O’Live Medicare Services provides management services to the healthcare industry by building the capability of the industry stakeholders to meet the continuously evolving needs of the healthcare market, and deliver on the promise of their products and services to their members. We are recruiting on behalf of one of our clients various positions for immediate employment.
 1. Clinical Officer, Pharm Tech and Nutritionist
Above specialties are required in a Private Medium hospital on the along Thika Super Highway. All candidates need to show proof of registration with their relevant professional body and have at least one to two years post qualification experience in a business environment.
 Must be CPA II from a recognized institution, be able to update and reconcile all account records. Be able to prepare all essential financial reports. Manage the Payroll and financial advisor to the management. Knowledge of an accounting package and 2yrs work experience in a busy environment with minimal supervision.
 The candidates must be a certificate holder in catering, over 1 year work experience of handling food in a hospital set-up.
Must a BCE license holder, a form four certificate or above with at least 5 years work experience, ambulance driving will be an added advantage.They must possess a certificate of good conduct a must.
All candidates are expected to be computer literate.Those interested in the position should send their applications & detailed CVs to info@olivemedicare.com so as to reach us by: 15th December, 2012. Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is an internationally recognized leader in the fight against pediatric HIV/AIDS, working to eradicate pediatric HIV infection through research, advocacy, and the delivery of comprehensive HIV services to women, children, and their families in 17 countries globally.

Since 2000, the Foundation in Kenya has expanded from a small HIV and AIDS initiative to a large prevention, care, and treatment program covering several regions in Kenya.

EGPAF in Kenya is looking to recruit for the following positions based in Nyanza:

• Nutritionist

• District Coordinator – Community Liaison

Contract length: 3 months (Renewable)

Nutritionist

Reporting to the Project Officer, the Nutritionist will seek to improve the quality and impact of nutrition interventions, by providing additional technical support in the most affected districts in Nyanza.

The role

In collaboration with the District Nutritionist and stakeholders, you will develop a district nutrition plan.

You support the DNO in facilitating monthly nutrition coordination meeting with key stakeholders.

You will ensure that nutrition issues are adequately represented in district level coordination forum and that related nutrition interventions are linked with Health, Food/Agriculture, Water and Education sectors.

You will support DNOs to coordinate and monitor partners’ support to nutrition related interventions, including coverage of key interventions, performances of programs, supply/stock.

You will provide technical support to MOPHS and NGOs to effectively plan, monitor and implement nutrition interventions, including management of acute malnutrition, in order to reach planned targets.

You will compile monthly nutrition situation update, using all anthropometric and non-anthropometric related data sources as well as key factors influencing and/or likely to influence the nutrition situation.

You will support district level planning and development of concepts that aim to address causes of malnutrition and sustainable means to address them, also promoting coordination and collaboration among partners.

You will support district nutritional assessments (e.g. planning, training, supervision, analysis of data) and facilitate nutrition information sharing between district and national levels.

The Person

To be successful in this role you will require a minimum of Diploma in nutrition or public health coupled with minimum two years relevant nutrition experience. Awareness of community-based approaches to improving nutrition and food security and to design and deliver training activities in the nutrition sector is essential.

You will have experience in emergency nutrition and familiarity with latest developments in nutrition. Awareness of community-based approaches to improving nutrition and food security and able to work well with local authorities, communities and stakeholders is key.

District Coordinator – Community Liaison

Reporting to the Project Officer, the District Coordinator- Community Liaison provides technical expertise in designing and implementing interventions to sensitize and engage community, create community-facility linkages and implement psychosocial support activities.

The Role

You will provide on the job training to field officers , volunteers and MOH staff. You will ensure project activities comply with national guidelines and policies for HIV/AIDS and ART.

You will implement evidence-based techniques and strategies to ensure quality programming in adherence and psychosocial support. You will develop and distribute appropriate job aids and education materials.

You will work with communities to sensitize them on services available at facility level. You will facilitate partnership meetings.

The Person

To be successful in this role you will require a Public Health, Community health. Epidemiology, counseling or a health related field Diploma coupled with background in community development activities. HIV/AIDS knowledge and related experience in addition to experience in capacity building, such as planning and facilitating trainings and providing technical assistance is essential. Teaching and counseling skills and Willingness to travel are a prerequisite.

If you believe you are the candidate we are looking for, please submit your application attaching current resume to: kenyarecruitment@pedaids.org.

The closing date is 16th December 2011

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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CARE INTERNATIONAL-SOMALIA NUTRITIONIST

CARE International is an NGO working in Somalia. CARE and its partners work with vulnerable communities to address the underlying causes of poverty and promote peace and development, as well as mitigating immediate suffering caused by drought, conflict and displacement.

Reporting to the Area Manager, the Nutritionist will oversee all aspects of emergency nutrition activities including needs assessments, establishment of nutrition programme and procurement of special nutrition needs. S/he will be required to provide nutrition technical backstopping to partner staff. Facilitate training of nutrition staff and volunteers (active case finders) and organize for nutrition education. Create working synergy between nutrition component and other emergency projects for proper utilization of the resources at the field office. S/he will also need to respond to immediate nutrition issues with simultaneous consideration of medium and long term needs and opportunities. The Nutritionist will be required to suggest practical strategies for responding to changes in the operating environment as well as maintaining a focus on longer term objectives. The nutritionist will be required to make regular monitoring efforts and periodic visits to field sites in Somalia, and represent the organization in nutrition cluster coordination meetings and to other key stakeholders at the field level.

The position will work closely with the CARE Emergency Program Coordinator, Area Manager and local partners. The position is based in Nairobi with frequent field visits to field sites in Somalia.

Core Competencies • People skills:
• Communication Skills: • Integrity • Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility: • Awareness and sensitivity of self and others:
• Work style:
• Knowledge and skills: • 1 – 3 years experience in nutrition interventions Technical Competences • Previous work experience in medium-large scale nutritional emergencies • Capacity to develop, implement and analyze nutrition/health assessments, develop work plans and budgets • Experience in nutritional assessments • Skills in training, monitoring and evaluation of nutritional interventions • Strong coordination skills with the ability to manage information (statistical analysis, report writing and presentations) Requirements • Diplomas in at least one of the following: nursing, nutrition, and public health • Previous experience in working on management of acute malnutrition • Experience organizing and facilitating training • Fluency in English and Somali • Strong interpersonal skills, creativity, flexibility, adaptability and empathy • Ability to plan and facilitate health based curriculum trainings/workshops

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Real Impact is an NGO working with network partners in East Africa to alleviate malnutrition and poverty through the integration of sound agronomic programmes in Nutrition Gardens linked to balanced menus in institutional and domestic kitchens.

The position holder will further develop and implement the Real Impact Applied Nutrition curriculum and training materials and liaise with the Agronomy Team to optimise the nutritional outputs and utilisation of Nutrition Garden vegetables and bought-in dry goods.

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The post requires an out-going personality, capable of motivating teams and providing a strong role model in terms of personal commitment to sound nutrition through their own diet and life-style. Confidence and experience in delivery of stimulating training sessions is essential.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate practical cooking skills and ability to design nutritionally balanced menus at both the institutional mass catering level and for domestic households.

The candidate must also have extensive networking abilities with relevant stakeholders within the Ministries, donor and NGO networks and be familiar with current regional nutritional statistics and research issues, particularly concerning HIV, child and pregnant/lactating mothers.

Report writing skills are essential and pdf copies of recent reports for which the candidate is the main author should be sent with the application.

The candidate must be computer literate (power point, word, excel) and hold a current driving license and work permit if non-Kenyan.

Qualifications:

    Degree in Applied Nutrition or Home Economics minimum 2nd upper honours
Commercial experience in large scale catering e.g. canteen, hospital, restaurant – provide references
Minimum 5 years experience working with a relevant donor funded project e.g. USAID APHIA, FTC, WFP, UNICEF – please provide 2 references from donor project managers.
Fluency in English and Kiswahili

Please send current salary details with application.

Applications to: programmes@realimpact.or.ke Closing date: Mon 22nd August 2011

Only successful candidates will be contacted.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of closing consider your application unsuccessful.

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General Description of the Program

GOAL first started working in South Sudan in Mid-1980, originally through short term emergency intervention.

GOAL South Sudan currently has 3 programme sites Twic County, Warrap State, Abyei Administrative Area (AAA) and Malakal / Sobat in Upper Nile State.

At these sites GOAL South Sudan operates public health programmes activities including curative primary health care, based on the management of 28 primary health clinics; preventative health care including HIV/AIDS messaging, malaria control and hygiene promotion; nutrition and food security, water and sanitation engineering and clinic construction / rehabilitation.

Duty Station: South Sudan

Job Title: Roving Health Supervisors

3 Positions

Contract Length: 3 months

General Description of the Role

This position demands both excellent clinical knowledge and training skills to manage health facilities within a rural primary health care setting.

The Roving Health Supervisors will be responsible for ensuring that management of the medical facilities is executed in line with international standards and donor guidelines under the supervision of the Area Health Manager and assistant PHC.

They will be directly responsible for clinical diagnosis and treatment and the efficient operation of the assigned clinics so that the clinics show improvements in their outputs (accurate diagnosis, waste management, stock control, data collection and improved skills of staff).

In the execution of duties it is expected that the role will require extensive travel within Twic County.

Requirements (Person Specification)

Qualified clinical officer, registered with MoHGoSS.Previous experience in PHC / health programmes in similar position with international organisations / agencies desirableFluent in spoken and written English; good spoken ArabicStaff management/training experience and good inter-personnel skillsVery enthusiastic and keen to travel and work extra hours to achieve the objectives of the programmeJob Title: Field Nutritionist

1 Position

Contract Length: 6 months

General Description of the Role

The nutrition officer will play an active role supporting all clinics in all aspects of the nutrition program.

Specific areas of program activity include

Training and technical advice to all GOAL staff on nutritionRunning of Outpatient Therapeutic Programmes (OTPs), Nutrition Circles to target Moderate Acute Malnutrition and CookeryDemonstrations as a form of prevention of malnutritionGive technical advice on Growth monitoring and promotionIntegration of nutrition into the different primary health care components.Requirements (Person Specification)
BSc or MSc in Human Nutrition/ Public Health NutritionPrevious experience in CMAM or nutrition programmes, preferably with international organisationsFluent in spoken and written EnglishStaff management/training experience and good inter-personnel skillsVery enthusiastic and keen to travel and work extra hours to achieve the objectives of the programmeJob Title: Procurement Manager (PM)

Contract length: 12 Months

General responsibilities: The PM is responsible for managing GOAL SS procurement, ensuring orders for goods and services are processed promptly and good value is obtained through the relevant procurement officers in GOAL SS.

Key Responsibilities:

Ensure standards on cargo shipped internationally through International Chamber of Commerce (INCORTERMS) are applied when importing supplies.Where necessary perform regional procurement through developing supplier contacts and maintaining relationships with logisticians in other GOAL offices and through the GOAL Logistics Advisors.Manage tenders for high value procurements, in line with GOAL Logistics Systems.Make presentation to tender Committee Members on major purchases before contract awardWork with Budget Holders in developing procurement plans to ensure donor budgets are spent timely.Actively participate in budget formulation process by availing information on Logistics related costs.Through GOAL standard systems ensure that all Donor Requirements relating to Procurement are complied with within budgets and contracts.A minimum of 2 years ‘experience as Head of Procurement with an international NGO and A minimum of 5 years Procurement experience in NGO or commercial organization.High level of integrity, honesty, commitment and professionalismUnderstanding procurement requirements of donors like USAID, ECHO and DFID a distinct advantageQualification in Procurement/Supply Chain Management a requirementExcellent computer skillsLanguage: English; Arabic is advantageous

Interested candidates who meet the above mentioned conditions should submit their application letter and CV listing three references and phone numbers or other contact details to:

The HR Manager,
Goal South Sudan ,
P.O Box 166 Munuki, Juba

or

GOAL South Sudan,
PO Box 66242-00800
Nairobi.

Email: hadiga@ss.goal.ie.

Kindly indicate the post title on the envelope.

Qualified Women are encouraged to apply

Closing Date: 19 August 2011

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