Purpose of assignment:

Lead and coordinate the set-up of an advisory services approach as well as the first phase of testing.

Scope of work:

Refine, get approved and adopt Strategy, workplan and budget for the test phase (2024).   

• Review Advisory Services strategy, workplan and budget (2024), ensuring that it is consistent, comprehensive, adequate, and achievable ensuring that is signed off for implementation by the Chief Programmes Officer (CPO). This will include proper market shaping for 2024 and beyond.
• Kenya Country team engagement: Hold engagements with key functions/technical departments to ensure buy-in, clear points of collaboration, synergy and engagements are defined.
• Execute the workplan.

Set-up and manage the Advisory services project team: 

• In alignment with the Country Director – Kenya (and the Global Director of Programs, Strategy & Excellence), People & culture on the co-opted staffs to the project.
• Define and develop TORs for each co-opted team member to the project.
• Ensure Level of Effort (LOE) from co-opted staffs is documented and scope of work & engagement meetings/points is clearly defined.
• Lead the development and adoption of a team charter.
• Define and agree with project team on a cadence of accountability meetings, including performance and planning meetings.

Services Portfolio:

• Review the portfolio of services to provide to partners and ensure they a clearly communicated internally (and externally, as need may be).
• Lead the development of modules, service packages including material and tools using existing documentation and/or complementing those.
• Define the cost of services and ensure a partner rate card is developed and disseminated to potential partners.\

Budget Management:

• Ensure effective project budget management; Limited overspends, full alignment on allowable expenditures and approvals in coordination with the finance team.

Deliver performance milestones of the Advisory services:

• Define and communicate monthly and Quarterly performance milestones.
• Write monthly & Quarterly performance reports, indicating achievements, challenges, and actions for improvement.

Deliverables:

• A refined & approved strategy, workplan and budget for 2024 by Q1,24
• A fully set up Advisory Services Project team by Q1,24
• Key prioritized modules developed by Q2, 2024
• Monthly & Quarterly performance reports which indicate, achievements, challenges, actions for performance improvements and lessons.
• Final report including learnings, recommendations on way forward and revised strategy for the Advisory Services Approach.

Evaluation and Qualification Criteria

•     General Education, Qualification, and Relevant Training – 20 Points.
•     Experience, Technical Expertise – 80 Points

Required qualifications and experience

• Master´s degree in public health, Community Development, MBA
• At least 5 to 10 years’ experience in a renowned consultancy firm
• Experience in public health or community health programming an added advantage
• Technical skills in developing and delivering consultancy to NGOs and Government bodies
• Ability to deliver in a start-up mode i.e., be both a thinker and a doer
• Experience in stakeholder engagement
• Proficiency in oral communication and presentation
• Proficiency in written communication in English essential