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May 30, 2016
Position: Associate Field Manager - Medicine Access Project
Deadline to Apply: 5th June, 2016
Start Date: 13th June 2016
Duration: 4 Months
Location: Kwale, Samburu, West Pokot and Narok.
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 - we design and evaluate 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: IPA
Kenya seeks qualified applicants for the position of Associate Field
Manager for the Medicine Access Project that aims to evaluate the impact
of a new medicine access program on the availability and price of the
new medicine included in the program portfolio at health facilities and
households in 8 counties targeted by the program in Kenya using a
cluster-randomized trial design.
Access
to medicine in Kenya is via public, non-for-profit. In the private
sector patients pay the price of the medicines out-of pocket; in the
public and not-for-profit sector - Ministry of Health facilities or
facilities affiliated with faith-based organizations - patients may be
charged either the full price or a partial cost-recovery fee.
Out-of-pocket
spending can result in catastrophic health expenditure and increased
poverty. A household survey conducted in 2008 indicates that 82% of
patients pay out of pocket for their Non Communicable Diseases
medicines.
About 33% of respondents who reported being diagnosed and prescribed an NCD medicine had that medicine available in their house at the time of the survey.
We seek to evaluate the impact of the new medicine access program on the availability and pricing of the
new medicine in the program at the facilities and households in target
counties. Data for the evaluation will be collected at two levels:
health facilities and households.
We
are preparing for the baseline data collection, the first of the five
phases of data collection, prior to the program implementation.
Responsibilities
This
job description outlines some of the tasks that are typical to the
Associate Field Manager (AFM) position across IPA-K projects.
The
tasks below are in no way exhaustive of the expectations of the AFM
position, thus flexibility, innovation, adjustment and conscientious
efforts are expected depending on day to day events and the ever
changing areas and needs of the job.
General:
- Data
collection management which includes: refining study design and survey
instruments, overseeing and monitoring data collection and survey field
work, planning field work and field logistics, organizing data collected
from the field, and providing feedback on field operations and survey
instruments that will inform and monitor improvements, conducting back
checks. - Human
resource management which includes: staff development, assisting in
training, monitoring staff attendance and updating attendance records
including leave forms and to enforce all human resource policies and
procedures in coordination with IPAK’s Human Resource Manager and the
FM/RA - Operations
management which includes: taking and updating inventory of all project
items, participating in general procurement and logistics for the
project and liaising with the operations department for necessary action - Financial
management which includes: working with IPAK financial staff to keep
detailed accounts of all project activities and to monitor project field
expenses - Public
relations which includes: building and maintaining relationships with
civil administrators and community officials and representing IPAK at
stakeholder meetings. The AFM will identify and network with
representatives from all relevant projects operating in the same areas
as the NAP Project, to avoid/inform decisions where contamination of
results is concerned. - New
Partners and Maintaining Relationship: The project will be working in
health across 8 counties, and the AFM will be key in establishing and
maintaining a relationship with these health facilities as well their
regulators at the county. - Data
quality and analysis: play a lead role on data quality checks,
including resurveys and audits, and assist in cleaning/analyzing data as
needed. - Communication
and reporting: The Associate Field Manager will be expected to report
to the FM on activities and plans. The AFM will also be communicating
directly with the RA and will be required to participate in weekly calls
with the RA and/or RM. - Organization
of Field Activities: The AFM will help organize field activities. We
expect the AFM to work on the following specific areas with regard to
field activities together with the FM: - Work closely with field staff to develop work schedules before any field activities begin.
- Discuss
and seek the approval of the FM/RA on the work schedules make
changes/adapt if necessary following the outcomes of these discussions. - Develop and discuss a supervision plan with the team leaders and other field staff.
- Help organize for recruitment, interviewing and hiring of new staff, if necessary.
- Help organize for training for both old and new staff before any activity.
- Ensure
that all the field teams have all necessary material/tools required for
the data collection. This must be made available on time. GPS cells and
stationery must be bought in bulk to benefit from discounts and to
ensure each team has enough at the beginning of the field activities. - Be
proactive in thinking through the schedule for the next day anticipate
challenges (and more generally for the rest of period). Communicate to
the RM the plan for the day, expectations, number of staff needed, staff
allocation, number of days needed to achieve tasks and challenges
foreseen at the end of each day - Other tasks as assigned by the FM/RA/RM.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health Science, Social Science and other related disciplines
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in both English and Swahili
- Excellent management and organizational skills
- Flexible, self, motivating, and able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, a team player
- Computer literate
- Previous experience in data collection and survey administration
- Previous tablet based survey experience (required)
- Experience with position responsibilities listed above
- Comfortable managing a large team of enumerators.
Desired
- Experience using process maker system
- Over 2 years’ of experience managing midline or endline respondent tracking.
To Apply:
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Disclaimer: The
above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level
of the work being performed by the Associate Field Manager-Medicine
Access Project.
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
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