FH Kenya M & E Coordinator, Arid and Marginal Lands Recovery Consortium (ARC) Job Vacancy in Nairobi in Nairobi

FH Kenya, a Christian relief and development organization is looking for an M&E Coordinator for the USAID funded Arid and Marginal Lands Recovery Consortium (ARC).

Job Title: M & E Coordinator, Arid and Marginal Lands Recovery Consortium (ARC)

Reporting to: Arid and Marginal Lands Recovery Consortium Director.

Location: Nairobi - accompanied (occasional travels to field sites)

Closing Date: 16th March, 2012

Job Summary:

The M&E Coordinator will be responsible for the coordination of partner agencies’ program level M&E plans, progress tracking, reporting, and program evaluations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Key Results #1 Coordinate the tracking of program planning and implementation quality, effectiveness of program processes, and provide an information feedback loop to consortium leadership for management decisions pertaining to programming.
• Key Result #2 Lead program reporting through required donor and FH reporting mechanisms.
• Key Result #3 Coordinate setting program targets and program evaluations.
• Key Result #4 Support program learning for the consortium

Qualifications:

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ICAP of Columbia University Consultancy for Programme Evaluation for ICAP Nyanza Program

ICAP of Columbia University is working in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation and the Ministry of Medical Services to strengthen HIV prevention, care and treatment services at provincial and district health facilities in Nyanza Province.

This program is part of a US Government initiative against HIV in Kenya which receives funding from PEPFAR through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

ICAP is supporting 137 health facilities in implementation of HIV care and treatment, Prevention of mother-to-child transmission, Provider-initiated counseling and testing and TB/HIV collaborative activities in Siaya, Bondo, Rarieda and Nyando Districts.

Applications are invited for a public health consultant to perform a mid-term program evaluation in Nyando, Muhoroni and Nyakach Districts.

The terms of reference for the consultancy are:

1. To review baseline and regular program data describing progress of HIV care and treatment, TB/HIV, PITC, PMTCT, EID, PwP, laboratory and PITC activities.
2. To evaluate implementation of the program against the ICAP model of care
3. To evaluate the impact of decentralization of ART in the districts on patient outcomes

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Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) Regional Communications Manager Job in Kenya

The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) is a patient-needs driven, not-for-profit research and development (R&D) organization that develops safe, effective, and affordable medicines for neglected diseases that afflict millions of the world’s poorest people.

DNDi focuses on developing new treatments for the most neglected patients suffering from diseases such as sleeping sickness (or human African trypanosomiasis), leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, malaria, specific Helminth infections, and paediatric HIV.

The initiative’s primary objective is to deliver 11 to 13 new treatments by 2018 and to establish a strong R&D portfolio for these diseases.

DNDi Africa, based at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), in Nairobi, Kenya, was established in 2003 at the outset of DNDi.

This key regional office conducts research and development projects in the region, including clinical trials for leishmaniasis and malaria. It also runs a data management centre for processing clinical trial results and serves as the headquarters of the Leishmaniasis East Africa Platform (LEAP).

The Africa office is seeking to recruit a suitable candidate for the following vacant position

Position: Regional Communications Manager

Reporting to the Head, DNDi Africa and Head of Communications and Advocacy, DNDi Geneva and working in collaboration with communications and advocacy teams in Geneva and other regional offices

Overall objective of the job:

To contribute to DNDi’s global communication strategy and coordinate and manage communication activities in Africa aimed at;

(a) Developing a communications strategy and plan of action for all DNDi activities in Africa according to the general DNDi action plan for Communication & Advocacy;

(b) Developing strong media relations in national and regional media;

(c) Reinforcing DNDi corporate communications by developing communication tools to emphasize DNDi’s activities in Africa

(d) Leading DNDi advocacy activities in Africa, including boosting government engagement in R&D; access to medicines; new favorable environment for R&D including strengthening the regulatory environment in Africa, positioning of African decision makers with respect to international initiatives, etc.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Strategy and Planning

• Contributes to defining DNDi’s global strategic objectives for communications as part of DNDi’s international communications team.
• Raises awareness about DNDi’s activities in Africa and develop adequate communication tools in order to raise the profile of DNDi Africa within Africa and contribute to raising the profile of the LEAP platform internationally.
• Leads the development and implementation of the DNDi Africa-specific communications plans, including all efforts to increase awareness in Africa of DNDi’s activities, accomplishments, concerns, expertise, and values through the media, print and digital publications, scientific publications, conferences, public education and advocacy campaigns, etc.
• Works in close collaboration with the DNDi Africa team as well as relevant departments of DNDi in Geneva, regional offices, and partners regionally and worldwide to ensure a comprehensive and coherent communication strategy for DNDi in Africa
• Monitors and analyses progress towards established goals as articulated in the strategy and annual action plan

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Save the Children Deputy Nutrition Adviser Job in Kenya

Save the Children is the world’s largest independent children’s organization, making immediate
and long-lasting improvements to children’s lives in over 120 countries worldwide.

Save the Children is made up of 27 member organisations across the globe.

Through Unified Presence, Save the Children aims to create a stronger voice for children by unifying the operations in all countries where more than one Save the Children Member organizations operates.

This will result in one organisation at the national level in each country and a unified Programme delivery structure for all Save the Children Alliance Members.

Save the Children has a long history of working in partnership in Somalia and it is one of the
leading Ingo’s working in Somalia for the rights of children.

Save the Children has a unified presence in Somalia and Somaliland since January 2010 and is working in the thematic areas of education (including skills training for youth), health, protection and emergency responses.

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