Program Officer – Institutional HR Systems

Ref: HIS/10/2011

Reporting to HR Systems Manager - Organizational Development, the successful candidate supports overall technical planning and management of all HRM strengthening activities for key health sector institutions.

Under the guidance of the HR Systems Manager, s/he will work directly with the institutions identified by the project in strengthening their institutional HR systems to enable them to fulfill their respective mandates.

Key Responsibilities

• Offer technical support to streamline HRH policies and practices in selected health institutions including KEMSA, KMTC, DRH and NASCOP.
• Participate in comprehensive HRM capacity assessment of these institutions to unearth constraints, challenges and propose mitigation interventions.
• Provide inputs into development of institutional HRH plans, strategies and investments needed to improve their management of health workers and specified focus on HRH issues that should be addressed.
• Support the design and implementation of institutional HR strategies that would enable these institutions to adjust their HRM practices in line with the exigencies of the new constitution
• Support development of guidelines for strengthening human resource management and performance management systems in the selected health sector institutions.
• Participate in implementation of workforce performance mechanism to ensure they are institutionalized within the key health sector institutions.
• Support capacity building of Health Managers with HR mandates in selected health institutions to improve decision making for staff recruitment, deployment, development, performance assessment and retention.
• Develop tools for measuring, reporting continuous improvement of organizational performance with emphasis on HRM outputs.
• Develop activity plans, budgets and monitor usage and report in consultation with other team members
• Initiate, manage and sustain effective relationship with key stakeholders in selected health institutions working towards HR-related mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Support the selected institutions to adopt and institutionalize HRIS within their HR systems and processes.
• Develop, write and review documents such as; quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports, concept papers, trip reports in close consultation with M& E section.
• In liaison with management teams in the respective institutions, improve on governance and management practices of the selected health institutions.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in human resource, health systems or a related field with relevant working experience
• At least 3 years practical working experience in HRH strengthening and implementing performance support systems
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding on the health workforce in Kenya.
• Knowledge of relevant employment and labor laws applicable in Kenya.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Good project management and coordination skills.
• Previous working experience with USAID and/or PEPFAR-funded programs is an added advantage.
• Proven ability to successfully liaise with external stakeholders, including GOK/ MOH, development partners.
• Excellent oral and written fluency in English and Kiswahili.
• Solid computer skills to include proficiency using e-mails, word and spreadsheet applications

If your background, experience and competencies match the above specifications please send your detailed CV indicating daytime telephone numbers, address and names of three referees to the address below not later than November 15, 2011, quoting the position reference on both the envelope and application letter:

Project Director
IntraHealth International Inc
Unga House, Muthithi Road, 7th Floor
P.O. Box 66726 – 00800
Nairobi

Email: jobskenya@intrahealth.org

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.