mothers2mothers
(m2m) is an international non-governmental organisation headquartered in Cape
Town, SA, dedicated to providing education and support to pregnant women and
mothers living with HIV, and preventing mother-to-child transmission.
m2m empowers HIV-positive pregnant women and new mothers to become role models in their communities by promoting AIDS awareness, testing and services. m2m currently operates in 8 countries in Africa and receives funding from a diverse set of funders.
For further information please visit www.m2m.org.
Curriculum Development Consultant
Purpose: To develop the national Kenya Mentor Mother Program (KMMP) curriculum package aligned to national standards and guidelines. This is a fixed term consultancy position.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
m2m empowers HIV-positive pregnant women and new mothers to become role models in their communities by promoting AIDS awareness, testing and services. m2m currently operates in 8 countries in Africa and receives funding from a diverse set of funders.
For further information please visit www.m2m.org.
Curriculum Development Consultant
Purpose: To develop the national Kenya Mentor Mother Program (KMMP) curriculum package aligned to national standards and guidelines. This is a fixed term consultancy position.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
- Lead the analysis, design and development of a competency-based curriculum package for training Mentor Mothers to deliver services in line with relevant national guidelines
- Develop and manage project work plan detailing key milestones and deliverables
- Design curriculum package blueprint including proposed learning objectives and outline of curriculum package including training of trainer’s materials, trainer materials, participant materials, presentation materials and training evaluation tools
- Facilitate a stakeholder’s forum to reach consensus on curriculum package blueprint
- Develop curriculum content against finalized curriculum blueprint
- Lead review of draft curriculum package with key stakeholders and finalize package based on feedback
Expected
Deliverables:
- Project work plan with key milestones and deliverables
- Curriculum package blueprint
- Stakeholders’ forum summary report
- Draft curriculum package
- Final curriculum package
Qualifications
and Experience Required:
- Minimum of a Masters degree in public health, instructional systems design, health education and/or a related field
- Demonstrated experience developing national curriculum, preferably in the Kenyan health sector
Competencies
Required:
- Strong knowledge of instructional systems design and adult learning theory
- Experience with HIV and/or MNCH, peer education and behaviour change models in the African context
- Excellent verbal and written English language skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, while ensuring that project deliverables are on track according to the organization’s identified needs
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) with skills in desktop publishing, graphics software, GIS or other relevant software programmes an advantage
- Dynamism, creativity and flexibility
- Enthusiasm to work on behalf of m2m’s mother and infant clients
To
Apply:
Interested applicants should submit their Curriculum Vitae and covering letter to the mothers2mothers Human Resource Department via email to kmmprecruitment@m2m.org by 6 January 2012.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
If you do not hear from us by 31 January 2012, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Interested applicants should submit their Curriculum Vitae and covering letter to the mothers2mothers Human Resource Department via email to kmmprecruitment@m2m.org by 6 January 2012.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
If you do not hear from us by 31 January 2012, please consider your application unsuccessful.