Pathfinder Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist, Service Delivery Specialist and Data Officer Jobs in Kenya

Pathfinder International is an international non-profit organization that is dedicated to supporting high-quality comprehensive reproductive health services in Kenya.

Pathfinder International is the lead partner of APHIAplus project in Zone 2, Nairobi and Coast provinces.

APHIAplus is a five year project award from USAID for comprehensive health service delivery to provide sustainable, integrated, quality health services resulting in improved health outcomes.

We are currently seeking highly talented and hard-working individuals to be a part of dynamic teams committed to improving the lives of men, women and children.

Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Location: Mombasa

Reporting to the Deputy Director, the M&E Specialist has primary responsibility for the design and implementation of M&E systems and activities to measure overall project performance.

S/he will assist; project staff and partners in data collection, analysis, and presentation, including leading the design and operationalization of systems and tools. S/he will work closely with MOH counterparts and prepare regular reports for USAID.

S/he will also design and conduct operations research, and participate in project midterm and final evaluations, and oversee M&E staff.

Job Requirements

• A graduate degree in quantitative social science or its equivalent
• Minimum 5 years work experience in monitoring and evaluation in the health sector
• Applied skills in Monitoring and evaluation of development projects.
• Knowledgeable of challenges faced in Kenya in the areas of HIV/AIDS, RH/FP, MCH, OVC is preferred.
• Familiarity with M&E software, including the KePMS, and data management skills are essential for this role.
• Strong analytical and leadership skills

Service Delivery Specialist

Location: Mombasa

The Service Delivery Specialist will provide technical leadership within project area and lead implementation of national packages and guidelines for KEPH services at health facility level.

S/he will work in close coordination with Government, including MOH and NASCOP divisions to ensure activities are in line with national guidelines and policies.

The role will be responsible for providing strategic guidance to ensure delivery of technical support to MOH and support the strengthening of provincial and district health stakeholder forums.

S/he will supervise the Service Delivery Coordinators and Home and Community Support manager to ensure linkages of clinical and community services and lead in the preparation of quarterly/annual reports.

Job Requirements

• A graduate degree in medicine. Masters in public health will be an added advantage
• Minimum 5 years experience implementing Reproductive Health/family planning and or HIV service delivery programs
• Experience working with MOH personnel and good knowledge of health systems and programs
• Demonstrated collaborative approach with Government in providing mentorship and supervision for strengthening healthcare services and training in quality improvement approaches
• Excellent analytical skills and proven experience in establishing relevant project monitoring systems, assessment design and proposal development.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to build relationships, work well as part of a team and facilitate the achievement of results.

Data Officer

Location: Nairobi

Reporting to the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist and working closely with the Data Manager the Data Officer is responsible for ensuring quality in collection, cleaning and entry of community and health facility data into the project databases, and collation of training reports.

S/he will participate in data analysis and presentation and provide support for data collection, analysis, dissemination, and use among project partners.

Job Requirements

• Diploma in Health Records or its equivalent
• Four years relevant work experience in an international NGO preferably in HIV/AIDS sector.
• Solid experience in data quality exercises and data entry.
• Training and capacity building skills.
• Ability to meet strict deadlines and work independently.
• Good working knowledge with Excel, SPSS, or other statistical programs or PEPFAR databases preferred

Candidates who meet the above requirements should send their CV and cover letter detailing current and expected salary and include daytime telephone contacts to kenyajobs@pathfinder.org.

Closing date for applications is 25th March 2011.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Pathfinder International is an equal opportunity employer

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Pathfinder International Office Manager Job in Isiolo Kenya

We are an international reproductive health NGO implementing a multiyear program in Northern Arid lands in Kenya.

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to lead our team in improving the lives of men, women and children in this region.

Office Manager - Isiolo

The role of the Office Manager is to ensure smooth and efficient operations of all the administrative, logistical and human resources matters relating to the project

S/he will ensure that office facilities are adequately and efficiently utilized to support the activities of the project while adhering to USAID and pathfinder international policies and guidelines.

The role will be responsible for all procurement; fleet management; coordination of all security issues plus management and supervision of administration staff.

Job Requirements

• Degree in Business administration or related field.
• Five years experience in administration, preferably in an international non-governmental organization
• Excellent working knowledge of US federal/ USAID rules and regulations is desirable for this role
• Strong computer and organizational skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to people of different nationalities and backgrounds.
• Ability to work independently and with minimum supervision
• Initiative and ability to work independently and develop solutions to problems

Applications including cover letter, CV and references should be sent by email to jobs@aphianortheastern.org.

Deadline for application is 16th February 2011.

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted

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Technical Advisor, Kenya

Closing Date: Saturday, 31 July 2010

Pathfinder International (Pathfinder International)

Closing date: 31 Jul 2010
Location: Kenya

Pathfinder Overview:

Pathfinder International is dedicated to creating access to and improving the quality of family planning, reproductive health, abortion, and community- and facility-based HIV and AIDS care and services. In partnership with host country governments and nongovernmental organizations, we train facility-based health care providers to improve both the quality and range of their technical and counseling skills. Facility-based services are further improved through provision of equipment and facility renovations. We mobilize communities to advocate for quality services and improve access through trained community-based volunteers. Pathfinder improves youth’s access to health care by creating youth-friendly services and training peer educators to promote them. In each project, Pathfinder works with our partners to improve both their management and program implementation capacity. Through all that we do, Pathfinder strives to empower women, men, adolescents, and communities to make choices and create environments conducive to healthy reproductive behaviors.

Program Overview:

To design and implement a project to scale up the provision of comprehensive safe abortion care in selected PSA countries, with an emphasis on reaching poor and marginalized women & girls, as a component of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. It will also build acceptance of the need for safe abortion services at country level, and support innovative mechanisms for service delivery that include improved access for vulnerable women.

Position Purpose:

The Technical Advisor has primary responsibility to strengthen health systems within the public sector to ensure quality services for safe abortion and post-abortion care including contraceptive provision, improving infection prevention systems and practices, , development of protocols and procedures, standardized practices, registers, patient records and data collection systems that have the best chance of sustainability for serving the poor. This position will be the technical liaison with stakeholders and partners working with the public sector in countries with different restrictive laws and policies, with weak or no public health systems to build sustainable services. S/he will work closely with the DFID internal project team to design a project to increase access to safe abortion in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia. Based in Nairobi the Technical Advisor will coordinate work in up to ten countries (the invitation to tender stipulates that 80% of the funding will go to sub-Saharan Africa, 20% to South Asia).

Key Responsibilities:

- Create and adapt program systems and practices for the prevention of maternal death from unwanted pregnancy and support the provision of affordable, comprehensive abortion services in a range of African/Asian countries, with a focus on fragile states.
- Extend the benefits of existing model programs into new countries, or geographical areas, and pilot and incorporate new approaches working with NGO’s and HEWs to provide community outreach – in particular around medical abortion and long acting contraception.
- Establish practices to support abortion and post abortion care within the public sector to the extent allowed by national legal frameworks. Provide technical advice and facilitation for training and the roll out of high quality safe services for abortion and post abortion care.
- Establish partnerships with select NGO’s as well as govt health outreach workers to inform and mobilize the community to prevent unintended pregnancy, avoid unsafe abortion, access safe abortion or PAC services, and start an effective method, preferably long acting, post-abortion.
- Available to participate in monthly meetings as needed and progress reports with the DFID project team during the design phase followed by quarterly progress reports to the DFID HQ program team, and DFID country health advisors in those countries where the project is active.

Basic Requirements:

- An advanced degree in the medical profession either a doctor, clinical officer, nurse-midwife.
- Minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience successfully providing technical support to safe abortion programs including clinical experience in CAC services using rights based approach in clinical services and community based approaches.
- Successful background providing technical assistance in development and implementation of comprehensive abortion programming with emphasis on working with the public sector, including training of trainers, services development and improvement, and supportive supervision.
- Proven technical skills in working with the public sector to decrease maternal mortality and morbidity from unsafe abortion on several fronts:

• Affordability for marginalized and poor women and girls regarding the ability to access services, i.e. those that are the most adversely affected.
• Building services and strengthening health systems within the public sector to ensure sustainability for serving the poor
• Reducing the burden of unsafe abortion on the health budget in developing countries through safe abortion services.

How to apply

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Reference Code: RW_85NRYC-81

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