Job Openings at International Rescue Committee

Duties and Responsibilities

In carrying out this overall function, the officer will:

• Screen and assess incoming complaints to determine appropriate course of action.
• Draft investigation related documents and communications, including investigation plans, witness statements, and supporting materials.
• Conduct interviews with complainants, subjects, and witnesses in accordance with established procedures.
• Identify, collate, and analyze potential evidence to support investigation findings.
• Prepare comprehensive investigation reports and present findings and recommendations.
• Support and follow up on the implementation of corrective action plans.
• Conduct system reviews in collaboration with relevant departments to identify compliance gaps.
• Monitor the implementation of risk mitigation measures and track progress.
• Coordinate with relevant departments to ensure timely responses to compliance audit requirements and recommendations.
• Champion a culture of reporting on ethics and compliance concerns, including client responsiveness.
• Support partnership management by reviewing and evaluating partner processes from a compliance perspective.
• Review partner agreements and contracts to ensure alignment with IRC policies and procedures
• Design and facilitate training sessions that promote a culture of integrity, ethics, and compliance.
• Perform any other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant social science e.g. Criminal Justice/Criminology, sociology, law, finance or a comparable field.
• Five years’ experience
• Proven ability to analyze data to report critical information.
• Strong planning, organizational and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate information accurately, clearly and swiftly.
• Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing, in English and Kiswahili.
• Excellent analytical, presentation, and reporting skills.
• Ability to respond to changing priorities.
• Ability to work independently on own initiative
• Excellent IT skills in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel
• High level of integrity, professionalism, self-motivation and sense of urgency
• Strong commitment to IRC’s mission, purpose and values.

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Key Responsibilities
Program management:

• He/she is in charge of the hospital. 
• Ensure all patients are attended to daily in the hospital.
• Ensure the hospital is running effectively in all the wards
• Attend to all emergencies, both medical and surgical.
• Manage and supervise all the staff in respective wards.
• Ensure proper documentation of patient care in patient files.
• Conduct daily ward rounds in respective wards, ie maternity, medical, pediatrics and isolation wards.
• Carry out all elective and emergency obstetric/Gynecological cases in theatre.
• Conduct all elective and emergency surgical cases in theatre.
• Carry out special clinics in the hospital on weekly basis ie, SOPC, GOPC,HRC, MOPC and POPC.
• Attend to all medical legal cases, ie Filling of P3 forms and attend court sessions as deem fit.
• Ensure survivors with sexual assault cases are promptly attended in GBV centre.
• Ensure all Referrals both Emergency and Elective, to secondary and tertiary care centres is done promptly.

Human Resource:

• Be a team leader in the hospital and in the care of patients.
• Attend the Clinical staff meetings and give program updates as required.
• Manage the Clinical Services Program in acting capacity when the Health Manager is not in office.
• Coordinate and Participate the Continuous Medical Education (CME) for staff and give updates   on care of patients. 

Program activities:

• Conduct daily ward rounds in respective wards.
• Be the doctor on call on weekly basis, 24hrs 7 days.
• Carry out all emergency surgical/obstetric cases in theatre.
• Conduct all special clinics on weekly basis, SOPC,GOPC,HRC,POPC,MOPC.
• Properly document patient diagnosis, plans of treatment and care on patient files. 
• Attend morning Handover meetings and give feedback on patient care.
• Carry out all elective surgical and gynecological cases twice a week in theatre.
• Attend to all medical legal issues, fill P3 forms and attend court sessions. 
• Lead in death audits sessions to improve quality of care for patients.    
• Fill the referral forms for both emergency and elective referrals.

Reporting and Coordination:

• Report to Medical Officer Incharge or his/her designate.

Others:

• Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Safeguarding:

• Demonstrates a commitment to upholding the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct by preventing any form of abuse, exploitation or harassment. Promotes a safe and respectful environment for clients, colleagues and communities whilst promptly reporting any safeguarding concerns in accordance with IRC policies and procedures.

Key Result Areas

• Improved quality of care in the wards/hospital
• Quality emergency obstetric care in maternity.
• Prompt referral of patients.
• Proper documentation of patient care.
• Prompt management of outbreaks

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, MBChB.
• Registered with Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board.
• Minimum 2 yrs of working experience in a busy hospital.
• Able to work with minimal supervision.
• Required Experience & Competencies:
• Be flexible, a team player and result oriented.
• Be ready to work in challenging and multitasking environment.
• Computer literacy in MS Windows, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, is desired.