Africa Alliance, Nairobi, Kenya
Position announcements: Policy Manager Regional, Health Systems Associate and Monitoring and Evaluation Kenya.
Through the Africa Alliance office
based in Nairobi, Ipas support s programs and policy strategies in the Africa
region and selected countries, including Kenya, Uganda, Malawi and
Tanzania.
The Ipas Africa Alliance seeks staff
for its policy and program team in Kenya and the region.
There are openings for three
positions Policy Manager, Health Systems Associate Kenya, and Monitoring and
Evaluation Associate Kenya.
The incumbent(s) will work with a
team to support the enabling environment to improve women’s reproductive
rights, specifically the right to safe abortion in Kenya and in the Region.
Policy Manager
- Provide oversight and coordination of annual and
ongoing planning for the policy programme;
- Responsible for monitoring and tracking of results and
donor deliverables, including coordination with R&E staff for results
reporting;
- Provide oversight of budget and spending to ensure that
spending aligns with donor grants and contracts;
- Supervise the Alliance policy support team and assist
with managing the policy unit
Core Requirements
- An advanced degree in public health, policy or related
field.
- Demonstrated success in supervising a multidisciplinary
team structure that includes long-distance communications.
- Strong understanding of policy work and minimum 8
years’ experience in international health program management.
- Demonstrated record of experience in program
development and policy work
- Demonstrated written and spoken fluency in English.
- Excellent organizational, planning and budget
management skills
- Leadership, initiative and resourcefulness
- Proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet and
presentation software.
- Ability and willingness to travel within Africa up to 25%
time
Health Systems Associate
- Supports developing of training curricula and tools for
clinical training in reproductive health;
- Design and deliver clinical training and mentorship;
- Assess and oversee improvement of health facilities
Technical support .
- Manage partnerships for the improvement of reproductive
health services;
Core Requirements
- A clinician/trainer with a relevant Bachelor’s degree
in reproductive health, public health, or women’s health. A Master’s
degree will be an advantage.
- Competency in comprehensive abortion care
- Experience as a trainer
- 4 + years relevant work experience;
- Demonstrated leadership and technical skills in areas
of responsibility;
- Ability to work successfully in a cross-cultural,
team-based, global environment;
- Excellent verbal communication and writing skills in
English
- Willingness and ability to travel within Kenya and
regionally up to 30% of working days;
Monitoring and Evaluation
Associate
- Design and conduct research;
- Design collection, analysis and use of monitoring data
for policy, health system and community interventions Well organized
- Ensure results reporting in consistency with Ipas
global standards for M&E;
- Contribute to documentation and reporting to donors and
other stakeholders
Core Requirements
- Master’s Degree in public health (epidemiology,
biostatistics, health policy) or social science (sociology, economics,
political science).
- 3+ years’ experience conducting monitoring, evaluation
and research in reproductive health programs.
- Strong quantitative skills, including demonstrated
ability in the collection, analysis and presentation of quantitative data.
- Demonstrated ability in word processing, spreadsheet
(Excel), data base (Access), and statistical computer packages (Epi Info,
STATA, SPSS, SAS). Experience with qualitative packages desired.
- Qualitative research experience desired, especially in
community-based R&E methodologies.
- Ability to work successfully in a cross-cultural,
team-based, global environment;
- Excellent verbal communication and writing skills in English
- Willingness and ability to travel within Kenya and
regionally up to 30% of working days;
Applicants should submit cover
letter and CV to: IpasAlliance@ipas.org we do not accept phone calls but we
encourage you to visit our website: http:// www.ipas.org before applying or
send your queries to IpasAlliance@ipas.org. Deadline for applications is: 3rd
June, 2013.
Due to anticipated volume of applications, only qualified applicants will be contacted.
Ipas is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Due to anticipated volume of applications, only qualified applicants will be contacted.
Ipas is an Equal Opportunity Employer