Christian Health Association of Kenya
(CHAK)
Job Vacancy: Program Officer – (Non-Communicable Diseases – NCDs)
Job Vacancy: Program Officer – (Non-Communicable Diseases – NCDs)
Christian Health Association of Kenya
(CHAK) is a national faith based organization dedicated to promoting access to
quality health care through health service delivery, health systems
strengthening, community systems support and partnerships.
Health services delivery is a key
strategic direction for CHAK, and Non- communicable diseases (NCDs) form one of
our primary strategic priorities.
We are seeking a qualified and highly
motivated individual to join CHAK as a NCD Program Officer, based in Nairobi
for the Nairobi, Central and Rift Valley Region.
This position reports to the NCD
Programs Coordinator.
Key duties and responsibilities include:-
·
Advancing and supporting CHAK’s NCD
Strategic direction and priorities.
·
Preparing program implementation
plans and offering technical guidance to the implementing health facilities and
counties.
·
Organizing county level review
meetings and orientation workshops.
·
Coordinating health promotion
activities on lifestyle changes to prevent and reduce the risk factors for NCDs
in the community and create demand for screening.
·
Organizing training programs for health
care providers such as Medical Officers, Clinical Officers, Nurses, and
Pharmacists & Pharmaceutical Technologists.
·
Training and supporting community
health workers and health care providers in implementation of NCD projects
activities such as health promotion activities, screening for NCDs, management
of NCDs at primary health care level, data collection and reporting.
·
Reviewing program implementation at
county and sub-county levels.
·
Collaborating with the County NCD
Focal Point persons and County community strategy focal point persons and
conduct joint support supervision for NCD programs with county teams.
·
Preparing and submitting quarterly
progress reports to CHAK and relevant stakeholders.
·
Representing CHAK in conferences /
workshops/ meetings, at county and sub county level.
·
Supporting the health facilities and
their NCDs Focal Point Persons in supervising CHWs working on the NCD projects.
Qualifications for the position:
·
University Degree in Public Health or
Health Sciences from a recognized institution. Post graduate qualification in
Public Health is an added advantage.
·
At least two years of public health
experience working in public health programmes.
·
Working knowledge of NCD programmes
is an added advantage.
·
Knowledge of county health services structures,
MoH data collection systems, data analysis, surveillance, monitoring and
evaluation.
·
Proven effective organizational and
report writing skills.
·
Ability to develop innovative
approaches and solutions to problems and with excellent skills on instructional,
supervisory role to inspire scale up of community mobilization and education
and to promote healthy lifestyles to prevent NCDs.
·
Ability to demonstrate effective
interpersonal skills by working harmoniously as a member of a team, adapting to
diverse educational, socio-political and cultural backgrounds and maintaining a
high standard of personal conduct.
·
Experience working with county
government MHTs and other partners in a culturally competent manner.
·
Computer proficiency in MS tools,
managing database using different software is an added advantage.
·
Excellent training & facilitation
skills.
·
Demonstrates openness to change and
ability to manage complexities.
·
Excellent written, verbal, and
organizational skills.
Vacant Position: HIV Specialist – Medical Doctor
The Christian Health Association of
Kenya (CHAK), is national faith based organization with over 70 years of
promoting universal access to quality health care in Kenya. CHAK – CHAP Uzima
project is a 5-year CDC funded HIV care & treatment project currently in
it’s second year of implementation.
The project is implementing TB/HIV
care and treatment interventions to about 50,000 PLWHIV currently on ART in 79
faith-based health facilities across 19 Counties in the Central, Eastern,
Coast, Nairobi and Southern Rift Valley regions of Kenya. The Project also
provides Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) support to about 4,600 OVC’s
within Nairobi, Kajiado, Machakos and Narok Counties.
The project is seeking to fill a
second position for a Medical Doctor HIV specialist to lead Continuous Quality
Improvement.
Medical
Doctor – HIV Specialist for Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
This is a senior clinical technical
position responsible for ensuring the provision of quality comprehensive HIV
care and treatment services to all clients and continuous performance
improvement within the assigned project sites.
The position reports directly to the
Project Senior Technical Advisor and is responsible for supervising medical
officers and other technical project officers.
Location: This position is based at CHAK Head Office in
Nairobi but will involve frequent travel to the field project sites
Academic
and professional qualifications
·
Degree in Medicine (Medical Doctor)
from a reputable University.
·
A Master’s degree in Public Health or
related field
·
Medical License from the Kenya
Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board
·
At least 3 years’ clinical experience
in HIV management at program level
·
Project management experience will be
an added advantage
Key
Responsibilities
·
Conduct routine performance review at
program level with the aim of identifying performance gaps and best practices
·
Develop continuous quality
improvement (CQI) initiatives aimed at overall program performance improvement
through application of CQI models developed in line with the Kenya Quality
Model for Health and the Kenya HIV Quality Improvement Framework of the MOH
·
Provide capacity building and
technical support on performance improvement to the project component technical
leads in HTS ( HIV Testing Services), PMTCT (Prevention of Mother to Child
Transmission), Treatment Adherence Support, GBV (Gender based Violence), OVC (
Orphans and Vulnerable Children) and supply chain management in both laboratory
and pharmaceutical commodities
·
Coordinate the implementation and
documentation of quality improvement initiatives and outcomes within the
project
·
Ensure timely preparation of work
plans and technical project performance reports and participate in the monthly
project performance review meetings
·
Represent CHAP Uzima in stakeholder
meetings at national and county level
How
to Apply
Applications together with CV,
contacts of 2 referees and copies of relevant Academic and Professional
Certificates should be sent by Email or mail to the contact below;
The General Secretary
P.O. Box 30690 – 00100 GPO,
Nairobi
P.O. Box 30690 – 00100 GPO,
Nairobi
Tel. (020) 4441920 / 0733-334419
Email: secretariat@chak.or.ke or hr@chak.or.ke
The closing date for receiving all
applications is August 13, 2018.
