Health Coordinator and Health Field Officers Jobs in Kenya - Food for the Hungry

Urgent Job Vacancies

Health / Nutrition Department

FH / Kenya (Food for the Hungry, Kenya) a Christian Relief and Development agency seeks to fill the following vacant positions:

Position Title: Health Coordinator

Duty Station: Marsabit

Contract Period: 6 Months

Reporting Date: 1st October, 2011

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall smooth functioning and running of the health activities under the DFID funding
• Conduct OJT and mentor health workers on primary health concept
• Supervises staff activities on a daily basis and report performance.
• Provides leadership, problem-identification, problem-solving, and encourages team efforts by modeling desired behavior and interaction
• Compile project reports on timely and accurate manner
• Assesses program effectiveness in reaching established goals

Qualifications / Experience (Minimum)

• Possession of a BSC degree in public health/nursing/community health from an accredited college or university; or Higher Diploma in epidemiology with three years experience in management of primary health care programs AND
• Three (3) years of administrative or management experience with primary responsibility for overseeing, monitoring, or coordinating a program providing health services
• Three years experience in primary health care program management in ASAL districts of Kenya
• Experience and responsibility for the oversight of large-scale public health programs, including program planning and implementation, development and monitoring of budgets, supervision of staff, and program evaluation.
• Experience with day-to-day management, training, and supervision of staff
• Ability to facilitate participatory meetings, training sessions, and planning activities with diverse community members and stakeholders.
• Good working knowledge of MOH protocol.
• Ability to conduct mentoring session with health workers at the health facilities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, good report writing skills.
• Knowledge of epidemiological principles and analytical skills

Position Title: Health Field Officer

4 Positions

Duty Station: (Marsabit South, Marsabit North, Marsabit Central and Sololo)

Contract Period: 6 Months

Reporting Date: 1st October, 2011

Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare work plan including all key health activities for the Districts/health facilities in consultation with MOPHS staffs
• Develop key messages in health to the targeted beneficiaries, and ensure it is delivered appropriately.
• Conduct on-job trainings to the facility health workers and community health workers at their respective place of work.
• Monitor supplies stock levels and report to the supervisor for timely replenishment.
• Organise and deliver supplies to the health facilities based on the stock levels.
• Monitor the implementation of the activities and prepare regular progress reports, and other reporting requirements.
• Work closely with other agencies with health and nutrition programs in Districts.

Qualifications / Experience (Minimum)

• Possession of a Diploma in public health / nursing / community health from an accredited college or university;
• Three years experience in primary health care program implementation in ASAL districts of Kenya.
• Experience in on- job training of health workers, and supervision of health activities.
• Good working knowledge of MOH protocol.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, good report writing skills.
• Strong co-ordination and negotiation skills with stakeholders
• Good computer knowledge

Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications (clearly indicating their current or expected salary), updated CV with three referees, day telephone contacts to:

Human Resources Manager,
FH Kenya.
P O Box 14978 -00800
Nairobi

Email address: hr_fhkenya@fh.org

or drop them at our Nairobi Office.(Life Ministry Centre, 3rd Floor Jabavu Road, Kilimani. Next to Kilimani Police station) latest by September 28th, 2011.

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