The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS
Foundation (EGPAF) is a Global leader in the fight against Pediatric HIV and
AIDS, working in 15 Countries at over 5,500 sites around the world to prevent
the transmission of HIV to children, and to help those already infected.
EGPAF is mainly funded by PEPFAR
through The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), The United States
Agency for International Development (USAID).
EGPAF in Kenya is recruiting for Finance and Administration Officer to
be based in Lodwar.
The Role
The Role
The Finance and Administration
Officer will work to:
- Administer the Project finance tasks for
Lodwar office. This includes providing accounting support, ensuring the
implementation of financial policies and procedures in order to ensure
cost effective and timely reporting and compliance.
- Other operational functions include Human
Resource, Administration, ICT, procurement and logistics, and other
coordination activities. This will involve ensuring compliance with
the Foundation and other relevant policy guidelines in order to realize
smooth operations
- The Finance and Administration Officer, with
dotted reporting line to the SDA Lodwar office and Finance Manager based
in Nairobi, will report the Field Operations Coordinator.
Key Responsibilities
Finance
Finance
- Ensure that appropriate finance systems are
maintained, and all procedures and controls are implemented.
- Maintain financial records, handling of staff
advances, retirements and making financial returns to Nairobi Office.
- Manage bank accounts, and the transfer of
money between head-office, country office and field offices.
- Monitor cash-flow.
- Ensure that all monthly transactions are
posted to the Quick Books.
- Prepare an analysis of the cashbooks,
management report, comparison with budget, and commentary at the end of
the month.
- Ensure that accounts are received by the head
office by the 25th day of every month
- Assist in the preparation and review of
budgets for the office, partners and field activities.
- Monitor expenditure
Logistics
- Ensure that all the travel needs for the office
are addressed in a timely manner.
- Manage vehicle allocation
- Prepare monthly vehicle/fuel reports.
Administration
- Analyze the phone bill on monthly basis;
private bills for private usage should be met by the staff themselves.
- Ensure that security procedures are
implemented and the necessary security support are secured as and when
need arises. Liaise with other agencies/government on security issues.
- Ensure contracts for the office and the
guesthouse, and that the obligations are met as and when they fall due.
- Oversee all administrative filing and records,
and archiving.
Procurement
- Ensure proper engagement with vendors, e.g.
signing of contracts and negotiations done as appropriate
- Purchase goods and services.
- Oversee stores operations
- Ensure compliance with the signing matrix
(cheque, LPOs and contracts)
Undertake any other duties that may
be requested by the Head of field Office.
Required Skills and Qualifications
Required Skills and Qualifications
- The ideal candidate should have a degree in
any business specialty, a qualified accountant (CPA K or A.C.C.A), and
computer literate with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience in a
similar position. He/she should be familiar with Quick books, and capable
of preparing final financial and management reports. He / she should also
be capable of coordinating the operations of the office.
EGPAF in Kenya is recruiting for an IT Assistant to be based in Lodwar.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Desktop support.
- Training users on micro-computer applications
- Maintain systems performance and perform
preventative maintenance.
- Installation of newly procured hardware and
software.
- Network support –Ensure maximum Network
Infrastructure uptime.
- Network security and access – manage ICT
access controls
- Bandwidth management: Monitor ISP Bandwidth
and usage.
- Manage rich media communication platform.
(Unified Communications systems)
- IT orientation –on boarding new hires
- Ensure all applications both on premise and
cloud solutions are running optimally.
Qualifications and Competences
- Advanced Diploma in Computer Science/ Information
Systems / with at least 1 - 2 years’ work experience in similar field.
- Extensive practical experience in networked
environment and support for remote users and field offices.
- Extensive ability to use and support of
standard micro computing applications such as Microsoft OFFICE SUITE.
- Experience in supporting web based
applications.
- Excellent communication skills both orally and
in writing (English and Swahili)
- Knowledge of supporting Windows client and
server operating systems.
- Prior experience with Messaging systems
support, e.g. MS Exchange
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to
establish and maintain effective work relationship with people of
different backgrounds and cultures.
- Ability to work under pressure with minimum
supervision
EGPAF in Kenya is recruiting for a Prevention Technical Adviser.
Reporting to the Project Director, the Prevention Technical Adviser will coordinate and facilitate all the Pamoja Homabay prevention activities including HTC, linkage to care, retention to care and community mobilization and up on outcomes of retention for Pamoja Homabay supported sites.
Reporting to the Project Director, the Prevention Technical Adviser will coordinate and facilitate all the Pamoja Homabay prevention activities including HTC, linkage to care, retention to care and community mobilization and up on outcomes of retention for Pamoja Homabay supported sites.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the CHMT to support
Coordination of Prevention activities within the supported region and
sites, including coordinating CHMT support for the sub counties.
- Will be the team lead for the Prevention
program as well as the one responsible for the results of this project
area.
- Responsible for the coordinating the
Prevention project officers to develop weekly, monthly and quarterly
work plans and review the Project officers budgets and requisitions for
technical soundness.
- Coordinate Identification of training needs
and support implementation of relevant training modules targeting medical
staff, HTC providers, Linkage counsellors, peer educators and CHWs in
relation to the current scope of Pamoja support to these sites.
- Support the Prevention project officers in
their routine weekly sites support supervision along with sub county HMT
Members to provide support supervision to health facilities and
communities.
- Monitor implementation and progress of HTC at
OPD, IPD, special clinics, identification of HIV+ clients, linkage to
care, retention and adherence to care as per the projects targets
- Work closely with the SI TA to ensure all
facilities are provided with their prevention targets and dash boards, and
through the project officers ensure that these are updated on a monthly
basis
- Work closely with the lab project officer to
ensure quality assurance in HTC is maintained at the expected standards
- Work closely with the Care and treatment as
well as the PMTCT TAs to ensure coverage of antenatal clinic attendance,
uptake of skilled delivery, HEI enrolment and follow up, mother-baby pair
retention and cohort outcomes for maternal HAART as well as HEIs.
- Will be a member of the senior project
management team as well as take part in the donor review meetings on a
quarterly basis and SIMS sites visits
- Coordinate continuous availability of vital
commodities equipment, furniture and the various monitoring and evaluation
tools required for functional Prevention activities.
- Work with project officers to ensure support,
counselling and health education is provided to HIV+ mothers within the
health facilities.
- Identify and mobilize NGOs/ FBOs / CBOs that
will be the link to the community for Prevention activities.
- Participate in the various relevant TWGs in
the county and supra county levels
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Public Health, Social
and/or Behavioral Sciences or a related field, with specific emphasis on
community-level health promotion and/or education
- Minimum seven years of experience in designing
and implementing large-scale community-level HIV prevention programs
involving multiple stakeholders. Four of those years should be in a
technical leadership/management role for a project of similar size and
complexity, including experience with direct supervision of professional
staff
- Demonstrated knowledge of evidence-based and
promising behavioral and structural HIV prevention interventions, best
practices in community health interventions and linkage to services, and
approaches to addressing gender issues relating to HIV prevention
- Prior experience in building community
competency and capacity for improving health and use of participatory
methodologies for planning and implementing local-level activities
- Excellent interpersonal, training,
facilitation, team building and problem solving skills
- Experience in establishing and sustaining
working relationships with various stakeholders; the Government of
Kenya Ministries of Health at County and Sub-county level
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to
work with others in a multi-cultural team environment
- Strong skills in diplomacy and relationship
building with a variety of partners and stakeholders including the MOH and
National, County and sub-County levels
- Excellent communication and writing skills
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to
work independently, assess priorities, and manage a variety of activities
with attention to detail
- Strong project management skills
- Ability to travel domestically for service
delivery monitoring up to 60% of the time
Program Manager, Adolescent HIV/AIDS and
Sexual and Reproductive Health
(Local Candidates Only)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The Program Manager will provide overall management and technical oversight for implementation of an anticipated program in Kenya and Zambia for adolescent intensified HIV case-finding in urban settings.
The Program Manager will be
responsible for implementation of project goals and objectives, and will
provide the overall strategic and programmatic direction to the project, in
close collaboration with EGPAF technical staff.
S/he must have a demonstrated
understanding of and experience working with global public health issues
related to youth and adolescents, especially HIV/AIDS, sexual and reproductive
health, and behavior change interventions.
This position is contingent upon
receipt of funding.
Essential Responsibilities:
Essential Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership in the strategic use of
resources for successful program implementation.
- Provide technical leadership and quality
assurance to this project, including for activities that empower young
people to seek HIV testing and make informed decisions about their health and
wellbeing.
- Interact with large numbers of program
participants, youth groups, and team members, guiding feedback exchanges,
facilitating problem-solving, and providing technical expertise.
- Manage development of annual work plans and
report to the funder on project technical and financial performance.
- Supervise dedicated project staff in Nairobi
and Lusaka.
- Ensure quality of project operations and any
sub-award management under the project.
- Be responsible for problem-solving and
course-correction on all project activities.
- Prepare and/or oversee the preparation of
project deliverables including all monitoring and reporting required under
the agreement.
- Ensure compliance with EGPAF policies, funder
rules and regulations, MOH policies, and Kenyan/Zambian laws.
- Facilitate critical collaborative
relationships required for the project, with Ministry of Health and other
relevant stakeholders.
Qualifications and Key Competencies:
- Higher education degree required (MPH or other
relevant Master’s Degree)
- Minimum of 5-8 years of relevant experience in
international HIV programs targeting adolescents in resource-poor
settings.
- Demonstrated understanding of global public
health issues related to youth and adolescents, especially SRH, HIV/AIDS,
and behavior change interventions.
- Knowledge of best practices and
state-of-the-art approaches in community-based adolescent health and HIV
programming.
- Proven track record of designing and
implementing innovative, results-oriented behavior change programs for
adolescents.
- Experience in conducting assessments and
demonstrated ability to analyze and use data gathered from communities to
design effective behavior change strategies.
- Proven experience in management and
leadership.
- Experience overseeing project budgets.
- Excellent communication skills; fluency in
written and spoken English. Knowledge of local languages a plus.
- Strong interpersonal skills; ability to build
partnerships and consensus, within teams and with other stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience working in developing
country settings; experience in the East Africa region preferred.
- This position will require frequent travel to
Lusaka, Zambia.
How to Apply
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EGPAF in Kenya is recruiting for a Project Officer - Care and Treatment to
be based in Kakuma (Turkana) and Narok.
Under the guidance of the Service
Delivery Advisor, the Project Officer – Care and Treatment will be
responsible for providing day to day contact with County and Sub-County HMT
team members – providing technical assistance to establish and
strengthen
implementation of integrated and comprehensive prevention, care and treatment
activities in each district, support systems strengthening, improve quality of
services and monitor progress towards achievement of quality results in order
to attain the objectives of the Pamoja Project.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Develop integrated HIV facility interventions
and work plans and oversee the implementation
- Assist the Sub-County HMT in the respective
sub-Counties to develop and implement quality assurance programs for the
each supported site
- Responsible for visits to Pamoja Project
supported facilities to provide technical support in implementation
of integrated HIV prevention, care and treatment services
- Conduct supportive supervision on quality
assurance issues and provide on-site job training and mentorship
- Ensure that adherence and psychosocial support
activities are undertaken at the Pamoja supported sites and links with the
PSS technical team to facilitate facility-community linkages
- Develops and maintains close relationship
between County AIDS and STI Coordinating Officer (ScASCO/CASCO) and the
health facility on Pamoja Project related issues
- Participate in relevant Technical Working
Groups activities
- Working with the SI program officer, assists
the Project in working with clinic staff in data collection and data
management and reporting including utilization of such data for planning
and decision making
- Participate in preparation and timely
submission of timely in monthly and quarterly progress reports
- Working with other teams within the project,
identify opportunities for integration including decentralization of care
and treatment services, formation of Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDTs),
community-facility linkages and assist in documentation of successes, best
practices and challenges associated with such linkage and integration
Qualifications and Competencies
- Clinical Officer with 3 years of continuous
HIV program implementation
- Registered with the Clinical Officers’ Council
- Experience in establishing and sustaining
working relationships with the Government of Kenya Ministries of Health at
County and Sub-county level
- Significant and up to date knowledge of the
current ART, PMTCT, TB/HIV, HTC guidelines, standards, tools and best
practices
- Experience in HIV/AIDS care and
treatment program implementation with demonstrated expertise in initiating
care and treatment services in a public, faith based or private health
facility; experience with decentralized ART model of care will be an added
advantage
- Knowledge of PEPFAR Program and NASCOP
reporting requirements including familiarity with the data collection and
reporting tools used by NASCOP
EGPAF in Kenya is recruiting for a Project Officer - Laboratory to
be based in Lodwar
Duties & Responsibilities
Duties & Responsibilities
- Support both county and national MoH
laboratory structures towards provision of quality integrated HIV
prevention, HIV counselling and testing, care and treatment services
within the Ministry of Health, private and Faith Based Sector health
facilities in Turkana County.
- Establish and support expansion and access to
key HIV diagnostic and monitoring laboratory services including HIV RTKs,
CD4 and viral load monitoring, TB microscopy and GenXpert Testing, Viral
Load monitoring and Early Infant Diagnosis.
- Provide day to day contact and support to the
CMMLT, CHMT, point of care laboratory technicians and technologists and
field officers based various sub-counties and facility level
- Provide technical assistance and capacity
building to establish, strengthen and expand a laboratory networks.
- Provide oversight to ensure that access to
laboratory services is improved and maintained.
- Participate in relevant lab technical working
groups and relevant stakeholder meetings
Qualifications and Competencies
- 5 years proven experience in HIV laboratory
work and be registered with KMLTTB.
- Possess a degree in Medical Laboratory and a
Higher National Diploma in Laboratory training with at least 2 years of
laboratory work experience.
- Experience in working with USAID/CDC funded
HIV program establishing and supporting laboratory networks
- Demonstrated supervisory and program
management skills will be an added advantage
EGPAF in Kenya is recruiting for a Project Officer, Nutrition to
be based in Lodwar.
Reporting to the Service Delivery Advisor, the Project Officer, Nutrition, will coordinate and facilitate all the Pamoja Turkana nutrition activities including assessment, counselling, support of PLHIV, reporting and linkage to FBP programs ensuring full integration within the care and treatment program
Reporting to the Service Delivery Advisor, the Project Officer, Nutrition, will coordinate and facilitate all the Pamoja Turkana nutrition activities including assessment, counselling, support of PLHIV, reporting and linkage to FBP programs ensuring full integration within the care and treatment program
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with the CHMT, County Nutritional
Officer, and Sub-County Nutritional Officers to ensure optimal
anthropometric monitoring, documentation, categorization, nutritional
counselling and support for all PLHIV enrolled in Care and Treatment
within the supported facilities.
- Work closely with County, Sub County
Nutritional officers, program staff, and facility staffs to ensure
accurate and timely reporting on nutrition in using appropriate tools.
- Facilitate referral for food supplementation
for all eligible PLHIV including linkage to Feeding-by-Prescription (FBP)
programs.
- Support efforts to enhance leveraging of
resources and technical support from other sectors, through food security
forums in each target county to discuss household food security issues and
develop action/mitigation plans for each of the targeted counties.
- Support interventions and strategies that aim
to improve nutrition amongst children, adolescents and adults Living with
HIV in the supported facilities.
- Work closely with CHWs to promote key
nutrition practices such as optimal nutrition in pregnancy, exclusive
breastfeeding, optimal complementary feeding and dietary diversity, growth
monitoring and promotion amongst women and children enrolled in PMTCT
programs within the county.
- Work jointly with other Pamoja project
officers to develop weekly, monthly and quarterly work plans in the
supported program areas.
- Coordinate identification of training needs
and support implementation of relevant training modules targeting health
care workers, CHWs, peer educators and any other relevant.
- Participate in the various relevant TWGs in
the county and supra county levels.
Qualifications and Competencies
- University Degree in Nutrition or any other
relevant training.
- 3-5 years working in a food and nutrition
initiative.
- Knowledge and experience in implementing US
Government-funded projects, working in a food and nutrition initiative
among pastoralist and nomadic population will be an added advantage.
- Ability to transfer skills and knowledge
through, training and mentorship.
- Demonstrated ability to work with various
teams.
- Excellent written, oral communication in
Kiswahili and English.
- Good understanding of GOK strategies and
policies on arid lands as well as nutrition.
EGPAF in Kenya is recruiting for a Project Officer - Prevention.
Reporting to the Prevention Advisor, the Project Officer-Prevention will work to provide technical assistance and capacity building to community volunteers and MOH staff in support of community HIV prevention, care and treatment support activities in the target districts.
Reporting to the Prevention Advisor, the Project Officer-Prevention will work to provide technical assistance and capacity building to community volunteers and MOH staff in support of community HIV prevention, care and treatment support activities in the target districts.
S/he will oversee the community-facility
linkages in HIV prevention, Care and treatment components in health facilities
and Community Groups.
S/he will work with the HIV
integration field officers and MOH teams to help set up Psychosocial Support
Groups and coordinate PWP activities.
Duties & Responsibilities
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide on the job training to field Peer
volunteers and MOH staff,
- Ensure project activities comply with national
guidelines and policies for HIV/AIDS
- Implement evidence-based techniques and
strategies to ensure quality programming in adherence and psychosocial
support.
- Implement quality community adherence support
activities relating to PMTCT/ART in and around Health facilities
- Identify training needs, plan trainings and
facilitate training sessions on adherence and stigma reduction for
psychosocial support groups and Peer Educators.
- Develop and distribute appropriate job aids
and education materials for treatment support staff and adherence
counsellors at the sites
- Play key role in Quality Assurance/Quality
Improvement of psychosocial support and adherence interventions in
project sites.
- Identify, document and share key lessons
learnt on adherence from health facilities.
- Monitor the performance of adherence and
community involvement activities at supported facilities
- Facilitate partnership meetings between key
adherence staff meetings with key adherence and community staff at each
health facility.
- Network with local organizations involved in
adherence to ART and promote linkages between Health facilities and
organizations providing HIV support services in their community.
- Work with other Pamoja project teams and
partner health facilities to establish and strengthen adherence systems
within health facilities for improved quality of patient care
Qualifications and Competencies
- Diploma in Nursing, Public Health, Community
health, or a health related field Diploma
- HIV/AIDS knowledge and related experience.
- Background in community development activities
- Counselling skills
- Good interpersonal, organizational and written
/ verbal communication skills, including in cross-cultural settings;
- Willingness to travel
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and
to organize and prioritize competing activities;
- Ability to work effectively in a team oriented
environment;
EGPAF in Kenya is recruiting for a Project Office - Pediatric and Adolescent to
be based in Lodwar.
Reporting to Service Delivery Advisor, the Project Officer will provide technical support to the various health facilities and program team in Turkana towards the realization of the 90: 90: 90 targets.
Reporting to Service Delivery Advisor, the Project Officer will provide technical support to the various health facilities and program team in Turkana towards the realization of the 90: 90: 90 targets.
He/she will provide technical
leadership in the implementation of Pediatric and Adolescent care within EGPAF
supported sites.
In addition he/she will be
responsible for the planning, coordination and providing overall direction for
the Pediatric HIV Care and Treatment programming as well as providing strong
leadership to a team of program officers working with the facilities.
Responsibilities
- To oversee the planning, initiation and
implementation of HIV pediatric and adolescent HIV Care and Treatment
services at EGPAF-supported facilities.
- To lead in the adaptation of national standard
package for Pediatric and adolescent HIV care and treatment services and
ensure its implementation in EGPAF supported facilities
- To lead supervision and mentorship on
implementation of standard package for pediatric and adolescent HIV Care
and Treatment programs
- To provide leadership and on-going technical
support for mentorship teams at county and sub-county level while building
technical capacity of Program Officers for ongoing and sustained technical
support to facilities in the implementation of pediatric and adolescent
HIV services
- Working with Community Liaison Officers, help
to identify Adolescent and Pediatric HIV champions that will lead community
and county engagement and buy in to scale up services for children and
adolescents
- To oversee the planning and implementation of
eMTCT and MNCH services in EGPAF-supported facilities.
- To participate in the
eMTCT/Pediatric/Adolescent technical working groups in the Ministry of
Health, National AIDS and STI Control Program (NASCOP) as well as at
County and sub-County level
- Working with M&E officers, help track
progress, identify course correction needs and implement interventions in
a timely manner
- Any other relevant duties that may be assigned
from time to time
Requirements:
- Clinical Officer with 3 years of continuous
HIV program implementation
- Registered with the Clinical Officers’ Council
- Experience in establishing and sustaining
working relationships with the Government of Kenya Ministries of Health at
County and Sub-county level
- Significant and up to date knowledge of the
current ART, PMTCT, TB/HIV, HTC guidelines, standards, tools and
best practices
- Experience in HIV/AIDS care and
treatment program implementation with demonstrated expertise in
effective management of pediatrics and adolescents
- Knowledge of PEPFAR Program and NASCOP
reporting requirements including familiarity with the data collection and
reporting tools used by NASCOP
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to
work with others in a multi-cultural team environment
- Strong skills in diplomacy and relationship
building with a variety of partners and stakeholders including the MOH ,
County and sub-County levels
- Excellent communication and writing skills
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to
work independently, assess priorities, and manage a variety of activities
with attention to detail
- Strong project management skills
- Ability to travel domestically for service
delivery monitoring up to 60% of the time
EGPAF in Kenya is
recruiting for a Project Officer - OVC Care and Support to be based Nairobi
Reporting to the Prevention Advisor, the Project Officer - OVC care and support will work to provide technical assistance and support to local indigenous organizations implementing a comprehensive OVC care program.
Reporting to the Prevention Advisor, the Project Officer - OVC care and support will work to provide technical assistance and support to local indigenous organizations implementing a comprehensive OVC care program.
He/she should be able to work with
the organizations in order to ensure that the children access optimum eligible
services either directly or through the establishment of viable networks with
the relevant stakeholders.
He/she is to ensure smooth transition
of OVCs and empower the caregivers in supporting them and overall work towards
to improving the welfare of the OVCs.
Duties & Responsibilities
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide technical support and assistance
to the local organizations implementing OVC program
- Ensure all children and the caregivers access
the eligible services as outlined in the OVC curricular
- Conduct routine visit to OVCs in their homes
and school setting
- Enable the caregivers to set up viable income
generating activities towards ensuring sustainable support
- Ensure timely reporting of program by
the various organizations;
- Ensure all the organizations are fully
utilizing the OLMIS tool as part of their programming
- Enable the effective roll out of the various
EBIs to the OVCs and their caregivers
- Identify training needs, plan trainings and
facilitate training sessions
- Play key role in Quality Assurance/Quality
Improvement of the OVC program.
- Identify, document and share key lessons
learnt on OVC program.
Qualifications and Competencies
- Degree in Public Health, Social and/or
Behavioural Sciences or a related field, with specific emphasis on
community-level health promotion and/or education and/or Social Work
- Minimum five years of experience in designing
and implementing large-scale OVC care and support program. Four of those
years should be in a technical leadership/management role for a project of
similar size and complexity, including experience working with local
indigenous organizations
- Demonstrated knowledge of OVC support
and care
- Demonstrated experience in capacity building,
organizational systems strengthening will be desired.
- Prior experience in building community
competency and capacity for improving health and use of participatory
methodologies for planning and implementing local-level activities
- Excellent interpersonal, training,
facilitation, team building and problem solving skills
- Willingness to travel at 60% of the time
EGPAF in Kenya is
recruiting for two Project Pharmacist to be based in
Lodwar and Homabay
Reporting to the Care and Treatment Technical adviser, the Project pharmacist will coordinate and facilitate all the Pamoja Homabay project requirements on managing drugs, pharmaceuticals and non-pharms for Pamoja Homabay supported sites.
Reporting to the Care and Treatment Technical adviser, the Project pharmacist will coordinate and facilitate all the Pamoja Homabay project requirements on managing drugs, pharmaceuticals and non-pharms for Pamoja Homabay supported sites.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the CHMT to support supply
and management of drugs, pharmaceuticals and non-pharms for the supported
region and sites, including coordinating CHMT support for the sub
counties.
- Will be the team lead for the supply and
management (logistics, information management system) of drugs,
pharmaceuticals and non-pharms as well as the one responsible for the
results of this project area.
- Together with His/her supervisor, coordinate
the Care and treatment project officers to develop weekly, monthly
and quarterly work plans and review the Project officers budgets and
requisitions for technical soundness as far as supply and management of
drugs, pharmaceuticals and non-pharms is concerned.
- Ensure all the central sites and stand along
sites adopt the use of ARVs dispensing tool
- Coordinate Identification of training needs
and support implementation of relevant training modules targeting HCWs in
supply and management of drugs, pharmaceuticals and non-pharms.
- Support the project officers in their routine
weekly sites support supervision along with sub county HMT Members.
- Work closely with the SI TA to ensure all
facilities are provided with the relevant targets and dash boards, and
through the project officers ensure that these are updated on a monthly
basis
- Work closely with the project officers to
ensure implementation and accurate, timely and reliable reporting of
pharmaco-vigillence from all supported sites
- Work closely with the Technical Advisers to
management of treatment failure.
- Take part in the donor review meetings on a
quarterly basis and SIMS sites visits
- Coordinate continuous availability of vital
commodities equipment, furniture and the various monitoring and evaluation
tools required for functional pharmaceutical activities.
- Participate in the various relevant TWGs in
the county and supra county levels
Qualifications and Competencies
- Must be a holder of B. Pharmacy from a
reputable recognized university
- Must be registered with Pharmacy and poison’s
board and licenced to practise Pharmacy in Kenya
- Experience in HIV programming including
treatment monitoring and pharmacovigilance
- Prior experience in working in the development
world will be an added advantage
- Experience working with MOH structures and
other development partners is desirable
- Must be a team player, mentor, trainer and
possess effective leadership skills.
EGPAF in Kenya is recruiting two Technical Advisor – HIV to be based in Kakamega and Kisumu.
Under the guidance of the Project Director, the Technical Advisor – HIV will be responsible for:
Under the guidance of the Project Director, the Technical Advisor – HIV will be responsible for:
- Providing technical assistance to the APHIA
plus project by developing comprehensive Care and treatment work plans.
- Coordinate program implementation with County
HMT/Sub county HMTs.
- Supervising technical staff in the
implementation of comprehensive HIV Care, Treatment and Prevention
programs in the project supported sites.
To be successful in this role you
will require:
- A minimum of 5 years proven hands-on experience
in the field of HIV Care, Treatment and Prevention.
- Demonstrated experience in working collegially
with MOH and other officials from the private, public, commercial and NGO
Sector while demonstrating leadership working and collaborating with all
Zone 1-based stakeholders and collaborating agencies
- Project Management experience working with
PEPFAR funded HIV programs at national, County and Sub county levels.
- Experience in working with USAID/CDC.
- You should poses a degree in Medicine or
Nursing with a minimum of 5 years proven experience in the field of
HIV/AIDS at senior management level.
- A degree in Medicine/Surgery or equivalent
- Post Graduate qualification in Medicine,
Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, MPH or other related field will be an
added advantage.
- In addition demonstrated, supervisory,
communication and excellent report writing skills will be desirable.
How to Apply
All applications should be sent
to: kenyarecruitment@pedaids.org
Application Closing Date: 11th September 2015
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Application Closing Date: 11th September 2015
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.