The
Beyond Zero Campaign is premised on the philosophy of harnessing the convening
power of Her Excellency, the First Lady Margaret Kenyatta, to ensure that all
Kenyan mothers deliver safely, and their children are healthy and HIV free through:
- Institutionalizing
and strengthening existing health and community systems
- Mobilizing
the contributions of private and public sectors and development partners
- Catalyzing
innovation and accelerating action by stakeholders and political leaders
The Campaign is now spearheaded by a National Steering Committee
providing multi-disciplinary strategic leadership for delivery of the First
Lady’s Strategic Framework through the Ministry of Health.
In an
effort to fulfill its mandate, the Beyond Zero Campaign now seeks to fill the
following position:
Finance
and Administrative Officer
Grade 4
The
Finance and Administrative Assistant shall coordinate \ and maintains general
operational and administrative functions of the Secretariat
Duties
and responsibilities
S/he
works in close liaison with the NACC Finance and Administration Department to:
- Ensure
compliance for budgets, activity reporting, petty cash management at the
Secretariat;
- Procure
for office supplies and equipment
- Implement
finance and administrative sub-systems to enhance functioning of the
Secretariat
- Coordinate
transport as required
- S/he
provides operations and administrative support for the Head of the
Campaign, Management committee and coordinates NSC Steering Committee and
Technical Advisory meeting logistics
- Provide
good quality drafts, reports, minutes of meetings, edit and disseminate as
required
- Adherence
to the laid down human resource policies
- Coordinates
employee appraisals and evaluations
Professional qualifications and relevant experience
- Served
in a comparable position for at least five (5) years;
- A
Masters degree in either Business Administration (MBA), Economics,
Finance, Commerce or equivalent and relevant qualifications in a financial
related discipline from a recognized university;
- Member
of Institutes of Certified Public Accountants (CPA) K or Certified Public
Secretaries or other relevant profession;
- Computer
application skills; and
- Shown
merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.
Key skills
- Strong
organization skills and experience
- Good
administrative capacity
- Experience
in fund or cost accounting, budgeting, computerized bookkeeping, and
computer user support
- Should
have personnel experience, including benefits administration, and
supervision.
- Good
written and verbal communications skills
- An
analytical mind and the ability to create organizational and financial
systems to support the setting up of a new project
Programme Officer, Technical Support
Grade 4
The officers shall
be responsible for monitoring and evaluation, delivery of the work plan with
close liaison with the Technical Advisory Team and guide partners in areas of
technical support required for the Campaign
Duties and Responsibilities
- Liaise with partners and stakeholders to
ensure that all technical aspects of the National Steering Committee
work-plan are delivered in a timely manner
- Design and implement a Monitoring and
Evaluation plan for the NSC work-plan
- Closely work with the Technical Advisory Team
and Ministry of Health and facilitate their activities for delivery of the
work-plan
- Develop strategies, operational guidance and
tools to facilitate implementation of the NSC work-plan
- Support proposal development for resource
mobilization
- Prepare timely and quality reports of
activities and resources
- Facilitate quarterly work-plan reviews and
continuous follow up with all stakeholders
Professional qualifications and
relevant experience
- Master’s Degree in health or other
development-related field
- In-depth understanding of maternal health,
gender, HIV/AIDS issues in Kenya
- A minimum of 5 years of programme management
and technical supervision of teams
- Knowledge of development frameworks, donor
liaison and management.
Key Skills
- Demonstrated experience in managing Monitoring
and Evaluation programme
- Fluency in written and spoken English and
Kiswahili
- Excellent inter-personal and negotiation
skills
- Ability to facilitate and guide teams to work
together
- Balanced and intuitive decision-making
- Proven results-based programme development,
organization and management
- Demonstrated ability to anticipate emerging
needs and turn them into actionable priorities for the different team
members
- Good understanding of electronic
communications and standard office computer software
Head, Communications, Public Relations
and Knowledge Management Officer
Grade 3
Grade 3
The officer shall be responsible to
for advocacy and communications strategy of the Campaign, be well spoken and
ensure continued mobilization and catalyzation of action on HIV, maternal and
child health nationally and globally.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Implement a communications strategy for Beyond
Zero to ensure continued acceleration towards reduced HIV infections,
healthy deliveries across Kenya
- Collate the results achieved and information
from different stakeholders and share them nationally and globally
- Lead implementation of the advocacy agenda of
the Beyond Zero Campaign
- Turn events and technical information related
to Beyond Zero to creative products for dissemination
- Contribute to the documentation for Kenya’s
MDG report in line with the achievements of the Beyond Zero Campaign
- Manage public relations, the press and media
- Develop messages for the campaign and promote
the Beyond Zero brand
- Oversee documentation of Beyond Zero’s lessons
and the impact of the National Steering Committee, the First Lady’s
Strategy on stakeholder engagement for Kenya’s achievement of HIV,
maternal and child health goals
- Manage the social media platform for Beyond
Zero
- Develop a knowledge management system for
collection, collation, transformation of information into usable products
for different audiences, dissemination and measurement of impact
- Develop and update annual reports, brochures,
fact sheets, website
- Provide communication in editing, drafting and
proof reading of all communication relating to Beyond Zero, from the
Secretariat, NACC or the National Steering Committee
- Contribute to preparing reports and proposals
for resource mobilization
Professional qualifications and
relevant experience
- Over 7 years’ experience working in
communications with excellent public relations skills and with experience
in a supervision position
- Master’s Degree in a Communications and
related fields
Key Skills
- Fluency in written and spoken English and
Kiswahili
- Demonstrated ability to turn events into high
quality, easy to follow products and publications and disseminate them for
highest impact
- A track record of utilizing
communication to position an agenda and generate public interest and
catalyze action to achieve tangible outcomes
- Sound Information Technology (IT) and media
skills
- Ability to work both independently, work
quickly and efficiently under pressure especially when facing tight
deadlines and work as a member of a team and set own work plan, meet
deadlines and balance competing priorities.
Coordinator, Beyond Zero Campaign
Grade 2
The Coordinator of the Beyond Zero
Campaign and shall execute the work-plan of the National Steering Committee,
chaired by the Cabinet Secretary of Health that is responsible for mobilizing
and catalyzing partnerships to deliver on HIV control, maternal and child
health in Kenya.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Execute Beyond Zero Campaign goals and
objectives
- Execute the work-plan as approved by the
National Steering Committee
- Resource mobilization and fundraising for
sustainability
- Execute the advocacy and communications plan
of the Beyond Zero Campaign
- Liaise with and support joint work-planning
with relevant National and County Government Agencies in delivering of the
Mobile Clinics by the First Lady
- Facilitate engagement with Counties and
stakeholders to accelerate the attainment of Goals of the National
Steering Committee
- Work to promote and uphold the work, spirit
and the good name and reputation of the Beyond Zero Campaign
- Liaison, partnership development and
management with Government Agencies, communities, civil society, faith
based, private sector, the public sector and development partners
- Responsible for budgets, resource management
and day to day running of the Beyond Zero Secretariat in delivery of the
work-plan
- Pursuant to the NACC staff manual and other
regulations, she/he shall be responsible for personnel and administrative
matters
- Will promote and safeguard the interests of
the BZ campaign and its business and not do anything detrimental to those
interests.
- Will be responsible to the NACC Director
Professional qualifications and
relevant experience
- Master’s degree in public health, social
sciences, law, gender studies or other development-related field
- Minimum of 10 years of professional and relevant
working experience in advancing HIV/AIDS control, maternal and child
health, sexual and reproductive health, gender equality or social justice
issues
- Minimum 5 years senior management experience
- Management of multiple partners and
partnerships towards delivering stated goals
- Demonstrated results in resource mobilization
- Experience in donor engagement
Key Skills and Competencies
- Demonstrable skills in partnership building,
networking, advocacy, resource mobilization and fundraising
- Demonstrable leadership and organizational
development skills
- Experience in programme management,
implementation, monitoring and tracking results
- Knowledge and experience in child, women’s and
human rights, specifically sexual and reproductive health including
elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
- Self-driven with initiative
- Established proficiency in written English and
oral communication skills
- Fluency in spoken English and Swahili
- Excellent inter-personal, public speaking and
negotiation skills
- Ability to coach and mentor
- Balanced and intuitive decision-making
- Demonstrated ability to anticipate emerging
needs and transform them into programmes
- Good application of electronic communications
and standard office computer software
How to Apply
The Beyond Zero Campaign DOES NOT discriminate any applicant on the basis of ethnic background, sex, religion, HIV status, age, marital status, or disability but is attentive of gender, regional and ethnic balance.
The Beyond Zero Campaign DOES NOT discriminate any applicant on the basis of ethnic background, sex, religion, HIV status, age, marital status, or disability but is attentive of gender, regional and ethnic balance.
If you fulfill the above requirements, you are invited to apply by submitting an application together with an up to date CV, by close of business Friday, September 5th 2014 to the address provided below.
Only successful candidates will be contacted.
The Director
National AIDS Control Council
Landmark Plaza 9th Floor
P.O. Box 61307 00200
Nairobi