Program Coordinator, Health Financing
ThinkWell, Kenya

The Program Coordinator provides technical assistance and analytical support to the strategic purchasing for primary health care project in one or more target counties.

This is a full-time role that requires exceptional analytical and quantitative skills, the ability to effectively synthesize and visualize findings (typically in health economics and financing), translate messages for various audiences, and provide coordination support.

ThinkWell Kenya provides technical support to strengthen the health financing function at national and county level, with a focus on strategic purchasing for primary healthcare.

The Program Coordinator will provide technical support to the county department of health, working closely with other stakeholders in the health sector, to accelerate achievement of universal health coverage (UHC) in Kenya. This position is based in Isiolo County.

Technical Support
In consultation with the Supervisor:

• Strengthen the capacity of County Departments of Health (CDoHs) on the three functions of health care financing (revenue mobilization, pooling and purchasing).
• Support the CDoHs to optimize Own Source Revenue (OSR) and other funding sources to increase fiscal space to purchase PHC services.
• Provide technical support to the CDoHs to apply strategic purchasing principles to incentivize providers to improve the quality of care, with a focus on PHC services.
• Support the CDoHs to develop and implement data driven innovations on health financing, that can improve the supply chain, and productivity of human resources for health.
• Strengthen working relationships across different purchasers (NHIF, Private Health Insurance, MoH) and the county to achieve coherence within different purchasing arrangements.

• Support the CDoHs to review, develop and or implement Public Finance Management (PFM) policies/guidelines to address challenges that hinder facilities from generating and using funds to improve the quality of services.
• Support the development of county health plans and budgets in accordance with the PFM Act (2012).
• Provide technical support to the CDoHs to strengthen implementation of UHC and health care financing reforms.
• Develop partnerships and networks within counties to strengthen health systems.

• Represent ThinkWell in meetings with external partners, County Government, and other stakeholders.

Data Analytics

• Support data collection, collation and analysis on health financing and purchasing in counties to inform the reforms needed to strengthen PHC and UHC.
• Collect, collate, and analyze routine data on HRH, Health Products and Technologies (HPTs) and other areas of focus on selected indicators to inform development of appropriate health financing interventions.
• Support county-level monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting activities on health financing and strategic purchasing.
• Document and disseminate learning products on health financing and strategic purchasing to different stakeholders to inform policy. Use the learnings and emerging evidence to co-create, with CHMTs, sustainable health financing solutions.

We Are:
ThinkWell core values are our fundamental organizational guiding principles. They define our corporate culture, influence our behavior at work and help us achieve our mission. Our values are:

Think big
Influence the conversation
Empower others
Be exceptional
Always question
Relate authentically
Evolve by learning

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.

Inquisitive, analytical, and curious

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