Liz Kennedy

Experience

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  Australian Red Cross

  Apr 2004 - Nov 2005

  HIV technical adivisor Pacific region

  Provided HIV technical advice to Red Cross National Societies in PNG, Cook Islands, Kiribati and the Federated States of Micronesia. The regional program focussed on prevention education and care and support for people living with HIV. Overall management of in -country HIV project officers and stakeholder engagement at national and regional levels.

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  World Vision Australia

  Nov 2005 - Oct 2006

  Senior Country Program Coordinator/HIV advisor

  Responsible for managing the China and Myanmar country portfolio’s including program design and monitoring, ongoing liaison with in-country counterparts, strategy development and securing ongoing funding for implementation. Input into national office HIV planning, including five-year prioritization and program design for, in particular, Asia Pacific region

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  Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)

  Feb 2007 - Mar 2008

  Consultant

  Over two separate and interconnected consultancies coordinated the production and adaptation of a resource manual on an integrated approach to the development of communication campaigns and products in the Pacific using a behavior change communication (BCC) approach

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  Australian Red Cross

  Apr 2008 - May 2008

  Consultant

  In consultation with PNG Red Cross National Society, developed a ten day training course of peer educator trainers (ToPET) curriculum for HIV and sexual and reproductive health. Training methodology applied a gender focused and participatory approach to engage participants as well incorporating a range of strategies for sustaining such programs in the longer term.

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  World Vision Australia

  Jun 2008 - Oct 2008

  Senior Program Advisor

  Worked with key stakeholders across the global World Vision Partnership to facilitate the programs component of the Global Food Crisis Strategy. Responsibilities included the facilitation of the Programs Working Group, tasked with developing a draft short and long term strategy for addressing child hunger and malnutrition in response to the food crisis.

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  HIV/AIDS Asia Regional Program (HAARP)

  Mar 2010 - Oct 2010

  Consultant

  Conducted desk based literature review and face to face consultations with key stakeholders, including female injecting drug users, in Myanmar, China and Cambodia. The research, which included an in depth case study, provided an analysis and assessment of the key vulnerabilities, risk behaviors, service uptake and needs of female drug users, particularly injectors, and female partners of male injecting drug users in SE Asia.

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  World Vision Australia

  Aug 2010 - Dec 2010

  Designed and conducted workshops in four remote Aboriginal communities to establish measurable community indicators of change and success over the life of the early child development project. Gathered secondary baseline data from communities and identified indicators for inclusion in the project log frame Conducted a review of existing programming tools and developed new tools for application in the assessment, design and monitoring aspects of the program cycle. The review involved secondary research to compare and validate existing resources.

  • Consultant - baseline assessment

    Oct 2010 - Dec 2010

  • Consultant - Urban Programs

    Aug 2010 - Sept 2010
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  Research Triangle Institute

  Feb 2011 - Mar 2011

  Proposal writer

  A joint lead writer for RTI in the preparation, design and writing of a proposal for the USAID Pathways for Participation: Strengthening the Civil Society response to HIV in Vietnam Project.

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  Menzies School of Health Research

  Aug 2011 - May 2014

  Regional Program Manager

  Responsible for overall management of the regional health program in the Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu. Responsibilities include analysis of health systems, planning to respond to constraints in local capacity, development and integration of data collection and management plans for Rheumatic heart disease (RHD), supervision to in-country project staff, development of national protocols and strategy for RHD, coordinating regional training workshops, engaging national and regional stakeholders, developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation plans and gathering, reporting and publishing first time burden of disease data. Show less

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  World Heart Federation

  Feb 2013 - Apr 2013

  Joint Lead - Final Evaluation EndRHD ASAP Project

  Qualitative and quantitative data collection at three project locations to evaluate and document the Projects progress. Findings submitted to the World Heart Federation.

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  Mott MacDonald (formerly HLSP)

  Jun 2014 - Sept 2014

  Health Specialist

  Provide specialist health inputs, including health advisory and analytical work, and conducted Help Desk work in response to requests from DFAT at central and country level. Undertake literature searches, knowledge analysis/synthesis work on a range of health topics including maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. Role includes quality assurance and review of program evaluations and designs across Asia Pacific.

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  Cure Kids

  Sept 2014 - Oct 2018

  Public Health Project Lead

  Provide leadership and technical support to $5 million NZAID funded programme. Manage alignment and integration of programme into the primary and tertiary services, piloting models of service for delivering chronic care, leading development and implementation of national health promotion framework and design and integration of all reporting with existing national information systems. Oversee all monitoring and evaluation activities and donor reporting. Lead and performance manage national team. Show less

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  Abt Associates - Australia

  Mar 2016 - May 2016

  Public Health Consultant

  Joint lead of a qualitative evaluation of the community health worker training programme to determine the effectiveness of materials and training outcomes at both the health worker and community level. The final report provided quality data to the Fiji Health Sector Support Programme to support evidence based reporting to programme partners including the Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services

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  Coffey

  Jun 2018 - Jul 2022

  Strategic and operational advisor to the Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services led COVID 19 response phase 1 and 2. Provided ongoing technical support around policy and standards development to the national COVID 19 Taskforce. Supported analysis and resolution of PPE procurement and surge forecasting and subsequent donor enagement efforts. Led and co-authored the COVID 19 Intra Action Review (phase 1) and provided ongoing support to operationalize key learnings. Co-authored COVID 19 Risk Communications and Community Engagement Strategy and national knowledge/perceptions survey report. Show less Develop national policy, clinical standards and improved data collection and reporting systems for primary health screening programmes across the Ministry of Health and Medical Services. Lead consultations with key stakeholders (clinical and public health) to inform design and implementation of National Primary Screening Section including governance model. Design and implement a digital solution for frontline health workers aimed at testing and demonstrating an application of clinical standards, referral pathways in a digital platform. Provide key MHMS stakeholders with evidence and a business case for scale-up of digitalised primary screening and care according to results of test and demonstration. Show less

  • Public Health Projects Specialist- COVID 19 Response

    Apr 2020 - Jul 2022

  • Public Health Business Advisor

    Jun 2018 - Jun 2021
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  Reach

  Feb 2022 - now

  Senior Technical Advisor

  Promoting the health of vulnerable populations through provision of technical support to local, regional and global efforts to prevent and control rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. The Senior Technical Advisor, Country Programmes I am providing strategic input to planning technical support activities with partner countries and in close collaboration with the World Heart Federation and the WHO.

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  World Health Organization

  Jul 2022 - Dec 2023

  International Health and Development Consultant

  Leading in-country teams in conducting rapid situation assessments in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on behalf of WHO Eastern European Office and in close collaboration with in-country stakeholders. Provide post-assessment support to program design, implementation and report publication.

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  Abt Associates - Australia

  Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

  Jointly led a team of technical advisors to conduct a mid-term evaluation of the Vanuatu Australia Health Partnership. Provide key findings on program progress, achievements and recommendations to inform updates or modifications to the design for the next phase of Australian investment in the Vanuatu Health Program. Role included overall team coordination, desk review, in-country stakeholder consultations and presentation of findings to DFAT. https://www.dfat.gov.au/publications/development/vanuatu-australia-health-partnership-mid-term-review-and-management Show less

  • Team Lead

    Aug 2023 - Dec 2023

  • Joint Team Lead

    Jan 2023 - Jul 2023