The Data.FI Kenya initiative, alongside several aligned technical and public health programs, is seeking professionals to support ongoing national and sub-national efforts in strengthening health systems, improving health financing, advancing epidemiological surveillance, and enhancing technical assistance delivery. These opportunities span multiple technical domains and responsibility levels, offering prospective applicants a chance to contribute expertise to nationally significant health, financing, governance, and systems-strengthening work. The roles advertised encompass positions ranging from technical advisory services to operational leadership across several counties and national platforms. In keeping with the program’s overarching mission, each position is designed to reinforce data-driven decision-making, improve system performance, and support health sector transformation through structured engagement with government counterparts and implementing partners.
The following article outlines the available positions, along with their respective job descriptions. Each role contains responsibilities and expectations defined to guide prospective applicants in determining suitability. The positions span functions in data systems, epidemiology, monitoring and evaluation, health financing, governance, and technical program management.
Data.FI Kenya Project Intern – Data and Health Systems
(Positions available in two locations)
Date posted: 14 November 2025
This internship role supports ongoing data and health systems activities within the Data.FI Kenya project. The intern contributes to data management, system strengthening workflows, and operational documentation required across workstreams. Responsibilities include supporting data cleaning, validation, and entry processes across assigned systems; assisting with development of data collection tools; contributing to documentation of technical processes and routine reporting; supporting training coordination for digital health or data tools; and participating in system testing activities during updates or feature enhancements. The intern collaborates closely with technical officers, analysts, and health systems teams, providing logistical and analytical support to maintain high-quality data flows and ensure smooth implementation of digital health interventions. The role requires consistent documentation, structured communication, and adherence to established data governance protocols.
Data.FI Kenya Health Financing Technical Associate
(Positions available in two locations)
Date posted: 14 November 2025
This position supports implementation of health financing activities aligned with national and county-level priorities. The Technical Associate participates in data analysis related to health financing reforms, assists in developing technical briefs, and supports the production of expenditure analyses. Participation in stakeholder engagements is expected, particularly where financial modeling inputs are required. Responsibilities include preparing materials for workshops or training sessions with county health management teams, supporting routine monitoring of financing activities, and compiling reports that summarize progress on various health financing initiatives. The Associate works with senior technical experts to track activity indicators, maintain relevant datasets, liaise with field teams regarding data requirements, and provide administrative support to ensure timely completion of deliverables.
Data.FI Kenya Senior Health Financing Technical Advisor
(Positions available in two locations)
Date posted: 14 November 2025
The Senior Advisor provides high-level guidance on health financing strategy, reform initiatives, and policy analysis within Data.FI Kenya. This role leads analytical workstreams, including costing studies, financing models, and fiscal space assessments. The Advisor engages with national and county government teams, development partners, and technical working groups to present findings, strengthen financial risk protection strategies, and inform policy-making. Additional responsibilities include designing analytic frameworks for health financing assessments, supervising mid-level analysts and associates, ensuring methodological rigor in all financial analyses, and aligning technical outputs with sector priorities. The Advisor may also oversee capacity-strengthening activities for government counterparts, contribute to strategic planning, and ensure that health financing deliverables are evidence-driven and aligned with project objectives.
Data.FI Kenya Health Financing Activity Lead
(Positions available in two locations)
Date posted: 14 November 2025
This role oversees the health financing portfolio within Data.FI Kenya. The Activity Lead coordinates planning, execution, and monitoring of all tasks associated with health financing reforms and analyses. Responsibilities include reviewing financing tools and frameworks, supervising technical teams, coordinating with government stakeholders, and ensuring timely and technically sound completion of deliverables. The Lead contributes to resource allocation frameworks, oversees costing and budgeting analyses, and supports policy dialogues with national and county governments. Additional duties include identifying emerging financing priorities, guiding teams in the use of financial models, ensuring alignment with project goals, and overseeing quality assurance mechanisms across related workstreams.
Data.FI Kenya Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Lead
(Positions available in two locations)
Date posted: 14 November 2025
The MEL Lead directs monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities across the project’s domains. Responsibilities include designing the MEL framework, developing performance indicators, and overseeing data collection and reporting systems. The role ensures data quality standards are upheld and leads periodic learning events to assess project performance and progress. The MEL Lead collaborates with technical teams to interpret data, produce performance reports, recommend adjustments to improve implementation efficiency, and guide adaptive management. Additional responsibilities include managing MEL staff, coordinating with external evaluation partners, maintaining the project’s results framework, and ensuring alignment of MEL activities with donor requirements and national systems.
Data.FI Kenya Technical Program Manager (TPM)
(Positions available in two locations)
Date posted: 14 November 2025
The Technical Program Manager facilitates coordination of technical teams and oversees operational execution of program tasks. Responsibilities include developing work plans, tracking budgets, coordinating multi-team schedules, and ensuring streamlined communication across all workstreams. The TPM also maintains risk logs, supports issue resolution, and manages the workflow between technical advisors, field teams, and leadership. Additional tasks include preparing program updates, providing oversight during implementation of technical activities, supporting compliance with donor and internal procedures, and maintaining documentation for audits or performance assessments. The role serves as a central coordinating point to ensure effective and efficient program delivery.
Data.FI Kenya Deputy Director / Health Financing and Policy Lead
(Positions available in two locations)
Date posted: 14 November 2025
The Deputy Director provides strategic guidance across the health financing and policy components of the project. Responsibilities include supervising senior technical staff, offering strategic input into policy discussions, leading stakeholder engagement at national forums, and representing project priorities to government and partners. The role supports the Country Director in ensuring that technical outputs align with policy goals and project commitments. Additional duties include overseeing analytical products in health financing, managing policy advisory functions, reviewing deliverables for accuracy, guiding technical direction on reform initiatives, and identifying opportunities for collaboration with sector partners. This position requires comprehensive leadership across policy design, project planning, team oversight, and quality assurance.
Data.FI Kenya Country Director / Governance and Policy Lead
(Positions available in two locations)
Date posted: 14 November 2025
The Country Director serves as the overall lead, responsible for strategic direction, governance oversight, partner coordination, and representation of the project at national and international forums. Responsibilities include ensuring alignment with national health priorities, overseeing all programmatic outputs, supervising senior leadership, and maintaining communication with donors and government agencies. Additional responsibilities include coordinating governance-related activities, guiding policy development engagements, ensuring adherence to project standards, providing oversight on financial and operational decisions, and representing the project in high-level policy discussions. The Country Director ensures that all technical and operational functions operate cohesively, enabling successful implementation of project objectives.
Medical Epidemiologist – National Case Surveillance Coordination
Location: Kenya
Date posted: 13 November 2025
This role supports national surveillance structures by coordinating case monitoring and epidemiological reporting. Responsibilities include reviewing surveillance data from national systems, supporting outbreak detection processes, and ensuring timely dissemination of epidemiological updates. The Medical Epidemiologist works closely with national surveillance teams to improve data accuracy, maintain reporting standards, and enhance analytic outputs. Additional responsibilities include contributing to surveillance guidelines, supporting training of field epidemiology personnel, participating in national emergency response activities, and ensuring integration of case surveillance data with other public health information systems. The role may require collaboration with laboratories, county surveillance officers, and response teams to facilitate effective data use.
Technical Assistance Deployment Lead
(Available in six locations)
Date posted: 11 November 2025
This position manages deployment of technical assistance teams across multiple regions. Responsibilities include coordinating requests for technical support, matching expertise to deployment needs, and maintaining a deployment schedule. The role requires tracking deployment progress, preparing deployment reports, ensuring logistical arrangements are complete, and liaising with teams in the field to address operational issues. Additional duties include maintaining a roster of technical experts, supporting rapid mobilization during emergencies, documenting deployment outcomes, and ensuring timely reporting to leadership. The Deployment Lead collaborates with partners and government counterparts to ensure effective deployment planning and fulfills requirements for documentation and accountability.
