Programme Impact Advisor - Community Health & HIV

Programme Impact Advisor, Community Health & HIV

Contract period: Open Ended

Salary: KES 3,271,027 p.a – 3,734,274, National Contract

Entry Level: Start Step

Based: Nairobi, Kenya with regular travel within the region

Closing date: 5pm 30 September 2011

Job Reference: AFD/047/JG

This role will support the development of community health initiatives (including malaria and HIV) implemented by partner organisations across Christian Aid’s Africa programme. It will involve: the provision of technical support to country programme teams to enable them to develop community health programmes that integrate malaria, TB and HIV; support to effective monitoring and evaluation of health programmes; the development of fundraising proposals to institutional donors; networking to ensure that CA is linked into key community health networks across Africa; support to the development of learning and best practise across the Africa Division of Christian Aid, ensuring that this is fed into global positioning; support to the development of CA Africa and global policy; support to the development of CA policy and positioning on malaria, HIV and community health. The post will involve a significant amount of travel within Africa but will also include remote work with teams in other countries.

You will have substantive experience of community health interventions in Africa with a particular focus on malaria and HIV. You will have significant experience of working with donors, programme development, monitoring and evaluation and the capacity development of local organisations. You will have experience of supporting others including partner organisations to develop programmes. You will have demonstrated the ability to secure funding from institutional donors and to support the implementation of donor funded projects. You will have good knowledge of the links between health and gender and rights based programming. You will have excellent written and spoken English and preferably a knowledge of French. You will have excellent Word processing, Excel and other relevant computer skills. To fulfil this post you will have a Masters degree in Public or Community Health.

Please show your suitability for this post by giving answers to the questions below. When responding to these questions, please use the STAR principle i.e. give a brief summary of the Situation, then outline the Task that was required, describe the Action that you undertook and finally, give an indication of the Result of your action. Concentrate on experiences that directly relate to you and please note that the result need not have been positive as we appreciate that our best intentions do not always result in positive results.

Innovation and Creativity

Describe the most complex problem that you were faced with and how you generated a new approach or explanation or solution.

Effectiveness and Accountability

Describe a project you supervised that required detailed planning and organization and where you delegated parts or all of the tasks.

Team work

Describe a time when you needed to make multiple efforts to persuade or influence a group of people to support a particular project or task.

We value the contribution each person makes to the success of our organisation, so you can expect a range of rewards and benefits that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

This post will be based in Nairobi, Kenya and is a national position without expatriate benefits. Also, kindly note that you might be required to obtain a work permit if you are not a Kenyan national.

To apply for this position you need to access the full advertisement on Christian Aid website on www.christianaid.org.uk/jobs and follow the links to download the international application form and role profile. Please email your completed application forms to: nairobi@christian-aid.org ; (quoting the reference number)

Please note CVs will not be accepted.

Interview date: Week starting 10th or 17th October.

Christian Aid values diversity and aspires to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief

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