ICAP of Columbia University is
working in partnership with the Ministry of Health in Kenya to strengthen HIV
Prevention, Care and Treatment services in County and Sub County health
facilities.
Applications are invited for the
following position:
Senior Program Officer - ACT
Location: Machakos with travel to ICAP facilities in Eastern
South
Overall Job Function: Reporting to the Regional Director, Eastern
South, the Senior Program Officer is a member of the Regional Technical Team
and oversees implementation of field program activities for efficient delivery
of quality HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment for children and adolescents
Key Responsibilities
- To oversee the planning, initiation and
implementation of paediatric and adolescent HIV Prevention, Care and
Treatment services at ICAP-supported facilities in the region
- To provide on-going supervision of
ICAP-supported HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment and retention programs
on pediatrics and adolescents
- To participate in training and mentorship of
ICAP program officers and site staff and Health Care workers
- To provide technical support for planning and
implementation of pediatric TB/HIV activities at ICAP-supported facilities
- To assist in monitoring and evaluation and
ensuring quality assurance of HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment programs
- To liaise with county health officials and
other stakeholders in coordinating the implementation of the paediatric
program
- To prepare budgets, work plans, reports and
other technical papers
Key Requirements
- Degree in Medicine, MPH, or an advanced
relevant degree
- 5 years of experience managing donor-funded
health and/or HIV programs in the public sector
Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
- ACT
Location: Nairobi with travel to ICAP sites in Nyanza &
Eastern South
Overall Job Function: Reporting to the Director M&E, the Senior
M&E Officer will be responsible for oversight of monitoring and evaluation
(M&E) activities required for the scale-up of pediatric and adolescent HIV
Prevention, Care and Treatment services.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate the timely collection, validation,
reporting and presentation of data for ACT program.
- Support the cascade of reporting program data
from facilities to the national M&E system (DHIS).
- Coordinate regional M&E stakeholder
activities to evaluate and disseminate program performance
- Provide any other M&E technical support as
required.
Key Requirements
- Masters degree or equivalent in epidemiology,
biostatistics, public health, international health, or related discipline.
- At least 5 years professional experience in
monitoring and evaluation systems, with at least 3 years experience in
monitoring and evaluation of HIV programs.
- Strong data management and analysis skills.
- Strong supervisory and management skills.
- Excellent analytical and information
management skills, with advanced proficiency in relational (KePMS &
DHIS) aggregate databases
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Location: Machakos
with travel to ICAP-supported sites in Eastern South
Overall Job Function: Working under the overall guidance of the
Director- M&E, the M&E Officer will be responsible for the
implementation of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities required for
the scale-up of pediatric and adolescent HIV Care and Treatment services.
The incumbent will be reporting to
the Senior M&E Officer, Eastern South on daily operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Timely collection, validation, reporting and
presentation of data for donor and program consumption
- Provide technical support to facility and
County health records personnel
- Together with program teams, develop and
operationalize a schedule for monthly facility and County level monitoring
visits to review HIV service delivery and programs and data with a view to
identifying gaps for support and mentorship.
- Lead in the active audit of both paper M&E
tools and electronic medical records (EMRs) for data quality assurance
- Ensure an uninterrupted supply of M&E
tools
- Train, mentor and evaluate performance of EMR
health records officers
- Provide technical support to program teams in
the design of new M&E data collection tools
Prevention Officers
(5 Positions)
Location: Selected
ICAP-supported facilities in Nyanza
Overall Job Function: Working
under the overall guidance of the Regional Director, Nyanza, the Prevention
Officer will be reporting to the Prevention Advisor, Nyanza on day-to-day basis
to ensure quality HIV testing and counselling and support for adherence and
psychosocial activities
Key Responsibilities:
Work under the Prevention Advisor to:
- Ensure provision of quality HTC services in
line with National protocols and guidelines
- Ensure 100% linkage for HIV positive clients
to HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment
- Establish and support psychosocial support
groups
- Supervise peer educators and HTC officers
- Streamline appointment and defaulter tracing
systems
- Support retention strategies in facilities
- Ensure treatment literacy is provided to
enrolled clients
- Quality mentorship and supportive supervision
to MoH staff
Requirements
- Diploma in Clinical medicine/ Nursing
- Experience in HIV programming specifically in
running HIV prevention programs for at least 3 years
- Psychological counselling training will be an
added advantage
PMTC Program Officers
7 Positions
Location: Kisumu
with travel to selected ICAP-supported facilities in Nyanza
Overall Job function: Reporting
to the PMTCT Advisor, the PMTC Program Officers will be responsible for
providing mentorship, technical support and supervision in the Elimination of
Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (EMTCT) services offered at ICAP- supported
facilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure mothers attending ANC services are
offered HIV testing services
- Ensure that HIV-infected Pregnant mothers and
lactating mothers are on Antiretroviral drugs medication
- Ensure access to prophylaxis for HIV exposed
infants
- Ensure support systems are in place for
retention of Mother Baby pair
- Ensure follow up of HIV exposed infants
through to 18 months
- Linkage of all HIV Exposed Infants (HEI) who
seroconvert
- Tracing of HEI lost to follow up and tracking
progress over time in both 9 and 18 month HEI cohort
- Participate in quality assurance/quality
improvement of HIV programs relating to PMTCT services.
- Assist in program monitoring and evaluation of
activities relating to paediatrics
- Preparation of budgets, work plans, reports and
other technical papers relating to paediatrics
Requirements
- Degree in Nursing or Diploma in Clinical
Medicine
- More than 3 years experience in the
implementation of PMTCT/Programmatic activities
- Experience in training and mentorship of
health care workers on PMTCT
Assistant Data Manager
Location: Kisumu
Overall Function: Reporting
to the Senior M&E Officer, ACT program, the Assistant Data Manager will be
responsible for the capture and analysis of all data related to the program for
timely reporting to funding agencies.
Key Responsibilities
- Development of databases for specific program
needs
- Update matrices on standard of care measures,
program implementation, HTC indicators
- Perform Data Cleaning and verify the accuracy
of the data before reporting
- To produce monthly data summaries that will
help track and inform program performance
- Assist in the preparation of data summary
slides for presentations
- Support the implementation of the ICAP patient
level electronic medical records system (C-PAD).
- Any other relevant duties that may be assigned
from time to time
Requirements:
- A bachelors degree or equivalent in
statistics, computer/IT studies, epidemiology or mathematics
- At least 2 years relevant experience and
advance skills in MS Access/Excel application use.
- Knowledge on use of statistical analysis
software (SPSS/SAS/STATA) is an advantage
- Advanced skill level in the use of KePMS &
MoH DHIS aggregate databases.
- Experience in working with MOH systems and
HIV-related reports will be an added advantage
- Strong Data management and analysis skills.
How to Apply
All applications including a current
CV, telephone number and 3 professional referees (preferably current/previous
supervisors with their Telephone numbers and Email addresses) should be sent to
the HR and Administration Manager, ICAP icap.vacancies@gmail.com on or before
29th May 2015.
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.
ICAP is an equal opportunity employer
www.icap.columbia.edu