International Medical Corps
Job Title: Senior Program Officer
Location: Kenya - Homabay,
Migori, Kisii, Nyamira
Supervisor: Program
Manager
Job Summary: The Senior Program Officer is responsible
for the programmatic implementation of the MARPS program, including
DREAMS.
S/He will coordinate all the
activities and components of the program providing technical and operational
guidance and oversight to all program activities.
S/He will develop approaches,
systems and protocols to ensure program delivery.
Essential Duties and
Responsibilities:
- Leads and
manages the day-to-day implementation of program activities under MARPS,
including the DREAMS component.
- Serves as the
budget holder for the program elements of the MARPS program and is
responsible to ensure all expenditures are compliant, budget revisions are
completed accurately when required and works closely with the Finance
Department on all financial aspects.
- Ensures the program
performs in accordance with the work plan and in accordance with the donor
agreements
- Guides and
mentors all staff on these programs fostering a team environment that
breeds success, including leading and ensuring quality throughout
recruitment, on boarding, structuring, performance monitoring and
day-to-day management.
- Facilitating
linkages across different HIV programs and services at health facility,
consortium partners and community levels; HIV Testing and counselling and
Care Treatment and strengthening of health facility-community referral and
linkages.
- Leads capacity
building and systems strengthening activities in HIV prevention, care and
treatment for MOH and other implementing partners
- Coordinates and
supervises evaluations on the efficacy of behavioral, biomedical and
structural interventions and programs.
- Representing
the organization in various forums including stakeholder forums, technical
working groups and other forums.
- Lead program
interventions, such as SGBV, TWGs through advocacy and mentorship.
- Coordinate
ownership and sustainability of KP and DREAMS programs within the
government main stream functions.
- Perform any
other duties as assigned by the Program Manager.
The duties and
responsibilities listed are representative of the nature and level of work
assigned and are not necessarily all inclusive.
Skills and Requirements:
- Bachelor’s
degree in social sciences, development studies or community development
- Masters’ in
Public Health and Program management training is an added advantage
- Three years
professional experience in planning, designing and management of
development programs
- Substantive
knowledge and understanding of the Key Populations and Priority
populations Programming
- Specific
expertise in planning, monitoring and evaluation are expected.
- Computer
knowledge
- Good
communication and writing skills
International Medical Corps
is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and
qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status.
Compliance & Ethics: Promotes and encourages a culture of
compliance and ethics throughout International Medical Corps. As applicable to
the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps’
and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.
Conducts work with the highest level of integrity. Communicates these standards
to partners and requires them to adhere to these values.
Job Title: Program Manager
Location: Kenya, Nairobi
Supervisor: Country
Director
Job Summary: The Program Manager is responsible for
the overall implementation of the MARPS, KPIS and CCC programs.
S/He will ensure timely
implementation, accountability oversight and reporting of all program
activities.
S/He will coordinate all the
activities and components of the program providing technical and operational
guidance and oversight to all program activities.
Essential Duties and
Responsibilities:
- Leads and
manages the MARPS (including DREAMS), KPIS and CCC programs on a
day-to-day basis ensuring the smooth running of these programs.
- Serves as the
budget holder for these programs and is responsible to ensure all
expenditures are compliant, budget revisions are completed accurately when
required and works closely with the Finance Department on all financial
aspects.
- Ensures the
work plans for these programs are implemented smoothly and in accordance
with the donor agreements; supervises the Senior Program Officer and
Cervical Cancer Officer.
- Ensures the
required operational support is provided to the program; directly manages
the Finance Officer and Logistics Assistant.
- Works closely
with the M&E Director to ensure that strong M&E, accountability
and learning (MEAL) systems are in place, lessons learned are captured and
then fed back into the program cycle.
- Guides and
mentors all staff on these programs fostering a team environment that
breeds success, including leading and ensuring quality throughout
recruitment, on boarding, structuring, performance monitoring and
day-to-day management.
- Promotes IMC
activities in Western Kenya at the national level, ensuring that key
actors, both internal and external, are aware of IMC programmatic and
operational successes.
- Lobby the IMC
leadership and donors for support, both technical and operational, in
order to ensure adequate support for the programs in Western Kenya.
- Developments
program systems to ensure program outcomes.
- Representation
of IMC in various meetings and stakeholder forum to ensure strong
representation of IMC on key issues.
- Develops and
maintains strong relationships with key stakeholders including the MOH,
donor representatives, partners and beneficiaries.
- Participate in
the proposal development for continuing application and for expansion of
the project activities.
- Other duties as
allocated by the supervisor.
Skills and Requirements:
- Minimum of a
Bachelor’s Degree in related field; Master’s Degree and technical training
in the medical field preferred.
- At least 5
years’ experience in active management of HIV programs in developing
countries.
- Strong mastery
of reproductive health programming; preferably with Key Populations.
- Strong leader
and manager.
- Excellent
decision making skills and ability to lead multiple teams in different
locations.
- Strong skills
in using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
International Medical Corps
is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and
qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status.
Compliance & Ethics: Promotes and encourages
a culture of compliance and ethics throughout International Medical Corps. As
applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International
Medical Corps’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those
standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity. Communicates
these standards to partners and requires them to adhere to these values.
How to Apply
Qualified and interested
candidates to submit applications BY E-MAIL ONLY which should include:-
(1) Application Letter;
(2) Current C.V. with
telephone number and e-mail address;
(3) Three referees with
contact telephone numbers and e-mail addresses
not later than 10th January
2017
Only short-listed candidates
will be contacted.
