Community Health Worker at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

Key Responsibilities:

• Identifying, screen and consent study participants to into the research study
• Trace participants for follow-up clinics
• Collecting and analyzing community health data for planning health care intervention programs;
• Mobilizing communities to identify health challenges and facilitate development of promotion materials;
• Participating in health education and promotion in the communities
• Working with health care teams as a community health resource person;
• Drawing and implementing work plans budgeting and support supervision
• Coordinate and support realist evaluation studies involving community health volunteers and linked health facilities.
• Developing and reviewing study Case Record Forms (CRFs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), ensuring standardization
• Training and supervising data clerks supporting community health volunteers and creating field reports for the investigators.
• Coaching and training of community health volunteers on specific C-it-DU-it interventions.
• Liaising with relevant stakeholders in the registration of households on eCHIS is and ensure data is linked with facility EMRs
• Monitoring and evaluating participant recruitment and retention
• Monitor compliance with regulatory, ethical requirements and study protocols within the project
• Overseeing documentation of all aspects of project

Vacancy Requirements:

• Diploma in the following fields; Community Health and Development, Nutrition, Social work or relevant qualification from a recognized Institution
• At least five years of work experience in a research institution/organization
• Ability to speak dholuo language    
• Be proficient in computer application
• Organization Skills    
• Communication Skills    
• Interpersonal Skills    
• Must be computer literate    
• Team player