfo project is focused on transforming the National Health Information System and the KM Task Lead will be a full time, senior technical employee who will support this transformation.
The KM Task Lead will work closely with project staff and GOK counterparts in the health sector to:
The AfyaInfo project is focused on transforming the National Health Information System and the KM Task Lead will be a full time, senior technical employee who will support this transformation.
The KM Task Lead will work closely with project staff and GOK counterparts in the health sector to:
- identify data needs and develop a demand for valid, accurate and timely data at all levels of the health system;
- identify current data sources as well as gaps;
- support the analysis and use of data throughout the health system;
- support data reporting formats that meet the needs of health service providers, managers and policy decision makers; and
- develop a system to capture, analyze, and disseminate data and track health system trainings and capacities for data generation and use.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic leadership in KM assessments and activities
- Engage and work in partnership with the GOK to ensure all activities are aligned to GOK priorities
- Engage health system stakeholders/end users to identify their data needs
- Build the capacity of the health ministries to generate demand for quality health information, develop a range of information products responsive to this demand, and establish dissemination forums and systems to ensure use of these products
- Lead and/or actively participate in the development and updating of standards, tools and approaches for data generation, analysis, and use
- Identify training needs for data generation, management and use
- Lead and provide technical direction in the development of a training strategy for integration of current and new tools and concepts for data generation, management and use
- Manage the development of a standardized training curricula and trainee performance criteria
- Guide, coordinate and collaborate with project staff and partners in the implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation of training
- Build lasting in-country capacity to deliver KM trainings
- Devise an exit strategy to ensure the sustainability of the KM system
- Document and present program results and lessons learned to the Chief of Party, USG, MoH, and other key stakeholders.
- Ensure KM strategy activities are conducted in coordination with ongoing project activities
- Manage project activities and staff who are contributing to the KM stream of work
- Other duties as assigned
Skills/Knowledge Required:
- Advanced degree in public health (with HMIS emphasis preferred), public administration, or a related professional degree and 10 years of relevant professional experience in health data generation and use.
- Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary, multicultural teams and monitor efforts
- Demonstrated ability to engage and work with stakeholders at all system levels
- A proven, successful record of achieving results, preferably in a difficult working environment
- Demonstrated expertise in M&E.
- Excellent writing, computer, management and organizational skills necessary.
- Experience in training desirable
- Experience in implementing USAID-funded projects in Kenya is excellent
- Fluency in English is required, language skills in Kiswahili, and other langaguages of Kenya are highly preferred.
For more information please visit us at abtassociates.com.
Female applicants are encouraged to apply.