NGO Jobs in Kenya – KCCB

The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) - General Secretariat is the National Administrative, facilitative and Coordinative arm through which KCCB undertakes all those responsibilities which express the KCCB mission in Kenya. 

KCCB is the prime recipient of a grant entitled Kenya AIDS Response Program (KARP) awarded by Centers of Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) under the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). 

In collaboration with National AIDS and STI control program (NASCOP) and to provide the much needed support for the 90:90:90 strategy, the KCCB program is seeking candidates for the following positions:-

1. Program Officer and 
 
2. Monitoring and Evaluation Officer 

on a One year renewable contract basis who will work under NASCOP to support the implementation of the national plan for accelerating HIV Care and Treatment in Kenya.

NASCOP is a unit within the Ministry of Health and is mainly involved with technical co-ordination of HIV and AIDS programs in Kenya. The key mandate of NASCOP is to lead the health sector response to HIV/AIDS and STIs. 

This involves Policy and guidelines formulation, procurement and supply chain management coordination, capacity building and Monitoring and Evaluation of the HIV response.  

In addition to providing technical assistance and knowledge transfer to County health teams in order to strengthen and support County governments to offer comprehensive HIV prevention, care and treatment services at County and Sub County Health facilities. 

Kenya continues to scale up HIV Prevention, care, treatment and support services making good progress in reducing the number of new HIV infections and reducing AIDs related mortality over the years. Over 1.6 million adults and 190,000 children are estimated to be HIV infected in Kenya. 

Despite the much progress made towards reaching HIV prevention and treatment targets, gaps still remain. 

Hence Kenya AIDs Strategic Framework (KASF) 2014/15-2018/19 has sets ambitious targets for HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment to be achieved by 2019. 

These are; 90% of people living with HIV know their status, 90% of those diagnosed with HIV access antiretroviral therapy and at least 90% of those on ART achieve viral suppression by the year 2019. 

In order to meet these ambitious targets, the Ministry of Health has recently launched guidelines including the HIV Testing Services guidelines and national ACT plan which will provide impetus to the acceleration agenda. 

Program Officer – HIV Care and Treatment 
 
S/he will provide the much needed support for the 90:90:90 strategy, the KCCB program plans to recruit a Program Officer on contract basis who will work under NASCOP to support the implementation of the national plan for accelerating HIV Care and Treatment in Kenya. 

The officer will work under the direct supervision of the HIV Care and Treatment Manager at NASCOP.  

Duties and Responsibilities
  • On a day to day basis, in consultation with Program Manager, He/she will coordinate ACT activities at national level including
1.       scheduling the ACT technical working group meetings
2.       timely invitation of TWG members or co-opted county members to meetings
3.       Provide logistical support to ACT TWG meetings
4.       ensure proceedings of ACT TWG meetings are well documented and disseminated
5.       follow up on various action points from the TWG meetings
6.       coordinate all county meetings related to ACT
  • Work in close collaboration with county health management teams including implementing partners in planning for and implementation of activities to accelerate HIV care and treatment
  • Ensuring national work plan and budgets for acceleration of HIV care and treatment are adhered to and implemented in a timely manner
  • Support review of routine indicators at national and county level and use of quality improvement approaches to strengthen data use and reporting in collaboration with the M & E officer. Work with counties to support development of county specific acceleration plans, develop and monitor implementation priorities
  • Prepare regular reports to the NASCOP Acceleration technical working group on the progress of implementation
  • Support capacity building of County Health management teams to implement, monitor and report on progress on a regular basis.
  • Document best practices from program implementation as a results of the acceleration  efforts
  • Any other duties that may be assigned by the Head NASCOP or HIV care and treatment Program Manager from time to time.
Requirements
  • A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Medicine or clinical medicine is required
  • A master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, global health or other health related degree will be an added advantage
  • Minimum 7 years working in management of Clinical programs preferably in a HIV program setting.
  • Must have extensive experience in HIV Care and treatment in the Kenyan context and preferably have been involved in program management at various levels
  • Basic Computer and analytical skills desirable
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer 
 
S/he will provide the much needed support for the 90:90:90 strategy, the KCCB program plans to recruit an M&E Officer who will support planning and implementation of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities within HIV Care and Treatment program at NASCOP. 

The appointee will report to the Strategic Information Team lead at NASCOP and work closely with HIV Care and Treatment Manager.

Duties and Responsibilities
  • Coordinate monitoring and evaluation activities in collaboration with NASCOP SI Team Lead
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of ACT monitoring and evaluation tools
  • Audit and troubleshoot M & E systems within the HIV Care and Treatment programs at NASCOP
  • Monitor County performance towards acceleration of HIV prevention, care and treatment and achievement of County specific targets
  • Liaise with county records officers as well as data management assistants in counties that require additional M and E support
  • Build capacity through training and mentorship programs for monitoring and evaluation activities at County level
  • Participate in stakeholders activities to support, strengthen and monitor activities towards acceleration of HIV prevention, care and treatment services.
  • Contribute to targeted public health evaluation and research including proposal writing, training, monitoring, analysis and dissemination of findings
  • Serve as a resource in the evaluation of ongoing HIV/AIDS programs and in the subsequent development of new and/or expanded programs for HIV prevention, care and treatment.
Requirements:
  • A Degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, international health, or related discipline
  • At least 5 years professional experience in monitoring and evaluation systems, with at least 3 years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation of HIV care and treatment programs
  • Excellent data management , analytical and information management skills, with advanced proficiency in relational databases
How to Apply: 
 
Send your application CV and cover letter only to : 

The General Secretary 
Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops General Secretariat, 
P.O. Box 13475-00800, 
Nairobi. 

email: hr@catholicchurch.or.ke or  hrkccb2016@gmail.com

To reach him on or before 29th April 2016
    
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted 

For more details about the above positions see at KCCB Website: www.kccb.or.ke