FHI is a global health and development organization whose rigorous, science-based approach builds programs that create lasting change.
Founded in 1971, FHI maintains offices and staff worldwide, helping to forge strong local relationships that enable us to make measurable progress against disease, poverty, and inequity— improving lives for millions.
We seek qualified candidates for the following positions:
Associate Director-Finance
Location: Nairobi
Ref. No. FHI-AD-FN-NBI
Responsible for oversight of the financial management for ROADS Regional Program and direction of the project’s finance teams.
He/She will assist the Project Director to ensure the achievement of all financial control and performance objectives in accordance with the FHI global standards, policies and procedures, funding agencies rules and regulations and respective government’s directive and laws for the entire regional program
Key Responsibilities:
Founded in 1971, FHI maintains offices and staff worldwide, helping to forge strong local relationships that enable us to make measurable progress against disease, poverty, and inequity— improving lives for millions.
We seek qualified candidates for the following positions:
Associate Director-Finance
Location: Nairobi
Ref. No. FHI-AD-FN-NBI
Responsible for oversight of the financial management for ROADS Regional Program and direction of the project’s finance teams.
He/She will assist the Project Director to ensure the achievement of all financial control and performance objectives in accordance with the FHI global standards, policies and procedures, funding agencies rules and regulations and respective government’s directive and laws for the entire regional program
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership for all financial management areas including accounting, procurement, travel, payments, reporting systems and procedures fro ROADS country program and regional offices.
- Responsible for quality operational support to the ROADS Project according to FHI standards, in respect of donor rules and regulations and in accordance with pertinent government laws and regulations.
- Contribute to strategic and operational planning, and participate in regular management meetings providing technical leadership in financial and operational issues.
- Lead and participate in costing component of project design.
- Direct and manage the ROADS budget in accordance with the approved annual budget and monitor all country program offices’ operations and program expenditures on an on-going basis.
- Responsible for the maintenance of adequate financial resources in country program offices to support monthly program operations and subproject reimbursements.
- Oversee the timely completion and accuracy of monthly and other regular financial reports prepared for submission to USAID, other donor agencies and FHI.
- Coordinate with related staff at FHI HQ to ensure that project budget and accounting and fiscal control procedures are implemented effectively.
- Oversee the pre-award audit of new implanting agencies and guide subproject budget development with country program/office staff.
- Oversee the monitoring and review of subproject financial reports to ensure compliance with subproject budgets, FHI and donor rules and regulations.
- Direct the provision of formal and informal technical assistance on-site to implementing partners and staff on issues of financial management of FHI/USAID and other donor policies and procedures.
- Oversee and coordinate internal auditing or inspections of books of accounts for ROADS implementing agencies.
- As part of larger Nairobi Shared Service staff, contribute to the on-going systems improvement program,.
Minimum Requirements:
- MBA/MA/MS or a related advanced degree in accounting, finance with 7-9 years experience in financial management and administration preferably in a regional and /or multi-partner context or BA/BS with 9-11years relevant experience.
- Must have experience in managing donor funds.
- Working knowledge of USAID financial management policies, procedures and practices.
- Excellent communication skills in English, proficiency in Swahili, French or Portuguese a plus.
Associate Director - Monitoring and Evaluation
Location: Nairobi
Ref. No. FHI-AD-M&E-NBI
Responsible for the overall coordination and management of ROADS II project monitoring and evaluation activities, specifically providing technical guidance on design, development and implementation of the project M&E strategy, building capacity of project country teams and partners to strengthen their own M&E systems and plans that are aligned to the overall project M&E strategy.
He/She will provide guidance on information systems for collecting data to measure project implementation and success, quality assurance, documentation and reporting. The position holder will oversee implementation of Strategic Information activities in accordance with guidelines stipulated by USAID and national regulations of countries where ROADS II has interventions.
Key Responsibilities:
Location: Nairobi
Ref. No. FHI-AD-M&E-NBI
Responsible for the overall coordination and management of ROADS II project monitoring and evaluation activities, specifically providing technical guidance on design, development and implementation of the project M&E strategy, building capacity of project country teams and partners to strengthen their own M&E systems and plans that are aligned to the overall project M&E strategy.
He/She will provide guidance on information systems for collecting data to measure project implementation and success, quality assurance, documentation and reporting. The position holder will oversee implementation of Strategic Information activities in accordance with guidelines stipulated by USAID and national regulations of countries where ROADS II has interventions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership for developing the strategic approach for monitoring and evaluation of the program.
- Provide guidance in development/improvement and evaluation of project management information systems, data collection tools and databases and ensure they are aligned with FHI and respective USAID mission requirements.
- Provide technical guidance and direction to the ROADS II project in developing systematic approaches to improve data quality, recording and reporting, and evaluation to measure improvement, effectiveness, efficiency and reach of project activities.
- Provide guidance in developing/updating project monitoring and evaluation plan(s) in accordance with USAID/EA and bilateral mission requirements.
- Provide guidance in operationalization and coordination of implementation of the project monitoring and evaluation plan including the project monitoring plans(s).
- Develop a systematic approach to identify monitoring and evaluation needs and coordinate capacity building (through mentorship etc) and technical assistance to address the needs.
- Oversee and where necessary coordinate ROADS II project evaluation and special studies.
- Contribute to resource development efforts, including participation in proposal development.
- Act as ROADS II Strategic Information (SI) representative with internal and external partners including FHI country SI teams, the FHI HQ SI division, governments and relevant government departments partners and National Technical Working Groups for Research monitoring and evaluation.
- Provide technical support to national surveillance and public health evaluation efforts and upon request collaborate closely with other major multilateral and bilateral partners to participate in the implementation of the national M&E efforts.
- Regularly review and advise the ROADS II management and relevant program staff on progress on the achievement of implementation plans and targets.
- In liaison with the communication officer and country SI teams coordinate compilation of quarterly, semi and annual reports for the respective USAID missions, other donors and relevant ad hoc program reports.
- Provide technical support in identifying, documenting and promoting best practices in M&E.
Minimum Requirements:
- MBA/MA/MS/MPH or a related advanced degree with 7-9 years relevant experience or BA/BS in relevant field with 9-11 years relevant experience in monitoring and evaluation of a large HIV/AIDS program preferably with USAID funded projects.
- Demonstrated knowledge of evaluation designs for HIV/AIDS/FP/RH/Malaria ad STI programs as well as knowledge in health programs in developing nations.
- Ability to conduct epidemiologic and social science research.
- Computer proficiency in MSSuite, including advanced skills in at least two of the following programs: SPSS, Excel, Epi Info, Stata and Ms Access.
Senior Data Manager
Location: Nairobi
Ref. No. FHI-SDM-NBI
Responsible for regional office program data collection and management activities.
Key Responsibilities:
Location: Nairobi
Ref. No. FHI-SDM-NBI
Responsible for regional office program data collection and management activities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Establish and Manage project data bases.
- Offer technical support in database management to meet regional and country data requirements for ROADS/FHI and other partners.
- Assist in the compilation of quarterly, annual and ad hoc program data and reports.
- Provide technical assistance and oversee Management Information Systems (MIS) for the project.
- Participate in development and testing of data collection tools.
- Coordinate collection of FHI/donor HIV/AIDS program data.
- Ensure use of standardized tools.
- Ensure a functional system for collection, analyzing and synthesis of M&E data exists.
- Offer technical assistance in designing and implementation of data collection tools to ROADS strategic and implementing partners.
- Provide support in writing monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the donors and FHI.
Minimum Requirements:
- MS/MS with 3-5 years relevant experience or BA/BS/Degree in biostatistics or a related field with 5-7 years progressive work experience.
- Demonstrated experience with Health Management Information Systems.
- Computer proficiency in word processing, databases, spreadsheets, including advanced skills in at least two of the following programs: SPSS, Excel, Epi Info, Stata, and Ms Access.
Behavior Change Communication Officer
Location: Nairobi
Ref. No. FHI-BCC-NBI
Will provide technical leadership in behavior change strategies for at-risk and mobile populations, including the development of an overall BCC strategy for transport corridors across Kenya in collaboration with other stakeholders that will inform technical assistance, capacity building, message development and dissemination activities in the Project sites.
He/She will lead the development of innovative communities strategies that provide technically sound and culturally appropriate responses to address key challenges in target populations in reducing high risk behavior and accessing HIV/AIDS and health services.
Key Responsibilities:
Location: Nairobi
Ref. No. FHI-BCC-NBI
Will provide technical leadership in behavior change strategies for at-risk and mobile populations, including the development of an overall BCC strategy for transport corridors across Kenya in collaboration with other stakeholders that will inform technical assistance, capacity building, message development and dissemination activities in the Project sites.
He/She will lead the development of innovative communities strategies that provide technically sound and culturally appropriate responses to address key challenges in target populations in reducing high risk behavior and accessing HIV/AIDS and health services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership in development and monitoring of project-specific communications strategy for HIV prevention targeting at-risk and mobile populations.
- Provide technical leadership in design, development, planning, implementation, and capacity building in behavior change communications for HIV prevention.
- Participate actively in technical discussions on BCC at national, provincial and local levels with government, nongovernmental and private sector stakeholders.
- Support the design and development of sub agreements with implementing partners in BCC for HIV prevention and provide on-going monitoring of these activities.
- Support coordination with other organizations that implement prevention/BCC activities to ensure complementarities of efforts.
- Manage and maintain consistent ongoing technical level contacts with key stakeholders.
- Undertake regular and rigorous technical monitoring of all activities in the program.
Minimum Requirements:
- MBA/MA/MS/MPH or a related advanced degree with 3-5 years relevant experience or BA/BS in relevant field with 5-7 years relevant experience working in HIV prevention programs or sexual health and /or education and /or HIV.
- Demonstrated expertise in behavior change communication principals and practices.
Interested candidates are encouraged to register online through FHI’s Career Center at www.fhi.org/careercenter or apply via email to: Kenya-hr@fhi.org and quote the Reference # provided on the subject line while sending your application, to be received not later than April 22, 2011.
Please submit CV/resume and cover letter including salary requirements.
Kindly note that only short listed persons will be contacted.