Vacancies in Marie Stopes, Nairobi, Kenya

Marie Stopes Kenya is an NGO registered in Kenya. We are affiliated to Marie Stopes International. 

Together we deliver safe abortion, quality sexual and reproductive health care and family planning to millions of the world's poorest and most vulnerable women. We want to make sure that women have a choice when it comes to having children and that death by unsafe abortion is reduced.


Job Title: Executive Assistant to CD

Location: Nairobi   

Reporting to: Country Director


Probationary Period: 3 months

The Executive Assistant plays a pivotal role in the Country Director’s Office. The job holder provides comprehensive administrative, logistical, communication and technical support to the Country Director and Country Management Team (CMT)

The strategic purpose of the Country Director’s office is to provide leadership and direction to ensure MSK’s vision and mission is being achieved through the implementation of the organization’s strategy.

The primary responsibility of this role is to further our Goal: THE PREVENTION OF UNWANTED BIRTHS and its mission of ensuring the individuals right to: CHILDREN BY CHOICE NOT CHANCE

The post holder commits to and is held accountable to Marie Stopes International global core values: mission driven, customer focused, results orientated, Pioneering, Sustainable, people centered

Key Responsibilities
1.    Provide efficient Administration and Communication support to the office
2.    Provide Logistical and Technical support to the Country Director
3.    Maintain interactions with internal and external stakeholders
Measures  
  • Admin support to CD and CMT effectively maintained
  • Effective communication between management and team
  • Effective communication with stake holders maintained
Provide efficient Administration and Communication support to the office

Activities Include:
  • Maintain and efficient work diary for the CD and ensure appointments and meetings are well organized and coordinated and timed
  • Manage and organize meetings for CD and CMT , coordinate availability dates
  • Facilitate and take minutes for CMT and other  meetings as instructed and distribute any follow up actions
  • Ensure relevant reports, agenda and other information is provided and communicated to various levels of management
  • Track and monitor the CD’s department budget.
  • Facilitate any external events or conferences as requested by the CD
  • Coordinating documentation to CD’s office requiring signature.
  • Maintain files related to the Board and all governance issues in conjunction with Director Corporate Services
  • Support responses in writing to any correspondences relating to policy and sensitive matters    
Measures
  • Coordinated, timed meetings
  • Minutes of meeting recorded and filed
  • Information available
  • Clear records of expenditures
  • Files available
Provide Logistical and Technical support to the Country Director

Activities Include:
  • Manage all travel arrangements (visa, hotel, flights etc) and ensure CD is fully informed of those plans
  • Provide logistics for seminars and conferences are instructed by CD
  • Conduct research for reports, briefings and correspondence for presentation as instructed by CD
  • Reconciliation of CD’s monthly credit card statement and travel requisitions for submission to finance department.    
Measures
  • Coordinated travel
  • Report findings and presentations available
  • Filed records
Maintain interactions with internal and external stakeholders

Activities include:
  • First point of contact of CD in her absence, assessing priorities and redirecting mail as necessary
  • Managing correspondence between donors, partners, other stakeholders and CD. Ensure that good public relations is maintained
  • Promote cooperate image by professionally representing CD internally and externally and consistently exhibiting the attributes of MSK as an organization
  • Representing   in fora and meetings with affiliates for which the CD is a member  e.g  ANMA ( Africa network for medical abortion etc.)
  • Develop a data base of key contacts   
Measures
  • Accurate communication
  • MSK brand understood internally and externally
  • Contacts available
Skills and Experience

Qualifications:
  • Degree in Business Administration, Social Sciences, Human Resource or any related field
  • Master’s degree will be an added advantage
Experience:

Qualifications
  • At least 3 years’ experience of program support in busy INGO
  • Knowledge of donor funded programmes management.
Skills:
  • Excellent interpersonal/communication skills – both oral and written
  • Excellent Analytical and organizational skills
  • Proven ability to interpret verbal, written and numerical data
  • Proven ability to ‘sell’ ideas, concepts
  • Negotiation skills
  • Content design skills
Attitude / Motivation:

Successful performance at MSI is not simply defined in terms of ‘what’ people achieve, but equally is about ‘how’ people go about their jobs and the impact that they have on others. 

There are 13 key behaviours that MSI encourages in all employees and they are defined below:

Initiative
  • Thinking ahead and taking action to make the most of opportunities by finding the optimum solution
Innovative
  • Thinking creatively and outside of the box so that ideas generated create a positive outcome
Effective Communication
  • Communicating through active listening and good questioning techniques, using appropriate body language, ensuring information is clear and concise.
Responsive
  • Being responsive to changing priorities and demands
Working Efficiently
  • Planning, prioritising and organising work to ensure work is accurate and deadlines are met
Sharing Information
  • Sharing information and knowledge whilst maintaining confidentiality
Focus on Learning
  • Taking responsibility for keeping knowledge and skills updated and for seeking opportunities to develop further
Commitment
  • Awareness and understanding of goals, vision and values and how your role impacts on this and going the extra mile to meet role requirements
Driven
  • Drive and determination to deliver results
Accountable
  • Taking responsibility for appropriate decisions that you make, and the actions and behaviour you demonstrate
Embracing Change
  • Openness to embracing change within the organisation and being able to adjust plans/activities accordingly
Motivated
  • Motivation towards achieving quality results to maximise potential
Team Player
  • Working as part of a team by being supportive, flexible and showing respect for each other
How to Apply 

Applications quoting the position title with detailed CV, with contact details of 3 referees including their email addresses (1 of which should be your immediate supervisor, 1 former supervisor and 1 any other not relatives) should be submitted to recruitment@sheerlogic.co.ke  on or before 10th May 2016. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

NB: Please clearly indicate in the subject line as “Executive Assistant to CD”


Job Title: Obstetric Gynaecologist

Location: Kenya   


Reporting to: Center Manager

Probationary Period: 3 months

Being the technical team leader of the various cadres of service providers at the MSK nursing home and MSK overall, the Obstetric Gynaecologist is one of the senior team members within the Programme Operations Department. 

In particular the role is required to ensure that all technical aspects relating to the provision of quality and excellent health care to our clients is achieved, in line with MSK core values of customer focused, results oriented and sustainability. 

Strategic Purpose of the Programme Operations Unit: to ensure excellent delivery all MSKs programme activities and the development and funding of new work

The primary responsibility of this role is to further our Goal: THE PREVENTION OF UNWANTED BIRTHS and its mission of ensuring the individual’s right to: CHILDREN BY CHOICE NOT CHANCE

The post holder commits to and is held accountable to Marie Stopes International global core values: mission driven, customer focused, results orientated, pioneering, sustainable and people centered

Key Responsibilities and Measures
1.    To provide clinical services and ensure that MSK centres and/or teams meet the requisite QTA standards
2.    Training and development  and build capacity of  service providers internally and externally
3.    Coordinating and administering relevant and timely continuous medical updates to other staff to meet MSK’s operation’s needs.
4.    Empowering an Effective team management   
To provide clinical services and ensure that MSK centres and /or teams meet the requisite QTA standards 
Activities include
  • Undertake second line  consultation in line with MSK guidelines and procedures
  • Provide clinical review of obstetric and gynaecological cases on a day to day basis and carrying out scheduled and emergency in-patient procedures as may be required
  • Provide clinical skills in handling major and minor  complications across channels within MSK
  • Ensure there is proper and effective use of medical equipment and supplies and to notify the centre manager the need for repair, maintenance or replacements etc.
  • Continuously  carry out support supervision, monitoring of the other team members involved in service delivery
  • Conducting regular internal quality audit checks at the centre
  • Provide expert opinion in courts or as may be required by statutory bodies
Measures   
  • Client satisfaction
  • Informed consent of client
  • Internal QTA scores consistently above 90% and external QTA including obstetrics audit
  • Reports on major and minor complications
  • Audit reports
Training and development and build capacity of service providers internally and externally ( Should include OJT and mentoring
 
Activities include:
  • Develop, implement and monitor training programmes as per the training schedule in liaison with the training manager
  • Support MSK training as the lead trainer/ co trainer on MSK co service areas internally and externally which include SA/PAC BEMONC training and any other training as may be required
  • Supervise clinical training for staff
  • Conduct clinical orientation for staff on all key MSK service provision areas
  • Provide continuing clinical education training
  • Update training materials and presentations   
Measures
  • Training feedback  reports
  • Training and competency notes
  • Induction reports
Coordinating and administering relevant and timely continuous medical updates to other staff to meet MSK’s operations needs.
 
Activities include:
  • Develop clear framework for regular clinical updates for all health care staff
  • Preparing and participating fully in Continuous Medical Education (C.M.E.)
  • Liaise  with the QAM department in supporting regular quality updates at the centre
  • Routinely seek personal professional development in clinical skills and updates to deliver high quality services
  • Participate in clinical governance via audit and significant events   
Measures
  • CME log frame
  • Regular CME log sheets
  • Clinical skills assessment forms
Empowering and effective Team Management
 
Activities include
  • Day to day supervision of the clinical service team to ensure that team delivers high quality services
  • Routine mentorship and on job training of peers and other health care cadre staff
  • Participating in performance appraisal and feedback for other staff members within the team   
Measures
  • OGSM-Staff appraisals conducted and feedback provided to team members.
  • Training Needs Assessment
  • Mentorship log sheets
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
 
Qualifications:
  • Masters in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from a recognized university.
  • Must be registered with the Medical Practitioners and dentists board and possess a valid Private practice License
Skills:
  • Proven clinical and Training skills
  • I.T skills
  • Report writing skills
  • Leadership skills
Skills:

Successful performance at MSK is not simply defined in terms of ‘what’ people achieve, but equally is about ‘how’ people go about their jobs and the impact that they have on others. 

There are 13 key behaviours that MSK encourages in all employees and they are defined below:

Initiative
  • Thinking ahead and taking action to make the most of opportunities by finding the optimum solution
Innovative
  • Thinking creatively and outside of the box so that ideas generated create a positive outcome
Effective Communication
  • Communicating through active listening and good questioning techniques, using appropriate body language, ensuring information is clear and concise.
Responsive
  • Being responsive to changing priorities and demands
Working Efficiently
  • Planning, prioritising and organising work to ensure work is accurate and deadlines are met
Sharing Information
  • Sharing information and knowledge whilst maintaining confidentiality
Focus on Learning
  • Taking responsibility for keeping knowledge and skills updated and for seeking opportunities to develop further
Commitment
  • Awareness and understanding of goals, vision and values and how your role impacts on this and going the extra mile to meet role requirements
Driven
  • Drive and determination to deliver results
Accountable
  • Taking responsibility for appropriate decisions that you make, and the actions and behaviour you demonstrate
Embracing Change
  • Openness to embracing change within the organisation and being able to adjust plans/activities accordingly
Motivated
  • Motivation towards achieving quality results to maximise potential
Team Player
  • Working as part of a team by being supportive, flexible and showing respect for each other
How to Apply
 
Applications quoting the position title with detailed CV, with contact details of 3 referees including their email addresses (1 of which should be your immediate supervisor, 1 former supervisor and 1 any other not relatives) should be submitted to info@sheerlogic.co.ke  on or before 4th May 2016. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

NB: Please clearly indicate in the subject line as “Obstetrician and Gynaecologist”