Monday, September 26, 2011

CHRISTIAN AID PROGRAMME IMPACT ADVISOR JOB IN NAIROBI KENYA


PROGRAMME IMPACT ADVISOR, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND HIV, AFRICA
This role will support the development of community health initiatives (including malaria and HIV) implemented
by partner organizations across Christian Aid’s Africa programme. It will involve: the provision of technical
support to country programme teams to enable them to develop community health programmes that integrate
malaria, TB and HIV; give support to effective monitoring and evaluation of health programmes, the
development of fundraising proposals to institutional donors and networking to ensure that Christian Aid is
linked into key community health networks across Africa. It will give support to the development of learning and
best practice across the Africa Division of Christian Aid, ensuring that this is fed into global positioning and will
give support to the development of Christian Aid Africa and global policy as well as support to the development
of Christian Aid policy and positioning on malaria, HIV and community health. The post will involve a significant
amount of travel within Africa but will also include remote work with teams in other countries.
You will have substantive experience of community health interventions in Africa, with a particular focus on
malaria and HIV. You will have significant experience of working with donors, programme development,
monitoring and evaluation and the capacity development of local organizations. You will have experience of
supporting others, including partner organizations to develop programmes. You will have demonstrated the
ability to secure funding from institutional donors and to support the implementation of donor funded projects.
You will have good knowledge of the links between health and gender and rights-based programming. You will
have excellent written and spoken English and preferably a knowledge of French. You will have excellent word
processing, Excel and other relevant computer skills. To fulfill this post you will have a Masters degree in Public
or Community Health.
Please show your suitability for this post by giving answers to the following questions: Using the guidance notes

may help you formulate your answers., Concentrate on experiences that directly relate to you and please note
that the result need not have been positive as we appreciate that our best intentions do not always result in
positive results.
Innovation and creativity
Describe the most complex problem that you were faced with and how you generated a new approach or
explanation or solution.
Effectiveness and accountability
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Describe a project you supervised that required detailed planning and organization and where you delegated
parts or all of the tasks.
Team work
Describe a time when you needed to make multiple efforts to persuade or influence a group of people to
support a particular project or task.
We value the contribution each person makes to the success of our organization, so you can expect a range of
rewards and benefits that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.
This post will be based in Nairobi, Kenya and is a national position without expatriate benefits. Also, please
kindly note that you might be required to obtain a work permit if you are not a Kenyan national.
For more details and to apply, please copy the link below as your web address:
http://www.christianaid.org.uk/aboutus/jobs/international/piachhiva_AFD-047-JG_job.aspx