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Work History
Education
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Portfolio of Donors
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Dr. Charlotte Pahe

Dr. Charlotte Pahe

Nairobi

Summary

Results - driven leader with a proven track record at Population Services Kenya, excelling in program management and implementation. Utilizes strategic thinking and prudent resource management to foster achievements of programmatic targets while fostering high-performing teams

Skilled in financial planning and analytical decision-making, driving innovation and impactful health interventions. Experience in multiple health programs areas through quality support for service delivery, Social Behaviour Change, Social Franchising and Social Marketing.

Experience diverse portfolio of donor funded projects including UKAID/FCDO,Embassy of Denmark In Kenya, Children Investment Fund Foundation(CIFF), Global Fund TB & Malaria, PEPFAR including USAID & CDC, Stop TB Partnership, AMREF Health International, Population Services International ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

Leads resource mobilization efforts through stakeholder engagement, innovation and demonstrating results

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director of Programs

Population Services Kenya
08.2023 - Current
  • Lead in ensuring that PS Kenya delivers in Strategic Objective of enhancing service delivery and Social Behaviour Change (SBC) building strong technical health expertise in comprehensive Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Child & Adolescent Health & SBC to drive impact (1M-1.5M DALYS) and achieve additional granting to a tune of 5-8M USD annually
  • DESIP project director ( UKAID Funded largest Family Planning) overseeing implementation across 19 counties to ensure equitable increases among poor and marginalized women, adolescent girls and people with disabilities
  • Oversight of the Danish Embassy - funded Accelerate project that delivers integrated SRH/GBV aimed at addressing triple threat - zero maternal mortality, zero teen pregnancy and zero harmful practices among 13 marginalized counties. Oversees collaboration of 3 consortium members (PS Kenya, Gender Violence Recovery Centre and Population Services International)
  • In collaboration with CEO and departmental heads (Directors), supported PS Kenya's Strategic Plan design and development linking implementation with portfolio of existing projects and grants
  • Utilizing data driven approaches to provide strategic direction to program teams and ensure new opportunities align with organizational goals.
  • Responsible for all programmatic deliverables (e.g. DESIP achieved >115%, Accelerate >110% of targets, TB Reach Wave 9 >95% TB Treatment Success Rate) GF Malaria > 30% community case management
  • Oversee operations and provided corrective feedback to achieve daily and long-term goals.
  • Built partnerships with external organizations that enhanced program offerings and expanded outreach efforts.
  • Lead and provide technical guidance on new business development including design and budget
  • Manage program budgets approximately 8.5M USD annually- development of budgets for new / ongoing programs and monitor expenditure.
  • Create synergies and efficiencies through integration of best practices inculcating culture of value for money.
  • Drive innovation by creating enabling environment for nurturing ideas.
  • Promote culture of innovation and evidence-based programming ensuring improved and effective monitoring and evaluation of interventions.
  • Strengthen capacity of division staff to manage and improve program interventions.
  • Foster good working relationships with PS Kenya's donors, partners, government and other stakeholders.
  • Work closely with organizational leadership and board of directors to guide operational strategy.
  • Manage, develop, mentor and coach program departments to ensure their optimal performance.
  • Monitor office workflow and administrative processes to keep operations running smoothly.
  • Monitor and coordinate workflows to optimize resources.
  • Establish departmental and project performance goals and provide feedback for underperforming areas.
  • Assist in recruiting, hiring and training of team members at Senior Management Level

Director, Infectious Diseases Portfolio

Population Services Kenya
01.2021 - 07.2023
  • Leadership and technical oversight: managing diverse and complex portfolio of projects including long term and short-term Global Fund Malaria, Stop TB Partnership TB Projects (Wave 8 and 9), CIFF Funded HIV, COVID 19 VAN, GBV &SRH
  • Providing managerial direction to program teams to ensure programmatic and financial integrity of projects.
  • Drive execution strategy of portfolio of projects while providing proper guidance teams.
  • Ensure project teams maintain integrity and adhere to donor regulations .
  • Drive innovation in programming and course correction strategies
  • Proactively growing portfolio of programs by tapping into opportunities for growth.
  • In partnership with respective heads of departments aggressively steer teams into resource mobilization and new business development opportunities
  • Participate in development of PS Kenya's strategic plan and proposal development for fund raising.
  • Lead in development and submission of all technical reports and contractual deliverables in collaboration with donors and respective project teams
  • Mentor, support, supervise and manage project teams and align their efforts to ensure achievement of program objectives.
  • Represent PS Kenya in various platforms including key donor and MoH meetings.
  • Fostering good relationships with stakeholders and other partners to ensure synergy in execution and projects achieve desired outcomes.
  • Management of stakeholder relationships.
  • Oversee performance monitoring and evaluation to ensure that all project targets are met and exceeded making recommendations for improvement in project implementation.
  • Proactively identify problems involving project implementation and key programmatic adjustments to meet contractual objectives and results.
  • Monitored expenditures to mitigate risk of over expenditures.
  • Established departmental performance goals and provided feedback for under-performing areas
  • Formed strategic partnerships and connected with key influencers to drive business development
  • Alleviated issues between actors on set to keep projects on track and avoid delays or budget overages
  • Enhanced team collaboration through regular communication, goal setting, and performance evaluations.

Senior Paediatric and Adolescent Technical Advisor

Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS Foundation Kenya
01.2020 - 12.2020
  • Seconded to National AIDS and STI Control Program (NASCOP) at the Ministry of Health
  • Collaborated with the National AIDS Control Council to develop strategic interventions to address HIV prevention, testing, linkage to care and treatment for adolescent girls and young men (AGYW)
  • Led the AGYW Technical Working Group in developing Global Fund Grant Writing for the country
  • Championed access to optimal Anti-Retroviral Treatment regimens and quality of service for paediatrics, adolescents and young people living with HIV in Kenya
  • Led transition of > 90% to optimal ART regimens nationally
  • Supported regular taskforce /committee of experts' meetings for optimization.
  • Provided technical input in concepts, policies and national guideline
  • Developed & dissemination of tools, job aids, SOPs, IEC materials
  • Supported trainings and dissemination of new ART guidelines
  • Supported scale up of Differentiated Service Delivery Models
  • Supported task force meetings on treatment outcomes
  • Worked on pharmacovigilance monitoring of ART.
  • Supported stakeholder engagement and coordination .
  • Coordination of regional TWG meetings
  • Supported fast-track review of cases submitted for National level review.
  • Developed dashboard and database for patients on 3rd line ART, tracking progress.
  • Submitted monthly reports to donors
  • Supported targeted mentorship visits.
  • Participated in commodity security meetings and Forecasting & quantification
  • Technical support for standardization of tools
  • Participated service quality assessments (SQA).
  • Knowledge dissemination through sharing best practices.
  • Championed for donor projects deliverables
  • Demonstrated leadership skills in managing projects (DNDI, JNJ, Elma, Viiv)

Senior Manager, Private Sector Engagement

Populations Services Kenya (PS Kenya)
07.2019 - 12.2019
  • Leadership, oversight and technical supervision of Gold Star Network (as a subaward) and PS Kenya's Social Franchise (Tunza Network) in the USAID Funded Health Communication Management
  • Technical supervision of HIV/SRH and mental health support within USAID HCM II Grant 12 priority counties
  • Advocated for private sector engagement for HIV (MoH and sector stakeholders)
  • Provided technical inputs into project activities, including activity design
  • QA through training, mentorship, and capacity building of technical teams.
  • Established standards and direction for quality HIV care in the Tunza franchise.
  • Participated in HIV technical TWGs at national, county and subcounty levels.
  • Used DDIU identification of gaps and interventions to improve program indicators.
  • Led Private Sector strategy development, advocacy and implementation efforts
  • Ensured program adaptation & use of up-to-date technical approaches
  • Developed & maintained strong relationships with stakeholders
  • Review of program data to inform programmatic decisions and QI
  • Worked with the teams to develop demand creation strategies for HIV services
  • Defined program-level goals and resource plans with field based and senior staff
  • Communicated project status to stakeholders and authored reports
  • Advised simultaneous technical workstreams, aiding alignment of broader USAID Health Communication and Marketing II
  • Provided strong leadership to enhance team productivity and morale.

Senior Technical Advisor

University Of Maryland, CDC Funded PACT TIMIZA Grant
11.2016 - 06.2019
    • Technical support and oversight in developing AWPs & implementation strategies.
    • Provided technical support to clinical teams
    • Led provision of high quality clinical patient care
    • Ensured implementation of recommended protocols and national guidelines.
    • Trained as Master TOT for dissemination of ART guidelines in NyaWest Region
    • Collaborated with CHMT/SCHMTs to coordinate & implement HIV work plans
    • Promoted DDIU use to support decision making
    • Represented organization at technical and policy meetings with stakeholders
    • Involved in day to day decision making and team management
    • Member of regional Nyawest and TB/HIV TWG

Senior Program Officer

ICAP-Nyanza
12.2015 - 10.2016
    • Oversight of HIV service delivery, GBV & Medically Assisted Therapy (MAT)
    • Planning, initiation & implementation of Comprehensive HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment, TB/HIV activities and PMTCT/EID/FP services
    • Participated in training & mentorship of program technical team.
    • Liaised with MoH & other stakeholders in coordinating implementation
    • Prepared budgets, work plans, CDC monthly and quarterly reports and other technical papers
    • Developed and fostered relationships with MOH /GOK and county health systems
    • Provided overall administrative leadership of service delivery Program Officers
    • Coordinated the development, implementation and monitoring of costed project work-plans.
    • Supervised and coordinated the project team in Muhoroni, Nyando and Kisumu East Subcounties
    • Oversaw the integration of the project's technical approaches using evidence informed, innovative and best practices.

Lead Clinician, Comprehensive Care Clinic

Mater Hospital
05.2013 - 11.2015
  • Undertook review of performance indicators & tracking progress
  • Utilized data to inform patient management
  • Convener of Clinical CMEs for HIV program staff
  • Managed Makadara Clinics Satellite Site Care Support
  • Undertook Mortality reviews with clinical team to improve quality of care
  • CQI Champion overseeing QI activities and monitoring
  • Overseeing cervical cancer screening programs
  • Committee of hospitals pharmacy and therapeutics committee
  • Mentored junior clinicians, providing guidance in best practices and professional development opportunities.

Medical House Officer

St. Mary's Mission Hospital
04.2008 - 04.2013

Medical Officer in -Charge of the female medical ward:

  • Daily wards rounds to evaluate progress of patients
  • Attended to emergencies.
  • Managed of complications arising due to HIV/AIDS

Outpatient Department (Doctor In Charge Outpatient Department):

  • Attended to chronically ill patients
  • Effectively followed up on patients discharged
  • Assisted to run mother and child clinic (MCH)
  • Effectively participated in CMEs
  • Coordinated clinical teams in OPD
  • Managerial supervision of hospitals' outpatient staff
  • Participated in hiring processes
  • Undertook staff appraisal

Medical doctor, MCH Clinic

  • Integrated PMTCT services to regular ANC services
  • Offered Antenatal and post natal Care
  • Coordinated with nurse in charge to ensure quality services are delivered and evaluate service delivery.

Medical Officer – Intern

North Eastern Provincial General Hospital, Garissa
04.2007 - 03.2008
  • Effectively carried out relevant investigations on patients
  • Formulated management plan from working and differential diagnosis.
  • Effectively did case presentations in ward rounds
  • Effectively presented reports to doctors on duty
  • Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with others

Education

MBA - Health Care Management

Strathmore Business School
Nairobi, Kenya
06.2026

Master in Public Health - Health Promotion

Moi University
Nairobi Kenya
12.2025

Bachelor of Medicine And Bachelor of Surgery - Medicine

University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
12.2006

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Program management for multiple funding sources
  • Resource mobilization
  • Managing high-performing teams
  • Effective donor management
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Analytical decision-making
  • Board engagement
  • Problem-solving
  • Teamwork and collaboration

Certification

  • Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Program on Comparative Health Systems, Strathmore Business Schools, 2021
  • Fundamentals of Global Health Research-University of Washington, 2021
  • Project Management in Global Health, University of Washington, 2020
  • Data Management and Analysis for Abstract writing- CDC Western Kenya, December 2018
  • Institute of Human Virology/CIHEB-University of Maryland Baltimore-International Preceptorship in HIV, and other Infectious diseases (IPHID-April 2018)
  • University of Washington- Introduction to Epidemiology for Global Health -(March 2018)
  • University of Washington- Leadership In Healthcare (2014)
  • African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF)- Integrated HIV Care, Prevention and Management-October 2012-February 2013)
  • University of Washington –Clinical Management of HIV/AIDS and STIs-( January 2013-March2013)

References

Dr. Margaret Njenga

Chief Executive Officer

Populations Services Kenya

Tel: 0724 079008

Email:margaretwnjenga@gmail.com


Dr. Justine Odionyi

Head of Disease, HIV

Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative

Tel: 0722 697905/ 0748 869202

Email: justineodionyi@gmail.com

Nairobi, Kenya


Dr. Anne Musuva

Regional Director, Eastern & Southern Africa

ThinkWell Global

Tel: 0723711594

Email address: amusuva@thinkwell.global/muendimusuva@yahoo.com

Nairobi, Kenya




Portfolio of Donors

UKAID/ Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

USAID US Agency for International Development

Children's Investment Fund Foundation 

Drugs For Neglected Diseases (DNDI)

Elma Foundation

Johnson and Johnson

AMREF Health Africa in Kenya/ Global Fund

Stop TB Partnership

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Timeline

Director of Programs

Population Services Kenya
08.2023 - Current

Director, Infectious Diseases Portfolio

Population Services Kenya
01.2021 - 07.2023

Senior Paediatric and Adolescent Technical Advisor

Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS Foundation Kenya
01.2020 - 12.2020

Senior Manager, Private Sector Engagement

Populations Services Kenya (PS Kenya)
07.2019 - 12.2019

Senior Technical Advisor

University Of Maryland, CDC Funded PACT TIMIZA Grant
11.2016 - 06.2019

Senior Program Officer

ICAP-Nyanza
12.2015 - 10.2016

Lead Clinician, Comprehensive Care Clinic

Mater Hospital
05.2013 - 11.2015

Medical House Officer

St. Mary's Mission Hospital
04.2008 - 04.2013

Medical Officer – Intern

North Eastern Provincial General Hospital, Garissa
04.2007 - 03.2008

MBA - Health Care Management

Strathmore Business School

Master in Public Health - Health Promotion

Moi University

Bachelor of Medicine And Bachelor of Surgery - Medicine

University of Nairobi
Dr. Charlotte Pahe