Senior Community Health Worker – 1 Post - Grade: KMR7 at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

Position summary:

The officer will be responsible for identifying, planning and providing community health promotion and education to different populations in the communities; provide services in nutrition, public health, maternal care and health, community engagement and mobilization among other key areas. The individual hired will work under the supervision of the Deputy Director of Administration. The individual hired should have extensive ties to the Kombewa community. The officer should have excellent interpersonal communications abilities, leadership skills, managerial talent, and an innate sense of the community’s concerns so has to allow him or
her to support recruiting/enrollment activities and complex logistics for trial visits. He or she will obey and comply with the KEMRI/USAMRD-K/A rules and regulations.

Job Specification

• Sensitizing and training community workers to understand more about health problems in the community;
• Provide essential health advice and support;
• Develop and implement plans of care by assessing the health needs and available
• resources within the community based on project objectives. 
• Offer community health consultations and speak to the community on ways to develop
• healthy habits that fulfill community health requirements.
• Liaise with community leaders and coordinate community mobilization activities
• Coordinate subject recruitment from the field with study staff to schedule briefing and screening
• Liaise with Research Administrators and principal investigators to project and coordinate schedule for follow ups
• Supervise field and community team
• Building community relations through the creation and maintenance of a Community
• Advisory Board (CAB), facilitate CAB meetings and organize CAB trainings
• Any other duties as signed by the supervisor

Minimum job requirements and qualifications:

• At least four (4) years relevant work experience;
• Diploma in the following fields: Community Health and Development, Nutrition,
• Social work or relevant qualification from a recognized Institution;
• Proficiency in computer application;
• Demonstrated work performance and results;
• Evidence of having satisfied the requirements of Chapter 6 of the Constitution of
• Kenya 2010 by providing the following:
  • KRA Certificate of Tax compliance
  • Certificate from Credit Reference Bureau.
  • Police Clearance Certificate.
  • Clearance from the Ethics and Anticorruption Commission.
  • Certificate of clearance from HELB.

Terms of Employment:

• One (1) year renewable contract. Probation period for the first three (3) months
• Remuneration: The salary is based on KEMRI salary scale