The Kenya Conference of Catholic
Bishops
General Secretariat
Introduction: The KCCB – General Secretariat is the National Administrative, facilitative and Coordinative arm through which the KCCB implements and co-ordinates various Pastoral programs at the National level and undertakes all those responsibilities which express the mission of the Catholic Church in Kenya.
It is seeking to fill the following key position in its Catholic Health
Commission of Kenya – KCCBGeneral Secretariat
Introduction: The KCCB – General Secretariat is the National Administrative, facilitative and Coordinative arm through which the KCCB implements and co-ordinates various Pastoral programs at the National level and undertakes all those responsibilities which express the mission of the Catholic Church in Kenya.
Position: Project Manager – HHA
Reports to: National Executive Secretary
Location: Nairobi
with travel to the field within Kenya
Purpose of position: The Project Manager will undertake day to day project management and take project oversight responsibilities.
Purpose of position: The Project Manager will undertake day to day project management and take project oversight responsibilities.
In addition, s/he will be responsible
for providing technical support to all project staff including those based at
the health facilities to be able to institutionalize and integrate project
activities into the wider health system structure.
This person will play a key role in
helping ensure the successful achievement of project activities leading to high
quality of care provided at the health facilities.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Ensure adequate project sensitization of
health facility managers and county health teams.
- Ensure proper, timely and accurate reporting
of the project.
- Collect, review, and disseminate reports from
project activities in a timely manner.
- Maintain open lines of communication with the
project partners including the MoH, donor and health facilities in
consultation with the National Executive Secretary
- Participate in designing project evaluations
and assessments.
- Identify training needs capacity.
- In consultation with the National Executive
Secretary, communicate needs, challenges and successes to the partners.
- Travel to project sites to provide on-site
technical assistance.
- Build capacity of facility staff in the areas
of program management and health systems.
- Participate in the planning and facilitation
of technical workshops for capacity – building of Health Care Workers and
Community Health Volunteers.
- Monitor performance of health systems
strengthening work plans at facilities, including collaboration with project
officers and facility staff.
- Ensure implementation of project comply with
national guidelines and policies.
- Ensure high quality clinical/programmatic
results – patient/clinical management, community mobilization and
adherence.
- Create networks and sustainable stakeholder
collaboration both at national and county level.
- Identify potential community – based and
development partners that would synergize efforts of the project.
- Identify documents and share best practices
and lessons learned.
Required Qualifications / Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree level Training in Nursing or
Clinical Medicine and a Master’s Degree in Public Health or Health Systems
Management.
- Demonstrated work experience in the following
areas: population and health Project planning and Management,
organizational policy development, strategic planning, budgeting,
monitoring and evaluation and proposal writing.
- Minimum five years project management
experience.
- Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge
through formal and informal training,
- Ability to work both independently, and as
member of diverse task teams.
- Proven interpersonal, leadership, training and
mentoring skills.
- Proven effective representation skills to
varied stakeholders.
- Experience in building the capacity of a team
through both supervisory and non-supervisory relationships.
- Excellent written and oral communications
skills in English.
- Willingness to travel 30% of the time within
Kenya, often under difficult circumstances.
Personal Qualities
- Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize
- Excellent data analysis skills using current
data analysis applications
- Excellent computer skills – General Computer
Proficiency (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint)
- A team player
- Excellent interpersonal
- Able to work under minimum supervision
- A good knowledge of social teachings of the
Church, and Ethical principles
Applications should be addressed to:-
General Secretary
General Secretary
Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops
– General Secretariat
P.O. Box 13475 – 00800
Nairobi
hr@catholicchurch.or.ke
To reach him on or before 31st December 2015
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
P.O. Box 13475 – 00800
Nairobi
hr@catholicchurch.or.ke
To reach him on or before 31st December 2015
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
