NGO Jobs in Kenya – ICAP

ICAP

of Columbia University is working in partnership with the Ministry of Health,

Kenya to strengthen HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment services at County and

Sub County health facilities. 

This

program is part of a US Government initiative against HIV in Kenya that

receives funding from PEPFAR through the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC). 

Applications

are invited for the following position:

Job Title: Prevention

Officer

Location: Machakos with travel to ICAP sites in

Eastern South

Overall Job Function: Working

under the guidance of the Regional Director, the Prevention Officer will report

to the Regional Prevention Advisor in Nyanza on a day-to-day basis to ensure

quality HIV testing and counseling and support for adherence and psychosocial

activities

• Ensure
  
  provision of quality HTC services in line with National protocols and
  
  guidelines


• Ensure
  
  100% linkage for HIV positive clients to HIV Prevention, Care and
  
  Treatment


• Establish
  
  and support psychosocial support groups


• Supervise
  
  peer educators and HTC officers


• Streamline
  
  appointment and defaulter tracing systems


• Support
  
  retention strategies in facilities


• Ensure
  
  treatment literacy is provided to enrolled clients


• Provide
  
  quality mentorship and supportive supervision to MoH staff

• Diploma
  
  in Clinical Medicine or Nursing


• Experience
  
  in HIV programming specifically in running HIV prevention programs for at
  
  least 3 years


• Psychological
  
  counseling training will be an added advantage

Job

Title: Adolescent

Project Coordinator –

PMTCT Adolescent Project
 

Location: Kisumu with travel to ICAP sites in

Nyanza
 

Overall

job function: Under

the supervision of the in-country Project Director and the Evaluation

Coordinator, the Project Coordinator will provide overall and day-to-day

management of the implementation of the pilot project, including reviewing

facility data quality, monitoring adherence to the project SOPs and ethics

protocol. 

This

position will be based at the ICAP Nyanza office with extensive travel between

the study sites.
 

• Assist
  
  with the development of training materials and SOPs and in coordinating
  
  the conduct of trainings for health care workers and adolescent/youth peer
  
  educators on adolescent friendly services


• Assist
  
  in developing appropriate project indicators, data collection tools and
  
  training materials for health care workers and adolescent/youth peer
  
  educators on adolescent friendly services


• Assist
  
  with project start up including overseeing the initial mapping exercise
  
  and overseeing procurement of all necessary supplies and renovations


• Supervise
  
  on site Data Managers including regular monitoring of data quality


• Conduct
  
  frequent (weekly/biweekly) trips to project sites to monitor adherence to
  
  project SOPs


• Submit
  
  all applications and renewals to the local ethics board and assist with
  
  providing documentation for international ethics board submissions


• Assist
  
  in the completion of deliverables including best practices documentation,
  
  adaption of implementation materials (SOPS, training materials, job aids,
  
  etc)


• Other
  
  duties as assigned.

• Diploma
  
  in Clinical medicine. Additional degree in Social Science with relevant
  
  experience is an asset


• Experience
  
  in PMTCT and HIV/AIDS care and treatment.


• Experience
  
  in community dialogue and communication.


• Experience
  
  in operational research or qualitative research is an advantage.


• Good
  
  problem solving skills and analytical capabilities.


• Strong
  
  written and oral communication skills.


• Fluency
  
  in English and Swahili.


• Experience
  
  in on-site training and mentoring.


• Must
  
  be flexible to adapt to changing requirements.


• Must
  
  be culturally sensitive and have strong team building skills.


• Must
  
  be computer literate; able to use Windows, MS Office Package, and be
  
  knowledgeable of e-mail and standard office equipment.

Job

Title: Adolescent

Nurse Specialist
 

Location: Kisumu with travel to ICAP sites in

Nyanza
 

Overall

Job Function: Under

the supervision of the in-country Project Director and the Evaluation

Coordinator, the Nurse Specialist will oversee implementation of all technical

aspects of the Adolescent project. 

This

position will be based at the ICAP Nyanza office with extensive on-site work

and weekly travel between the project sites.
 

• Lead
  
  development of facility SOPs and training materials for health care worker
  
  and adolescent / youth peer educators on adolescent friendly services


• Lead
  
  training sessions for Ministry of Health (MOH) staff, healthcare workers
  
  and adolescent / youth peer educators on adolescent friendly services


• Provide
  
  on-site supervision of the adolescent/youth peer educators


• Provide
  
  on-site mentorship, guidance and technical assistance to healthcare
  
  workers during the implementation of the adolescent friendly services


• Lead
  
  project documentation of best practices, lessons learned and adaption of
  
  implementation materials (SOPS, training materials, job aids, etc)


• Communicate
  
  regularly with and provide updates to facility management and regional MOH
  
  staff on project implementation and challenges


• Provide
  
  data quality assurance including monitoring documentation of project
  
  activities by healthcare workers


• Other
  
  duties as assigned

• Degree
  
  in nursing or equivalent.


• 3-5
  
  years of experience in the provision of clinical care at clinic or
  
  hospital level.


• Experience
  
  in PMTCT and the provision HIV care and treatment services.


• Experience
  
  with program evaluations/operations research.


• Experience
  
  with on-site training and clinical mentoring.


• Experience
  
  working in collaboration with local government partners and community
  
  based organizations.


• Strong
  
  problem solving skills and analytical capabilities.


• Strong
  
  written and oral communications skills.


• Must
  
  be flexible to adapt to changing requirements.


• Must
  
  be culturally sensitive and have strong team building skills.


• Must
  
  be computer literate; able to use Windows, MS Office Package, and be
  
  knowledgeable of e-mail and standard office equipment

Job

Title: Data

Manager –

PMTCT Adolescent Project
 

Location: Kisumu with travel to

ICAP sites in Nyanza
 

Overall

Job Function: The

successful applicant will be responsible for supervising staff performing data

entry, cleaning and storage of a study data to produce clean, complete final

data sets for transmission to ICAP New York.
 

• Prepare
  
  data-related standard operating procedures and train study staff on the
  
  same


• Participate
  
  in the design of study data collection tools and the study electronic data
  
  capture databases


• To
  
  supervise the implementation of and track the flow of study data collection
  
  forms from study facilities to the office and entry into study databases
  
  as well as proper filing of any paper-based study records


• Conduct
  
  routine data quality assurance assessments on study questionnaires,
  
  facility records and on electronic study databases to ensure data
  
  completeness, accuracy and consistency


• Perform
  
  various data manipulations, analysis and generate weekly and monthly data
  
  reports data dashboards and tables as required to track study
  
  implementation progress

• Bachelor’s
  
  degree or equivalent in computer studies, statistics, epidemiology or
  
  mathematics; relevant Master’s degree will be an added advantage


• At
  
  least 2 years relevant experience as a research study data manager with
  
  experience supervising study data staff


• Excellent
  
  knowledge and working experience of at least one statistical package for
  
  data manipulation and analysis (SAS, SPSS, STATA) and a bonus if familiar
  
  with designing / maintaining database software (SQL server, MS Access)

Job

Title: Data

Management Officer –

PMTCT Adolescent Project
 

Location: Kisumu with travel to

study sites in Nyanza
 

Overall

Job Function: Reporting

to the Data Manager, the Data Management Officer will provide support for all

study data activities to ensure high quality, accurate and timely reports.
 

• Routine
  
  site visits to collect study data questionnaires, data abstraction, backup
  
  of field study databases and return them to study office


• Conduct
  
  field study data quality assessments for completion and accuracy and
  
  conduct data cleaning activities as required


• Enter
  
  data into study databases


• Assist
  
  in the compilation and generation of weekly, monthly and periodic data
  
  progress reports


• Ensure
  
  availability of study data capture materials at all study sites

• Diploma
  
  in Health Records Information/ Health Information Technology. Those with
  
  relevant degrees related to the field will have an added advantage


• At
  
  least 2 years’ experience in handling research data. Previous experience
  
  working in within MoH facilities an added advantage


• Skilled
  
  in use of MS Excel, MS Outlook, and basic data manipulation

 
All applications including a current CV, telephone number and 3 referees (one

who should be at least your current / previous supervisor) should be sent to

the 

Director-Human

Resources, 

on or

before July 1, 2016.

ICAP is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Online at icap.columbia.edu