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Deputy Director - Standards and ComplianceNew!

Category

Public Administration

Employment Type

Full-time

Location

Nairobi, Kenya

Vacancies

1 position

Closing Date

12/1/2026
17 days left

Employer / Company

Digital Health Agency (DHA) logo
Digital Health Agency (DHA)
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Description (Public)

The Digital Health Agency is hiring a Deputy Director - Standards and Compliance to develop and enforce digital health standards and regulatory compliance, working within Kenya's public digital health programme.

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

  • Developing a road map for standards adaption with clear objectives, priorities, timelines and capacity building on the standards
  • Developing and implementing a compliance plan
  • Recognizing and rewarding compliance and digital health standards and guidelines
  • Developing the scope of risk assessment through mapping potential risks and collecting insights from audit systems logs and user feedback
  • Developing risk mitigation strategies by implementing preventive measures, detection mechanisms and collaboration with vendors to address compliance and technical vulnerabilities
  • Developing an assessment framework and perform compliance assessments by assessing existing policies and procedures, assess security and privacy audits, assess interoperability assessment and evaluation for compliance with legal requirements
  • Categorizing compliance issues into process related technical and compliance related issues
  • Conducting detailed investigations covering certification criteria, validity, claim, root cause analysis and prepare detailed reports- move to certification
  • Defining audit objectives covering purpose and focus areas for audit
  • Developing mapping of stakeholders needs

Qualifications, Education and Competencies

Qualifications and Experience

  • Cumulative period of fifteen (15) years relevant work experience, three (3) of which should have been in the grade of Assistant Director, Digital Health or in an equivalent or in a comparable position
  • Bachelor's degree in any of the following disciplines: - Health Information Technology, Health Records and information Science, Health Systems, Information Communication Technology, Pharmacy, Epidemiology, Clinical Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
  • Master's degree in any of the following disciplines: - Health Informatics, Health Information Systems, Health Records and Information Science, Information Communication Technology, Epidemiology, Health Economics and Policy, Statistics, Biostatistics, Health Systems, Data Science and Analytics, Computer Science; or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
  • Registered and Licensed by a recognized regulatory body where applicable
  • Certificate in Leadership course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution
  • Professional certification in Project Management Professional (PMP) or PRINCE2 Practitioner is an added advantage
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Skills and Competencies

  • Proficiency in computer applications
  • Demonstrated experience in project management, preferably within ICT digital transformation or public-sector programmes is an added advantage; and
  • Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results

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