Position Title: County
Project Coordinator – Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child
and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH), Kenya
Grade: Service Contract (SB-4)
Location: Mandera, Lamu, Wajir,
Marsabit, Isiolo, Migori (1 position for each County)
Organizational Unit: United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA) Kenya Country Office
Reporting to: The County Director
of Health
Background: Improving Maternal,
Newborn and Child health is a key global agenda. Although some progress has
been noted, the goal of reducing maternal mortality ratio remains unmet.
With
Kenya’s MMR of 488 per 100,000 live births, more than 6,000 women and girls are
estimated to die each year as a result of pregnancy-related complications most
of which are totally preventable.
The proposed project to improve maternal and new born mortality
in 6 high burden counties is aligned to existing in-country development and
health policies and initiatives that aspire to increase access and improve
quality of health services.
Development objective (Overall Project Goal): To
contribute to the reduction of maternal, newborn and child mortality in the six
targeted counties.
The project will specifically focus on four areas:
1.
Improving access, utilization and quality of integrated RMNCAH
and HIV services
2.
Generating community demand for RMNCAH and HIV services
3.
Building institutional capacity at county and national levels
4.
Strengthening of monitoring and evaluation systems
Target Counties: This project will target
six counties (Mandera, Wajir, Marsabit, Isiolo, Lamu, &
Migori) and it will bring together key partners (USAID, DFID, Save the Children Fund, members of
the UN H4+ partnership-UNFPA, WHO, UNAIDS, UN Women, UNICEF and the World Bank) in the target counties in a coordinated manner.
Migori) and it will bring together key partners (USAID, DFID, Save the Children Fund, members of
the UN H4+ partnership-UNFPA, WHO, UNAIDS, UN Women, UNICEF and the World Bank) in the target counties in a coordinated manner.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
The core functions of the County Project Coordinator will be to
support the overall implementation of
the project, including reporting, financial management and monitoring in the designated county.
the project, including reporting, financial management and monitoring in the designated county.
More specifically the County Project Coordinator will:-
Provide Technical support to:
·
Implement the RMNCAH Project in County ensuring effective
integration with county health and development plans, systems and service
delivery structures;
·
Coordinate the provision of technical assistance to county
counterparts in the implementation of the RMNCAH project.
Promote multi-sectoral and county-wide coordination:
·
Participate in and provide technical inputs to the RMNCAH
project coordination meetings in the county to promote a multi-sectoral
approach to link up and scale up the integration of RMNCAH Project;
Guide Project Management:
·
Ensure the overall responsibility for the management and
coordination of the project including procurement of works, goods and services,
financial management, monitoring and evaluation and the preparation and
submission of required reports based on the procedures set forth in the signed
Funding Agreement between UNFPA and the County Government;
·
Prepare regular analytical reports to be shared with UNFPA Kenya
Country Office and H4+ Partners and the Project Steering Committee;
·
Facilitate documenting the best practices and approaches for
deepening the knowledge base for UNFPA and H4+ partners as an integral resource
for implementation of RMNCAH.
Qualifications
·
Advanced university degree in public health, medicine,
demography, social sciences or related field;
·
At least 7 years-experience in development, design, and
implementation of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)/RMNCAH
programmes in developing countries;
·
Experience of working in Africa especially Kenya either with
Governments or UN systems will be an asset;
·
Experience in the management of county or national level RMNCAH
or Health related programmes;
·
Fluency in English with excellent writing, analytical and
communication skills;
Application Procedures
Interested candidates who meet the above qualifications may send
their applications to email address: kenya.recruit@unfpa.org by the deadline of
Friday, 27 February 2015, quoting the post title on the subject line and
clearly indicating only one County that they are interesting in working.
Applications should have a cover letter, curriculum vitae, names and contacts
of three referees.
Interested candidates from these counties are highly encouraged
to apply.
We will only be able to respond to those applicants whom we a further interest in.
Women are encouraged to apply.
Notice: There is no application, processing or other fee at any stage of the application process.
Applications received via other means will not be accepted.
For detailed TOR please visit http://unfpakenya.or.ke