Palladium Careers

Position Summary

• The Intern-Digital Health role will involve supporting duties related to digital health initiatives in Kenya towards accelerating the realization of universal health coverage.

Location:

The position is based in Palladium’s KeHMIS office, in Nairobi.
You And Your Career

• We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting And Supervision

• The Intern - Digital Health will report to the Process Excellence and Delivery Lead.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• Coordinate multi-stakeholder meetings and workshops on digital health. Ensure seamless collaboration between the program team and other stakeholders.
• Support in undertaking design, documentation and report writing activities for routine activities and meetings.
• Support project management activities by attending meetings/calls and participate in planning and implementation.
• Establish, build, and maintain key internal and external relationships, including cross-functional teams, and partners to inform the plans and support the execution/implementation.
• Create a strategy that optimizes our product offering for the evolving healthcare environment needs.
• Accountable for the overall delivery of the Digital Health Technology support service in the MOH.
• Support in undertaking data analysis and secondary research to inform program strategies.

Required Qualifications

• Completed graduation public health, Health Policy, Health Informatics, or related field (applicants pursuing or having completed a master’s degree will have an advantage).
• Previous experience in program coordination, research support, or project administration, preferably within the healthcare sector is an added advantage.
• Basic understanding of digital components and the healthcare digital ecosystem.
• Proficiency in quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to prepare and deliver effective reports and presentations.
• Comfort working on both group and individual assignments.
• Adaptability to a fast-paced work environment.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively is an added advantage.

Reporting And Supervision

• Reporting to the Senior Architect, eHealth, and mHealth Solutions Lead, He/she will be embedded with development teams of DWH and KenyaEMR to develop and enhance solutions that support EMR and DWH platforms in line with defined KenyaHMIS systems priorities.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• Design and develop software applications using open-source tools and platforms based on user requirements and needs.
• Produce clean, maintainable, and efficient code based on specifications.
• Work closely with UI/UX designers to develop and implement highly responsive user interfaces.
• Build reusable complex components and libraries for the Data warehouse applications.
• Work with data scientists and analysts to improve existing software.
• Optimize and monitor software for maximum performance, responsiveness, and scalability.
• Participate in developing and designing effective APIs for the Data warehouse ecosystem.
• Working on troubleshooting and debugging and software application code.
• Perform duties and tasks as assigned by the Infrastructure and Sustainability Lead .

Required Qualifications

• BSc in Computer Science or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in web application design, development, and implementation.
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g., HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery).
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g., Java, Python, C#) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js).
• Familiarity with databases (e.g., MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g. Apache, NGINX, IIS)
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (e.g., Git / Mercurial / SVN).
• Experience in Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) technologies to manage and execute code.
• Fluency in English language

• Palladium is seeking an Accountant for an anticipated USAID-funded economic growth program which is anticipated to begin in 2023. The Project Accountant is responsible for establishing and maintaining the project’s financial system, including accounting procedures for invoicing, payroll, and all project expenses as well as overall budget management of the project.

Roles and Responsibilities:

General Responsibilities

• Liaise with the home office’s Accounting department, Project Specialist, and Case Leader, etc. to manage and troubleshoot project accounting issues as they may arise
• Reconcile project accounting and provide back-up documentation of all financial transactions into monthly accounting package to home office
• Establish and maintain electronic accounting tracking mechanisms, per Palladium and USAID accounting standards.
  Conduct monthly audits of local expenditures as reported by the Field Office, including local bank reconciliation and US dollar expenses
• Review all local expenses for billing purposes
• Produce accurate and timely financial reports
• Maintain all accounting records
• Act as first point of contact with local bank
• Monitor vendor invoices and disburse payments upon approval of the COP

Budget Management

• Oversee finance and accounting procedures
• Review monthly budget reports to ensure accuracy
• Indicate project activity numbers for billings and expenses so that Project Specialist can input into budget tracking tool
• Prepare monthly cash forecasts for COP’s review and approval

Procurement

• Oversee the financial aspect of procurement of goods and services for the project, ensuring compliance with Palladium and USAID policies
• Review invoices for local services for the project

Position Requirements:

• 3 years of experience in finance and accounting, BA preferred.
• Experience with USAID accounting/financial procedures preferred.
• Microsoft office suite proficiency and the ability to operate spreadsheet and word-processing programs at a highly proficient level
• Proactive problem-solving, decision-making and good judgment skills
• Demonstrated ability and commitment to manage confidential information
• Attention to detail and ability to effectively and efficiently perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English. 
• Ability to communicate effectively with managers, colleagues, service providers and clients
• Professional and mature demeanor and conduct

• Palladium is seeking a Manager, People and Culture for an anticipated USAID-funded economic growth program which is anticipated to begin in 2023. The USAID/Kenya and East Africa Feed the Future (FtF) Private Sector Activity (PSA) will be a 5-year program focused on accelerating agriculture-led growth in Kenya through partnerships with large agricultural sector firms (such as processors and off-takers) and expansion of smallholder farmer out-grower schemes. The anticipated activity will focus on creating jobs and generating large scale increases in sales/exports in the agriculture sector cost-effectively and, ideally, through a sustainable and locally-led vehicle.  The activity would combine tools used in USAID’s traditional private sector development activities with tools used to mobilize finance and investment into one mechanism – supporting a range of agricultural firms to expand investments and operations via a blended finance approach. For more information on the potential project

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Formulating & rolling out HR policies in accordance with Palladium global and Palladium Kenya policies and practices
• Conducting HR interviews, offer negotiations & closing positions
• Managing employee lifecycle from hire till exit – onboarding, induction, confirmation, transfers, contract renewals & exit
• Anchoring the performance management process
• Spearheading the team bonding initiatives
• Ensuring legal compliance throughout human resource management
• Maintaining pay plan and benefits program
• Ensuring all employee files are in order and maintaining the employee database
• Working on HR process improvements
• Assisting with employer branding initiatives to ensure Palladium is the employer of choice
• Liaising with global teams and the project management unit on various projects such as diversity & inclusion, salary benchmarking etc.
• Working on helping build a positive work environment
• Any and all other project-related tasks as required by the Chief of Party and Palladium HQ

Position Requirements:

• Degree in Human Resources or related field
• Significant experience managing human resources functions in Kenyan project contexts
• Ability to formulate and carry out plans independently to further the strategic goals of the project from a human resources and talent management perspective
• Experience working on USAID or other donor-funded programs preferred
• Excellent communications, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Local Kenyan candidates are preferred
• Written and oral proficiency in English required

Project Overview and Role:

• We are looking for a Senior Software developer to join our team working on design and development of various technology products. You will work with highly experienced and result driven Tech Leads and Product managers to design and develop software solutions in a highly paced environment. The Senior Software Developer shall work with other software developers to support the maturity of microservices architecture for different solutions and achieve full or near-full automation and orchestration of DevOps tools and processes. In addition, you will support and contribute to the adoption of, adherence to, and improvements of efficient end to end software development process.

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Develop, test and maintain digital solutions
• Provide technical guidance and implementation of digital solutions design and development global best practices
• Develop best practices for digital solutions, maintenance, reporting and security
• Aid other team members as needed to achieve team objectives.
• Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.
• Adhere to high-quality less rework development principles while delivering on time and on scope
• Responsible for maintaining UpToDate repositories of the assigned systems
• Leverage knowledge and contribute to proper knowledge management within the team
• Keep abreast with emerging technologies in health information technology
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed 

Required Qualifications:

Required Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in enterprise-level programming and architecture experience.
• Proven experience as a Senior Developer or similar role.
• Experience developing scalable and secure web and mobile applications.
• Experience with relational databases such as Microsoft SQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, including designing schemas and query performance analysis. Experience in NoSQL databases is an added advantage.
• Should have strong knowledge and experience in CI/CD tools like ANT, Maven and Jenkins.
• Extensive device management experience on platform health monitoring, reporting, scripting, data-mining, and business intelligence.
• Excellent understanding and deployment of virtualization and containerization technologies.
• Understanding of DevOps pipeline impact on product management and user experience (UX).
• Extensive experience in system and data migration for mission critical technologies.
• Should have experience in development and implementation of data analytics and visualization solutions

Skills and Abilities:

• Extensive knowledge of multiple programming languages, libraries, and frameworks such as C#, Java, Python, PHP, Android, React, Node.js, Angular, Vue, etc
• Should have experience setting up, configuring, and managing web application servers (e.g., Nginx, Apache Tomcat, IIS etc.)
• Should have demonstrable experience in working with HTTP/RESTful APIs, microservices and distributed solutions.
• Should possess excellent communication skills and attention to detail.
• Should demonstrate strong problem solving and technical skills.\
• Should demonstrate knowledge of the trends in the software development domain.
• Experience in driving ongoing improvements and efficiencies in operational practices, tools & processes.
• Ability to communicate directly with peers, managers, and clients while leading development to a completed and successful solution.
• Experience Health Information Exchange standards is an added advantage.
• Should be able to work under minimum to no supervision and yet deliver quality results on time.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BSc. in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least five (5) years of professional experience directly supporting the development, operations, maintenance and/or security of mission critical systems.
• Training on Lean or Six Sigma is an added advantage

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

 PROPEL Health Kenya is seeking to recruit a consultant to support the overall goal of improving equitable access to healthcare services in Kenya. To facilitate effective support to the areas identified in the previous section, PROPEL Health requires a consultant who will support in the following areas:

•  Develop a PHC measurement framework.
• Development of a sustainable financing framework of PHC/PCN (county and sub-county level) in line with PFM Act 2012.
• Prepare a concept note for a position paper on UHC implementation in Kenya: Successes and implementation challenges.

The consultant will work closely with the PROPEL Health Kenya team and will extensively consult with the relevant directorates and departments of the MOH, the COG/counties and any other key actor in UHC/PHC financing field who will be identified in the inception phase of this consultancy.

 The consultant in consultation with PROPEL Health Kenya’s will provide the technical expertise that is needed towards realization of the three specific support areas listed above. Whilst there may be minor alterations after the conceptual stage of this assignment, the consultant is expected to carry out the tasks, among others as may apply:

•  Carry out preliminary reviews to conceptualize scope and approach and prepare an inception plan for the assignment.
• Work with MOH to map stakeholders for key informant interviews and focus group discussions.
• Conduct in-depth assessment including document reviews, key informant, and group interviews.
• Undertake analyses to prepare consultative drafts of the measurement and sustainable financing frameworks.
• In consultation with MOH, lead technical discussions for further stakeholders’ inputs and thereafter finalize consultative versions of the two frameworks to be presented to the MOH.
• Propose the conceptual outline of the position paper documenting the successes and challenges of UHC implementation in Kenya.

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in public health or health economics and policy or related field is required. A combination of post-graduate public health and health economics is highly desirable.
• Bachelor’s degree in economics, statistics or research-related field is required.
• At least 10 years’ experience in the national arena of health and UHC policy, financing and governance is required.
• Hands-on experience in related health financing strategies and good understanding of health financing reforms in Kenya is required.
• Proven experience in the engagement of MOH and other stakeholders is required.
• Demonstrated experience of costing work in a low- and middle-income country is required.
• At least 10 years’ experience developing reports, guidelines and other documents for USAID and government approval is required (sample of a government report will be preferred)

Evaluation Criteria:

Applications will be evaluated based on below evaluation criteria:

• Master’s degree in public health or health economics and policy or related field is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in economics, statistics or research-related field is required.
• Proven track record of at least 10 years or more in health economics, health care financing and/or health policy analysis is required.
  Knowledge and working experience of country / context a significant advantage.
• Technical (60%)
  • At least 10 years’ experience in the national arena of health and UHC policy, financing and governance is required.
  • Hands-on experience in related health financing strategies and good understanding of health financing reforms in Kenya is required.
  • Proven experience in the engagement of MOH and other stakeholders is required.
  • Demonstrated experience in costing work in a low- and middle-income country is required.
  • At least 10 years’ experience developing reports, guidelines and other documents for USAID and government approval is required (sample of a government report will be preferred)
• Costs (40%)
  • The bidder's cost outline must contain an overall quotation in KES.
  • The Financial Proposal shall be confirming the following:
    • The price Inclusive of all relevant taxes
    • Indicate Payment Terms
    • The period of validity of the bid.
  • Proposals must offer services for the total requirement. Proposals offering only part of the requirement will be rejected.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design and conduct contracts, subaward and consulting assignment solicitations and advertisements.
• Lead competitive procurement processes, draft agreements, and develop related contracts and subaward documentation.
• Review and maintain contracts with partners and implement a strict compliance checklist on contractor activities, budgets, and processes.
• Lead negotiations with contractors and applicants on awards, processes, and execution.
• Conduct due diligence and negotiate agreements with contractors and sub awardees.
• Oversee the administration, compliance, and implementation procedures of contracts and subawards, and ensure compliance with USAID contract and grant regulations including procurement regulations.
• Direct fund transfers after reviewing financial reports and ensuring compliance with contracts and subaward agreements (in coordination with technical staff).
• Conduct tracking and reporting, ensuring timely usage of funds as per annual work plans
• Issue instructions and provide guidance to contract and sub awardees for the Branding and Marking Plan and Monitoring and Evaluation of grant implementation practices.
• Direct and oversee contracts and subawards close out and final reporting
• Any and all other project-related tasks as required by the Chief of Party and Palladium HQ

Position Requirements:

• Advanced degree in relevant subject (MBA, MA in Business, Economics, Finance, Procurement, etc.)
• At least 5 years of experience in contracts, subawards, or grants management
• Microsoft Office Suite proficiency and the ability to operate spreadsheet and word-processing programs at a highly proficient level
  Proactive problem-solving, decision-making, and good judgement skills
• Attention to detail and ability to perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities effectively and efficiently
• Ability to communicate effectively with managers, colleagues, service providers, and clients
• Experience working on USAID or other donor-funded programs of a similar size
• Knowledge of USAID policies, procedures, and reporting requirements preferred
• Experience working for large donor organizations such as USAID preferred
• Local Kenyan candidates are preferred
• Written and oral proficiency in English required

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Support the development of project deliverables, including coordinating information gathering for weekly, quarterly, annual reports and annual work plans, one-pagers, reports, etc.Contribute to the sections of deliverables related to M&E and Communications
• Ensure appropriate branding and marking for all communications tools
• Oversee the design and roll out of all tools to effectively communicate project activities and results, (i.e. website, videos, visual images, Investment Mapping System (IMS), press releases, flyers, etc.)
• Maintain project library of all communications tools, photos and events in a digital format
• Conduct media relations for the project, including targeted publicity for project activities and responses to queries from press.Write press releases, organize press conferences, schedule interviews for spokespersons for the project, etc.
• Maintain a close and collaborative relationship with USAID and the U.S. Embassy teams on all outreach and communications efforts
• Support development of project events and workshops in collaboration with project teams
• All other duties deemed necessary, including support to the Chief of Party as required
• Manage Short-Term Technical Assistance for Communications efforts (i.e. editors, graphic designers, video production teams, Investment Mapping System, photographers, etc.)

Position Requirements:

• Proven experience in communications, outreach, and/or marketing, preferably on a USAID project.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to communicate effectively with managers, colleagues, service providers and clients
• Microsoft office suite proficiency and the ability to operate spreadsheet and word-processing programs at a highly proficient level
• Proactive problem-solving, decision-making and good judgment skills
• Attention to detail and ability to effectively and efficiently perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities
  Professional and mature demeanor and conduct

• Palladium is seeking a Regional Coordinator for an anticipated USAID-funded economic growth program which is anticipated to begin in 2023. The Regional Coordinator will report to the KPSA Chief of Party. S/he, working closely with the technical team, will be responsible for leading and managing programmatic and operational planning, implementation, and monitoring of regional offices based in TBD.
• The USAID/Kenya and East Africa Feed the Future (FtF) Private Sector Activity (PSA) will be a 5-year program focused on accelerating agriculture-led growth in Kenya through partnerships with large agricultural sector firms (such as processors and off-takers) and expansion of smallholder farmer out-grower schemes. The anticipated activity will focus on creating jobs and generating large scale increases in sales/exports in the agriculture sector cost-effectively and, ideally, through a sustainable and locally-led vehicle.  The activity would combine tools used in USAID’s traditional private sector development activities with tools used to mobilize finance and investment into one mechanism – supporting a range of agricultural firms to expand investments and operations via a blended finance approach. For more information on the potential project, please consult the RFI: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=338564 .

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Project Planning and Implementation. Assure that detailed planning is continuously carried out and adjusted in a timely and effective manner in accordance with project requirements.
• Closely monitor project performance and make necessary decisions using appropriate means and methods that support continuous improvement.
• Continuously assess security and safety issues related to the project implementation.
• Assures effective delivery of project interventions in-coordination with country office staff.
• Communicates continuously with the Regional and or the international office staff to describe program progress and proposes alternatives/ solutions in case of poor performance or any obstacle in the implementation of the project.
• Responsible for coordinating, organizing, and formulating required reports in accordance with project and donor requirements.
  Cultivates relationship with other stakeholders of the project, assuring credibility and visibility.
• Any and all other project-related tasks as required by the Chief of Party and Palladium HQ

Position Requirements:

• A minimum of five years of experience in USAID funded projects directly implementing large complex projects.
  Experience in grants administration/management of projects
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain working relationships with staff at multiple levels.
• Working knowledge of budgeting and project management, monitoring and evaluation processes.
• Demonstrated ability to establish good working relationships with key stakeholders at national and sub-national levels.
• Analytical, attention to detail and results oriented
• Experience working on USAID or other donor-funded programs of a similar size
• Excellent communications, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of USAID policies, procedures, and reporting requirements preferred
• Experience working for large donor organizations such as USAID preferred
• Local Kenyan candidates are preferred
• Written and oral proficiency in English required