Position: Disability Project Assistant
Location: Lodwar, Turkana
Department: Health &
Nutrition
Relationships
internally:
All programme and support staff
Relationships
externally:
MoMS/MoPHS personnel, other governmental, UN agencies counterparts.
Salary: Kshs 45,000 per
month
Benefits: Insurance cover,
house allowance at 15% of basic salary, and annual leave entitlement of 24 days
per annum at the completion of 12 months of continuous employment with Merlin.
Merlin Objective
Merlin Objective
Merlin
is a British humanitarian Non Governmental Organisation providing health care
to populations in crises. Merlin exists to provide an immediate and effective
response to medical emergencies throughout the world.
Overall
Objective of the Position
The
Disability Project Assistant-Turkana will be based in Lodwar and support the
Disability Project Officer in the development, planning, organisation,
implementation and monitoring of all CBM project activities in
Turkana.
The
Disability Project Assistant – Turkana will operate with technical
support and direction the from Disability Project Officer, the Merlin Project
Coordinator - Turkana and Project Health Coordinator - Turkana, and in close
collaboration with the Ministry of Labour,social security and Services, health
authorities, communities and partner non state actors to ensure efficient
implementation of CBM activities in Turkana.
Key
Responsibilities
- Aid in the
development and implementation of CBM strategies for projects as outlined
in the project proposals.
- Build capacity
of Ministry of Health (MoH) and disabled people’s organizations (DPO)s,
addressing needs of people with disabilities (PWD)s
- Coordinate to
increase access of PWDs to assistive devices, treatment services, and
other supportive programmes
- Support the
Disability Project Officer in organising, coordinating and executing
community campaigns for disability awareness in collaboration with other
program staff, Ministry of Labour, social security and Services, MoH
counterparts and community representatives.
- Assist in
designing appropriate monitoring and evaluation tools for CBM activities
in collaboration with other stakeholders.
- Evaluate and
document the impact of CBM activities in collaboration with other
stakeholders.
- Participate in
partner/Merlin initiated as well as multi-stakeholder meetings on
disabilities.
- Attend forums
aimed at raising governmental, NGO and community awareness of CBM and
Merlin project issues.
- Undertake
regular documentation of activities including lessons learnt and success
stories.
- Increase
awareness, sensitization and capacity of relevant project stakeholders to
actualize project objectives.
- Organize regular
meetings to obtain community feedback, complaints and responses on
programme issues.
- Assist in
Management of CBM grants in close collaboration with project managers.
- Participate
actively in design of new projects and in preparation of project budgets
and work plans.
- Plan and execute
monthly and quarterly integrated supervision with partners.
- Increase
awareness of communities and health care providers of the unique problems
faced by PWDs and how to address those problems.
Qualifications
- A higher Diploma
or degree in Social Sciences or Community Health / Development
sector preferred
- Minimum of 3-5
years experience in project/programme support
- Experience in
proposal writing
- Experience in
complex designated funding, programme monitoring, and reporting
- Knowledge of
project cycle management
- Knowledge of
development tools and principles (including quality standards)
- Previous work
experience with Disabled Persons organizations (DPOs) and CBR desirable
- Excellent
communication, teamwork and interpersonal skills
- Confident and
proficient in the use of MS word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Knowledge of the
local language is an added advantage
- An understanding
of and commitment to Merlin’s mission and values
To
apply for this position:
All
applications including cover letter and CV should be sent to:
HR Department,
Merlin, Nairobi Office,
P.O Box 3350 – 00200,
HR Department,
Merlin, Nairobi Office,
P.O Box 3350 – 00200,
Nairobi,
Kenya
OR
OR
Email to: recruitment@merlin-kenya.org
Application deadline is 5:00pm on Friday, 12th July 2013.
Please
note that only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Indicate
the reference/subject of the application as “Disability project Officer -
Lodwar”
Data Protection
Data Protection
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note that in accordance with the 1998 Data Protection Act, Merlin will hold and
use personal information that you have given for the purpose of recruitment and
employment. This information can be stored in manual and/or electronic
form.
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