The
Academic Model Providing Access to Health Care (AMPATH) is a program under the
auspices of Moi University and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) whose
aim is to provide sustainable efforts in access to Health care, Research and
Training.
AMPATH
supports the Ministry of Health in eight (8) Counties of Western Kenya Region,
with a catchment population of an estimated 3.5 million people.
Position
Title: Head of Research & Sponsored Projects Office (RSPO)
Ref: AMP/RSPO/HR/2016/001
Grade: RS16
Reporting
to: Head of Principal Investigators
Overall
Job Responsibility: This position
entails provision of leadership to all departments in RSPO including Finance,
Human Resource, Grants & Compliance, and General Administration.
Duties
and Responsibilities
The
successful candidate shall be expected to carry out the following duties and
responsibilities:
·
Guiding and communicating AMPATH
policies and procedures to all RSPO staff as approved by AMPATH Board and
ensuring that they are understood and adhered to.
·
Give administrative guidance for all
grants application, negotiations of awards, post award management and project
closeout.
·
Ensuring RSPO work procedures are in
compliance with all donor policies and procedures, GAAP and local legal
requirements
·
Supervise and appraise performance of
RSPO staff and ensuring that they provide correct and timely reports.
·
Overseeing the Planning, budgeting,
implementation, and evaluation of awards and subordinate agreements.
·
Providing leadership in managing
external audits for all grants and ensuring that any audit recommendations are
implemented immediately.
·
Attending and participating in RSPO
Heads of Department and general staff meetings in order to provide timely
updates and issues.
·
Ensuring timely and accurate
financial and administrative reports are submitted to donors, and donor
feedback for corrections is responded immediately.
·
Closely monitoring all financial
activities that influence the organization or its partners’ efficiency.
·
Any other duties as assigned by CEO,
MTRH/Principal MUCHS and HOPI.
Job
Specifications
For
appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:
·
Over 10 years work experience, 5
years of which must be at a leadership position or senior level of management
in donor grants management.
·
Knowledge on donor policies with
specific emphasis to NIH, CDC, USAID, and EU rules and regulations.
·
Master’s in Business Administration,
or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution. Having a
Diploma/Master’s degree in Grants Management will be an added advantage.
·
Bachelor’s degree in Commerce,
Administration, or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized
institution;
·
Be a member of a respective
professional association/ or its equivalent
·
Shown competence and capability in
work performance
·
Meets requirements of chapter six of
the Constitution of Kenya 2010
·
Attended Strategic Leadership Development
Programme lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution.
Position: Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor (1 Post)
Job Description: The M&E Advisor is ultimately responsible for the
design and implementation of project data management and reporting system.
Responsibilities include monitoring
program activities, planning and implementing studies, development of tools,
establishing feedback mechanisms to project staff and partners, technical
assistance to program staff, partners and county and sub county persons
responsible for data management.
A primary responsibility will be to
ensure that all those involved in the AMPATHPlus Program understand the role
and importance of data and methods for using it to improve program
effectiveness.
Duties and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Chief of Party
AMPATHPlus, the candidate will:
·
Develop and update project M&E
Plan and PMP, including identifying appropriate indicators and design of data
collection system for the project to collect and report on data to measure
performance and achievement of project objectives;
·
Provide technical assistance to local
implementing partners’ to develop systems for the continual collection,
analysis, and presentation of data, and build the capacity of these partners to
interpret and report on their progress and achievements;
·
Conduct regular quality checks of
project data ensuring that data reported by Project corresponds with MoH data.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate should have:
·
Minimum of a Master’s Degree in Public
Health, Demography, Population Studies, Sociology, Applied Statistics,
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Systems Management, Monitoring and
Evaluation or Health informatics related.
·
Minimum of six (6) years of
progressively responsible experience successfully designing, implementing and
overseeing monitoring and evaluation tasks for health and/or development
projects at the county levels.
·
PHD in Quantitative Social Sciences
or proof of near completion will be an added advantage.
·
Ability to work independently, under
pressure and to adhere to set deadlines
·
Competency in MS Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint, and a statistical software package (SPSS, EPI-INFO, STATA, SAS or
similar). Experience with programming software a plus.
·
Experience with USG and Ministry of
Health projects and reporting requirements.
·
Meet requirements of Chapter 6 of the
Constitution of Kenya and will be required to have a clearance certificate from
KRA and a Certificate of Good Conduct.
Terms of Employment: The successful candidate will be employed on 2-year
renewable contract terms with a competitive salary and allowances.
Candidates who meet these
requirements and are interested should submit their applications, copies of
certificates, testimonials and detailed Curriculum Vitae giving details of
their current remuneration on or before 9th December, 2016 to the address
below:
The Chief of Party
AMPATHPlus Program
P.O. Box 4606– 30100
Eloret
AMPATHPlus Program
P.O. Box 4606– 30100
Eloret
Applications can also be received at
ceo@ampath.or.ke
Only shortlisted candidates shall be
contacted.
AMPATHPlus is an Equal Opportunity
Employer and encourages applications from qualified individual regardless of
race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.
