About Millennium Promise and Millennium Villages Project
Millennium Promise is the leading international non-profit organization solely committed to supporting the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals to halve extreme poverty by 2015.
Its flagship initiative is the Millennium Villages Project. In collaboration
with the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Millennium Promise has the
administrative and operations responsibility of the Millennium Villages
Project, which supports integrated social and business development services for
more than 500,000 people in rural communities across 10 countries in sub-Saharan
Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal,
Tanzania and Uganda). Millennium Promise is the leading international non-profit organization solely committed to supporting the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals to halve extreme poverty by 2015.
Millennium Villages Project reflects Millennium Promise’s focus
on simultaneously addressing the interconnected challenges of poverty – which
include hunger and malnutrition, disease and lack of access to health care,
poor education, water and sanitation and insufficient infrastructure, among
others. The organization engages partners from the private and public sectors,
national governments and individuals.
Community Development Facilitator
Reports to: Cluster Team Leader
Duty Station: Dertu
Contract Period: One year, renewable
Duties And Responsibilities
The Community Development Facilitator will be responsible to the Team Leader and will supervise the implementation of all community development interventions and programs in the village.
More specifically he/she will perform the following:
Community Development Facilitator
Reports to: Cluster Team Leader
Duty Station: Dertu
Contract Period: One year, renewable
Duties And Responsibilities
The Community Development Facilitator will be responsible to the Team Leader and will supervise the implementation of all community development interventions and programs in the village.
More specifically he/she will perform the following:
- Liaise
with sector specific facilitators to facilitate community trainings,
Coordination, sensitization and mobilization of parents/community to
participate in development activities while enhancing community
contributions,
- Facilitate
the planning and implementation of development interventions through
capacity building of various structure of the community already
established,
- Promote
participatory monitoring and evaluation processes within the community,
- Supervise
enumerators on carrying out socio economic surveys,
- Promote
collaboration, communication and cooperation with government ministries
and other stakeholders and actors in the community,
- Ensure
accurate and timely production of monthly, quarterly and annual planning and
budgeting for planned project activities with the community,
- Facilitate
development of community action in liaison with various sectors,
- Facilitate
conflict resolutions among the communities and ensure peace and
coexistence structures are reinforced,
- Oversee
promotion and adoption of community learning resource centers in the
- villages.
- Facilitate
registration of the community recognized institutions through the DSDO
Skills and Credentials
- Minimum
of 5 years of increasingly responsibility in, Community Development, NGO
experience preferred,
- Minimum
of a Bachelors Degree in social studies (Preferably in Community
- Development,
Social Work, Gender & Development Studies),
- Very
good spoken and written communication skills in English; ( understanding
of Somali language preferred)
- Very
good knowledge of basic computer skills, knowledge in MS Excel is an added
advantage
- Excellent
and interpersonal skills.
- Proven
ability to lead and motivate people and have a proactive approach to
ensure that systems and information flows are effective. A high level of
initiative, creativity, judgment and service orientation
- Willingness
to work and live in Dertu
- Experience
working in diverse/ multi-cultural communities
Education Facilitator
Reports to: Cluster Team Leader
Duty Station: Dertu
Contract Period: One year, renewable
Duties and Responsibilities
The Education Facilitator will be responsible to the Team Leader and will supervise
the implementation of all education interventions and programs in the village. More
specifically he/she will perform the following:
Reports to: Cluster Team Leader
Duty Station: Dertu
Contract Period: One year, renewable
Duties and Responsibilities
The Education Facilitator will be responsible to the Team Leader and will supervise
the implementation of all education interventions and programs in the village. More
specifically he/she will perform the following:
- Sensitization
and mobilization of parents/community to participate in education
development.
- Organize
and facilitate appropriate training programs for the community and the
School Management Committees in participating in the program,
- Facilitate
the planning and implementation of education interventions including
formal and alternative basic education e.g. mobile schools,
- Facilitate
monitoring and evaluation of education activities, in conjunction with
ministry of education and other stakeholders,
- Provide
the necessary technical support to community based committees so as to
strengthen the overall educational performance of the project,
- Identify
relevant educational interventions with the community and facilitate their
full participation towards project ownership,
- Promote
high level collaboration, communication and co-operation with government
ministries and other stakeholders and actors in the community,
- Document
activity progress on regular basis,
- Make
timely monthly planning and budgeting for activities.
Skills and Credentials
- Minimum
of 3 years of increasingly responsibility in implementing education
interventions in arid areas, NGO experience preferred,
- Minimum
of a Bachelors degree in education,
- Very
good spoken and written communication skills in English; ( understanding
of Somali language preferred)
- Very
good knowledge of basic computer skills, knowledge in MS Excel is an added
advantage
- Excellent
and interpersonal skills.
- Proven
ability to lead and motivate people and have a proactive approach to
ensure that systems and information flows are effective.
- A
high level of initiative, creativity, judgment and service orientation
- Willingness
to work and live in Dertu
- Experience
working in diverse/ multi-cultural communities
Community Health Worker Manager
Reports to: Cluster Team Leader
Duty Station: Dertu
Contract Period: One year, renewable
Duties and Responsibilities
The community health worker manager is responsible to the team leader and will supervisor the implementation of the community health programs in the village. More specifically he/she will perform the following:
Reports to: Cluster Team Leader
Duty Station: Dertu
Contract Period: One year, renewable
Duties and Responsibilities
The community health worker manager is responsible to the team leader and will supervisor the implementation of the community health programs in the village. More specifically he/she will perform the following:
- Hold
weekly meetingswith Community Health Workers (CHW), weekly and monthly
reports compiling public health data and work closely with the Database
Manager.
- Identify
actionable items on weekly reports and design timely interventions to
improve the health of the community, based on incoming data. If death is
reported, perform verbal autopsy.
- Fill
out monthly reports compiling public health data received from Community
Health
- Workers
to send to Health Coordinator, CHW East Africa Coordinator.
- Ensure
operations tools evolve with the needs of the Dertu site.
- Collect
data monthly from CHV-Community Health Veterinary, Coordinators.
- Lead
CHW manual revisions by providing feedback to the health coordinator.
- Liaise
with the m-Health team on CHW trainings on mobile phone usage.
- Community
Health Worker Evaluations and Certifications; Conduct regular field
evaluations of CHWs
- Lead
and maintain an on-going certification process for Community Health
Workers.
- Lead
Community Focus Groups every quarter to evaluate specific Community Health
Workers.
- CHW
Program Management; Organize and supervise the work of CHVs
- Maintain
and update the CHW Register.
- Monitor
and supervise CHW use of data/operations tools and Provide general support
for health team initiatives.
Skills and Credentials
- A
registered nurse or public health technician or clinical officer or
related subject, and or advanced management qualifications or equivalent
experience in public health and health administration.
- Knowledge
of epidemiology an added advantage
- At
least three (3) years relevant experience in supervisory role or in health
care with a development-oriented NGO
- Proven
ability to lead and motivate people and have a proactive approach to
ensure that systems and information flows are effective. A high level of
initiative, creativity, judgment and service orientation
- Excellent
skills in computer packages. High proficiency in oral and written English
and Somali language.
- Willingness
to work and live in Dertu
Health Facility Nurse
Reports to: Health Coordinator
Duty Station: Dertu
Contract Period: One year, renewable
Duties and Responsibilities
Health Facility Nurse will be responsible to the project health coordinator and will be in charge of a health post. More specifically he/she will perform the following:
Reports to: Health Coordinator
Duty Station: Dertu
Contract Period: One year, renewable
Duties and Responsibilities
Health Facility Nurse will be responsible to the project health coordinator and will be in charge of a health post. More specifically he/she will perform the following:
- Provision
of focused antenatal care to pregnant mothers,
- Provision
of PMTC services in accordance with ministry of health guidelines,
- Practice
of integrated management of childhood illness including conduction of
routine and campaign immunization and education of families on IMCI,
- Provision
of primary care services for the older children and adults,
- Conducting
mobile clinics into the community,
- Conducting
normal delivery including taking night calls,
- Participate
in all relevant clinical research,
- Prepare
comprehensive summaries and reports of the facilities and mobile clinic
activities.
- VCT
Counselling
- Patient
and community education
- Follow
up on the health cases such as patients on ARV and their nutrition
Skills and Credentials
- Minimum
of 3 years of increasingly responsibility in implementing health
interventions in arid areas, NGO experience preferred,
- Diploma
in Nursing,
- Very
good spoken and written communication skills in English; ( understanding
of Somali language preferred)
- Excellent
and interpersonal skills.
- Proven
ability to lead and motivate people and have a proactive approach to
ensure that systems and information flows are effective. A high level of
initiative, creativity, judgment and service orientation
- Willingness
to work and live in Dertu
- Experience
working in diverse/ multi-cultural communities
Terms
of Offer
Millennium Promise is an equal opportunity employer offering a competitive salary.
Applicants are invited to send a cover letter illustrating their suitability for the above positions against the listed qualifications/competencies/skills and a detailed curriculum vitae, with names and addresses of three referees (including telephone and fax numbers and email address).
Applications should indicate on the envelope position applied for and addressed to the Cluster Team Leader,
Dertu-Millennium Villages Project,
P.O. Box 958 - 70100,
Garissa.
Applications will be considered until 30th March, 2012.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted
Millennium Promise is an equal opportunity employer offering a competitive salary.
Applicants are invited to send a cover letter illustrating their suitability for the above positions against the listed qualifications/competencies/skills and a detailed curriculum vitae, with names and addresses of three referees (including telephone and fax numbers and email address).
Applications should indicate on the envelope position applied for and addressed to the Cluster Team Leader,
Dertu-Millennium Villages Project,
P.O. Box 958 - 70100,
Garissa.
Applications will be considered until 30th March, 2012.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted