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
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To oversee the planning, initiation
and implementation of paediatric and adolescent HIV Prevention, Care and
Treatment services at ICAP-supported facilities in the region
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To provide on-going supervision of
ICAP-supported HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment and retention programs on
pediatrics and adolescents
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To participate in training and
mentorship of ICAP program officers and site staff and Health Care workers
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To provide technical support for
planning and implementation of pediatric TB/HIV activities at ICAP-supported
facilities
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To assist in monitoring and
evaluation and ensuring quality assurance of HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment
programs
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To liaise with county health
officials and other stakeholders in coordinating the implementation of the
paediatric program
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To prepare budgets, work plans,
reports and other technical papers
Key Requirements
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Degree in Medicine, MPH, or an
advanced relevant degree
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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
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Coordinate the timely collection,
validation, reporting and presentation of data for ACT program.
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Support the cascade of reporting
program data from facilities to the national M&E system (DHIS).
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Coordinate regional M&E
stakeholder activities to evaluate and disseminate program performance
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Provide any other M&E technical
support as required.
Key Requirements
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Masters degree or equivalent in
epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, international health, or related
discipline.
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At least 5 years professional
experience in monitoring and evaluation systems, with at least 3 years
experience in monitoring and evaluation of HIV programs.
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Strong data management and analysis skills.
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Strong supervisory and management
skills.
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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:
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Timely collection, validation,
reporting and presentation of data for donor and program consumption
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Provide technical support to facility
and County health records personnel
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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.
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Lead in the active audit of both
paper M&E tools and electronic medical records (EMRs) for data quality
assurance
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Ensure an uninterrupted supply of
M&E tools
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Train, mentor and evaluate performance
of EMR health records officers
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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:
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Ensure provision of quality HTC
services in line with National protocols and guidelines
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Ensure 100% linkage for HIV positive
clients to HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment
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Establish and support psychosocial
support groups
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Supervise peer educators and HTC
officers
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Streamline appointment and defaulter
tracing systems
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Support retention strategies in
facilities
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Ensure treatment literacy is provided
to enrolled clients
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Quality mentorship and supportive
supervision to MoH staff
Requirements
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Diploma in Clinical medicine/ Nursing
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Experience in HIV programming
specifically in running HIV prevention programs for at least 3 years
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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
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Ensure mothers attending ANC services
are offered HIV testing services
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Ensure that HIV-infected Pregnant
mothers and lactating mothers are on Antiretroviral drugs medication
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Ensure access to prophylaxis for HIV
exposed infants
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Ensure support systems are in place
for retention of Mother Baby pair
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Ensure follow up of HIV exposed
infants through to 18 months
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Linkage of all HIV Exposed Infants
(HEI) who seroconvert
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Tracing of HEI lost to follow up and
tracking progress over time in both 9 and 18 month HEI cohort
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Participate in quality
assurance/quality improvement of HIV programs relating to PMTCT services.
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Assist in program monitoring and
evaluation of activities relating to paediatrics
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Preparation of budgets, work plans,
reports and other technical papers relating to paediatrics
Requirements
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Degree in Nursing or Diploma in
Clinical Medicine
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More than 3 years experience in the
implementation of PMTCT/Programmatic activities
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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
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Development of databases for specific
program needs
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Update matrices on standard of care
measures, program implementation, HTC indicators
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Perform Data Cleaning and verify the
accuracy of the data before reporting
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To produce monthly data summaries
that will help track and inform program performance
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Assist in the preparation of data
summary slides for presentations
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Support the implementation of the
ICAP patient level electronic medical records system (C-PAD).
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Any other relevant duties that may be
assigned from time to time
Requirements:
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A bachelors degree or equivalent in
statistics, computer/IT studies, epidemiology or mathematics
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At least 2 years relevant experience
and advance skills in MS Access/Excel application use.
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Knowledge on use of statistical
analysis software (SPSS/SAS/STATA) is an advantage
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Advanced skill level in the use of
KePMS & MoH DHIS aggregate databases.
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Experience in working with MOH
systems and HIV-related reports will be an added advantage
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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
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