Project Assistant - HIV
Location: Siaya
CMMB is committed to
learning and evolving in order to successfully achieve impact in its strategy
and will have strong vertical and horizontal team structures in alignment to
the global strategy in order to encourage accountability, communication, and
effective project management.
We believe in people.
We strive to live out our core values of collaboration, love, excellence, and respect every day. We provide our employees with a competitive salary and a meaningful benefits package, with opportunities to learn and grow. We especially encourage all persons of diverse backgrounds to apply.
Department Summary
The Programs Department plays a critical role in achieving CMMB’s strategy
around improving the lives of women and children, by leading the provision of high quality
programs focused on children’s and mothers’ health, and particularly in
the development and implementation of our CHAMPS model.
This team is also responsible for generating revenue from and partnering
effectively with government(s), major foundations, and other major
donors, and will help to position and enhance CMMB’s technical capacity and
reputation in the field of global healthcare.
CMMB has been working in
Kenya for almost 16 years. CMMB works to ensure that the most vulnerable
populations, especially mothers and children, have access to quality services
in health care, health promotion and illness prevention.
Overview
You will support the
day-to-day implementation of project interventions and be responsible for
realization of project deliverables within their areas of operation. Further,
you will support operationalization of program quality, documentation,
experience sharing and learning initiatives introduced by the project as well
as contribute to the preparation of timely donor reports. The position
will also support the project’s stakeholder engagements in the county
with overall support and guidance of the Project Officer and Project
Manager.
Duties and responsibilities
Specifically, the Project Assistant will work
closely with the Project Officer and M&E Officer to perform the
following tasks:
Project Management:
- Participate
in planning of project activities and set high quality performance
targets, ensuring adherence to technical standards, best practices,
and donor guidelines.
- Review
and track progress of project implementation and utilization of project
resources, using participatory processes to overcome implementation
obstacles.
- Maintain
up-to-date documentation related to project monitoring and implementation,
including up-to date performance data on the indicators being tracked by
the project.
- Ensure
a working environment of mutual trust, respect and care with other staff,
encouraging effective teamwork with staff members and partners.
- Identification,
recruitment and retention of beneficiaries
Budget and Financial Management:
- Ensure that project activities
comply with CMMB financial guidelines, policies, procedures and
regulations. • In collaboration with the finance teams and
supporting the project officers, ensure timely payments of project
beneficiaries and provide liquidation reports.
- Participate
in the preparation of annual project budgets, quarterly and monthly
budgets. Monitoring, Accountability, Evaluation and Learning:
- Use
appropriate project management tools to plan, review and track project
progress on project implementation.
- Promote
innovative/effective methods towards achievement of project
objectives.
- Support
documentation processes of project success stories, best practices,
lessons learnt and other project innovations and learnings.
- Supervise and mentor the peer
educators, community adolescent treatment supporters, CHVs and
community advisory boards towards creating and enabling environment for
PLHIVs and the AGYWs • Support implementation of community-based
project activities to ensure adherence to set quality standards.
- Monitor
the performance of peer educators, community adolescent treatment
supporters, CHVs and community advisory boards and continuously mentor
them as needed.
- Work
with the Project and M&E Officers to prepare donor project narrative
reports, collect monthly and quarterly performance data, as well as other
reports needed/required.
- Regularly
organize and coordinate meetings with key stakeholders on project progress
and challenges. Partnership:
- Engage
stakeholders at all stages of the project cycle for their insights on the
appropriateness of project approaches and interventions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Social Sciences, Community Health or related field.
- At
least three -year experience in community health work within a public
health focused Non-Governmental Organization.
- Experience
working with HIV care and treatment interventions
- Understanding
of the 90 90 90 HIV management cascade
- Impressive
Community mobilization experience
- Extensive
understanding of Community Health Strategy and working with the various
structures under the Community Health Strategy.
- Experience
in the implementation of Global Fund HIV grants is an added advantage
- Communication
skills, computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, Power-point)
- Excellent
report writing skills
How to apply
Visit our careers
page for more information and click here to
apply.
All applications must be received by 24th June 2022
Note: Only Shortlisted
candidates will be contacted.
