ICAP of Columbia University is working in partnership with the
Ministry of Health to strengthen HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment services at
provincial and county health facilities.
Applications are invited for the following positions:
Title: Senior Program Officer
Location: Kisumu with travel to ICAP sites in Nyanza
Overall Job Function: The Senior Program Officer is a member of the senior regional
management team and oversees field programmatic activities and site support for
efficient delivery of quality services.
Based in Kisumu, the position reports to the Regional Director,
ICAP Nyanza and works in close collaboration with the Director of Programs.
Key Responsibilities:
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To oversee the planning, initiation and implementation of HIV
Prevention, Care and Treatment services at ICAP-supported facilities in the
region
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To provide technical support for the planning and implementation
of TB/HIV activities at ICAP supported facilities
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To provide technical support for the planning and implementation
of provider-initiated counseling and testing activities at ICAP-supported
facilities
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To provide on-going supervision of ICAP-supported HIV care and
treatment programs
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To participate in training and mentorship of site facility staff
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To participate in designing programs to assist in monitoring and
evaluation and ensuring quality assurance of HIV/AIDS care and treatment
programs
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To liaise with Ministry of Health officials and other
stakeholders in coordinating implementation of the program
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To prepare budgets, work plans, reports and other technical papers
Requirements:
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Degree in Medicine, MPH, or an advanced relevant degree
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5 years of experience managing donor-funded health and/or HIV
programs in the public sector
Study Coordinator - ARTIC Cohort Study
Location: Nyanza with travel to ICAP sites in Nyanza
Overall Job Function:
The Study Coordinator will supervise the day-to-day operations
of a Cohort study for HIV-infected persons who are initiated antiretroviral
therapy (ART) at health facilities in Nyanza.
He/She will ensure smooth implementation and high quality
research under the direction of the ICAP Director of Research and M&E.
Key Responsibilities:
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To participate in the development of standard operating
procedures (SOPs) to be used in the study.
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To develop training materials and oversee the training of study
staff comprising of site coordinators, research assistants, data entry clerks
and data manager.
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To oversee the implementation of the research study through
provision of direct supervision and mentorship to the research staff.
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To develop and oversee the implementation of quality
control/quality improvement measures at all levels of study implementation.
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To liaise with the hospital management teams and facility staff
in the study facilities and provide necessary updates on the study to these
teams.
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To prepare weekly progress reports and disseminate to
investigators and annual reports for the funders.
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To manage the budgets and expenditures including daily
management of site related costs.
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To conduct other responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements:
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Degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, International Health, or
related discipline in clinical medicine with over five years’ experience in
management and coordination of clinical research or cohort studies.
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Excellent communication skills both oral and written
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Excellent knowledge of Micro soft office packages is essential
especially power point, excel.
Data Manager – ARTIC Cohort Study
Location: Kisumu
Overall Job Function:
The successful applicant will be responsible for supervising
staff performing data entry, cleaning and storage of a study data to produce
clean, complete final data sets.
Key Responsibilities:
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To support collection and entry of study data
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To clean study data
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To supervise and track flow of data forms from facilities to
study office and organization of paper records within office
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To ensure completeness, accuracy and consistency of the data
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To produce monthly datasets and written report describing data
integrity
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Assure that electronic and paper records are handled according
to international standards for data security and confidentiality
Requirements
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Bachelors degree or equivalent in computer studies, statistics,
epidemiology or mathematics
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At least 2 years relevant experience and advance skills in MS
Access application development & programming skills; EpiInfo, SPSS; Data
quality assurance; MS Office Familiarity with database management system and
principles
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Familiarity with data coding of SOP and coding dictionaries;
Research Assistant – ARTIC Cohort Study
Location: Allocated sites in Nyanza
Overall Job Function:
The Research Assistant will be responsible for conducting the
day to day study activities at the site under the supervision of the Study
Coordinator
Specific Responsibilities
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To obtain consent from potential study participants.
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To obtain consent and administer questionnaires to study
participants.
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To monitor participants recruitment and retention and oversee
follow ups and participant tracking activities.
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To ensure proper storage of study materials e.g. participant’s
logs, study folders, study questionnaires, consent forms.
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To carry out on-site quality control for data collection.
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To assist in setting up project materials at the beginning of
the day and completing the necessary activities at the end of the day.
Qualifications
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Diploma in Clinical Medicine, Nursing, Laboratory or Bachelors
degree in life sciences.
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Research experience in a HIV setting administering
questionnaires to patients.
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Understands/speaks and writes Dhluo is an added advantage.
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Computer literate.
All applications including a current CV, telephone number and 3
referees (one who should be at least your current/previous supervisor) should
be sent to the HR and Administration Manager, ICAP icap.vacancies@gmail.com on
or before 15th November 2013.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
ICAP is an Equal Opportunity Employer
