The Digital Health Agency (DHA) is a government body dedicated to transforming healthcare delivery through the integration of cutting-edge digital technologies. Our mission is to enhance healthcare accessibility, improve patient outcomes, and ensure data security by developing and maintaining a comprehensive digital health ecosystem across Kenya.

Description

The Director, Corporate Services will be responsible to the Chief Executive Officer for overall coordination and management of corporate services functions in the Agency.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing formulation, implementation and review of policies, strategies, standards, guidelines, procedures and programmes relating to finance and accounts; human resource management and administration; planning and research; corporate communications; and information, communication and technology.
• Ensuring development of performance management strategies at the Agency
• Overseeing preparation and implementation of the Agency's personnel emoluments budgets.
• Coordinating the establishment and management of the Agency's registries and ensuring safe custody of all records.
• Ensuring adequate office accommodation for the Agency
• Ensuring prudent utilization of the Agency's resources, facilities and equipment.
• Ensuring effective implementation and compliance with statutory requirements.
• Overseeing establishment and implementation of information management systems in the provision of corporate services.
• Ensuring establishment and maintenance of up-to-date inventories of the Agency's equipment and facilities.
• Ensuring gender and disability mainstreaming at the Agency.
• Overseeing administration and implementation of the Agency's staff welfare programmes.
• Ensuring a conducive work environment at the Agency.
• Ensuring promotion of corporate image and brand of the Agency.
• Overseeing the dissemination of official communication of the Agency through press releases, newsletters, features, speeches, articles media supplements and documentaries.
• Ensuring implementation of the Agency's corporate social responsibility.
• Coordinating preparation of reports and responses to parliamentary questions.
• Coordinating the planning and budgeting for corporate services activities and programmes.
• Ensuring capacity building and management of staff performance at the Agency.
• Coordinating preparation of the Agency's Public Expenditure Review (PER) and Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF).

Requirements

• Cumulative period of (15) years' relevant work experience, five (5) of which should have been the grade of Assistant Director and above in a relevant specialization or in a comparable position.
• Bachelor's degree in any of the following disciplines: - Human Resource Management/ Development, Public Administration, Commerce (Accounting/ Finance Option), Finance, Economics, Business Management/Administration, Social Sciences or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Master's degree in any of the following disciplines: - Human Resource Management/ Development, Public Administration, Commerce (Accounting/ Finance Option), Finance, Economics, Business Administration/Management, or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Certificate in Leadership lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution.
• Membership to a relevant professional body where applicable and in good standing.
• A valid professional certificate/license from a relevant professional body where applicable;
• Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.
• Exhibited a thorough understanding of national goals, policies, objectives and ability to relate them to management of the corporate services function.

• Overseeing formulation, implementation and review of policies, strategies, standards, guidelines, procedures and programmes relating to finance and accounts; human resource management and administration; planning and research; corporate communications; and information, communication and technology.
• Ensuring development of performance management strategies at the Agency
• Overseeing preparation and implementation of the Agency's personnel emoluments budgets.
• Coordinating the establishment and management of the Agency's registries and ensuring safe custody of all records.
• Ensuring adequate office accommodation for the Agency
• Ensuring prudent utilization of the Agency's resources, facilities and equipment.
• Ensuring effective implementation and compliance with statutory requirements.
• Overseeing establishment and implementation of information management systems in the provision of corporate services.
• Ensuring establishment and maintenance of up-to-date inventories of the Agency's equipment and facilities.
• Ensuring gender and disability mainstreaming at the Agency.
• Overseeing administration and implementation of the Agency's staff welfare programmes.
• Ensuring a conducive work environment at the Agency.
• Ensuring promotion of corporate image and brand of the Agency.
• Overseeing the dissemination of official communication of the Agency through press releases, newsletters, features, speeches, articles media supplements and documentaries.
• Ensuring implementation of the Agency's corporate social responsibility.
• Coordinating preparation of reports and responses to parliamentary questions.
• Coordinating the planning and budgeting for corporate services activities and programmes.
• Ensuring capacity building and management of staff performance at the Agency.
• Coordinating preparation of the Agency's Public Expenditure Review (PER) and Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF).

• Human Resource Management/ Development
• Public Administration
• Commerce (Accounting/ Finance Option)
• Finance
• Economics
• Business Management/Administration
• Social Sciences
• Leadership
• Professional body membership
• Professional certificate/license
• Performance management
• Budgeting
• Record keeping
• Resource utilization
• Statutory compliance
• Information management systems
• Inventory management
• Gender and disability mainstreaming
• Staff welfare
• Corporate image promotion
• Communication
• Corporate social responsibility
• Report preparation
• Parliamentary question response
• Capacity building

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management/ Development, Public Administration, Commerce (Accounting/ Finance Option), Finance, Economics, Business Management/Administration, Social Sciences or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Master's degree in Human Resource Management/ Development, Public Administration, Commerce (Accounting/ Finance Option), Finance, Economics, Business Administration/Management, or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Certificate in Leadership lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution.
• Membership to a relevant professional body where applicable and in good standing.
• A valid professional certificate/license from a relevant professional body where applicable.