Senior Technical Specialist - MNCH

Responsibilities

Program Quality and Strategic Leadership

• Provide overall technical guidance and vision for MNCHIN workstream, with a focus on integration, impact, and alignment with national priorities.
• Lead the design, adaptation, and implementation of evidence-based approaches in maternal and newborn health, child health, immunization, and nutrition.
• Promote innovation and operational learning — balancing what works now with what's needed next.
• Ensure clinical quality across project activities, training packages, tools, and guidelines.
• Represent Jhpiego in technical working groups, stakeholder meetings, and strategic partnerships.
• Collaborate with M&E and program teams to ensure use of data for decision-making and adaptive management, and produce project reports for different audiences, e.g., donors, government, partners.
• Strengthen linkages between health facilities, communities, and private sector actors.

Team Supervision and Mentorship

• Directly supervise and coach MNCHIN technical mid-level and early career staff — with a focus on developing leadership, technical depth, and real-world problem-solving.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, humility, and continuous learning.
• Support staff to navigate complex health systems, advocate with confidence, and deliver results.
• Contribute to organizational knowledge management and exchange across multiple projects.

Partnership Management

• Liaise with county health management teams to co-create solutions and drive local ownership.
• Build trust and credibility across public, private, and civil society partners.

Required Qualifications

• An experienced health professional with a Master's degree in a health-related field with at least eight (8) years of progressively responsible professional experience.
• Deep clinical and technical knowledge in maternal, newborn, and child health, immunization and nutrition in Kenya.
• Proven ability to provide strategic thinking with the ability to balance clinical rigor with practical realities.
• Skilled program manager with demonstrated experience leading teams and managing portfolios, moving beyond activity implementation to strategic leadership and results delivery.
• Demonstrated experience working with county health systems with a strong understanding of the public and private healthcare landscape.
• Evidence of delivering results at scale — improved coverage, quality or system responsiveness.
• Strong experience in mentoring, coaching, and empowering younger professionals — with patience, insight, and a collaborative spirit.
• Technically fluent in government data systems and comfortable using digital tools to drive insights.
• A learner at heart — future-leaning, tech-aware, and open to new ways of doing old things better.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to navigate complex environments, build partnerships, and adapt fast, knowing when to push or pace.
• Experience working across donor funded environments.