Project Assistant
Location: Migori
We believe in a world in
which every human life is valued, and health and human dignity are shared by all.
We believe that access to quality healthcare is a basic human right. For more than 100 years, we have worked with global partners to deliver locally sustainable, quality healthcare solutions to women, children and their communities. We’re ready to make it 100 more.
We believe change
starts with her.
We work tirelessly for
women’s and children’s health because they are disproportionately affected by
illness and poverty. We know that healthy, educated, and empowered women are
better able to raise healthy, educated, and confident children, and that
communities depend on their livelihoods. We’re making an impact – learn more.
Building around a new
CHAMPS (CHildren And Mother PartnershipS) model, CMMB will work at both the
community and clinical levels in these targeted communities to strengthen
health services and address the leading causes of maternal and child death. In
addition, CMMB will expand its volunteer program to strengthen health care delivery
in CHAMPS-supported facilities and will engage with the pharmaceutical industry
to help meet the needs of CHAMPS communities and facilities.
CMMB is committed to
learning and evolving in order to successfully achieve impact in its strategy
and will have strong vertical and horizontal team structures in alignment to
the global strategy in order to encourage accountability, communication, and
effective project management.
We believe in people.
We strive to live out
our core values of collaboration, love, excellence and respect every day. We
provide our employees with a competitive salary and a meaningful benefits
package, with opportunities to learn and grow. We especially encourage all
persons of diverse backgrounds to apply.
Department Summary
The Programs Department
plays a critical role in achieving CMMB’s strategy
around improving the lives of women and
children, by leading the provision of high quality programs
focused on children’s and mothers’ health, and particularly in the development
and implementation of our CHAMPS model. This team is also responsible for
generating revenue from and partnering effectively with government(s), major
foundations, and other major donors, and will help to position and enhance
CMMB’s technical capacity and reputation in the field of global healthcare.
CMMB has been working in
Kenya for almost 16 years. CMMB works to ensure that the most vulnerable
populations, especially mothers and children, have access to quality services
in health care, health promotion and illness prevention.
Overview
You will support the day
to day implementation of project interventions and be responsible for the
realization of project deliverables within your area of operation. Further,
s/he will support operationalization of program quality, documentation,
experience sharing and learning initiatives introduced by the project as well
as contribute to the preparation of timely donor reports. The position will
also support the project’s stakeholder engagements in the county with overall
support and guidance of the Project Officer and Project Manager.
Responsibilities
Project Management:
- Participate in planning of project activities and
set high quality performance targets, ensuring adherence to technical
standards, best practices, and donor guidelines.
- Review and track progress of project
implementation and utilization of project resources, using participatory
processes to overcome implementation
- Maintain up-to-date documentation related to
project monitoring and implementation, including up-to- date performance
data on the indicators being tracked by the
- Ensure a working environment of mutual trust,
respect and care with other staff, encouraging effective teamwork with
staff members and
- Identification, recruitment and retention of
beneficiaries
Budget and Financial
Management:
- Ensure that project activities comply with CMMB
financial guidelines, policies, procedures and
- In collaboration with the finance teams and
supporting the project officers, ensure timely payments of project
beneficiaries and provide liquidation
- Participate in the preparation of annual project
budgets, quarterly and monthly
Monitoring,
Accountability, Evaluation and Learning:
- Use appropriate project management tools to plan,
review and track project progress on project
- Promote innovative/effective methods towards
achievement of project
- Support documentation processes of project success
stories, best practices, lessons learnt and other project innovations and
- Supervise and mentor the peer educators, community
adolescent treatment supporters, CHVs and community advisory boards
towards creating and enabling environment for PLHIVs and the AGYWs
- Support implementation of community-based project
activities to ensure adherence to set quality
- Monitor the performance of peer educators,
community adolescent treatment supporters, CHVs and community advisory
boards and continuously mentor them as
- Work with the Project and M&E Officers to
prepare donor project narrative reports, collect monthly and quarterly
performance data, as well as other reports needed/required.
- Regularly organize and coordinate meetings with
key stakeholders on project progress and
Partnership:
- `Engage stakeholders at all stages of the project
cycle for their insights on the appropriateness of project approaches and
Qualifications
- You have a bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences,
Community Health, or related field
- You have at least 3 years in Community Health work
within a public health focused Non-Governmental
- You have experience in implementing health
interventions among various sub populations including PMTCT mothers,
discordant couples, men among
- You understand the 90 90 90 HIV management cascade
- You have impressive community mobilization
experience
- You have an extensive understanding of the
Community Health Strategy and working with the various structures under
the
- Experience in the implementation of Global Fund
HIV Grants is an added advantage.
- Your analytical and writing skills are very good
- You have experience working with Microsoft Word,
Excel and have data analysis software skills
- You are comfortable working for a faith-based
- You believe in CMMB, where we are going, and what
we can do together to achieve Healthier Lives Worldwide.
How to apply
Visit our careers page for
more information and click here to apply
All applications must be
received by 8th September 2021.
Note: Only Shortlisted
candidates will be contacted.