Community Health And Outreach Coordinator at Kenya Red Cross Society

Key Responsibilities.
Programme Management

• Management of day to day operations and efficient coordination of community health activities.
• Ensure the implementation of the community health program conforms to internationally accepted standards and national guidelines
• Provide technical guidance to national technical staff and refugee incentive workers on the planning and implementation of the community health program.
• Provide technical leadership and support in conducting mass campaigns in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and UN agencies.
• Establish a plan of action for all community health activities to include monitoring and evaluation.
• Support the development of project annual work plans in coordination with the project teams.

Finance/ Grants management

• Prepare budgets and proposals for community health activities
• Recommend grant and budget revisions to the relevant supervisors
• Ensure adherence to budgets by reviewing expenditure and spending patterns.

Communication and Reporting

• Ensure weekly, monthly and quarterly program reports on the community health activities are prepared and shared, whilst ensuring continuous monitoring of community based indicators

Minimum Qualifications and Experience   

• Bachelors degree in Public Health / Environmental Health.
• Masters degree in Public health/Environmental Health will be an added advantage.
• Membership Certificate/Licence from the Public Health Officers and Technicians Council.
• Three (3) years working experience in planning, implementing and evaluating community health programmes in a busy set up either with MoH or INGO.
• Work experience in Camp setting will be an added advantage.

Technical and other Competences

• Strong communication skills: oral, written and presentation skills.
• Should be a team player and culturally sensitive.
• Demonstrated proficiency in computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets and utilization of the internet.
• Demonstrate ability of proposal/budget making and grant management.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Strong leadership, team building, conflict resolution and ability to deliver the Society’s strategic objectives.