Data.FI Kenya Country Director / Governance and Policy Lead

Data.FI Kenya Country Director / Governance and Policy Lead

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Project Overview and Position Summary

Data.FI is a global project funded by the U.S. Department of State to strengthen health information systems, health financing and improve the use of data for decision making. In Kenya, Data.FI will support the Ministry of Health (MoH) through the Digital Health Agency (DHA), National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), the National Public Health Institute (NPHI) and other relevant state agencies to enhance digital health governance, public health surveillance, and health financing integration.

The Country Director / Governance and Policy Lead will

lead the Data.FI Kenya project, providing strategic leadership, coordination,

and technical oversight. This role supports bilateral health cooperation under

the America First Global Health Strategy, with a focus on national ownership,

strong governance, and data-driven outcomes. Acting as the senior liaison to

Kenya's Digital Health Agency (DHA), the position will also support the DHA in

the execution of its mandate and strategic priorities. The Country Director

will ensure alignment with Kenyan laws and global standards while fostering

close collaboration with U.S. Government agencies and key partners.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities :

• Provide strategic leadership for Data.FI Kenya to advance bilateral cooperation between the Government of Kenya and the United States under the America First Global Health Strategy.
• Ensure robust interagency coordination with US CDC, State Department, and other USG entities to advance shared global health security goals, surveillance strengthening, and digital transformation agendas that protect both Kenyan and American public health interests.
• Maintain close and deliberate collaboration with the DHA and the CDC-funded KeHMIS project, ensuring harmonized implementation of digital architectures, aligned workplans, cost-effective implementation, and a unified USG presence in support of Kenya's digital health priorities.
• Support the DHA in national-scale implementation of digital health solutions; ensuring they strengthen surveillance, improve service delivery, and contribute to early warning and rapid response capabilities.
• Support DHA in instituting system-wide HIS strengthening including maturity assessments, digital readiness reviews, interoperability alignment, governance reforms, and national standards adoption to improve the integrity, completeness, and timeliness of health data.
• Lead project planning, budgeting, compliance, and performance management for USG funds, ensuring transparency, accountability, and adherence to federal standards, while reinforcing Kenyan government institutional capabilities.
• Guide evidence generation, implementation science activities, and strategic analytics that inform GOK, DHA and USG decision-making on surveillance, digital transformation, and national health security priorities.
• Supervise and mentor multi-disciplinary teams : technical, operational, financial, and digital health specialists, to ensure disciplined execution, high-quality outputs, and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Represent Data.FI and USG-supported digital health investments in national digital health technical forums, interagency coordination meetings, and security-sensitive health information discussions.

Required Qualifications :

Location : Nairobi, Kenya

Reports To : Data.FI Project Director (Global)

Type : Full-time, National Position

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