Team Leader at Plan International

Job Responsibilities

• Mentor and supervise the Health/HIV/AIDS team to implement an evidence-based package of services and support that will promote family-centered, age appropriate, quality services to households affected by HIV.
• Coordinate training and technical assistance to implementing partners to support the expansion of community and household level interventions to increase utilization of health and HIV/AIDS services.
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of other development programs and services to promote synergies.
• Monitor project implementation, policy guidance, and emerging research across the sector to identify and lead continuous quality improvements.
• Produce accurate and timely reports, case studies, and other publications to showcase project lessons, and results to contribute to the wider sector and institutional knowledge.
• Ensure activity implementation achieves planned results, document developmental impacts and resolve any implementation issues in an efficient and professional manner.
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements and regulations.
• Manage and monitor Health/HIV/AIDS budget; monitor expenditures against approved budget to ensure quality standards, compliance with donor requirements and regulations; and maximize impact.
• Implement and continuously improve the project’s case management approach.
• Oversee Nilinde’s HIV strategy and activities including: implementation of the 90:90:90 targets; targeted and differentiated care models for children and caregivers living with HIV; scale-up of the community mentor mother model across the target counties.
• Lead the project’s strategy and activities for children under the age of 5 including: Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT); HIV-exposed infants (HEI); Community integrated management of child illness (CIMCI); and nutrition with a focus on infant and young child nutrition (IYCN).
• Oversee the development and implementation of the project’s adolescent programming. Candidates should have an understanding of evidence-based interventions; adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH) programming; and the DREAMS model.
• Lead the project’s strategy for bi-directional referrals. Candidates should have experience with: linking community members to various service delivery points; and innovations around community-facility-community feedback loops.

Qualifications

• A Master’s Degree in Public Health, or other related field.
• At least 5 years’ relevant experience in supporting community based programming with a bias towards orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and HIV programming.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of current guidance on HIV, maternal and child health, and adolescent health programming.
• Experience building partnerships, networking, and collaborating with Government of Kenya, County Governments, and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and lead technical capacity building of local implementing partners to deliver appropriate, reliable and sustainable services.
• Demonstrated knowledge of development issues, trends, challenges and opportunities for implementing family-centred approaches in a community setting.
• Excellent written and communication skills, project reports, case studies, success stories.
• Knowledge of USAID rule and regulations.