NGO Jobs in Kenya – Jhpiego

Jhpiego is a nonprofit global leader in the creation and delivery of transformative health care solutions for the developing world.


In partnership with national governments, health experts and local communities, we build health providers’ skills, and we develop systems that save lives now and guarantee healthier futures for women and their families.
Our aim is revolutionizing health care for the planet’s most disadvantaged people.
We are seeking experienced individuals with excellent organizational and technical skills, who are team players, dedicated, hardworking, innovative, highly motivated and able to work in a high-pressure environment requiring multi-tasking abilities.


Program Officer – Migori
Reporting to the County Cluster Manager, the Program Officer will be responsible for building the capacity of health care providers on oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), monitor adherence and drug safety, assist in supply chain management and strengthen service delivery at the health facility level for the Jilinde Project.
S/he will also identify gaps in service provision and lead efforts in quality improvement of services.
In addition, s/he will assist with technical strategy and work plan development, site assessment, supportive supervision and implementation.
This position will support delivery of oral PrEP to adolescent girls and young women (AGYW).
Responsibilities:
·         Provide support ¡n the design, planning, implementation and routine monitoring of Jilinde project activities at the county cluster level
·         Lead the integration of oral pre exposure prophylaxis as a combination prevention intervention within the existing service delivery infrastructure
·         Provide technical support (including training, CMEs and mentorship) to health care providers in health facilities, and other service delivery points on the delivery of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis
·         Support in strengthening the commodity supply chain at the county and sub county level to ensure a consistent supply of oral PrEP commodities, monitor adherence and safety
·         Manage technical contributions of sub grantees, including providing clinical support
·         Represent Jilinde in technical working groups and committees, stakeholder and partner meetings at sub-county, county and national level, and disseminate relevant evidence on oral pre-exposure prophylaxis
·         Spearhead innovative and cost effective strategies of ensuring conversion of knowledge derived from continuous program implementation and learning into action for quality improvement
·         Coordinate with the county and sub-county health management teams in the implementation of oral PrEP service delivery activities, including supportive supervision and quality improvement
·         Prepare periodic (monthly, quarterly and annual) project reports and provide relevant programmatic information for internal and external reporting purposes
·         Monitoring, documentation and sharing of best practices and ‘success stories
Qualifications:
·         Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Medicine, Nursing or related qualification
·         5 years’ hands on experience working with health or related programs at the national and county level
·         At least 3 years’ experience implementing HIV prevention, care and treatment programs

·         Experience in implementing oral pre-exposure prophylaxis interventions will be an added advantage
·         Experience working with adolescent girls and young women is desirable Strong change management, results oriented and decision making skills
·         Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communications skills
·         Proficiency ¡n using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
How to Apply
Qualified female candidates are encourage to apply.
Interested applicants should send application & CV with 3 referees to the following email address: HR.Kenya@jhpiego.org by 16th February 2018.

Data Management Assistant – Kisumu
Reporting to the Data Manager, the Data Management assistant will be responsible for the management of all the project data at the Lake Cluster (Kisumu, Migori and Kisii Counties).
S/he will also assist with the data management capacity building for the project team and partners; maintain project PMP and ensure data quality.
S/he will ensure completeness of data capture tools, timely data entry and upload of data from the facilities offering Oral Prep in the Lake Cluster.
Responsibilities:
·         Deploy and maintain the health management information system for the Jilinde project in the Cluster
·         Support Jilinde facilities in having the most current data capture and reporting tools
·         Facilitate On-The-Job training and mentorship to project, County and health facility staff on data capture, reporting and HMIS
·         Assist in developing the system documentation, and SOP’s, ensure that data is entered and uploaded on time from the HMIS system to the reporting server
·         Coordinate weekly and monthly timely and accurate data reporting by all Jilinde supported facilities to the Sub County, project and DHIS2
·         Support the Cluster manager ¡n all the data needs of the Cluster including trouble shooting the Jilinde HMIS
·         Assist the Data Manager in developing the reporting summary tools and help generate the electronic summary for routine reporting
·         Providing support in database management at the cluster level to meet project data requirements
·         Assist to gather technical updates for project planning, monitoring, evaluation and research
·         Ensure that all the cluster tools, data files, analysis files, reports and presentations are stored in the storage archive
·         Support the counties to conduct data quality assessments (DQA)
·         Assist in the preparation of the weekly, monthly, quarterly and/or annual reports
·         Perform other programmatic, technical and administrative duties as necessary and as assigned.
Qualifications:
·         Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, statistics or related field
·         2 years experience in monitoring and evaluation, data management and analysis of health / research project and/or HMIS work
·         Experience in managing health information systems
·         Knowledge in SQL concepts such as queries, triggers, views and stored procedures
·         Demonstrated experience in implementation of M-health solutions e.g. EMR
·         Excellent analytical, oral and report-writing skills
·         Proficiency in use of data analysis tools such as Excel, SPPS
·         Experience in use of data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau or Excel.
How to Apply
Qualified female candidates are encourage to apply.
Interested applicants should send application & CV with 3 referees to the following email address: HR.Kenya@jhpiego.org by 16th February 2018.
Indicate how your education and experience qualifies you for the position.
Only those selected for interview will be contacted.
Jhpiego is an equal opportunity employer.
Persons with disabilities and other minority groups are encouraged to apply.