PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (PHC CONSULTANT)

**PRIMARY

HEALTH CARE (PHC CONSULTANT) ADVERT**

Job title:Primary

Health Care (PHC Consultant)

Job location: National

Ministry of Health, Nairobi

Period:

40 days over a 6-month period (August-December 2026).

Reporting To: Director

Primary Health Care through Head of Division Primary Health Care

Networks

Background

Kenya’s

commitment to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is anchored

in the constitutional “right to the highest attainable standard of

health” and articulated through successive national health

strategies and reforms aimed at ensuring equitable access to quality,

affordable care for all. The overarching aspiration for UHC is to

ensure that everyone in Kenya can access essential, high- quality

health services regardless of their socioeconomic status, thereby

leaving no one behind. Primary Health Care (PHC) remains the

cornerstone of this vision, providing the first level of contact

between individuals and the health system and serving as a critical

platform for delivering essential services across the life course.

The Kenya Primary Health Care Strategic Framework 2019–2024 and the

Primary Care Networks (PCN) Guidelines 2021 have been central to

advancing this agenda, supporting the reorganization of service

delivery, strengthening community and primary-level systems, and

improving referral linkages. Alongside these, the Ministry of Health

has rolled out various health reforms including digitization (digital

health), health financing (social health insurance and facility

improvement financing), the PHC Act, among others, to support the

attainment of UHC. Notable achievements include the scale-up of well

kitted and digitally enabled community health promoters, increased

access to essential services delivered by PHC multidisciplinary

teams, expansion of integrated service delivery models, and enhanced

coordination across KEPH levels of care as part of broader health

sector reforms.

**Purpose

of technical support consultancy**

The

aim of the technical support (consultancy) is to provide the Ministry

of Health of Kenya’s Directorate of Primary Health Care with timely

and strategic assistance to develop the Kenya Primary Health Care

Strategic Framework 2027–2032, building on the concluded Kenya

Primary Health Care Strategic Framework 2019–2024. Informed by the

findings and recommendations of the End-Term Review (ETR) of the

2019–2024 framework, the consultancy will support the articulation

of strategic directions, priorities, and implementation arrangements

for the 2027–2032 period. Key aspects of this assignment include

reviewing relevant policies, strategies, guidelines, and plans;

synthesizing ETR lessons learned; conducting

stakeholder consultations and validation; refining priority

interventions and results framework; and drafting the new PHC

Strategic Framework.

The

MoH envisages a consultative and evidence-informed process to develop

the 2027–2032 framework, drawing on the End-Term Review findings

and using both primary and secondary data sources, with broad

stakeholder participation through an appointed steering committee, a

technical working group, and consultations at national and county

levels. The process will be responsive to the evolving health

landscape at both national and county levels, including ongoing

public sector and health reforms, and will translate key

achievements, gaps, and lessons learned to date into actionable

priorities for the next period.

**a. Key

duties

and responsibilities**

• Lead the design and development of the Kenya Primary Health Care Strategic Framework 2027–2032, outlining a robust methodology in an inception report, ensuring alignment with national health policies, and facilitating active participation of stakeholders at national and county levels.
• Undertake desk review and evidence synthesis to support the design of evidence-informed Primary Health Care strategic objectives that support scalable, innovative, and responsive interventions/programs for Kenya’s dynamic population health needs.
• Integrate results-based management principles by establishing clear indicators, targets, and monitoring mechanisms to support accountability and drive measurable progress toward Universal Health Coverage and Sustainable Development Goals.
• Ensure that the strategic framework is developed with a human rights-based approach, promoting inclusivity, equity, and deliberate attention for vulnerable and marginalized populations, including rural populations, pastoralist communities, persons with disabilities, refugees, and the urban poor and overall alignment with Kenya’s development blueprints and medium-term plans.
• Facilitate participatory planning processes and broad stakeholder engagement with the Ministry of Health and across divisions/directorates/programs of the Ministry of Health, Council of Governors, county representatives, development partners, and communities to foster shared ownership and inform strategic priorities and directions.
• Lead capacity-building initiatives, focused on problem analysis, prioritization, and results monitoring, including training sessions, workshops, and dissemination activities to strengthen stakeholder understanding and involvement.
• Prepare and deliver high-quality strategic documents and presentations, synthesize key lessons and recommendations, and revise outputs in response to stakeholder feedback to ensure relevance and consensus.
• Undertake additional strategic planning and program development responsibilities as assigned by the Director for Primary Health Care or designated authority, ensuring responsiveness to emerging and contextual priorities.
• Work with the Ministry’s Planning unit to cost the strategic framework.

**b. Key

Qualifications**

• A health professional with advanced university degree in public health, medicine, public policy, health economics, or other relevant fields is required.
• A minimum of ten years of progressive hands-on relev