Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a nonprofit
international health organization with over four decades of experience in
strengthening health systems, and capacity of local institutions.
Our mission is to save lives and improve the health of the
world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge
and action in public health.
For more information please visit our website www.msh.org.
MSH would like to invite suitably qualified and experienced candidates
to join its team based in Kenya in the following positions;
Institutional Strengthening Marketplace and Communications Advisor
The Institutional Strengthening (IS Marketplace and
Communications Advisor will work under FANIKISHA Project, a USAID funded
project that focuses on strengthening the Technical and Institutional Capacity
of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Kenya to enable them be responsive to
the community health response for the health and well being of Kenyans.
S/he will provide leadership and technical assistance in
managing the institutional strengthening marketplace, lead project strategic
communication initiatives and provide Technical Assistance to CSOs in the
communication area of institutional capacity strengthening.
S/he will coordinate and provide oversight on the development
and maintenance of both face to face and web-based marketplace and promote its
use, including establishing forums for knowledge exchange, sharing tools and
innovations and making updates on CSO activities.
S/he will identify CSOs partners and institutional strengthening
consultants and maintain an active network of community-based and other local
and national organizations with whom the project can partner to increase
awareness of, and access to, information on project activities.
The ideal candidate will provide technical support to CSOs and
other partners on developing training and capacity building materials related
to communications capacity development as required.
S/he will be responsible for preparing and editing all external
project communications including, reports, success stories and publications.
The successful candidate should possess a minimum of a Masters
degree in public health, education, communication or a related field and 5
years relevant working experience.
Experience in working with websites, electronic portals and
other electronic tools for communications and marketing is desirable.
Applicants should demonstrate excellent writing and editing
skills in a variety of mediums and should have excellent interpersonal and
public communication skills.
The candidate must be able to develop and provide technical
assistance or consultancy
Information Technology (IT) Officer
Reporting to the Country Operations Management Unit Director,
the IT officer will be responsible for providing IT Management and Support to
MSH Kenya Office.
S/he will ensure availability of the internal systems, including
LAN, WAN, phone, video and teleconference.
In addition, S/he will setup and maintain proper internal server
and systems adhering to security and privacy standards, ensure effective
computer maintenance, advice the management on ICT purchases and provide IT
support to all MSH staff and contractors.
The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor’s Degree in
Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field or equivalent
relevant experience.
S/he should have 5 years relevant working experience with
Knowledge in administering Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2003 , Microsoft Office
suites, Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007/2010 with considerable knowledge of DNS,
DHCP, Active Directory.
The suitable candidate should have strong analytical and problem
solving skills. S/he should be a good team player with good interpersonal
skills.
HR Assistant
The HR Assistant will provide administrative and technical
support to the Human Resource Unit in the Kenya Country Office.
S/he will give support throughout the recruitment and placement
process, processes all general applications as per set procedures and maintain
general applications roster/data base at country level.
In addition, s/he will monitor, staff employment contracts and
develop and maintain relevant filing systems for optimal management of HR
information
S/he will be receives and review correspondence to the office,
provides the relevant case history, prepares routine responses as
relevant.
In addition, s/he will support in the creation of a healthy
working environment through, open management policies, information and sharing.
The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in Human
Resource Management or Business Administration or equivalent with minimum 3
years relevant working experience.
S/he should have excellent interpersonal skills with ability to
work independently with minimum supervision.
Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer
offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, age, and national origin, and citizenship, physical or mental
handicap.
For further details and to apply for this position, please visit
the Employment Opportunities section of our website at www.Jobs-msh.icims.com by
November 30, 2012.
If you cannot apply online or have difficulty doing so, please
email an explanation of your problem to iRecruiterproblem@msh.org
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.