JOBS: What Not to Bring to An Interview

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Examine HTS operations, patient linkages/referral systems
• Institutionalize continuous quality improvement systems for HTS
• Lead in designing, implementing and technical oversight of GBV prevention, mitigation, and response mechanisms
• Work with the church, community, and other stakeholders to create awareness of Gender-Based Violence among women, Children and adolescent girls, and young women.
• Provide overall coordination and support of the planning, design, and implementation of DREAMS an evidence-based HIV-prevention program targeting adolescent Girls and young women
• Provide leadership in the adaptation and training of appropriate HIV prevention interventions including SHUGA, HCBF, MHMC, RESPECT-K and FMP
• Facilitate proper community mobilization, and community entry process to ensure program sustainability and ownership by the community members and stakeholders
• Provide technical assistance through training, mentorship, and support to staff working on the HTS, GBV, and DREAMS project interventions focusing on the package of evidence-based interventions including school-based HIV prevention programming, social asset building, social protection interventions including vocational training, education subsidy, entrepreneurship, and Financial capability training and Biomedical interventions including gender-based violence, HIV Testing and Counselling, contraceptive method mix, condom promotion and provision and PrEP education and community mobilization and norms change interventions among others
• Capacity building, mentorship, and support supervision of program staff, mentors, and change agents for quality improvement and performance
• Establish working referral systems for men, discordant couples, adolescent girls, and young women for HTS, care and treatment, and other appropriate interventions
• Coordinate monthly progress planning and review meetings and tracking progress against annual targets
• Effective monitoring and evaluation of programs including working closely with the M & E team to set up program responsive monitoring and evaluation systems, tools, reporting structures, and data analysis for programming as per the HTS, GBV, and DREAMS guidance
• Generate technical programmatic reports including documentation of lessons learned, best practices, challenges, and opportunities for programming
• Supervision and mentorship of the program staff in implementing targeted HIV prevention programs, packaging interventions, and developing training and IEC materials for interventions.
• Offer guidance and mentorship to all staff fostering a team environment that breeds success, including leading and ensuring quality throughout the recruitment, onboarding, structuring, performance monitoring, and day-to-day management
• Promote organizational activities at the local, regional and national level, ensuring that key actors, both internal and external, are aware of programmatic and operational successes
• Facilitate linkages across different HIV programs and services at a health facility, consortium partners, and community levels; HIV Testing and counseling and Care Treatment and strengthening of health facility-community referral and linkages.
• Identification of access barriers (structural, HR attitude or skills) and addressing them in a timely manner with communities, gatekeepers, and appropriate government organs
• Lead in capacity building and systems strengthening activities in HTS, GBV, and DREAMS activities, HIV prevention interventions, care and treatment for MOH and other implementing partners
• Participate in the identification of gaps leading to proposal development for continuing application and expansion of the project activities
• Serve as the budget holder for the program elements ensuring all expenditures are compliant, budget revisions are completed accurately when required
• Coordination and supervision of evaluations on the efficacy of behavioral, biomedical, and structural interventions and programs.
• Represent the organization in various forums including stakeholder forums, technical working groups, and other national programmatic forums
• Coordinate ownership and sustainability of programs within the government mainstream functions
• Documentation of lessons learned, best practices, challenges, and opportunities for programming

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Knowledge of or experience in program management and support procedures with a focus on PEPFAR’s DREAMS package of interventions.
• Familiarity in developing concepts, writing donor reports, developing informative PowerPoint presentations, and proposal writing
• Commitment to understanding and responding to the most urgent needs and rights of vulnerable youth and HIV/AIDS positive children and their families.
• Ability to implement multidimensional projects with a focus on HIV/AIDS, social asset building, child protection, and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence.
• Experience working with the children’s department, MoE, CSOs, and other relevant social protection stakeholders.
• Experience and skills in networking and relations with various stakeholders, donors, peer organizations, and faith-based and civil society partners.
• Dependable and detail-oriented.
• Good communication skills, maturity of judgment, self-starter, and strong multi-tasking and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to work additional hours to meet deadlines
• High capacity for organization and coordination as well as ability to work with a high degree of independence in a team environment.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Masters-level education in Development Studies, Social sciences, medical field, public health, or any other related field relevant to the above job description.
• A bachelor’s degree in the above field coupled with more than five years’ experience may be considered
• Minimum of five years of relevant work experience in HIV prevention, care, and treatment filed in Kenya with progressive responsibilities, ideally with PEPFAR-funded programs.
• Demonstrated capacity and experience in capacity building and staff mentorship
• Experience with program monitoring and evaluation and analysis.
• Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information and budget management systems, and knowledge-sharing networks.