Job Summary
He/she will be responsible for the coordination and delivery of project deliverables at the KP Drop-in Centre, integrated facilities and community programs in Bomet County.
Minimum Qualification:Diploma
Experience Level:Mid level
Experience Length:2 years
Job Description/Requirements
Background:I Choose Life - Africa (ICL) is a
leading youth focused Non-Governmental Organizations that has
significantly contributed to the realization of socio-economic
development and empowerment of individuals bringing about transformative
change across communities in Kenya. The organization has over 16 years’
experience implementing evidence-based adolescents and youth programs
in over 345 institutions of learning (Primary, Secondary and Higher
learning institutions) across 25 Counties in Kenya. ICL aims at
contributing towards improved life opportunities of adolescent and youth
aged 10-24 using a holistic transformational model. ICL employs
evidence to design and run innovative and high impact interventions to
improve key indicators in health, education, economic empowerment and
leadership and governance with regards to children, adolescents, and
youth. To ensure maximum impact, ICL utilizes a multi-sectorial
approach, Quadra Helix development approach (which brings together the
Government, Private sector, Academia and Civil society) to foster
innovative and sustainable transformation in communities. In this model
ICL envisions better health and well-being, quality education and
improved livelihoods for sustainable development. In her work, ICL is
guided by Vision 2030 whose objectives it seeks to cascade to counties,
sub counties, wards, organized groups, and households. In her
sustainable and transformative service delivery, ICL invests in
generation and documentation of evidence to influence policy and
practice. The organization is guided by a vision of a “Healthy Africa, Empowered People!”and is on a mission to improve the life opportunities of youth aged 10-24 through strategic empowerment for sustainable development.
Vision:‘Healthy Africa, Empowered People!’
Mission:To improve the life opportunities of youth aged 10-24 through strategic empowerment for sustainable development.
Job Purpose:
Reporting to the Regional Manager and will work closely with the
Pillar heads and liaise with the CASCO, other government officers and
stakeholders at the county and sub-county levels. He/she will be
responsible for the coordination and delivery of project deliverables at
the KP Drop-in Centre, integrated facilities and community programs in
Bomet County.
Key duties and Responsibilities
Project Research & Design
Provide overall coordination of the KP activities in the Drop-in
Centre and integrated health facilities including peer education,
outreach activities and meeting all required targets
Offer mentorship and technical support to the key population health service providers for effective service delivery
Ensure provision of quality clinical services at the outreach, DiCE
and integrated facilities in accordance with the current clinical
practices and approved national guidelines
Provide coordination of the KP structural interventions by closely
working with the County and Sub County Health Management Teams and other
KP stakeholders.**
Project Financing and Sustainability
Participate in developing project monthly budget.
Participate in resource mobilization through idea generation and proposal development
Participate in developing project annual budget
Participate in ensuring donor and organizational financial procedures and systems are followed**
Project Planning
Ensure HIV positive KPs are enrolled for care, initiated on
treatment and appropriately followed up for better treatment outcomes
Ensure an effective referral and linkage system of KPs for various services
Guide the KP health service providers on compiling monthly data and appropriate reports
Ensure confidentiality is maintained at all levels
Document lessons learnt and challenges to inform program decisions
Ensure tracking and reporting of all peer education and HIV/AIDS
activities in the area, set targets, help peer educators overcome
challenges experienced and note best practices
Projects Implementation and Coordination
Responsible for ensuring that project is implemented in accordance with the contractual obligations
Together with M&E officer, write and check activity reports to ensure that they conform to set goals and objectives
Participate in project implementation work plans that have measurable performance indicators with all project staff
Together with M&E officer collate and document of organizational best practices.
Responsible in understanding and implementation of organizational deliverables
Responsible for organizational project reports to the partners, GoK
and donors as per the requirements in liaison with programs manager and
M&E Officer
Project Monitoring, Evaluation and Control
Ensure follow up on agreed activities/strategies and appropriate use of MOH reporting tools
Supervise development and implementation of recruitment and retention strategies for program clients
Act as the community liaison officer for the KP program
Coordinate linkages for GBMSM in the program, track and report all programme activities
Resource Mobilization
Taken part in resource mobilization through participation in proposal development with other program staff
Designed, implemented and evaluated projects with an aspect of resource mobilization
Any other duties in line with the organization Mission and Vision
Education and Training
A diploma in a health-related course, social sciences will be an added advantage
Valid HIV management training
Minimum 2 years’ experience working in a HIV program and or SRH
Economic empowerment programs is an added advantage
Experience working with Key Populations is desired
Good oral and written communication skills (English and Swahili)
Computer literacy in the use of MS Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is desired
Ability to work and deliver results with minimum supervision
Demonstrated ability to work as a team player
Experience, Skills and Abilities
Minimum of 2 -year hands on experience in implementation of HIV prevention programs such as EBIs
S/He should also have experience in community training and community mobilization
Ability to work with a team, foster a team approach and incorporate capacity building activities into the program
Excellent organizational skills, analytical and report writing skills
Demonstrated ability to develop institutional partnerships and build networks
Be an excellent communicator and willingness to work in a multi –sectoral team setting
Computer literate with an ability to analyze and utilize program development gaps for decision making.
How to apply
If you meet the above qualifications, we encourage you to write **********. Your CV and cover letter should reach us on or before4th January, 2021. Kindly indicate your current/last and expected salary in your CV in pdf format with subject as
‘PROJECT ASSOCIATE, KEY POPULATION, BOMET
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
We are an equal opportunity employer
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