Innovations for Poverty Action Kenya Sandalwood Lane, off Riverside Drive
P.O. Box 72427-00200,
Nairobi, Kenya poverty-action.org/Kenya
info-kenya@poverty-action.org 0707 387 429 and 020 271 0237
PROMPTS Project
POSITION: Nurse Field Officer (60 positions) REPORTING TO: Associate Field Manager
START
DATE:
15th February 2022
LOCATION:
Kirinyaga, Kilifi, Kajiado, Meru, Kisii, Siaya, Nyeri and Narok
DURATION:
2.5 Months
DEADLINE: ASAP
ELIGIBILITY:
Position open to local Kenyan hires only
About Innovations for
Poverty Action:
Innovations for Poverty
Action (IPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to discovering and
promoting\effective solutions to global poverty problems. In close partnership
with decision makers — the policymakers, practitioners, investors, and donors
working with the poor around the world — IPA designs and evaluates potential
solutions to poverty problems using randomized evaluations, the most rigorous
evaluation method available. We also mobilize and support these decision makers
to use these solutions to build better programs and policies at scale.
About the Project:
This project, in
collaboration with researchers from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health
and Jacaranda Health, is a randomized controlled trial investigating the
factors that influence how care is provided to women during pregnancy, delivery
and post-natal. The project will include facility- and individual-level data
collection nationwide and will include many different activities ranging from
facility assessments, provider survey, in-person and phone surveys with ante-natal
and post- natal patients, register data capture and potentially delivery
observations at endline . The study is seeking to evaluate the impact of
several interventions implemented by Jacaranda Health, a social enterprise
seeking to improve maternal healthcare and health outcomes at public
facilities.
About the Position:
The Nurse Field Officer
under the general supervision of the Associate Field Manager and within the
limits of Innovations for Poverty Action-Kenya policies and procedures
coordinates the facilitation of field activities and functions within IPAK.
Below is a list of some of the general duties and responsibilities of the Nurse
Field Officer, to be carried out as needed according to the determination of
the Field Manager.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Liaise with health facility staff to identify
potentially eligible study
- Screening and recruitment of study participants
and administering informed
- Conduct non-clinical data collection for study
participants through delivery
- Observe delivery and fill the questionnaire using
Survey
- Create and plan for data collection activities
summary reports for activities as guided by the RA/FM on a daily, weekly,
and monthly
- Regularly report any relevant events that affect
the study to the RA/FM
- Taking care of all assigned IPA properties i.e.
tablets, laptops, chargers etc. and ensure they are in good working
- Communicate arising challenges/ concerns/
emergencies promptly to the RA for the project to run its activities
efficiently within the stipulated period for the
- Other tasks as assigned by
QUALIFICATIONS AND
EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum of a Diploma or certificate in: (1)
Comprehensive Nursing or (2) Midwifery obtained within the last 2 years
from an accredited
- Experience in maternal and newborn
- Experience conducting deliveries in a facility
- Experience conducting research in areas of public
health, medicine, or any other relevant subject
- Strong writing and analytical skills and able to
work with minimum supervision
- Flexible, self-motivated, and a team player
- Excellent communication skills with fluency in
English and
- Experience in mobile data collection tools is an
added
- Female candidates are encouraged to apply
How to Apply
Please click here to apply. Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. Applicants are
encouraged to apply early, as applications will be reviewed on a ROLLING BASIS.
DISCLAIMER: The above statements
are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being
performed by the Nurse Field Officer. The statements are not intended to be an
exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Management
reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational
needs as necessary. Please
note that IPA will never request any form of payment from an applicant.
Applicants are encouraged to confirm the information listed above with IPA.
