Senior Technical Advisor Care and Treatment at Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops

JOB PURPOSE

The Senior Technical Advisor-Care and Treatment will work with the KCCB ACTS Deputy Program Director-Clinical Services in providing technical assistance for activities intended to strengthen the capacity of supported health facilities, project technical teams, and other stakeholders to effectively deliver integrated and quality care & treatment services including Pediatric, TB/HIV, PMTCT, VMMC, Adolescent and Adult HIV Care & Treatment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead in development and oversight of program weekly, monthly and quarterly Adult HIV and TB work plans;
• Working in collaboration with Deputy Program Director-Clinical Services, support health facility and program teams in development of
• integrated HIV/TB facility interventions and work plans and oversee their implementation;
• Collaborate with S/CHMT, project technical staff and supported health
• facilities to strengthen the CD4, VL lab and sputum samples networks in supported sites, ensuring timely collection of relevant lab samples
• for diagnosis and for monitoring treatment outcomes;
• Provide support in implementation of continuous quality improvement
• projects to improve quality of services in supported sites;
• Work in collaboration with S/CHMT and other project technical teams to conduct targeted site supervision visits to KCCB ACTS supported

Minimum Qualifications, Experience & Skills

• A Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) or its equivalent;
• Diploma/degree in Project management is an additional advantage.
• 5 years’ experience with and technical knowledge of current HIV/AIDS issues and trends.
• Analytical
• Interpersonal
• Problem solving
• Conceptual
• Presentation
• Negotiation
• Proposal/report writing