Position: Field Officer - Medicine Access
Project (Multiple Positions)
Deadline to
Apply:10th June, 2016
Start Date: 27th June 2016
Duration: 3 Months
Location: Kakamega / West Pokot / Samburu / Embu / Nyeri
/ Narok / Kwale / Makueni
Innovations
for Poverty Action (IPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to discovering
and promoting effective solutions to global poverty problems.
We also
mobilize and support these decision makers to use these solutions to build
better programs and policies at scale.
About the Project: IPA Kenya seeks qualified applicants for the position of Field Officer for the Medicine Access Project that aims to evaluate the impact of a new medicine access program on the availability and price of the new medicine included in the program portfolio at health facilities and households in 8 counties targeted by the program in Kenya using a cluster-randomized trial design.
Access to
medicine in Kenya is via public, non-for-profit. In the private sector patients
pay the price of the medicines out-of-pocket; in the public and not-for-profit
sector - Ministry of Health facilities or facilities affiliated with
faith-based organizations - patients may be charged either the full price or a
partial cost-recovery fee.
Out-of-pocket
spending can result in catastrophic health expenditure and increased poverty. A
household survey conducted in 2008 indicates that 82% of patients pay out of
pocket for their Non Communicable Diseases medicines.
About 33%
of respondents who reported being diagnosed and prescribed an NCD medicine had
that medicine available in their house at the time of the survey.
We seek to
evaluate the impact of the new medicine access program on the availability and
pricing of the new medicine in the program at the facilities and households in
target counties.
Data for
the evaluation will be collected at two levels: health facilities and
households. We are preparing for the baseline data collection, the first of the
five phases of data collection, prior to the program implementation.
Responsibilities: This job description
outlines some of the tasks that are typical to the Field Officer (FO) position
across IPA-K projects.
The tasks
below are in no way exhaustive of the expectations of the FO position, thus
flexibility, innovation, adjustment and conscientious efforts are expected
depending on day to day events and the ever changing areas and needs of the
job.
General
- Data
collection on SurveyCTO: Assist with translations, pretesting and piloting
surveys, conducting data collection, providing feedback during debriefs on
field operations and survey instruments that will inform and monitor
improvements in project operations.
- Ensure
data integrity is maintained at all times and minimize errors in survey
administration
- Completion
of scheduled activities each day in a timely manner
- Interact
with community members with the highest level of integrity and
understanding
- On
non-field days, conscientious performance of office work, for instance
translations, and peer training/learning
- Assist
in daily electronic devices maintenance and storage
- Maintaining
high standards of professional integrity in all activities
- Organization
of Field Activities: The FO will Successfully complete all tasks assigned
by the NAP management team
- Other
tasks as assigned by the FM/RA/RM.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Public Health Science, Social Science and other related
disciplines.
- Excellent
oral and written communication skills in both English and Swahili
- Excellent
management and organizational skills
- Flexible,
self, motivating, and able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, a team
player.
- Computer
literate
- Previous
experience in data collection and survey administration
- Experience
with position responsibilities listed above
- Comfortable
managing a large team of enumerators
- Previous
tablet based survey experience.
Desired
- Over
2 years’ of experience managing midline or endline respondent tracking
- Experience
using process maker system
- Fluent
in local languages of the areas of operation.
To
Apply:
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Disclaimer: The above
statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work
being performed by the Field Officer-Medicine Access Project. The statements
are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and
responsibilities. Management reserves the right to amend and change
responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Please note that
IPA will never request any form of payment from an applicant. Applicants are
encouraged to confirm the information listed above with IPA
