O’live Medicare Services Health Educators, Researcher and Training Officer Jobs in Kenya

O’live Medicare Services has been re-contracted by one of the large multi - national pharmaceutical companies to recruit Health Educator staffs as part of an expansion plan on their innovative rural focused initiative. 

We also have two other vacancies to be filled within the Company.
 

Health Educators
 

Job Summary: Create community awareness regarding the importance of preventative health practices to improve health status and quality of life through health promotion and education activities in the given Region within the Embu, Kirinyaga or Nakuru Counties.
 

Minimum Requirements

• Diploma in any Health Related /Social Field
• Minimum 2-3 years work experience
• Prior experience /training in community out-reach have an added advantage
• Computer literate
• Knowledge of the Cell Area, culture and geography.
• Knowledge about common health issues.
• Must have public speaking ability and can draw / convince public opinion.
• Well presentable and mature
• Good verbal communication & interpersonal skills
• Must be able to work with a team and be a team player
• Live within the locality & speak the local language and dialect in addition to Kiswahili

Duties and responsibilities

• Successfully mapping groups and identifying Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) in the community
• Holding community level meeting as targeted in a month
• Continued penetration and coverage of the villages as per the given plans.
• Arranging Health Camps in their cell in agreement as agreed upon
• Distribution of referral card, at-least 80% of distribution card will take place out of total footfall.
• Submitting daily/weekly reports to their respective ASM or any other Manager as per the timelines.
• Ensuring linkages and relationships with Ministry of Health CHEWs, village health committees, and must be able to do all advocacy and outreach activities.

Researcher
 

Job Summary:- S/he will carry out the fieldwork and conduct interview by collecting, gathering, and summarizing information. Where need be, will recruit locals for assistance and manage the daily operations.

Minimum Requirements

• A Masters’ holder in Public Health preferred
• 2-3 years work experience a must with minimal or no supervision
• Technical skills and a critical thinker
• Prior health-related research experience, conducting community outreach and/or participant recruitment
• Basic computer skills are strongly preferred.
• Listening abilities, excellent spoken and written communication with special attention to details
• Mature, responsible, dependent, highly organized, motivated and has cultural awareness
• Able to maintain the highest ethical standards in conducting research
• Interest in health issues related to drug use and a passion for working with socially marginalized populations highly desired.
• Must be able to work with a team and be a team player

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in the design of study protocols,
• Maintaining human subjects protocols,
• Conducting pilot interviews,
• Generating progress reports,
• Overseeing all aspects of quantitative and qualitative data collection and management, including assuring the security and integrity of all data files.
• Interviewing study participants
• Wide variety of field-related activities, including participant recruitment, community outreach and field-based behavioral observations and interviews that require sensitivity, ingenuity, and flexibility.
• Data entry, transcription and translation of in-depth interviews
• Data analysis, and interpretation and publication of results in a wide variety of venues.
• Other duties may be assigned as necessary

Training Officer
 

Job Summary: S/He will design, plan and coordinate the training materials as required. 

Will also undertake the training of trainers, implement and carry evaluation after the training. 

All administrative work related to the training.
 

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree in Public Health/Nursing or Diploma in Community Nursing
• 2 to 5 years of work experience especially with the communities
• Good IT and administration skills
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Training Needs Analysis /Evaluation
• Aptitude for research
• Initiative, tact and with maturity
• the ability encourage, motivate and to relate to people at all levels
• Good planner, organizer and coordinator
• the ability to write reports, keep records, and work within budgets
• Trainer of trainers have an added advantage
• Willing to travel locally

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate a training program based on organisational and employee needs
• Use questionnaires and surveys in consultation with managers and staff to analyse training needs as they relate to the goals of the organisation and work area
• Compile training manuals/produce materials for in-house training
• Develop training resources, which may involve preparing notes and visual displays from researched information or their own knowledge
• Arrange or conduct training courses, which may involve demonstrating equipment, operating video recorders and cameras, leading group discussions or role-playing activities and employing experts to run sessions
• Evaluate the effectiveness of training programs using surveys, questionnaires, interviews and observation, in order to plan future courses or to amend existing ones
• Obtain information on work-related external courses, prepare reports on their suitability and make recommendations on staff attendance at training courses
• Prepare, administer and conduct training assessments
• Assist in developing training interventions to meet the needs of internal and external stakeholders

Those interested should send their applications & detailed CVs to jobs@olivemedicare.com

Deadline for submission on or before 26th August 2013 5pm

Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.