The Project Associate – Community Engagement will provide technical support in the implementation of demand creation activities in collaboration with the technical officers. The job holder will be based in Kilifi County and will provide hands on technical support to County Health Management Team (CHMT) and other actors to increase utilization of RMNCAH services in Kilifi county.
Responsibilities
Technical Support and Project
Implementation
- Organize targeted community mobilization and
awareness sessions to ensure uptake of RMNCAH services and ensure targets
are met in the targeted facilities.
- Engage community members, adolescents and youths
and ensure their RMNCAH service delivery gaps/challenges are identified
and addressed to increase uptake.
- Support CHVs to organize community dialogue
sessions with local leaders, cultural leaders, TBAs youth to address
barriers to RMNCAH services uptake.
- Organize media and radio programmes to discuss
issues of RMNCAH and promote RMNCAH services uptake
- Work with identified youth champions to promote
RMNCAH services uptake among the youth using peer led approaches.
- Support in the identification and segmentation
of community groups for targeted behavior change interventions.
- Participate in RMNCAH related stakeholders’
meetings, including TWGs and Task force meetings
- Collaborate with other demand creation agents
including TBAs, religious leaders and community champions to promote
demand for RMNCAH services.
- Organize and facilitate trainings for various
community groups to facilitate demand for products and make the products
accessible to the consumers in Kilifi County especially the poor
Capacity Building
- Support capacity building of CHVs, TBAs,
Community Champions and other demand creation agents on effective Social
mobilization for increased uptake of RMNCAH Services.
Monitoring and Evaluation Documentation
- Support in monitoring and evaluation of project
activities to ensure quality and compliance to standards.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports
relating to the project.
- Support in preparation of annual work plans and
progress reports as per donor requirements.
- Support in documentation and dissemination of
best practices and lessons learnt.
Partnership and Networking
- Liaise with relevant partners, stakeholders and
collaborators to facilitate activities at community level.
- Maintain a good working relationship between
Amref, ministry of health and other partners/stakeholders
Admin and financial management
- Support in day to day management of activity
budgets including processing field imprests and other financial
transactions.
- Ensure timely accounting for the use of project
resources by stakeholders and communities in liaison with finance teams.
Program Development
- Participate in writing of new concepts and
proposals for fundraising.
Qualifications
Education and knowledge:
- Bachelor’s Degree in public health, community
health, sociology or any other relevant field
- Experience:
- At least 3 years’ the implementation of public
health, community development programmes or behavior change programmes at
community level in coastal Region.
- Experience in demand creation activities for
RMNCAH programmes is desirable.
How to Apply
