Program Director - Blood Safety
Closing date: 15 Nov 2012
CHF International
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improve their social, economic and environmental conditions.Closing date: 15 Nov 2012
CHF International
Project Summary:
CHF international is implementing a U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention funded Technical Assistance for the Implementation and
Expansion of Blood Safety Activities in Kenya program.
The overall goal of the program is to ensure the provision of a
safe and sufficient blood supply to health facilities in Kenya through the
provision of expert guidance and targeted technical assistance to the Kenya
National Blood Transfusion Service (KNBTS) and its affiliates.
Job Summary:
CHF International is seeking a Program Director to provide technical oversight, planning and coordination to the Blood Safety Technical Assistance program in collaboration with the Senior Program Manager, CDC, WHO and GOK counterparts.
This position is based in Nairobi, with travel around
Kenya.
The Program Director will be responsible for leading efforts in
developing and strengthening blood safety policy, infrastructure, donor
mobilization, collection, notification, referral and retention strategies,
bio-safety, quality assurance, blood testing processing and distribution as
well as hospital supervision systems.
Key Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide
technical assistance to the KNBTS and other partners in the implementation
of Blood Safety activities, including the mobilization, recruitment,
collection, testing, handling, processing, storage, transport, and
distribution of blood and blood products collected from donors for
transfusions.
- Work
with KNBTS to identify and collaborate on approaches to correct problems,
barriers, and issues impeding the effective implementation of Blood Safety
program activities.
- Serves
as an expert technical resource in the specialized programmatic area to
government and other collaborating partners.
- Develop
and maintain effective liaisons with staff in implementing partner
organizations to ensure that timelines and quality standards for
implementation of program activities are met.
- Identify
staff training needs in implementing partner organizations, facilitates
and participates in the planning and development of training programs,
teaching modules, manuals, and educational materials to address identified
needs. Works with relevant partners to organize and participate in
capacity building of blood safety program staff through training and
mentoring.
- Lead
in the design, development and implementation of program guidelines,
protocols, strategies, manuals and activities for areas including: blood
donor mobilization, recruitment, notification, referrals and retention;
blood collection, screening and processing, and rational use of blood;
expansion of geographical and facility coverage of safe blood;
implementation of quality management system; and enhancing capacity of
KNBTS to carry out Blood Transfusion Services.
- Participate
in internal CDC, GOK and other blood safety-related working groups and
technical teams (e.g., Biomedical, Counseling and Testing, Laboratory,
Biosafety, Supply Chain Management, Human Resources for Health) to ensure
linkages to blood safety and effective coordination of work plan
development, implementation strategies, training, infrastructure
development and evaluation plans.
- Conduct
site visits to NBTS field sites, transfusing hospitals and donor recruiter
offices and events to provide technical assistance and oversight in
program implementation.
- Represent
Kenya’s blood safety efforts at technical, policy and strategic planning
meetings with collaborators and key stakeholders.
- Provide
guidance and technical assistance to partners in analyzing and evaluating
program activities and use of data in program planning. Support program
partners in evaluation implementation, data analysis, report writing
development of basic program evaluation protocols. As appropriate, support
program partners in writing and submitting abstracts for relevant
conferences and journal publications.
- Provide
guidance in the implementation of the KNBTS strategic plan including
supporting the implementation of a resource mobilization plan for
sustainability of KNBTS.
- Support
the development, review and advocacy for the KNBTS legislation for the
realization of semi autonomy.
- Ensure
adherence to established work plans and CDC and PEPFAR guidelines,
policies and priorities.
Qualifications:
- Medical
degree in related field;
- Technical
expert in the field of Blood Safety/Blood Transfusion Medicine;
- 7
years experience in designing, implementing and managing blood safety
programs;
- Skill
in providing leadership, direction, and technical expertise in BTS systems
to include being able to analyze and interpret the spectrum of laboratory
and transfusion medicine services. This includes the identification and
resolution of a wide variety of related laboratory problems such as
testing algorithms, equipment repair/maintenance, correcting management
deficiencies, and diagnosing procedural weaknesses.
- Broad
understanding of overall public health issues and specific understanding
of, and experience in, HIV/AIDS programming;
- Direct
experience with USG (PEPFAR and CDC) programmatic and reporting
requirements;
- Able
to lead project teams and technical working groups and to develop
effective working relationships with national and international partners;
- Practical
experience implementing evidenced-based approaches to expand Blood Safety
at the national and sub national levels;
- Practical
experience with human capacity development, training of health care
professionals, developing guidelines, training curricula and standard
operating procedures for blood transfusion related programs;
- Experience
working with the National Blood Transfusion Services and the Ministries of
Health in Kenya preferred;
- Demonstrated
strong interpersonal and leadership skills;
- Ability
to work with stakeholders at various levels to strengthen their capacity
for a stronger blood safety in Kenya;
- Proficiency
in English required;
- Africa
experience preferred.
How to apply:
All interested individuals are encouraged to apply through CHF's website: https://chfinternational.devhire.devex.com/.
All interested individuals are encouraged to apply through CHF's website: https://chfinternational.devhire.devex.com/.