Peer Coach - Vihiga at Living Goods

Job Purpose

• To primarily coach and mentor the Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) & Community Health Assistants (CHAs) in supporting a network of Community Health Promoters (CHPs) within a sub county to deliver high impact through best practice, digitally enabled performance management and supervision, therefore, contributing towards the delivery of impactful community health by the sub county and county health teams.

Key Responsibilities / Duties / Tasks

• Coach and mentor CHAs & CHEWs attached on performance management, use of digital tools, utilization of dashboards and use of data for decision making.
• Support in strengthening the linkage of Community Health data by building on strong facility engagement in community health unit activities and data transmission into the Kenya Health Information System.
• Accompany CHAs & CHEWs for Field Visits and offer support supervision. 
• Undertake necessary measures to ensure that CHAs & CHEWs and attached CHPs report quality data.
• Offer first level support on Android issues faced by the CHAs, CHEWs & CHVs.
• Participate in Community Events including Community Health Unit meetings, Community dialogue & Community Action days.
• Support in-service training & continued refresher trainings to CHAs, CHEWs & CHPs, and any other trainings that may arise. 
• Establish networks and support CHAs & CHEWs in strengthening their working relationship with facility staff, CHC and other partners to collaboratively improve community health service delivery.
• Develop monthly activity plans to achieve objectives and document key learnings, best practices and share for continuous improvement on program delivery.
• Contribute to planning and implementation of Sub-County level performance improvement plans.
• Analyze, interpret, and present their individual/sub-county performance.
• Support CHAs & CHEWs in quantification, forecasting, management and reporting of Community Health Unit commodities. 
• Develop and maintain a good working relationship with local administrative government in the area of operation including Community Health Committee, Village Elders, Sub Chief/Chief etc.
• Attend and support CUs review meetings and sub county planning meetings. 
• Alert the Supervisor Coach to any arising risks, challenges, and impediments to implementation.
• Perform any other duty deemed necessary or as delegated by the Supervisor coach. 

Academic Qualifications & Work Experience

• Degree or Diploma in community health, public health, business management or any related field
• Having worked in the community health space at county or Sub-county level for at least one year.
• Minimum of (1) year relevant experience for degree holders and (2) years relevant experience for diploma holders as a Community Health Supervisor in community health field.

Competencies/Attributes:

• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Good data analysis skills.
• Learns from experience and applies what is learned to new situations.
• Plans, prioritizes, breaks down tasks accordingly.
• Supports in Program/projects in data analysis, collation of information, reporting etc.
• Supervisory skills and high levels of integrity
• Ability to communicate and share information verbally and in writing.