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Program Lead – Maternal Newborn and Child Health at Jhpiego
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Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted 5 days ago (15 Oct 2026) Updated 4 days ago
Job Description
The Program Lead oversees Jhpiego’s flagship Healthy Birth Initiative, directing strategy, budgeting, implementation and performance monitoring across Kenya. The role partners with government agencies, NGOs and donors to strengthen maternal and newborn health systems and scale life‑saving interventions. Strong leadership and extensive public‑health experience are essential to achieve measurable reductions in newborn mortality.
Qualifications & Requirements
- • Master’s degree (MBA, MSc or MA) in Public Health, Health Management or related field
- • Minimum 10 years of progressive experience managing large‑scale health programmes
- • Proven ability to lead multi‑stakeholder initiatives and secure funding
- • Strong strategic planning, budgeting and monitoring‑evaluation skills
- • Excellent communication, negotiation and partnership‑building capabilities
- • In‑depth knowledge of maternal and newborn health challenges in Kenya
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Lead the planning, budgeting and execution of the Healthy Birth Initiative
- • Develop and manage partnerships with national and county health authorities, NGOs and donors
- • Oversee implementation of evidence‑based interventions for small and sick newborns
- • Monitor program performance, analyse data and produce impact reports
- • Guide policy advocacy efforts to improve maternal‑newborn health outcomes
- • Manage a multidisciplinary team and ensure capacity building for sustainability
- • Coordinate knowledge‑sharing and dissemination of best practices regionally