International Health Division Monitoring and Evaluation Officer Job

Career Opportunity: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer - Kenya

Organization Overview: The International Health Division is committed to the improvement of health and healthcare delivery around the world.  

Serving both the public and private sectors, our efforts include health policy research and evaluation, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management.  

Our impact is felt in policies that ensure healthcare access for women, children, and individuals with special needs, in strengthening health infrastructures, and HIV/AIDS solutions.

Abt Associates seeks qualified candidates for a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer position to assess the performance and impact of several hypertension demonstration programs in Kenya.

Specific duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Support the demonstration program implementation partners to develop or modify routine monitoring and evaluation plans, indicators to track project performance, data collection systems, and quality assurance processes.
• Organize and carry-out a technical assistance and capacity-building plan to improve implementation partners’ ability to conduct quality data collection and reporting.
• Travel to partners’ health service provision sites to check the quality of data collected through routine monitoring systems and help trouble-shot related issues.
• Compile, on a regular basis, monitoring data from all partners and provide the resulting datasets and summary reports to the Abt Project Director.

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Programme Officer (Cash & Vouchers) Vacancy

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. 

We are seeking to fill the position of Programme Officer (Cash & Vouchers) at the P4 level, based in our Regional Bureau Office in Nairobi, Kenya.

With the shift from food aid to food assistance, WFP is expanding its use of transfer modalities, e.g. cash and vouchers, which allow tailoring of food assistance responses to local contexts and market realities.
 

Experts in cash and voucher transfer programming at the regional level will help build and support country office capacities to ensure that cash and voucher transfers become an integral part of corporate response options ensuring timely application of the programme and operational guidance developed by the Cash for Change Initiative.

Under the general supervision and guidance of the Senior Regional Programme Officer within the Programme Unit and with the technical guidance of the Chief Cash for Change Unit, the Regional Programme Officer will be responsible for the following key duties:

• Develop an annual work plan identifying priority countries and operations with the potential to appropriately increase levels of cash and voucher based programming and to standardise approaches
• Identify key steps, timings and support required to assist Country Offices (COs) to scale up cash and voucher based transfers in a manner that is cross-functional and supports alignment to the corporate Cash and Voucher Business Model
• Provide technical support and guidance to COs through identifying additional support capacity and, where necessary, directly undertake field missions and remote assistance focusing on response analysis (choice of transfer modality), design, implementation and evaluation of cash and voucher based programmes
• Provide COs with technical backstopping related to needs assessments, sectoral capacity assessment, transfer modality selection and delivery mechanism design
• Coordinate with the Cash for Change Unit and other relevant HQ divisions and units to ensure technical coherence in the design and management of cash and voucher based interventions and a uniform approach to their scale up and evaluation
• Review project proposals and other relevant documentation to ensure quality assurance and compliance with corporate policies, strategic objectives and guidance

APHIAplus IMARISHA Senior Program Officer Vacancy

Vacancy: Senior Program Officer – Care and Treatment 

(1 Opening)

Type of position: Full time

Location: Samburu County

Proposed start Date: ASAP

Position summary and introduction: APHIAplus IMARISHA is an AMREF Kenya - led USAID-funded integrated health program in the Northern Arid Lands Region, implemented by five consortium partners.  

The program operates in 8 counties of Turkana, Isiolo, Samburu, Marsabit, Mandera, Wajir, Garissa and Tana River. 

BroadReach Healthcare works with other consortium members to strengthen and expand high quality integrated HIV care and treatment, MNCH and Nutrition services and Continuous Quality Improvement in the public and private sectors, as well as to coordinate, track and implement innovations for improving health outcomes.

BroadReach Healthcare (BRHC), one of the consortium partners on APHIAplus IMARISHA, is a rapidly growing global healthcare solutions company with offices in Arlington, VA, South Africa and around the globe. 

The company is a worldwide leader in developing, implementing, and managing innovative healthcare systems and delivery networks. The company has particular expertise in the management and scale-up of HIV/AIDS treatment programs in Africa.   

BRHC is recruiting for a Senior Program Officer (SPO)-Care and Treatment to be based in Samburu County. 

The key role for the position is to provide leadership and technical support and mentorship of health care workers in both public and private health facilities as well as county health personnel to ensure provision of expanded high quality integrated HIV care and treatment, TB, MNCH and Nutrition services and Continuous Quality Improvement.

Key Responsibilities
 

Reporting to the BRHC Team Lead and the R3 Senior Technical Advisor; the Senior Program Officer shall be responsible to:

• Co-ordinate the planning, carrying out, analysis and dissemination of  results of site capacity assessments (using the TQA tool) at supported facilities
• Ensure that program annual service delivery targets for the county are achieved and develops a remedial plan where the targets are not achieved

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation Documentation Specialist Job

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation seeks an inspirational individual to work as a Documentation Specialist
SNV and WEDC have been undertaking a sanitation action research (SAR) to: 

(1) generate and share knowledge and new insights on sanitation markets in rural areas and 

(2) identify, test and recommend suitable market based solutions for scaling up access to improved latrine options and services in rural areas. 

The action research has been on going in 3 districts in Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
 

SNV is seeking services of an experienced documentation specialist to produce reader friendly and publishable reports for a number of results noted from the Sanitation Action Research.

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Jobs

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an international non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world.

CRS programs assist persons on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality and works through local church and non-church partners to implement its programs. 

CRS has been helping poor, vulnerable families improve their lives through orphans and vulnerable children, agriculture, health, microfinance, and WASH programming in Kenya since 1965.

CRS Kenya is recruiting for the following positions for an anticipated USAID-funded Orphans and Vulnerable Children program for Nairobi and Coast. 

All positions will require travel to field location and demonstrated knowledge of USAID project management including USAID rules, regulations and reporting requirements. 

The positions are contingent upon successful bidding and signing an agreement with donor.

1) Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP)

Ref. 2014/34
 

The DCOP will assist the Chief of Party (COP) in managing a team of senior staff and sub-partners to ensure quality, timeliness and efficiency of all project deliverables. 

S/he will provide oversight of the technical quality and technical working groups and is also expected to facilitate linkages with government and other stakeholders to ensure that activities complement ongoing initiatives and adhere to country and global standards. 

S/he will ensure timely, high-quality and complete submission of work plans, quarterly and annual reports, financial reports, and any other reports required by the donor or the government. 

The DCOP may also be required to manage a sub office outside of Nairobi.
 

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in public health, international development, or related field.
• Experience with child welfare and protection programs, systems strengthening, capacity building, service delivery, quality improvement or policy development is required.
• Strong knowledge of the health and social service sector in Kenya.
• At least 5 years of experience managing large-scale, multi-year US government-funded proposals. Previous DCOP experience strongly preferred.
• Significant technical experience in the areas of orphans and vulnerable children, and/or economic resiliency, nutrition, education, and psychosocial care.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and networking skills required.
• Staff supervisory experience.

2) Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Director

ICAP Deputy Chief of Party Job in Mombasa

Vacancy: Deputy Chief of Party

Location: Mombasa, Kenya
 

Overall Purpose: ICAP at Columbia University seeks a Project Deputy Chief of Party who will work closely with the Project Chief of Party to provide strategic planning, management guidance and oversight to the project and is responsible for achieving the planned results set out for the project. 

S/he will be responsible for designing and implementing project activities and providing technical support for all aspects of the project. 

S/he will supervise the project teams.

Major Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance to ensure effective implementation and coordination of program activities and monitor progress toward the achievement of the project-specific program goals and objectives
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of program activities and results to USAID
• Present progress, achievements and lessons learned to key stakeholders, including donor, government and other implementing partners
• Supervise and manage a team of highly qualified staff and align their efforts with program goals
• Assist the annual work planning process associated with the project
• Assure the quality of technical interventions at national and county level
• Assure the sustainability of interventions, particularly in the area of capacity building
• Provide technical assistance to regional/county counterparts on technical issues and participate in relevant technical advisory groups with counterparts and partner institutions
• Troubleshoot to prevent and resolve potential problems and review outputs for quality control
• Represent the program in all matters pertaining to the execution of program-related activities before the Government of Kenya, USAID and other partners, including interactions with the most senior levels representatives of these institutions

Concern Worldwide WASH Technical Advisor Job in Somalia

Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified Kenyan nationals for the following position:
 

WASH Technical Advisor – Somalia / Somaliland
 

Location: Nairobi with 70% travel to Somalia & Somaliland
 

Duration: Two year contract
 

Job Summary: The incumbent will provide technical support and strategic oversight to the WASH emergency and long term development Programme in rural and urban contexts in Somalia / Somaliland. 

S/he will provide support in direct implementation and through three implementing partners while ensuring programme uniformity across all WASH Programme operational areas and participation in WASH forums as envisaged in Concern’s strategic plan.

Job Specification:

• A master’s degree in Civil Engineering, Public Health, Environmental Health or related field
• At least five years’ experience in construction of water and sanitation facilities, water testing and analysis, participatory hygiene promotion methods and implementing community based and led hygiene and sanitation behaviour change

Save the Children International Chief of Party Job in Nairobi

Vacancy: Chief of Party
 

Position Code: SCI-COP

Status: Re-Advertisement


Team / Programme: SMT

Location: Nairobi
 

Grade: Executive Grade

Post Type: National (1 year contract)
 

Child Safeguarding: Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people

Role Purpose: Save the Children is seeking a qualified and experienced Chief of Party for an anticipated large USAID funded project for Orphan and Vulnerable children in Nairobi and Coast regions. 

The Chief of Party (COP) will work with Save the Children’s existing country office in Kenya, but will be solely responsible for overall management of the USAID award. 

S/he will provide strategic and operational leadership to develop and implement a successful and integrated multi-sectoral program that builds upon existing USAID and Government of Kenya investment and will achieve lasting outcomes.
 

Scope of Role: The Chief Of Party will liaise closely with USAID/Kenya, Government of Kenya representatives, Save the Children’s Office of HIV/AIDS and Child Protection, Kenya Country Office, and partner organizations.

The COP will be the principal representative of the project. 

ICAP Project Deputy Chief of Party Job in Mombasa

Deputy Chief of Party
 

Location: Mombasa, Kenya
 

Overall Purpose: ICAP at Columbia University seeks a Project Deputy Chief of Party who will work closely with the Project Chief of Party to provide strategic planning, management guidance and oversight to the project and is responsible for achieving the planned results set out for the project. 

S/he will be responsible for designing and implementing project activities and providing technical support for all aspects of the project.

S/he will supervise the project teams.
 

Major Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance to ensure effective implementation and coordination of program activities and monitor progress toward the achievement of the project-specific program goals and objectives
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of program activities and results to USAID
• Present progress, achievements, and lessons learned to key stakeholders, including donor, government, and other implementing partners
• Supervise and manage a team of highly qualified staff and align their efforts with program goals
• Assist the annual work planning process associated with the project
• Assure the quality of technical interventions at national and county level
• Assure the sustainability of interventions, particularly in the area of capacity building
• Provide technical assistance to regional/county counterparts on technical issues and participate in relevant technical advisory groups with counterparts and partner institutions
• Troubleshoot to prevent and resolve potential problems and review outputs for quality control
• Represent the program in all matters pertaining to the execution of program-related activities before the Government of Kenya, USAID, and other partners, including interactions with the most senior levels representatives of these institutions

ChildFund International Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Director Job in Kenya

ChildFund International exists to help deprived, excluded and vulnerable children have the capacity to become young adults, parents and leaders who bring lasting and positive change in their communities. 

ChildFund promotes societies whose individuals and institutions participate in valuing, protecting and advancing the worth and rights of children.

ChildFund Kenya intends to recruit for the following positions for a forthcoming Orphans and Vulnerable Children program in one or two regions in Kenya
 

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Director

1 Post
 

Duties / Responsibilities
 

The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Director will lead all monitoring and evaluation and research activities for the anticipated Orphans and Vulnerable Children program in Kenya. 

The M&E Director will provide day-to-day management of the program’s monitoring and evaluation and research activities working with the program staff, external consultants, implementing partners
and key stakeholders.

The M&E Director will report directly to the project Chief of Party (COP).

The position will be reporting to the Chief of Party (CoP).

Requirements / Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Monitoring and Evaluation, Public Health, Health Management, Sociology, International Affairs, Public Policy, Public Administration, Biostatistics, Statistics/Social Research and/or in a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in design and management of Monitoring and Evaluation and Research programs, preferably with respect to child welfare and protection systems strengthening, capacity building, economic strengthening, and service delivery;
• Expertise in M&E-related activities such as statistical analysis, impact evaluation, performance evaluations, instrument design and management, and M&E training;
• Strong interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills in English;

ChildFund International Deputy Chief of Party (DCoP) Vacancy in Nairobi

ChildFund promotes societies whose individuals and institutions participate in valuing, protecting and advancing the worth and rights of children.

ChildFund Kenya intends to recruit for the following positions for a forthcoming Orphans and Vulnerable Children program in one or two regions in Kenya
 

Deputy Chief of Party (DCoP) 

1 Post
 

Duties/Responsibilities
 

The proposed DCoP will be responsible for technical leadership of the program and manage a team of senior staff and sub partners and ensure quality, timeliness, and Efficiency of all products and activities generated under the project. 

The DCoP will be expected to work closely with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Kenya, the Government of Kenya at National and Devolved levels, and other stakeholders.

The position will be reporting to the Chief of Party (CoP).
 

Requirements / Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or higher in international development, social sciences, public Health or a closely related field is required.
• The DCoP must be experienced in addressing the challenges faced by children affected by HIV or otherwise living in adverse circumstances, as demonstrated by at least five years of experience designing, implementing and managing large, complex projects involving multiple partners, in/for developing countries. 
• Experience Living and working in Kenya is required.
• Experience with child welfare and protection programs, systems strengthening, capacity building, economic strengthening, service delivery, quality improvement or policy development is required.
• Experience with programming to address gender concerns and programming for very young children and adolescents/ youth required.

NGO Partnership Facilitator Job in Vihiga

Vacancy: Partnership Facilitator

Location: Vihiga

Company description: A US based NGO.

Job Description: The Partnership Facilitator will facilitate all Kenyan partner projects by supporting local community groups to design, implement and monitor community or group projects. 

The Partnership Facilitator will lead regular meetings with each group where they will guide them through the  planning process and provide leadership support.

The Facilitator will also engage with these community groups so they can implement their own development projects, and provide advice, creative problem-solving ideas and on-going support throughout the implementation process.

The Partnership Facilitator will also work with the Training Coordinator and external experts to build the capacity of each group to ensure the sustainability of  impact.

Essential Job Functions:

Project facilitation (80%)

• Support local community groups to develop proposals for submission for review

Health and Nutrition manager job in South Sudan

Medair is a humanitarian organization inspired by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places. 

We bring relief and recovery to people in crisis, regardless of race, creed or nationality. As signatories of the Red Cross Code of Conduct, we believe that aid should be given to everyone who is in need, regardless of political, social or religious viewpoint. 

We save lives in emergencies and then stay to help people recover from crisis with dignity—working side by side with communities to leave a lasting impact. 

We provide a range of emergency relief and recovery services: health care and nutrition; safe water, sanitation, and hygiene; shelter and infrastructure.

Health and Nutrition Manager 

Based in South Sudan

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the implementation, management, supervision and support of the assigned health / nutrition field interventions in line with the activity plan and time frame of the relevant project proposal and any applicable national and international guidelines and standards

University of Lusaka Call for Applications Consortium of Senior Scholars

University of Lusaka

Call for Applications
 

Consortium of Senior Scholars
 

Introduction
 

The University of Lusaka (UNILUS), a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities and
the Association of African Universities, is cognizant of the large number of Senior Scholars at Doctoral
and Professorship level in various fields residing nationally and internationally whose knowledge can
be tapped through linkages in various areas to foster national development.

It is with this background that the University of Lusaka is pleased to solicit applications from various Senior Scholars resident nationally and internationally who are interested in being part of a Consortium of Senior Scholars to carry out post graduate supervision, lecturing and marking of exam functions. 

Helen Keller International Assistant Program Officer job

Helen Keller International (HKI) works to save the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. 

HKI currently conducts programs in 21 countries in Africa and Asia as well as in the United States.

To accomplish its work, HKI builds the capacity of local governmental, civil society and private sector systems and infrastructure to deliver effective preventative and curative services for nutrition, eye health and neglected tropical diseases.
 

Vacancy: Assistant Program Officer

Job Ref: APO/VA01/2013

Duty Station: Coast (Mombasa) or Western (Kakamega) Regions
 

Health Africa Consultancy First Aiders Vacancies

Health Africa Consultancy is a company that specializes on providing health related services and products in order to address health issues and challenges that are prevalent in the society. 

Additionally, Health Africa Consultancy provides capacity building services in the areas of health and safety to corporate entities in order to facilitate their ability to comply with current legislations on Occupational Health & Safety issues such as the OSHA Act, 2007.

First Aiders 

20 Positions

 Qualifications

• Must have diploma or degree in relevant field: Nursing, Public Health, Clinical Officer, Paramedic, Community Health.

Project officer jobs in Machakos County

The APHIAplus Kamili Project is a five-year project funded by USAID for comprehensive health service delivery to improve the health of Kenyans. 

The Project is located in Central and Eastern Provinces. 

It focuses on two result areas – service delivery and social determinants of health. 

AMREF Kenya is one of the partners in this Project.

We are looking for individuals who are organized, highly-motivated and results-oriented to join a dynamic team and help bring lasting health change in Africa, to fill the following positions:
 

Project Officer

Ref. No: KCO/AKP/PO/001/2013
 

The position reports to the Project Manager and is based in Meru.
 

Purpose of the Job:- To provide technical expertise in household economic strengthening and food security activities in the project.

Chemonics Project Specialists Job in Kenya

Chemonics is seeking long - and short - term professionals for an anticipated USAID -funded project in Kenya focusing on improving the nutritional status of people living with HIV and orphans and vulnerable children by promoting good nutrition and preventing malnutrition. 

The project will focus on the introduction of effective nutritional products, building a robust supply chain, and improving the performance of health facilities. 

We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

We are seeking specialists in the following areas:

• Nutrition
• Nutrition and health training and capacity building
• Clinical training and capacity building

Regional SMART Program Manager job at Action Against Hunger (ACF)

Action Against Hunger (ACF) is an international humanitarian organizations which provides humanitarian relief to over 47 countries worldwide, for the nutrition, water and sanitation, and food security sectors. 

As convenor of the global SMART project, ACF is looking for an autonomous and dynamic individual to take the full time role of Regional SMART Program Manager based in Nairobi, Kenya. 

The overall objective of this position will be to provide technical and capacity building support to humanitarian and development agencies conducting surveys and using the methodology in East Africa.

Your key responsibilities will be:
 

1. Respond to humanitarian survey needs in East Africa. This includes the identification of survey needs and the provision of SMART technical support to partner agencies.

2. Technical SMART capacity building and skills development. Identify, develop, deliver and evaluate
training and capacity building events related to SMART methodology.

3. Representation, coordination and communication of SMART to nutrition stakeholders in the East Africa region.
 

Qualifications
 

Essential Skills

• Post-graduate Degree in Nutrition/Public Health/Epidemiology/Statistics or a mix of relevant study and work experience;
• At least two-years of experience in undertaking nutrition and mortality surveys;
• Knowledge of the following tools required: ENA and SMART;
• Strong facilitation skills for trainings, workshops and seminars;
• Excellent networking skills;
• Ability to work independently and under tight deadlines, and to multi-task;
• Positive attitude and strong analytical, interpersonal and coordination skills;
• Strong analytical, interpersonal and coordination skills;
• Experience in result-based management and proposal writing;
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office;
• Fluency in the English language.

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge of the following tools preferred: EPI info and SPSS
• Proficiency in French would be an asset;
• Ability to develop training modules, innovative training tools and adult education skills that foster learning transfer.

Interested candidates should carefully review the full job description for this position online at www.actioncontrelafaim.ca. 

To apply for this position please forward your CV and cover letter to the attention of the Programs Director at rec@actioncontrelafaim.ca by August 5th 2013.
 

In the subject line, please specify: ACF-CA / Regional SMART Program Manager.

Care Team Leader Wash Job in Garowe Puntland

CARE is an International NGO working in Somalia. CARE and its partners work with
vulnerable communities to address the underlying causes of poverty and promote peace
and development, by empowering women and youth, enhancing access to resources and
services, and improving governance.
CARE Somalia program is seeking applications from qualified candidates for the position of
Team Leader WASH to be based in Garowe – Puntland with frequent travel to project sites
depending on security conditions.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Reporting to the Programme Coordinator – Rural Women, the primary role of the Team
Leader WASH will be:
(1)Designing and delivering high quality and accountable projects ensuring a quality assurance system is developed and followed.