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HIV Prevention Project Technical Team Lead

General Description of role: Reporting to the Country Director this position is responsible for technical leadership and oversight of HWWK’s CDC funded HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs in Nairobi and Rift Valley.

S/he will also work closely with other senior staff of HWWK and partner organizations to develop and manage the overall technical strategy of the programs.

Additionally, the Technical Team Lead will provide essential support to the program managers and M&E Technical Team Lead in managing and supervising the program implementation activities of project staff and project partners and will play a key role in managing technical, administrative and financial inputs to achieve the project objectives.

Key areas of Responsibility:

• Play a leading role in supervising the planning and implementation of HWWK CDC funded HIV Programs, ensuring that all activities are properly and timely performed and that outputs are accomplished and delivered according to agreed work plans.
• Oversee the implementation of services and activities in the target communities in the two regions of Nairobi and Rift Valley, and coordinate with other program partners and stakeholders.
• Provide technical oversight for all work and activities necessary to achieve the project planned objectives, outputs and deliverables.
• Participate in the monitoring and evaluation of project activities, interventions and impact.
• Provide technical supervision and assign technical responsibilities as needed for the project staff and project partners including the community.
• Identify development opportunities and provide strategic directions for programs.
• Organize and lead related strategic program and project planning and development
• Assist in the identification and dissemination of best practices and technical strategies and approaches
• Provide technical input during the development of the program work plans, long term strategies and reporting, and assist in documenting all project activities, tasks, achievements and success stories.
• Keep the Country Director and other senior HWWK staff informed of success, challenges and lessons learned in implementing programs in areas of technical expertise.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university in a clinical or related field
• Master’s Degree in Public Health or other International Health related field.
• At least 3 years experience designing, implementing and managing HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment programs including the design, administration, management and implementation of international health programs in developing countries, including supervision, monitoring and evaluation.
• Proven leadership, management, interpersonal, and decision making skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills (English and Swahili)
• Proven experience in writing of abstracts, proposals and reports.
• Experience in working with GoK and Bi-lateral or multi-lateral donors.
• Computer literacy in the use of MS Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, with practical experience in the use of electronic communications including email, internet, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to work as a team player in a multi-disciplinary team setting

Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Team Lead

General Description of Role:

The Monitoring & Evaluation Technical Team Lead will oversee the implementation of the M&E component of CDC funded HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs in Nairobi and Rift Valley.

Working closely with the Program Technical Team Lead, and other senior staff members, the Monitoring and Evaluation Team Lead will be responsible for providing technical leadership for all M&E activities in HWWK.

S/he will work towards translating M&E and other strategic information into improved PEPFAR programming and delivery of HIV prevention activities; contribute to a single national M&E system in Kenya; strengthen systems and capacity among HWWK sub-grantees receiving PEPFAR funding to collect, manage, and use quality M&E data to inform program and policy in the national response to HIV Prevention.

Key Responsibilities

• Operationalize the M&E framework designed for the HIV prevention programs including and not limited to: designing program M&E tools for data collection, verification, and management and reporting as well as data audits.
• Supervise M & E Officers based in Nairobi and Rift Valley Programs
• Support sub-grantees in setting up functional data management systems and processes, support the assessment processes of Sub recipients and implement actions emanating from assessments.
• Assist program staff to develop systematic and realistic monitoring plans that capture quantitative and qualitative data to report on all indicators in Sub Recipients program;
• Work closely with GOK counterparts to revise/ develop new M&E tools and review existing ones.
• Facilitate on the job M & E training for capacity development, especially in the area of using data for decision making.
• Develop and maintain a system for archiving M & E guidelines, tools, data files, analysis files, reports and presentations for major activity undertaken.
• Assist in gathering, summarizing and disseminating relevant technical updates on program planning monitoring, evaluation and operations research within the project.
• Coordinate mid-term reviews and evaluation of program activities and ensure proper documentation of innovative approaches and best practices for dissemination and sharing experiences to promote repeat applications or scaling-up in different community settings.
• Participate in multidisciplinary teams to develop, implement and evaluate strategic management plans to improve HWWK programming effectiveness.

Qualifications

• A Bachelors’ degree in public health, epidemiology, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation or a numerate subject is required; those with Masters Degrees have an added advantage.
• Minimum 3 years experience working as an M&E officer in a health/medical research organization, university or public health program, preferably in developing countries is required.
• Knowledge of MOH systems and experience working in donor funded programs
• Experience working in a PEPFAR funded project will be an added advantage.

In addition to the above positions, vacancies also exist for the following positions: -

• HTC Team Leader (1 position)
• Program Nurse (3 positions)
• Program Assistant to do Behavioral interventions with MARPS (2)
• HTC Counselor -Static site (2 positions)
• HMBL Program Assistant (1 position)

For more details on ALL the above positions, visit www.hopewwkenya.org

Send your CV and cover letter with two-year salary history, and three professional referees to hr@hopewwkenya.org.

The closing date for all applications is 2nd December, 2011.

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Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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