Scope Of Role:
Reports to: Health Officer
Technical Report : Research coordinator, Save the Children
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Dimensions: Save
the Children has been operational in Kenya since the 1950s, providing support
to children through developmental and humanitarian relief programmes delivered
both directly and through local partners. Current programming focuses on child
protection, child rights governance, education, health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods,
nutrition and WASH.
Key Areas Of Accountability:
Programme.
- Provide technical assistance to CHPs towards implementation of
integrated community case management and integration with uncomplicated
acute malnutrition.
- Support training and mentorship for Community Health Promotors
on Integrated Community iCCM, Basic modules, uncomplicated CMAM.
- Supervise routine data collection and commodity accountability
by the CHPs and Community Unit CHEWs
- Consolidate activity reports and ensure timely submission to
supervisor for onward submission.
- Ensure quality of programme data by interacting often with
project data base.
- Closely work with the principal investigator(s) and provide
the necessary requirements they need to successfully implement the
research.
- Work with MOH to strengthen Community Health Service delivery
and the community – facility linkage and referrals.
- Help to provide evidence that a trained CHP can classify,
diagnose and treat Pneumonia in children under 5 years by review Pneumonia
cases identified by CHPs at house hold level to a certain the Diagnosis.
- Follow-up visits of all children treated by CHPs at home
Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Participate in the design, development and implementation of
an M&E framework for health related activities.
- Document the process of implementation, lessons learnt, case
studies and good practice to ensure information is widely disseminated.
- With the support of MEAL team ensure project performance is
tracked and quality standards adhered to.
- Coordinate regular project monitoring and supervision in
liaison with the SCHMTs and project MEAL focal person to ensure quality
project implementation according to agreed standards.
- Ensure the compilation of quality and timely activity and
monthly reports for the project.
- Collect and manage complaints and feedback in close
coordination with MEAL team
Supervision
- Develop a comprehensive plan for supervision of all the field
health and nutrition activities to ensure implementation adheres to
develop monthly work plans.
- Support regular review meetings with the community health
promoters, sub county community strategy focal person and community health
assistants.
Network and coordinate with the relevant sectors and
agencies implementing health activities at national and community level.
- Identify areas of synergy in the field with the Ministry of
Health and other implementing agencies working with communities.
- Come up with a comprehensive plan of activities within the
identified areas of synergy with the actors named above.
Implement Community Mobilization Activities.
- Liaise and establish strong links with existing community
structures including mother to mother support groups, community units,
youth groups, village elders and religious leaders.
- Support community dialogue and action days.
Strengthen Community – Health Facility Referral
system and Linkage.
- Work with Ministry of Health to strengthen a referral system
at community level and implement activities to strengthen the community
–facility linkage.
Behaviours (Values In Practice)
Accountability:
- Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing
resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children
values
- Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their
responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they
see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and
applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their
team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and
encourages their team to do the same
- Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children,
engages and motivates others
- Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team,
colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
- Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
- develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
- Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
honest, encourages openness and transparency;
demonstrates highest levels of integrity
Qualifications And Experience
- Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse
- At least two (2) years’ work experience in health and
nutrition programming including monitoring and evaluation.
- MUST be registered with Nursing Council of Kenya.
- Fluency (written and verbal) in English, Swahili, and Local
dialects in Turkana County.
- At least two year working experience in a health facility.
- Willing to work in a rural set up and perform house hold
visits on a daily basis
- Good inter-personal, report writing and communication skills
- Strong capacity to work with initiative, flexibility and
without close supervision
- Ability to meet strict deadlines
- Strong research and data analysis skills.
- Experience in community mobilisation within the development
context.
- Experience working with programmes on community health
strategy and community health services delivery is an added advantage.
- health stakeholders, opinion leaders and integration of donor
funded programmes into county plans.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated
ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide array of
organizations.
- Experience of and commitment to utilizing participatory
approaches.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and a
willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathise with children.
- Good knowledge of the nutrition and health field.
- Proficiency in intermediate computer skills especially basic
office applications including MS office (word, excel, PowerPoint, outlook)
is a MUST
How To Apply
