Tropical Health and Education Trust
Funded by the Department of Health and Social Care, the Global Health Workforce Programme (GHWP) will aim to develop the health workforce (HWF) in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria, supporting them to build stronger, more resilient health systems for post-pandemic recovery and to make progress towards universal health coverage.
Main responsibilities
Workstream 1: Grants Management
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Manage a portfolio of health partnership grants, overseeing contracting and financial disbursements.
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Ensure grant holders understand what is required of them with regards project management (including M&E, finances, activity plan and reporting, partnership relations, procurement etc.) and support them where necessary to overcome identified challenges.
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Conduct visits to the grant holder institutions throughout the programme, and hold regular online meetings, to accompany progress, ensure that challenges identified through reports and monitoring visits are being successfully overcome and that any new challenges, concerns, developments or opportunities are identified quickly.
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Review grant holder narrative and finance reports, and provide feedback on the level of achievement, need for further information and recommendations for improvement.
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Conduct audits to grant holder institutions.
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Identify any changes to the personnel amongst grant holders
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Contribute to learning analysis meetings, as well as quarterly donor reports and end of project impact reports.
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Contribute to grant holder sharing and learning events.
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Provide other administrative support where required.
Workstream 2: Programme quality and design
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Contribute to the design of organisational and health partnership quality programme approaches, including standards, processes, tools and guidance.
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Contribute to the delivery of capacity development interventions for grant holders.
Workstream 3: Grants database administration
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Ensure optimum use of the grants management database (on the Salesforce platform), including input of data, grant analysis, production of reports, and analysis of monitoring and evaluation methods.
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Support the internal team and grant holders to navigate the database.
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Liaise with the database supplier to troubleshoot any issues.
Workstream 4: Administration and events
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Support preparations for, attend and present national, grant holder and THET events
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Liaise with the in-country administrator in providing logistical support around health partnership events/visa processes/ethical approvals, UK teams, etc.
Contractual responsibilities
The level of work available will depend on the number of grants awarded in Kenya but will constitute either 4 or 5 days per week. This will have been finalised by the time of the interviews so THET will confirm the final level of effort and remuneration package at that point.
The consultant will receive a daily rate of GBP £146. In total, depending on the start date and if working 5 days per week, the total fee will not exceed £38,805. Please note that this is non-negotiable and will cover all expenses apart from project-related travel, meeting and communication expenses.
To access a more detailed TOR, please access the following link – THET Jobs
How to apply
Candidates must submit their CV along with a cover letter of no more than two pages to [email protected] by Tuesday 2nd January, with ‘Kenya Grants Consultant’ in the subject line. Shortlisted candidates should be available for interviews week commencing 8th January.
The candidate must be based in Nairobi, Kenya.