Our client provides support to the Kenyan Government in implementing the National Health Sector Strategic Plan as well as in consecutive planning arising from the SWAp, with an overall objective of improving access to good and affordable health care, particularly in reproductive health.
The support is provided through a program comprising of four components: Policy advice, Health financing, Reproductive health, Gender-Based Violence including Female Genital Mutilation (GBV – component).
The Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) component’s objective is to ensure that the quality of Family Planning and Reproductive Health services for the general population as well as services for the youth and their age-specific problems is improved and the services are increasingly used by the target population. The Sexual Reproductive Health component carries out activities both at central and de-central level to achieve this objective. The component’s indicators are in the areas of increasing uptake of antenatal care services and skilled birth attendance, increasing access to contraception, as well as increasing access to adolescent sexual reproductive health information and services.
Job Summary
Reporting to the component head, the Senior Program Officer will support the Component Head in strategic, programmatic, administrative and financial management of the component activities with special emphasis on de-central level activities.
Responsibilities
Manage de-central level RH activities according to the Programme Offer, the component objectives and the annual work plan;
Support of the RH component’s initiative to provide professional advice and input to, and to cooperate with, implementing partners and relevant stakeholders;
Innovation and knowledge management as well as transmission of innovation to a wide range of persons
Undertake planning, coordination and implementation of assigned SRH activities in close coordination with implementing partners and relevant stakeholders;
Represent the programme in relevant stakeholder forums including those dealing with policy and technical aspects and establish partnerships with relevant stakeholders in the program focal districts in the area of SRH and strengthen existing ones;
Establish and maintain effective collaborative working arrangements with the Provincial / District Health Management Teams and future county teams;
Prepare the budget for assigned component activities and related financial documentation
Conceptualize, prepare and implements workshops and coordinate training;
Support the component head in monitoring and evaluation of the component activities. Including determining bottlenecks and recommending alternative courses of management action to the component head;
Support research and study activities on relevant program issues as outlined in the annual work plan, including appropriate input to the program reports/publications.
Requirements
Post graduate degree in Public Health or related fields and Undergraduate Degree in either Health or Natural Sciences
At least 5 years work experience in sexual reproductive health or related health programs within East Africa;
Knowledge and experience with the medical, cultural and anthropological aspects of SRH including linkages to HIV/AIDS;
Knowledge and experience in Gender and Reproductive rights issues;
Experience in policy dialogue and technical advisory role;
Previous management experience in a similar program preferable, including financial oversight/management;
How to apply:
Send your application including a cover letter indicating your desire to work with our client; a detailed CV highlighting relevant experience, details of current and expected salary, a daytime phone contact, email address, and the names of three professional referees by close of business Tuesday 31st May 2011 to:
Adept Systems
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS
P O Box 6416, Nairobi, GPO 00100
Email: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke
Web: www.adeptsys.biz
Only short listed candidates will be contacted. Please note that we do not charge fees for receiving or processing job applications. Visit our website for more vacancies.
The support is provided through a program comprising of four components: Policy advice, Health financing, Reproductive health, Gender-Based Violence including Female Genital Mutilation (GBV – component).
The Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) component’s objective is to ensure that the quality of Family Planning and Reproductive Health services for the general population as well as services for the youth and their age-specific problems is improved and the services are increasingly used by the target population. The Sexual Reproductive Health component carries out activities both at central and de-central level to achieve this objective. The component’s indicators are in the areas of increasing uptake of antenatal care services and skilled birth attendance, increasing access to contraception, as well as increasing access to adolescent sexual reproductive health information and services.
Job Summary
Reporting to the component head, the Senior Program Officer will support the Component Head in strategic, programmatic, administrative and financial management of the component activities with special emphasis on de-central level activities.
Responsibilities
Manage de-central level RH activities according to the Programme Offer, the component objectives and the annual work plan;
Support of the RH component’s initiative to provide professional advice and input to, and to cooperate with, implementing partners and relevant stakeholders;
Innovation and knowledge management as well as transmission of innovation to a wide range of persons
Undertake planning, coordination and implementation of assigned SRH activities in close coordination with implementing partners and relevant stakeholders;
Represent the programme in relevant stakeholder forums including those dealing with policy and technical aspects and establish partnerships with relevant stakeholders in the program focal districts in the area of SRH and strengthen existing ones;
Establish and maintain effective collaborative working arrangements with the Provincial / District Health Management Teams and future county teams;
Prepare the budget for assigned component activities and related financial documentation
Conceptualize, prepare and implements workshops and coordinate training;
Support the component head in monitoring and evaluation of the component activities. Including determining bottlenecks and recommending alternative courses of management action to the component head;
Support research and study activities on relevant program issues as outlined in the annual work plan, including appropriate input to the program reports/publications.
Requirements
Post graduate degree in Public Health or related fields and Undergraduate Degree in either Health or Natural Sciences
At least 5 years work experience in sexual reproductive health or related health programs within East Africa;
Knowledge and experience with the medical, cultural and anthropological aspects of SRH including linkages to HIV/AIDS;
Knowledge and experience in Gender and Reproductive rights issues;
Experience in policy dialogue and technical advisory role;
Previous management experience in a similar program preferable, including financial oversight/management;
How to apply:
Send your application including a cover letter indicating your desire to work with our client; a detailed CV highlighting relevant experience, details of current and expected salary, a daytime phone contact, email address, and the names of three professional referees by close of business Tuesday 31st May 2011 to:
Adept Systems
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS
P O Box 6416, Nairobi, GPO 00100
Email: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke
Web: www.adeptsys.biz
Only short listed candidates will be contacted. Please note that we do not charge fees for receiving or processing job applications. Visit our website for more vacancies.
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