Kenya Red Cross Society is one of the largest humanitarian organizations in Kenya.Its mission is to be the leading humanitarian organization in Kenya delivering excellent quality service of Preventing and Alleviating Human Suffering.
The Society in collaboration with the American Red Cross International Services Department seeks to prevent and alleviate human suffering around the world by responding to disasters, building safer, more resilient communities, and educating future humanitarians.
The Society is looking for a qualified person to fill the above positions:
1. Vacancy: Regional Program Manager, Eastern Africa
Reporting to the Regional Representative for Eastern Africa, the Regional Program Manager will be responsible for design and delivery of high quality programming in Eastern Africa, while ensuring programmatic integration and impact across all projects in the Region.
The position will be based at KRCS Headquarters, Nairobi.
Specific duties and accountabilities:
Ensure completion of all planning, implementation and technical program deliverables in the Region, including work planning, implementation, and performance tracking and reporting.
Support project results and deliverables, ensuring timely and quality implementation of program activities.
Supervise in-country designated project staff across the various operating countries.
Coordinate with Region, country and headquarters teams to complete required project monitoring and performance reviews, assessments and surveys for enhanced programming quality, sharing and learning.
Lead the documentation, communication and sharing of project information, promising practices among program countries.
Pro actively network with and represent Region programming interests within and beyond the Red Cross including with academia, private donors and corporations.
Contribute to Region resource mobilization for programming by seeking strategically aligned grants, contracts or private funding.Minimum Qualifications
Masters degree in social sciences, project management, international and humanitarian development or related fields.
At least seven years’ experience in project design and management responsibilities, including needs assessments, proposal development, project implementation planning, and performance tracking and reporting.
Eastern Africa region experience, including substantive programming knowledge in specific countries of interest.
Practical programming and knowledge in Communities’ asset building, Health, Disaster Risk management, Youth and Organization Governance and Leadership.Key Competencies
Proven project planning, organization, coordination and control skills. Demonstrated experience implementing projects through partner organizations and collaboration with academia, private donors and corporates for program quality.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and achieve results through teams and collaboration.
Understanding of project financial budgeting and resource management.
Ability to work in environments with ambiguity, and with teams of diverse languages and cultures.
Willingness to travel extensively in the region (up to 50%).Applications should be sent to the following address to be received on or before 5:00 pm Friday, 30th September 2014.
2. Position Title: Project Officer – Maternal and Child Health (MCH)
Reporting to: County Manager
Job Location: Madogo
Position Summary:
The principal function of the post holder is to provide technical leadership and management at the community Level of day-to-day implementation of to the MCH project in Tana North District, Kenya.
The Post holder will oversee the implementation of the MCH Project initiatives in close collaboration with MoPHS to improve the accessibility, utilization and quality of maternal and child health services.
Duties & Responsibilities
General
Follow up public health situation in general in the country, region and county to inform relevant counterparts as well as to adjust project plans accordingly
Manage the project assistant and ensure that his/her skills and competencies are supported to meet the needs of the project
Representation at county level health fora, sharing of Red Cross role as an auxiliary to the Government, project progress and best practise
Contribute to documentation of the project lessons to enable learning from the action.Technical support to project
Establish Project Steering Committee in Tana North -Madogo project site and ensure linkages with HQ Project Steering Committee
Support to setting up community structures, including training, according to the Community strategy and project plansCommunity units
Resource persons
RC volunteers
CHW
CHEWsLocal health facility staff
Support the trained resource persons in the implementation of community activities as per community assessments and action plans
Set up and support running of mobile clinics in collaboration with MoPHS
Identify and support setting up services for Obstetric Fistula services
Familiarise with local issues related to Gender Based Violence and support the volunteers and relevant project staff to develop sensible and feasible ways to influence positive change
Coordinate with MoPHS at the field level regarding mobile health message delivery pilot
Ensure at the field level that project volunteers and staff have necessary tools for implementation of the planned community work including relevant adapted IEC materials
Continuously assess the skills and capacities of the project staff and volunteers to implement the work; organise and facilitate regular opportunities for volunteers to update their knowledge and skills e.g. through monthly / quarterly meetingsQuality Assurance
Ensure that project plans and budget reflect the actual situation in implementation and suggest adjustments when necessary
Compliance with policies, strategies and standards (RC and MoPHS)
Prepare concept papers, periodic progress and annual reports showing achievements against planned targets as well as providing justification for performance variance and areas of improvement
Liaise with County Health Office about health data management and support when necessary through community units supported by the project
Encourage and seek opportunities for community participation in monitoring and demanding for quality health services.Coordination
Conduct annual district/county workshops to explain project strategy, engage relevant decision-makers such as MoPHS, social services, county authorities and community leaders in monitoring of the project progress.
Ensure coordination at different levels within the project framework (HENNET) and externally
Provide technical support and supervision to project the Nutrition assistants of the MCH project in Tana River.
Coordinate capacity building of MoPHS health workers as CHEWs at project supported health facilities through training on Community strategy and MCH related trainings.
Coordinate capacity building of CHW’s health workers at project supported community through training on Community strategy and MCH related trainings.
Oversee all community-based activities including outreaches, Community Conversations (CC) sessions and Mobile clinics, and encourage community participation in monitoring and demanding for quality health services.
Coordinate and conduct monthly and quarterly coordination meetings by and with CHW’s and DHMT meetings on MCH and other aspects relating to the project. Identify and recruit CHW/Vs: collaborative effort Coordination teams/MoPHS-supervisors/Community Health Committees (CHCs) (minimum 1 woman/team).
Establish/revitalise/reinforce CHCs to support Red-Cross-CHW/Vs, activities, health-system linkages.Project Monitoring and Evaluation
Establish Project Steering Committee in Tana River-Madogo project site. Good! But assume will have HQ involvement as well?
Train locally recruited branch – level Red Cross- facilitators: Red Cross induction package, Red Cross Community-based Health and
First Aid (CBHFA), MoPHS’ MCH approach, effective educational-transfer techniques, MCH-related BCC messages and communication skills.
Develop and implement clear handover/exit strategy to MoPHS. GooD
Support overseeing baseline, MTR and endline/evaluation at the field level with the support of the RHO at the regional level and the Project Manger at the national levelMinimum Qualifications
BSc in Environmental Health or equivalent qualifications
Indepth experience and understanding of Infant, young child and maternal health interventions in rural areas.
At least two years field experience, preferably with an NGO and or MoH.Key Competencies
Strong background in training and committment to capacity building.
Project management skills including PMER
Coordination and networking
Excellent written and spoken English.
Strong computer skills Flexible, ability to work both as an individual and as a team leader and under stress in what can be a harsh environment.How to Apply
Applications should be sent to the following address to be received on or before 5:00 pm Friday, 31st October 2014.
Late applications will not be considered:
Secretary General
Kenya Red Cross Society
P.O. Box 40712-00100,
Nairobi Kenya
