Wednesday, November 16, 2011

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (ICRC) MAISHA + FOCAL POINT AND REGIONAL DEPUTY JOB IN KENYA


The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and
independent organization with the exclusively humanitarian mission to protect the
lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with
assistance.
It also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening
International Humanitarian Law and universal humanitarian principles.
The ICRC’s Regional Delegation in Nairobi co-ordinates the institution’s
humanitarian activities in Kenya, Tanzania and Djibouti.
It also runs regional specialist units that provide support and expertise to the ICRC’s
delegations in East Africa, the Great Lakes region and the Horn of Africa.

MAISHA+ FOCAL POINT & REGIONAL DEPUTY

The ICRC Regional Delegation in Nairobi is seeking an experienced and highly
motivated person to fill the above-mentioned position to be based in Nairobi.
The incumbent will coordinate all Work place Health and safety program activities
for the Nairobi Regional Delegation in Kenya, Tanzania and Djibouti.
S/he will also provide support to ICRC Delegations and Sub-delegations in East and
Southern Africa in their implementation of HIV program policy

The responsibilities:
As a Maisha+ responsible:
As a focal point for HIV Workplace program, s/he will be responsible for:
• Overseeing the peer educators’ activities and fully participate in these
activities;
• Briefing of new national staff and expatriates about Maisha+ program and
organize refresher courses for the peer educators according to identified
needs;
• Supervise the uptake of VCT services at the workplace and during social
events;
• Facilitate in health talks and sensitization sessions for Peer Educators, Family
members and general sensitization sessions;
• Networking: collaboration with local partners/enterprises and national Red
Cross/Crescent having similar workplace health and safety HIV program in
sensitization / screening / social marketing;

• Organize Maisha+ program events (i.e. annual family fun day, World AIDS
day etc…);
• Draft and follow up the annual workplace program budget;
• Coordinate the publication of the Maisha+ newsletter including collecting
articles, photos and HIV/AIDS information;
• Responsible for collection and production of Maisha+ promotional materials;
• Keep in touch with HIV issues locally and internationally and advise the
management accordingly;
• Propose and coordinate community outreaches/ activities;
• Production of various internal and external reports including quarterly reports
from insurance and annual reports;
• Participate in the bi-yearly HIV Health committee meeting.
As a Deputy for East and Southern African countries:
On visiting ICRC delegations abroad, s/he will be responsible for:
• Evaluate medical centres and hospital services with the Health Focal Point in
order to guarantee good access to healthcare for delegation employees and
expatriates;
• Evaluation of the HIV program and main public health problems;
• Implementation of the workplace policy;
• Support / Training of the Health Focal Point and Peer Educators;
• Identification of the main stakeholders and organizations in the working place
health and safety HIV field
• Benchmarking to private and public enterprise / organization for research of
best practice and proper monitoring and evaluation of the program
• Maintain, through the Health Focal Point, a good network of health partners,
Health ministry official, NGO or enterprises involved in Work place health and
safety / HIV programs;
• Regular Monitoring and Evaluation reports according to formats decided with
Coordinator;
• Be part of the organization of annual Health Focal Point workshop.

The Requirements:
• Diploma in Nursing or Degree in Medicine;
• Minimum of three years of professional experience in Clinical Management of
STIs and AIDS;
• Professional experience in Peer Educator Training;
• Public Health experience / master is an asset;
• Excellent knowledge of English (oral and written). Knowledge of French is an
advantage;
• Excellent computer skills (particularly Ms Excel, Ms Word).
The Profile:
• Total respect of confidentiality;
• High level of creativity and initiative;
• Proven analytical skills (in health problem analysis and proposals);
• Able to work autonomously and in a team;
• Good leadership and management abilities;
• Excellent interpersonal, report writing and communication skills.

Interested persons with the required background and experience are invited to
submit their application to the Head of Human Resources on the below address or email,
on or before 18 November 2011. Please include detailed curriculum vitae,
current remuneration and contact details of three referees.
Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.

International Committee of the Red Cross,
Nairobi Regional Delegation, Denis Pritt Road,
P.O. Box 73226, Nairobi, 00200, Kenya
E-mail: nai_hr@icrc.org