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Senior Procurement Officer I

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Chief of Party, USAID Dumisha Afya with a dotted line to Ag. Procurement Manager 
• AMPATH, the incumbent will among others be responsible for the following:
• Draft supplies and procurement policies and guidelines for the program.
• Review notices of the award and tender acceptance process.
• Participate in the compiling and evaluation of tenders. 
• Participate in the formulation of supplies manual and SOPs.
• Develop Procurement and Inventory Manuals.
• Training and staff development.
• Provide support to end-user on supply chain guidelines.
• Review of tender and contract documents. 
• Safeguard of tender advertising notices. 
• Review of tender advertising notices. 
• Undertake market research to support procurement decisions.
• Review and monitoring procurement costed procurement plans. 
• Keep proper records and documentation of the supply chain. 

Qualifications and Experience:
The ideal candidate: –

1. Master’s degree in any of the following discipline: Supplies Chain Management, Commerce (Supplies Management option), Procurement or it’s equivalent from a recognized institution
2. Bachelor’s degree in any of the following: Supply Chain Management, Commerce (Supplies Management option), Procurement or it’s equivalent from a recognised institution. 
3. A minimum period of three (3) years of relevant work with at least two (2) years’ experience in a supervisory position.
4. Membership to Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM) or Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supplies (CIPS) with valid Practicing License.
5. Attended Supervisory skills from a recognised institution. 

Senior Data Manager

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Create and enforce policies for effective data management.
• Formulate management techniques for quality data collection to ensure adequacy, accuracy, and legitimacy of data.
• Devise and implement efficient and secure procedures for data management and analysis with attention to all technical aspects.
• Establish rules and procedures for data sharing with management, investigators, external stakeholders etc.
• Support others in the daily use of data systems and ensure adherence to legal and company standards.
• Train data managers on data management procedures.
• Review reports and data extracted when needed.
• Monitor and analyze information and data systems and evaluate their performance to discover ways of enhancing them (new technologies, upgrades etc.)
• Ensure digital databases and archives are protected from security breaches and data losses.
• Troubleshoot data-related problems and authorize maintenance or modifications.
• Review training needs and plays an active role in the training and development of department staff.
• Provide technical assistance to other biostatisticians as may be required.
• Managing the Department’s communication.

Qualification & Experience

• Master’s degree in a quantitative field such as Information Technology, Computer Science,Applied Statistics, Mathematics, or any other related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as Information Technology, Computer Science, Applied Statistics, Mathematics or any other related field.
• A minimum period of five (5) years of relevant work with at least three (3) years’ experience in a supervisory position.
• Proficiency in data analysis, interpretation, and manipulation of data; knowledge of database construction, management and retrieval methods.
• Proficiency with data cleaning and analysis software like SAS, and STATA. R or SPSS.
• Attended a Senior Management course from a recognized institution.

Procurement Officer II

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Chief of Party, USAID Dumisha Afya through Senior Supply Chain Officer I, the incumbent will among others be responsible for the following:
• Prepare agenda and minutes of tender processing committee.
• Review of tender and contract documents before approval.
• Prepare Local Purchase Orders (LPOs).
• Participate in the preparation of tender documents. 
• Participate in the tender evaluation process. 
• Draft procurement reports.
• Draft of procurement and disposal, programs, plans, strategies, and budgets. 
• Inspect the utilization and stock of supplies.

Qualifications and Experience:
The ideal candidate: –

• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following; Supply Chain Management, Commerce (Supplies Management option), Procurement or its equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Minimum of one (1) year relevant experience.
• Membership to Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM) or Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supplies (CIPS) with valid practising license.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

HSS-Health Financing Officer

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.

Method of Application

The successful candidates will be employed on 1-year renewable contract terms with a competitive salary and allowances. Candidates who meet these requirements and are interested should submit their applications, copies of certificates together with detailed Curriculum Vitae giving details of their current remuneration on or before 07th July, 2023 to the addresses below: 

The Chief of Party,
USAID Dumisha Afya Program, 
Bungoma.

All application should be done via email at: recruitment@usaiddumishaafya.or.ke
Only e-mail applications are accepted.
Please note only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.