VACANCY
ANNOUNCEMENT
Kenya Red Cross Society is one of the
largest humanitarian organizations in Kenya. Its mission is to be the leading
humanitarian organization in Kenya delivering excellent quality service of Preventing
and Alleviating Human Suffering.
The Society is looking for a qualified person to fill the following position:
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Position
Title: Project
Officer - Maternal and Child Health (MCH)
Reporting
to: County
Manager
Job location: Madogo
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Position
summary
The
principal function of the post holder is to provide technical leadership and
management at the community Level of day-to-day implementation of to the MCH
project in Tana North District,
Kenya. The Post holder will oversee the implementation of the MCH Project
initiatives in close collaboration with MoPHS to improve the accessibility,
utilization and quality of maternal and child health services.
Duties & Responsibilities
- General
- Follow up public health situation in general in the country, region and county to inform relevant counterparts as well as to adjust project plans accordingly
- Manage the project assistant and ensure that his/her skills and competencies are supported to meet the needs of the project
- Representation at county level health fora, sharing of Red Cross role as an auxiliary to the Government, project progress and best practise
o
Contribute
to documentation of the project lessons to enable learning from the action.
- Technical support to project
o
Establish
Project Steering Committee in Tana North -Madogo project site and ensure
linkages with HQ Project Steering Committee
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Support to setting up community structures,
including training, according to the Community strategy and project plans
§ Community
units
§ Resource
persons
·
RC volunteers
·
CHW
·
CHEWs
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Local health facility staff
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Support the trained resource persons in the
implementation of community activities as per community assessments and action
plans
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Set up and support running of mobile clinics in
collaboration with MoPHS
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Identify and support setting up services for
Obstetric Fistula services
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Familiarise with local issues related to Gender
Based Violence and support the volunteers and relevant project staff to develop
sensible and feasible ways to influence positive change
o
Coordinate with MoPHS at the field level regarding
mobile health message delivery pilot
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Ensure at the field level that project volunteers
and staff have necessary tools for implementation of the planned community work
including relevant adapted IEC materials
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Continuously assess the skills and capacities of the
project staff and volunteers to implement the work; organise and facilitate
regular opportunities for volunteers to update their knowledge and skills e.g.
through monthly / quarterly meetings
- Quality Assurance
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Ensure that project plans and budget reflect the
actual situation in implementation and suggest adjustments when necessary
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Compliance with policies, strategies and standards
(RC and MoPHS)
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Prepare
concept papers, periodic progress and annual reports showing achievements
against planned targets as well as providing justification for performance
variance and areas of improvement
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Liaise with County Health Office about health data
management and support when necessary through community units supported by the
project
o Encourage and seek opportunities for community
participation in monitoring and demanding for quality health services.
- Coordination
o
Conduct
annual district/county workshops to explain project strategy, engage relevant
decision-makers such as MoPHS, social services, county authorities and
community leaders in monitoring of the project progress.
o Ensure coordination at different levels within the
project framework (HENNET) and externallyProvide technical support and
supervision to project the Nutrition assistantassistants of the MCH project in Tana River.
o Coordinate capacity building of MoPHS health workers
as CHEWs at project supported health facilities through training on Community
strategy and MCH related trainings.
o Coordinate capacity building of CHW’s health workers
at project supported community through training on Community strategy and MCH
related trainings.
o Oversee all community-based activities including
outreaches, Community Conversations (CC) sessions and Mobile clinics, and
encourage community participation in monitoring and demanding for quality
health services.
o Coordinate and conduct monthly and quarterly
coordination meetings by and with CHW’s and DHMT meetings on MCH and other
aspects relating to the project.
o Identify
and recruit CHW/Vs: collaborative effort Coordination
teams/MoPHS-supervisors/Community Health Committees (CHCs) (minimum 1
woman/team)..
o Establish/revitalise/reinforce
CHCs to support Red-Cross-CHW/Vs, activities, health-system linkages.
- Project Monitoring and Evaluation
o Establish
Project Steering Committe in Tana River-Madogo project site. Good! But assume
will have HQ involvement as well?
o Train
locally recruited branch – level Red Cross- facilitators: Red Cross induction
package, Red Cross Community-based Health and First Aid (CBHFA), MoPHS’ MCH
approach, effective educational-transfer techniques, MCH-related BCC messages
and communication skills.
o Develop
and implement clear handover/exit strategy to MoPHS. GooD
o Support
overseeing baseline, MTR and
endline/evaluation at the field level with the support of the RHO at the
regional level and the Project Manger at the national level
Minimum Qualifications
o BSc
in Environmental Health or equivalent qualificationsIndepth experience and
understanding of Infant, young child and maternal health interventions in rural
areas.
o At
least two years field experience, preferably with an NGO and or MoH.
Key
Competencies
o Strong
background in training and committment to capacity building.
o Project
management skills including PMER
o Coordination
and networking
o Excellent
written and spoken English.
o Strong
computer skills Flexible, ability to work both as an individual and as a team
leaderand under stress in what can be a harsh environment.
Applications
should be sent to the following address to be received on or before 5:00 pm Friday,
26th September 2014. Late applications will not be considered:
Secretary
General
Kenya
Red Cross Society
P.O. Box 40712-00100,
Nairobi
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