Merlin - Senior Project Officer (HIV/AIDS) Job in Kisii, Kenya (Salary: KShs 138,000 p.m.)

Position: Senior Project Officer (HIV/AIDS)

Programme: Merlin Kenya HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Care Project

Responsible To: Merlin Kisii Project Coordinator

Location: Kisii, Kenya

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: 12 Months

Salary: Ksh 138,000 Gross Per Month

Benefits: Currently includes 24 days annual leave, medical cover, bonus and gratuity

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. Due to the urgency of this position, applications will be short listed on a regular basis and we may offer this post before the closing date.

Merlin International Profile

Merlin specialises in health, saving lives in times of crisis and helping to rebuild shattered health services. Each year, Merlin helps more than 15 million people in up to 20 countries.

Context and Background

Merlin has been working in Kenya since 1998 and in Somalia since 2004. In Kenya Merlin is currently operational in two regions: western and northern Kenya. Merlin projects in Kenya range from the implementation of MNCH, nutrition and emergency preparedness and response programmes; HIV prevention, care and treatment programmes and malaria prevention and control programmes.

The HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment programme is being implemented in partnership with CARE Kenya as prime recepient and district health authorities under the consortium name of Chagua Maisha.

The program that is located in Kisii South, Kisii Central, Marani, Gucha South and Nyamira North and South districts is planned to be implemented for 5 years starting October 1 2010. The goal of the comprehensive program is to reduce HIV infections and improve quality of life of people infected and affected by HIV in Nyanza province.

This will be realized by increasing the quality, access and utilization of HIV prevention, care and treatment services at the community and facility levels and strengthening the capacity of indigenous institutions and MoH to implement HIV prevention, care and treatment services at the community and facility levels.

Main purpose of the role

The Senior HIV/AIDS Project Officer is responsible for leading Merlin HIV/AIDS team and providing technical support and capacity building of the team for successful planning and implementation of programme activities.

The Senior HIV/AIDS Project Officer will work closely with the Project Health Coordinator, Operations Manager, and Project Coordinator in ensuring delivery of quality integrated and comprehensive HIV/AIDS – TB prevention, care and treatment programme.

In addition he or she receives technical advisory and management support from technical lead (TL)-HIV Care and Treatment and the Senior Program Manager of the Chagua Maisha Consortium and is a member of programme leadership team. The Senior HIV/AIDS Project Officer will be stationed in Merlin Kisii office with over 50% of time spent in field operations.

Overall Objectives (scope)

This position demands both the technical knowledge and the work experience, needed to coordinate a comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment programme that includes TB collaborative activities.

The Senior HIV/AIDS Project Officer will be responsible for ensuring that the programme is executed in line with country and international standards and donor guidelines.

This position demands an ability to manage, organise and support all aspects of the programme; including other agency liaison, training and supervising Merlin and local staff using techniques and tools available and appropriate to Kenya.

Responsibilities

Budget Management

• Responsible for development of program operational budget based on consolidation of needs of the program and responsible for budget management
• Undertake monthly reviews to monitor potential budget under and overruns.
• Together with Operation Manager and finance staff review financial expense reports on a monthly basis as per contractual requirements to ensure contract compliance.
• Together with logistics team prepare procurement plans at the start of program and quarterly to ensure flow of goods and services to support implementation of program
• Together with finance staff ensure timely preparation of financial reports and ensure that there is harmony in program and financial reports

Programme Management

• Prepare programme implementation plans as per templates provided by the prime
• Provide leadership in management of the program, timely implementation of approved work plan, budget and performance indicators.
• With the support of project health coordinator ensure that there is effective coordination of duties among program and program support staff
• Provide program updates to Technical Lead, HIV Care and Treatment during program leadership team sessions to facilitate early identification of gaps and challenges
• Support the Chagua Maisha Senior Programme Manager (SPM) and program leadership team in organizing partner review meetings as per work plan.
• Participate in joint field visits by Merlin and Prime for ongoing monitoring and review of project implementation
• Conduct supervision oversight of on going project activities with a view to ascertain that activities are on going and on track
• Provide support to Project Health Coordinator and Program Coordinator in developing reports and ensure the timely submission of reports as per contractual obligations
• Provide support to program M&E personnel in development of an electronic information and data management system
• Together with Project Health Coordinator ensure documentation of lessons learnt, good practices and share these internally and with partners
• Ensure team cohesiveness and harmonization within the consortium in operational area to enhance programmatic performance and joint technical support to strengthening health systems and capacity of government partners.
• Provide management technical oversight to program consultancies and contractors to ensure deliverables are met according to stipulated standards
• Support Merlin’s achievement of strategic interventions as outlined in the country strategic plan

Staff management and capacity building

• Management supervision of program officers and other programme staff to ensure coordination of management functions at all times.
• Manage, guide, supervise, coach, mentor, provide leadership and support to the Chagua Maisha HIV Program staff hired under Merlin’s contract and where need be, others hired under CARE Chagua Maisha, on a day to day basis to meet program tasks and responsibilities
• Participate in the hiring of competent staff and in their orientation to implement programme activities in line with contractual obligations and in line with Merlin’s policies and procedures
• Support staff to develop individual work plans for purposes of strengthening their performance and the performance of the Chagua Maisha program
• Undertake annual staff appraisal
• Provide staff with technical guidance, training, resources and tools related to HIV/AIDS and TB programmes
• Assess the training needs of staff and develop a training programme to meet these needs.
• Participate in training activities related to the field of work

Coordination

• Liaise with the Ministry of Health and other agencies to ensure appropriate provision of service and use of resources.
• Keep the Project Coordinator, Project Health Coordinator, and Country Health Director appraised of all activities and any difficulties that may arise.
• Establish good working relationship with the consortium Prime partner staff and Chagua Maisha partners (Government and non Government stakeholders) to facilitate smooth program implementation
• Coordinate with other Merlin-Kisii program project officers in enhancing health programming outcomes in the region.
• Attend district annual operations planning meetings and represent Merlin in district/county coordination meetings and related HIV forums

Person Specification

Essential

Qualifications, experience and competences

• Medical Doctor or Nurse or Clinical Officer or other relevant discipline with MPH and comprehensive HIV/AIDS programme expertise
• Minimum of 5 years experience in program management capacity in health programming
• Minimum of 3 years experience in HIV&AIDS Programming in Kenya (prevention, HIV care and treatment programs, Sexual and reproductive health
• Understanding of Kenya’s health systems infrastructure
• Strong staff and program management skills
• Strong partnership skills
• Excellent inter-personal, facilitation skills and communication skills
• Strong budget management skills
• Demonstrated experience in conducting monitoring and evaluation activities
• Experience in designing and implementing training programmes
• Experience in writing donor reports-
• Experience in representation and interaction with donors, government officials, international organizations, and NGO representatives concerning health issues and initiatives
• Strong computer skills including word processing, and Excel and English fluency

Preferred

• Good team player, flexible and capable of working with a multinational country team.
• Ability and willingness to travel to rural locations and live in sometimes basic conditions.
• Appreciation of and sensitivity to local culture.
• Experience of a flexible approach to managing and prioritising a high workload and multiple tasks in a fast paced environment with tight deadlines
• Experience of proactively identifying and addressing issues
• An understanding of and commitment to Merlin’s mission and values

Data Protection

Please note, on submitting your application, you are agreeing to Merlin holding and using the information that you have given for the purposes of recruitment and employment – should an offer be made.

Where required by donors funding requirements, some job offers are conditional on our ensuring that potential employees’ names do not appear on counter terrorism lists generated by the United Nations, European Union or the United States.

On submitting your application, you are agreeing to Merlin using the information that you have given for checking that your name does not appear on these lists.

How to Apply:

Should this role be of interest to you, please send you application, clearly indicating “Senior Project Officer HIV/AIDS” in the subject line, to recruitment@merlin-kenya.org by 5pm on Wednesday, 29th March 2012.

Alternatively, you may wish to post your application to, HR Department, Merlin, Nairobi Office, P.O Box 3350 – 00200, Nairobi, Kenya.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

PRIMR Initiative in Kenya - Education Specialist and Finance Manager Jobs

Primary Math and Reading (PRIMR) Initiative

RTI International is an independent organization dedicated to conducting innovative, multidisciplinary research that improves the human condition.

With a worldwide staff of more than 2,500, RTI offers innovative research, development, and a full spectrum of multidisciplinary services. Universities ¡n North Carolina founded RTI in 1958 as the first scientific organization in and centerpiece of Research Triangle Park.

The PRIMR initiative is focused on curriculum support, teacher training and teaching material development to improve the quality of early grade instruction in formal and non-formal
schools through a reading and math intervention.

The PRIMR initiative in Kenya seeks to recruit candidates for the positions of Education Specialist and Finance Manager.

Education Specialist

The Education Specialist will provide technical support for the development of lesson plans, teacher and student materials, plans and specified frameworks as funded by USAID/Kenya and agreed with by the Ministry of Education.

These include working with RTI technical staff to identify, develop, and harmonize effective literacy and numeracy instructional approaches to be used in the early grades.

The Specialist will also provide support for TAC tutors and instructional coaches working to implement revised lesson plans. The assignment is technical, and ¡s designed to provide high level support for effective local capacity building.

This position requires candidates with a Bachelor’s degree and 6 years’ related experience or an
MA degree and 3 years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Applicants will also demonstrate an understanding of scientifically-based Reading and Math research; knowledge of a balanced literacy framework and early Mathematics understanding; knowledge of Kiswahili and English transition instruction strategies and familiarity with the policies and procedures of the Ministry of Education and local school communities.

Finance Manager

The Finance Manager (FM) will oversee the management of financial and reporting functions for the PRIMR program at the Nairobi office to ensure compliance with the terms of the agreement.

S/he will ensure appropriate systems and procedures (cash management, vendor payments, budgeting and other related financial management duties) are in place to properly disburse, account, budget and report project funds which are cost effective, timely and have proper internal controls. S/he will provide supervision for PRIMR accountants.

Applicants will possess a minimum of a Bachelor degree plus six (6) years or a Master’s degree plus three (3) of experience in Finance or Accounting with CPA qualifications.

Candidates will also have at least three (3) years of experience working for a USAID project.

Candidates with demonstrated managerial experience are preferred.

Knowledge and experience with QuickBooks is desired.

For more detail and to submit a cover letter and up-to-date CV, please follow the links www.rti.org/job13889 for the Education Specialist post and www.rti.org/job13890 for the Finance Manager post.

We are proud to be an FEO/AA employer M/F/DN.

This position does not attract international allowances.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted

Wana-anga Sacco - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Internal Auditor Jobs in Kenya

Our client, Wana-anga SACCO is a fast growing, leading and licensed deposit taking SA000 business in Kenya. Since its inception in 1979 the Sacco mandate has been to improve the social wellbeing of its members.

Wana-anga Sacco is seeking to recruit dynamic, innovative, Energetic, self motivated and
experienced people to fill the following positions.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Job Ref. MN 5271

Job Profile

• Implementing the Board’s policy decisions ¡n a result oriented and timely manner to achieve Wanaanga’s vision, mission, goals, objectives and agreed performance targets.
• Implement the Sacco strategic plan with a view to realign the plan to contemporary changing situations.
• Ensure first class customer service driven through members, ICT and continuous service research and innovation.
• Ensure continuous product innovation and diversification covering a diverse customer range.

Person Profile

• Bachelor’s Degree in a business related field from a recognized University.
• Certified Public Accountant registered with ICPAK.
• At least 3 years relevant experience at a managerial level preferably in a Financial institution.

Internal Auditor

Job Ref. MN 5272

Job Profile

• Conduct risk assessment of assigned department or functional area in required timelines.
• Driving the Internal audit strategy and the operational development of internal audit and assurance services.
• Establish risk based audit programs.
• Identify all possible risks and maintain a risk register.
• Verbally communicate findings to senior management and draft comprehensive and complete report of audit area.

Person Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Auditing preferable.
• Certified Public Accountant registered with ICPAK.
• Certified Information System Auditor(CISA) added advantage.
• At least 3 years relevant experience preferably ¡n a Financial institution.

Send your application with a detailed CV and a daytime telephone number.

Disclose your CURRENT and EXPECTED monthly salary plus benefits.

Send your application by hand, courier, post or email so as to reach us by 12 Noon 2nd March 2012.

Mark Job Ref. No. on the top left of the envelope.

Limit email to maximum 3 pages A4.

Send to:

Executive Selection Division,
Manpower Services (K) Ltd,
3rd Floor, Landmark Plaza,
directly opposite Nairobi Hospital Entrance.
P.O. Box 50736-00200.

Email: recruit@manpowerservicesgroup.com

Commission for Higher Education Secretary / Chief Executive Officer Job in Kenya

Job Ref. MN 5283

Our client, the Commission for Higher Education, a strategic public institution has the primary mandate over matters of quality assurance, institutional and programme accreditation in higher education institutions.

The Commission seeks to achieve this mandate through good leadership and governance.

Our client therefore seeks to recruit a Secretary / Chief Executive Officer who will spearhead the realization of the vision and mission of the organization.

Job Profile

Reporting to the Board, the Commission Secretary / CEO will:

• Provide an innovative, visionary and strategic leadership.
• Lead the process of accreditation and quality assurance in higher education.
• Provide prudent management of all the resources of the organization.
• Build and nurture a highly motivated and disciplined workforce.
• Ensure compliance with the constitutional, public financial and non-financial statutory requirements including performance contracting, gender mainstreaming, equity in recruitment of staff and procurement of goods and services.
• Maintain a corruption free institution.
• Ensure the development of effective service delivery systems to address the expanded and dynamic nature of higher education.
• Initiate and ensure proactive mechanism for addressing stakeholders concerns.
• Development of an organizational culture that emphasises quality, continuous improvement, timeliness, high performance, employee discipline, retention and development.
• Development of innovative and cost effective operational systems / structures that serve the clients effectively and efficiently.
• Development of strategies to promote, protect and maintain the credibility and the image of the organization.

Person Profile

• Professor or Associate Professor from a recognized university.
• Minimum of ten (10) years experience in senior academic leadership and management position(s) in higher education institutions.
• Proven track record ¡n research and management.
• Excellent knowledge of higher education landscape.
• Proven knowledge of quality assurance initiatives and practice in higher education ¡n Kenya, East Africa and other parts of the world.

The successful applicant will be appointed on a five (5) year contract and will be eligible for renewal once upon satisfactory performance.

Send your application with a detailed CV with a daytime telephone contact.

Please also summarize yourself as follows:

• Job Ref No
• Your Name
• Current / Past Salary: Year 2011 p.m; Year 2012 p.m
• Year 2012 Benefits: If house, state market rent, If car state cc.

Send your application by hand, courier, post or email so as to reach us by 12 Noon 5th March 2012.

Limit email to maximum 3 pages A4 size CV and no attachments.

Mark Job Ref. No. on top left of the envelope.

Send to:

Executive Selection Division,
Manpower Services (K) Ltd,
3rd Floor, Landmark Plaza,
Directly Opposite Nairobi Hospital Entrance,
P.O. Box 50736-00200,
Nairobi.

Email: recruit@manpowerservicesgroup.com