CHS/HR/ TBReSET/TOCL/002/2024
Overall Job Function
Reporting to the Health System Strengthening Advisor,
the Technical Officer-Community Linkages will be engaged in strengthening TB
activities in the primary health care settings. H/She will be responsible for
effective the development of community linkages through the engagement of CBOs,
CSOs within 16 deep-focus counties. H/She will work together with the project
staff to ensure coaching and mentorship to support the teams to examine and use
TB data for plan-do-study-act cycles: The staff will compile accurate timely
reports of the implementation. The staff will be key in the documentation and
reporting of the progress report of the TBReSET project.
Key Responsibilities
- Support Community engagement for TB within the TBReSET 16
deep-focus counties.
- In collaboration with CHMTs, develop and execute annual,
biannual, and monthly work plans to ensure that TB activities at the
community level are captured, project targets are met, and standards met.
- Identify and develop innovative strategies for the optimal,
effective, and efficient implementation of TB program linkages related to
CHP work implemented by CHS.
- Identify and develop ways of leveraging the important role of
community-based TB services to strengthen links between primary care
facilities and the community
- Lead the co-creation of culturally appropriate TB patient
information packages for community-based education on TB.
- Organize the mapping of all community actors to facilitate a
structured technical assistance approach for capacity building of
community actors.
- Build the capacity of the CHPs through community meetings,
education, awareness, and other events to identify suspected TB cases and
refer them to health facilities for further assessment.
- Responsible for developing project tools, training packages,
and materials for Quality Improvement (QI) in CHP programs.
- Participate in delivering training and continuous mentorship
for community health focal persons, CHAs, and CHPs in the 16 deep focus
counties.
- Work with the Ministry of Health (MoH) to improve the
competency and capability of CHPs. This includes strengthening quality
training programs and advocating for quality TB services at the community
level.
- Support the training of CHPs in the 16 deep-focus
counties in the basic and technical modules, especially the TB module.
- Coordinate the engagement of TB Champions alongside CHPs. This
involves linking those initiated on treatment to community-based directly
observed treatment (DOTS) support, patient support groups, home-based drug
delivery for stable patients, and community follow-up for those likely to
interrupt treatment.
- Utilize existing community-led monitoring tools, such as
I-Monitor and One-Impact, to understand barriers and enablers to TB
services. This includes addressing human rights, gender, stigma, and
access to social protection.
- Establish the linking of Community Health Assistants
(CHAs) to county-level Technical Working Groups (TWGs). This ensures
meaningful engagement of community actors in various TB activities at the
sub-national level.
- Ensure CHPs have access to and are trained in using data
collection tools at the community level, such as e-CHIS, I-Monitor, TBU
lite, and One-Impact
- Support the establishment of primary care networks in
all the sub-counties in the 16 deep focus counties and the inclusion of TB
data in eCHIS.
- Support the sensitization and enrollment of TB patients on the
Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) in the 16 deep-focus counties
- Carry out supervision and follow-up of implementation
sites to ensure that all project activities are conducted as planned and
that project priorities are on track. This includes overseeing service
delivery through eCHIS and TiBU-lite, as well as ensuring that community
data quality is achieved.
- Establish mechanisms for identifying and communicating
emerging issues and opportunities from field visits to project staff,
county and national governments.
- Participate in research design, data collection,
analysis, and report writing as required by the TBReSET project and the
organization. This is done to strengthen CHP’s involvement in TB services.
- Work with relevant stakeholders to establish a performance
monitoring system for tracking priority QI indicators. This system should
demonstrate process and outcome improvements.
- Prepare and submit the monthly work plan and budget plan to
the Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) Advisor for conducting program
activities.
Professional requirements
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Community
Health, Sociology or any other relevant field. Master’s degree is an added
advantage.
- Minimum of 10 years’ working experience, designing, managing,
implementing, and overseeing community health systems strengthening
initiatives with at least five (5) years at senior supervisory level with
Ministry of Health and donor-funded programs including the US government
PEPFAR programs
- Solid understanding Kenya’s devolved health systems both
national and county systems
- Good understanding of Kenya’s community health and primary
health care (PHC) agenda and the role of PHC in achieving universal health
coverage
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills, capacity
building skills, communication and interpersonal skills, and providing
technical assistance
- Ability to cultivate, develop, and maintain good relationships
with the county government and staff, colleagues and partners
- Experience in knowledge management, specifically in the area
of public health/ healthcare.
- Good facilitation and writing skills
- Outstanding levels of integrity
How To Apply
Interested and qualified applicants are invited to
email their application letter and detailed CV as one document with contact
details to vacancies@chskenya.org clearly quoting the position you
are applying, and reference number as Technical Officer Community
Linkages: CHS/HR/TBReSET/TOCL/002/2024 by June 26, 2024.
Centre for Health Solutions – Kenya is an equal
opportunity employer.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for
interviews. Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.
