Lifeskills Promoters (LISP) is a
Local charitable Organisation that has been in operation since 1999. LISP
empowers young people and their influencers using empowering approaches and
life skills as a foundation.
Lifeskills Promoters (LISP) has been running a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funded program, as the prime recipient to provide support for the OVC project, dubbed “Wezesha project” in Kenya, in partnership with St Johns’ Community Center (SJCC).
This project covers Migori, Kisii and
Homabay counties of south Nyanza.
LISP is advertising for suitable and qualified candidates for the following positions:
Job Title: Project Officer - Community Health Linkages
Reporting to: Project Manager
Job Status: Full-time
Location: Oyugis,
Homabay County
Program: OVC Care and Support-(Wezesha)
Job Summary: The role of the Project Officer-for Community-Facility Linkages will be to plan and coordinate project activities at designated project catchment areas, in collaboration with Health facilities, Sub-County Health Management Team and other stakeholders / partners to ensure successful implementation and monitoring of the project.
Major Job Responsibilities and Tasks
Program: OVC Care and Support-(Wezesha)
Job Summary: The role of the Project Officer-for Community-Facility Linkages will be to plan and coordinate project activities at designated project catchment areas, in collaboration with Health facilities, Sub-County Health Management Team and other stakeholders / partners to ensure successful implementation and monitoring of the project.
Major Job Responsibilities and Tasks
- Provide technical assistance to Local
Implementing Partners in Pediatric HIV case identification, linkages to
care and Treatment as well as Retention strategies.
- Work with the LIPS and CHVs to conduct
community education/mobilization to generate demand for pediatric HIV
services
- Link up with other HIV Testing and counselling
partners to conduct Household and community based HIV testing to Children.
- Support family testing and safe disclosure for
households of index patients with children or siblings of children
enrolled at the facilities
- Coordinate and monitor the referral system
between the community and the Health Facilities
- Supervise the peer educators and CHVs to
conduct referrals, follow ups and defaulter tracing
- Facilitate initiation to care and treatment of
all identified HIV positive children and adolescents including PMTCT
- Work with the LIPS to establish new and
strengthen existing pediatric psychosocial support groups (PSSGs) at LIP
level to promote retention
- Coordinate quarterly joint support supervision
in collaboration with SCHMT on projects activities
- Organize and coordinate trainings as per
National Curriculums
- Prepare a comprehensive monthly and quarterly
reports of all activities carried out as per the work plan
Minimum Qualifications and
Competences
- A graduate degree in Community Public health,
Community Development, Nursing or a related field is required
- Public Health Nurse Certificates will be an
added advantage
- Minimum 3 years working experience in
community health, preferably with USAID funded projects
- Previous experience in Community development
programming
- Good experience with the community health
strategy
- Good experience with the standard NASCOP
reporting tools.
- Computer proficiency
- Well organized and good communication skills
- Confident and able to cope with potentially
challenging situations
- Good understanding of public health issues
particularly HIV/AIDS.
Job Title: Business Development and Marketing Officer
Reporting to: Project
Manager
Job Status: Full-time
Location: Oyugis, Homabay County
Program: OVC
Care and Support-(Wezesha)
Job Summary: The Officer will be responsible for implementing activities to improve the livelihood of OVC households in Migori, Kisii and Homabay counties.
Job Summary: The Officer will be responsible for implementing activities to improve the livelihood of OVC households in Migori, Kisii and Homabay counties.
The goal of the livelihood work is to
increase the household incomes of the OVC in order to enable the guardians to
meet the needs of the children in a holistic and sustainable manner.
This will include empowering such
households to access finances and business development skills that have
potential to improve the productivity of their income generating activities and
access to market for their goods and services. LISP/SJCC seeks to recruit an
expert to fill up this position.
Major Job Responsibilities and Tasks
Major Job Responsibilities and Tasks
- Assess the income levels of OVC households in
the 3 counties
- Identify key gaps that hinders the
guardians/caregivers from either initiating/advancing their IGA
- Carry out regular rapid assessments to inform
employment, market and business opportunities for the caregivers and the
youth out of shool in the program.
- Mobilize guardians into small interest groups
and work with the groups to build on groups cohesion and build a savings
culture
- Deliver trainings to the groups on financial
literacy, government tenders and management of small businesses
- Carry out regular rapid market and
employment opportunities and strategically link guardians to new and
existing markets,, employment opportunities and appropriate skills
development pathways in liaison with the County and Sub – county
governments
- Guide the guardians and youth out of school in
identifying new and developing existing viable and market-led Income
Generating Activities (IGAs)
- Initiate and complete proposals/business
plans and presentations for guardian groups for new business and
tender Opportunities
- Facilitate value chain development activities
across the 3 counties
- Facilitate guardians groups to access devolved
funds within the counties
- Take lead in monitoring of the guardian
groups.
Minimum Qualifications and
Competences
- A graduate degree in Economics, Rural
Development, marketing, agribusiness, Finance or a related field is
required
- Minimum 5 years working experience in
livelihoods/household economic strengthening (HES) programming preferably
with USAID funded projects
- Previous experience in OVC programming
- Computer proficiency
- Good understanding of public health issues
particularly HIV/AIDS.
- Knowledge of and experience in market linkages
for rural community grooups.
- Experience working with County and Sub-county
levels of government.
- Understanding of the Self-help group (SHG)
model of economic empowerment is an added advantage.
Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer
Organizational Relationships
Reports To: Executive Director
Supervises: Program officers, Program Assistant.
Interacts With: program staff, stakeholders.
Program: LISP Programs
Work station: Nairobi
Time Allocation: 100% Programming and M&E
Program Monitoring and Evaluation
Overall Purpose: To ensure that LISP programs have an effective, efficient and quality M&E systems and processes that are easily implemented and supervised.
Scope of Work
Reports To: Executive Director
Supervises: Program officers, Program Assistant.
Interacts With: program staff, stakeholders.
Program: LISP Programs
Work station: Nairobi
Time Allocation: 100% Programming and M&E
Program Monitoring and Evaluation
Overall Purpose: To ensure that LISP programs have an effective, efficient and quality M&E systems and processes that are easily implemented and supervised.
Scope of Work
- Oversee all M&E aspects of LISP programs.
- Establish and implement LISP project
monitoring and evaluation systems
- Oversee the development and implementation of
M&E work plans.
- Give guidance and participate in the
development of the annual work-plan
- Mentor and supervise the Data officer on
program database system and data collection, analysis and reporting.
- Mentor the Program officers in quality report
writing and ensure they meet donor standards
- Review all monthly, quarterly and annual
reports as per donor
- Facilitate development of M&E tools and
training of sub-grantees and LIPs on their use.
- Coordinate and participate in the evaluation
of LISP programs.
- Ensure appropriate data software and tools
(such as CSI tool, OLMIS and KeMPS and any other appropriate tool and
software) are in place and effectively utilized.
- Provide recommendations for improvements on
M&E component of programs.
Performance Indicators
- Accuracy in M&E reporting on LISP Programs
with 95% accuracy and timeliness in line with stipulated donor
requirements.
- A functional M&E system that is
implemented
- Data quality assessment reports
- Existence of Data collection instruments/tools
- Evidence of report reviews and processing
- Data quality assessment reports
- Training and Program data reports.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as
research methods, sociology statistics, economics,development, etc.
- At least 5 years of work experience in the
field of monitoring and evaluation, including design and implementation of
project and program monitoring and evaluation plans
- Program M&E planning and management skills
and experience, in USAID funded projects.
- Proficient organization and time management
skills
- Excellent team working skills and ability to
provide M&E leadership to ensure smooth running of the programs.
- Strong oral and written communication,
training and facilitation skills.
- Computer skills (SPSS, excel, spread sheet,
publishing application etc.)
- Driving skills and other trainings are an
added advantage.
How to Apply
To apply for this position, please email your CV (maximum 3 pages) listing three references, including your last immediate supervisor,
To apply for this position, please email your CV (maximum 3 pages) listing three references, including your last immediate supervisor,
to
Human Resource & Administrative
Manager,
email address
lisp@lifeskills.or.ke
The closing date for all applications
is September 10th 2015 at 5pm.
Late applications will not be
acknowledged.
Only short listed applicants will be
contacted.