Project Officer at Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT)

REF: P0/LAMU/02/2023  

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Nursing, Clinical Medicine, public health or equivalent
• 5 years’ experience working in the health sector, particularly in TB projects and lung diseases
• Good understanding of the state of Tuberculosis in Kenya, and globally
• Experience working in Arid & Semi-arid areas highly preferred, especially Marsabit/Samburu counties
• Experience working in donor funded health projects, especially Global Fund projects  
• Good training, facilitation and project coordination skills  
• Excellent community mobilization skills and experience working with MOH, County government and other partners.   
• In depth understanding of M&E systems applicable in health and TB programming
• Good understanding of social determinants of Health and their related interventions
• Good communication, analytical, report writing and presentation skills
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office programs
• Must be a resident of Lamu or willing to relocate to Lamu

Responsibilities

• Implement GF-TB project activities in Lamu County
• Representing AMURT in forums/meetings with Partners and Government on TB management
• Conduct sensitization and trainings to Facility Health Workers, Community Health Extension Workers, CHWs, and other community actors on TB Care and Prevention
• Coordinating with the Facility Health Workers, Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs), Community Health Workers (CHWs) and other community actors in implementing the planned activities and interventions
• Regularly monitoring activities of the CHEWs, CHWs and other community actors at field level
• Consolidating community health workers’ weekly reports for refund by the project accountant. Preparing and presenting weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports
• Keying in data in NAVISON
• Coordinating and conducting integrated outreach services and sample networking
• Active case finding through public private mix
• Preparing and maintaining a daily database on reported cases for contacts and defaulter tracing as guided by the project