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REF: CHSI/DBMO/01/2023
Overall Job Function
The Biomedical Officers will provide clinical services to eligible AGYW; including and not limited to; HTS services, family planning, STIs screening and treatment, contraceptive mix and post violence care services, PrEP and ensure linkage to necessary services within the supported sub county.
Key Responsibilities
Key roles and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Provide comprehensive biomedical interventions including HIV testing services, reproductive health products, post rape care services, male partner services, PrEP and linkage to other clinical services to adolescent girls and young women in the safe space
- Coordinate and implement all biomedical services in the safe spaces
- Support identification and enrolment of eligible AGYW and ensure structured layering and graduation from the program
- Ensure proper case management and continuity of biomedical services
- Ensure proper documentation, tracking of biomedical services and retention of PrEP
- Ensure real time, correct update of biomedical services in the DREAMS database
- Ensure proper biomedical commodity management and accountability in the safe spaces
- Provide post violence care services and participate in community violence response sensitisation
- Coordinate violence response activities within the safe space in collaboration with SASA! Coordinators
- Link AGYW to other HIV prevention programs and services
- Maintain proper medical records on the type of services given and ensure client confidentiality
- Support data management to ensure regular and timely collection, entry and accurate reporting
- Ensure availability all clinical SOPs, tools and guidelines
- Offer necessary services to AGYW sexual partners
- Any other duty as may be assigned by your supervisor.
Person Specification
- Diploma Nursing or Clinical medicine
- Demonstrated 2 years’ experience in HIV programs
- Experience in DREAMS program will be an added advantage
- Familiarity with donor funded HIV program implementation, documentation and reporting.
Applications close on February 03, 2023
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REF: CHSI/DHTSC/01/2023
Overall Job Function
The HIV Testing and Counselling officers will ensure quality HTS services and linkage to high impact HIV prevention services to the DREAM girls and their male sexual partners.
Key Responsibilities
Key roles and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Ensure quality HIV Testing Services (HTS) are provided as per the National Testing Algorithm in supported safe spaces
- Ensure HTS testing protocols are followed with fidelity: 6Cs, safe and ethical index testing
- Conduct risk-based/eligibility screening and testing of all AGYW in the respective safe spaces
- Support referral and linkage of all high-risk negative AGYW and their partners to high-impact prevention services including VMMC, PrEP, PEP, and OVC
- Provide index testing and elicitation of sexual partners and biological children of index clients, SNS and offer HIVST
- Participate in EQA activities including observed practice and proficiency testing
- Enhance scale-up and uptake of HIV recency testing for all clients testing HIV positive in the safe spaces by applying the LRSRF for recency eligibility and referral
- Utilize eHTS to document all clients tested, review entries made, and upload eHTS data to the national data warehouse
- Ensure real time HTS results update in the DREAMS data base
- Ensure intra and inter-facility referral and linkages for all newly identified clients and ensure their longitudinal follow-up
- Utilisation of the DAR for (Rapid Test Kit) RTK to account for RTK utilization
- Support the M&E framework by reviewing and maintenance of HTS registers/EMR, wall charts, data entry, reports, timeliness, and accuracy
- Participate in monthly counsellor supervision meetings and review individual counsellor performances against the target
- Ensure monthly forecasting, quantification, and reporting of RTKs
- Participate in violence response activities within the safe space in collaboration with SASA! Coordinators and the Biomedical Officers
- Ensure availability all HTS protocols, SOPs, tools and guidelines
- Any other duty as may be assigned by your supervisor.
Person Specification
- Diploma in Counselling, community health, social work or related diploma
- Certificate in HIV Testing Services from certified institution is mandatory
- Demonstrated 2 years’ experience in HIV programs
- Experience in DREAMS program will be an added advantage
- Familiarity with donor funded HIV program implementation, documentation and reporting.
Applications close on February 03, 2023
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REF: CHS/HR/STP/DTOBI/01/2023
Overall Job Function
Reporting to the DREAMS Technical Lead, the DREAMS Technical Officer (biomedical) will provide technical oversight, planning coordination, implementation, and capacity enhancement and monitoring/evaluation in delivering high-quality DREAMS interventions. He/she will offer technical support to DREAMS service providers to implement high-quality biomedical interventions in the county while overseeing other evidenced-based DREAMS interventions, social Asset Building and socio-economic strengthening interventions in assigned wards.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical oversight and strategic direction and ensure appropriate support for the implementation of DREAMS programming with strengthened linkages to HIV clinical care
- Provide strategic direction for providing comprehensive biomedical interventions, including HIV testing services, Reproductive Health products, Post Rape Care services, male partner services, and PrEP to Adolescent girls and young women in DREAMS program.
- Offer day-to-day mentorship to build the knowledge and capacity of ward case managers on HTS, Biomedical Officers, facilitators and mentors on HIV prevention, testing, treatment and linkage to other services.
- In coordination with the Technical Lead and ward case managers, design structural interventions to prevent HIV, including addressing gender inequalities, stigma and discrimination and economic barriers.
- Lead, coordinate and implement all HIV prevention program activities in assigned wards
- Support identification and enrollment of eligible AGYW and ensure structured layering and graduation from the program
- In collaboration with the SI team, support data management to ensure regular and timely collection, entry and accurate reporting in the DREAMS database
- Ensure adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Safe Spaces (in the community) are empowered through sensitization and uptake of biomedical interventions.
- Conduct site-level support supervision and monitoring to ensure biomedical service interventions are being implemented per intervention SOPs and guidelines
- Support in guidance of documentation while ensuring data is properly captured and accurately reported
- Work with other program leads and health facilities to ensure commodity availability and accountability.
- Oversee service continuity and case management of enrolled AGYW in the DREAMS program
- Ensure availability and utilization of work plans, SOPs, tools and guidelines
- Support the field team in conducting male sexual partner characterization for eligible AGYW and offer appropriate interventions to the male partners
- Identify best practices, document, implement, and disseminate effective and innovative while ensuring the implementation of quality improvement projects.
- Prepare relevant technical reports and recommendations to improve program performance.
- Any other duty as may be assigned by your supervisor.
Person Specification
- Bachelor’s degree in Health-related course (Medicine, Nursing, Clinical medicine or community health)
- A clinical background will be an added advantage.
- A minimum of five years of progressive experience in HIV programming is required, three in the DREAMS program.
- Supervisory knowledge, skills and understanding of the National and PEPFAR HIV agenda
- Demonstrated expertise in the substantive area of work and a good understanding of DREAMS evidence-based PEPFAR HIV/AIDS programming.
- Strong track record of DREAMS programming, and proven ability to produce demonstrable technical and program results
- Familiarity with donor funded HIV program implementation, documentation and reporting.
Required Competencies and Skills
- Strong organization, communication and program management skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability maintain good relationships with project staff, donors, and other partners
- Demonstrated excellent Computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point)
- Ability to identify problems, design interventions and oversee their implementation
Applications close on February 05, 2023
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REF: CHS/HR/STP/DTOSP/02/2023
Overall Job Function
Reporting to the DREAMS Technical Lead, the DREAMS Technical Officer -Social Protection will provide technical oversight, planning, implementation and monitoring/evaluation support for the delivery of high-quality DREAMS interventions. He/she will work closely with and establish linkages between families, communities, other partners and agencies to ensure sustainable social protection interventions and economic empowerment. He/she will provide technical support to DREAMS service providers to implement socio-economic strengthening interventions in the county while overseeing other evidenced-based DREAMS interventions like social asset Building and high impact biomedical interventions in supported wards.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical oversight, and strategic direction on combined socio-economic approaches across all wards
- Oversee Entrepreneurship program, vocational trainings, education subsidy and business startup in collaboration with the Combined Socio-Economic Lead and the ward case managers
- Coordinate Social Protection interventions including Financial Capability, entrepreneurship and VSLA, market surveys, gender-specific trainings as well as TVET career modelling interventions among the targeted population
- Oversee identification, selection and prioritization of eligible AGYW for Social Protection as outlined in the SOPs
- Coordinate follow-up of subsidy payments, academic progress reports, receipts and business follow-ups
- Ensure proper documentation of subsidy and business startup processes
- Coordinate availability and distribution of other education support supplies like uniforms, dignity packs and stationery
- Support mentorship to AGYW on choosing economic interventions that match their interest, talents and/or possessed knowledge and skills.
- Offer guidance on business plans, saving groups, group formations and other economic activities
- Support the site teams in the development of daily/weekly/monthly work plans to facilitate the execution of social protection activities and ensure timely reporting for all social protection activities at the safe spaces
- Prepare monthly social protection progress reports, share with supervisor and SI team for review and provide support for the utilization of social protection data for decision making.
- Ensure timely and accurate data collection and updating into the DREAMS database. This includes data cleanup and validation activities.
- Collaborate with public-private partners, including government agencies, ministries, businesses, private institutions and other civil societies to synergize the sustainable impact of Social Protection.
- Conduct site-level support supervision and mentorship to ensure SP interventions are being implemented according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and quality service provision
- Coordinate all Evidence Based Interventions and offer day to day mentorship to build the knowledge and capacity of ward case managers in assigned wards, CSEA Lead and Entrepreneurship Program facilitators
- Ensure structured layering and graduation from the program
- In collaboration with the SI team, support data management to ensure regular and timely collection, entry and accurate reporting in the DREAMS data base
- Ensure availability and utilization of work plans, SOPs, tools and guidelines
- Identify best practices, document, implement, and disseminate effective and innovative while ensuring the implementation of quality improvement projects
- Prepare relevant technical reports and recommendations to improve program performance
- Any other duty as may be assigned by your supervisor.
Person Specification
- Bachelor’s degree in a related course; entrepreneurship, project management, community health, social studies or its equivalent from a recognized university
- Minimum of three years’ experience in programming for AGYW(DREAMS)
- Supervisory knowledge, skills and understanding of the National and PEPFAR HIV agenda
- Demonstrated expertise in DREAMS Programming and a good understanding of DREAMS evidence-based PEPFAR HIV/AIDS programming.
- Strong track record of DREAMS programming and proven ability to produce demonstrable technical and program results
- Familiarity with donor-funded HIV program implementation, documentation and reporting.
Required Competencies and Skills
- Strong organization, communication and program management skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to maintain good relationships with project staff, donors, and other partners
- Demonstrated excellent Computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point)
- Ability to identify problems, design interventions and oversee their implementation
Applications close on February 05, 2023
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REF: CHS/HR/STP/DTOSABEBI/03/2023
Overall Job Function
Reporting to the DREAMS Technical Lead, the DREAMS Technical Officer (SAB/EBI) will provide technical leadership and oversight for the implementation of Social Asset Building (SAB) and Evidence-Based behavioural interventions (EBIs) to reduce adolescent girls and young persons’ (AGYWs) vulnerability to HIV through empowering them and their families. He/she will work closely with ward case managers, EBI facilitators and mentors to ensure quality SAB and EBIs delivery. He/she will provide technical assistance to DREAMS service providers to implement evidenced-based Interventions, and social Asset Building in the county while overseeing other high-impact biomedical interventions and social protection in supported wards.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical oversight, strategic direction on delivery of Social Asset building and Evidence-based Interventions in the safe spaces across all wards
- Oversee the Identification, screening and enrollment of Vulnerable AGYW into the Program in collaboration with the ward case managers
- Guide the team in conducting effective community mobilization and sensitization parents/caregivers and the community members on DREAMS initiative
- Supervise EBI Facilitators, mentors and ward level program team, and Community advisory committee members and track their performance in achieving set goals.
- In collaboration with the ward case managers, EBI facilitators and program team, conduct ongoing follow-up assessment/evaluation/observation of progress on the behaviour plans
- Coordinate Community Advisory Boards formation and activities
- Coordinate Age based School / Community-based HIV and Violence prevention education delivery to include HCBF, MHMC and SHUGA
- Ensure that the Parents/ Caregivers of the AGYW are reached with appropriate HIV/Violence prevention education (FMP 1 and 11)
- Facilitate the AGYW Male sexual Partner Characterization and coordinate with biomedical officer for targeted services
- Support mentorship, training, and other capacity-strengthening activities of the mentors, EBI facilitators, and ward case managers for effective implementation of age-specific services in supported wards
- Ensure AGYW and retained in program receive the complete age-based Package of DREAMS services
- Ensure timely and accurate data collection and updating into the DREAMS data base. This includes data clean up and validation activities
- Collaborate with public-private partners including government agencies, ministries, businesses, private institutions and other civil societies to synergize sustainable interventions
- Conduct site-level support supervision and mentorship to ensure SAB/EBI interventions are being implemented according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and timely quality service provision
- Ensure structured layering and graduation from the program
- In collaboration with the SI team, support data management to ensure regular and timely collection, entry and accurate reporting in the DREAMS data base
- Ensure availability and utilization of work plans, SOPs, tools and guidelines
- Identify best practices, document, implement, and disseminate effective and innovative while ensuring the implementation of quality improvement projects
- Prepare relevant technical reports and recommendations to improve program performance
- Any other duty as may be assigned by your supervisor.
Person Specification
- Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, public health, community health or any health-related degree
- Minimum of five years’ progressive experience in HIV programming is required, 3 in DREAMS programming
- Supervisory knowledge, skills and understanding of the National and PEPFAR HIV agenda
- Demonstrated expertise in DREAMS Programming and a good understanding of DREAMS evidence-based PEPFAR HIV/AIDS programming.
- Strong track record of DREAMS programming and proven ability to produce demonstrable technical and program results
- Familiarity with DREAMS age specific Evidence-Based Behavioral Interventions and certified EBI trainer
- Familiarity with donor-funded HIV program implementation, documentation and reporting.
Required Competencies and Skills
- Strong organization, communication and program management skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability maintain good relationships with project staff, donors, and other partners
- Demonstrated excellent Computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point)
- Ability to identify problems, design interventions and oversee their implementation
Applications close on February 05, 2023
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REF: CHS/HR/STP/DSIO/04/2023
Overall Job Function
Reporting to the Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, the DREAMS SI Officer will be responsible for data management and coordination of all DREAMS SI field-related activities and provide constant feedback to both the technical and program teams including health care workers in supported wards and health facilities. He/she will also ensure DREAMS data quality through site visits for mentorship and routine data quality audits. He/she will also establish and support a strong data demand and information use for DREAMS and ensure timely and accurate reporting to the Donor, MOH and the program.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical support to staff through mentorship in CHS-supported Wards on DREAMS data collection, collation, analysis and reporting of health information to relevant stakeholders using national and donor reporting systems.
- Take the lead in the timely collection, cleaning and reporting of monthly, quarterly and other routine data to the donor and other stakeholders.
- Support the implementation of web-based and mobile DREAMS-specific solutions to facilitate real-time data transmission and reporting.
- Support DREAMS data cleaning and monitoring of data entry into the DREAMS data capture systems through regular data quality audit for quality client management and reporting.
- Develop, disseminate and implement DREAMS related Standard operating procedures on data management and other procedures
- Contribute in the review and/or development of monitoring and evaluation tools and systems that are responsive to DREAMS data needs
- Organize and/or participate in DREAMS SI related capacity building activities targeting CHS staff; DREAMS staff; and other stakeholders
- Ensure regular supply of DREAMS data tools in all supported sub-counties
- Provide expertise in developing and/or review of indicators for monitoring and evaluation of DREAMS program performance
- Coordinate monthly meetings, support supervision and data review meetings in all supported wards
- Carry out RDQA for service delivery sites on a quarterly basis, provide feedback on data quality issues and implement the data quality improvement plan.
- Support initiation and tracking of quality improvement projects in DREAMS sites
- Strengthen data utilization for decision-making at sub-county level
- Participate in research studies that may be undertaken by CHS or any of her collaborating partners
- Provide technical lead in quarterly data feedback to county health management and sub-county management teams
- Document best M&E practices and disseminate the same to relevant stakeholders
- Respond to ad hoc requests for collection and analysis of data when the need arises
- Participate in regional and national stakeholders’ forums or conferences on health and give presentations during these meetings
- Carry out any other duties as may be specified by the supervisor
Person Specification
- Bachelor’s degree in biostatistics, Epidemiology, Health Records and Information Technology, Public Health, Computer Science, or its recognized equivalent.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation of DREAMS projects
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Pivot tables, Dashboards, Power pivots, advanced excel formulas, conditional formatting)
- Proficiency in data real-time data collection applications including ODK.
- Working knowledge of PEPFAR, CDC, and MOH reporting requirements
- Sound understanding of DREAMS and public health programming.
- Demonstrated ability to independently complete assigned tasks.
- Ability to plan and prioritize own work under tight deadlines, as well as to work on own initiative and as a member of a team.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines and work with minimum supervision
Required Competencies and Skills
- Strong organization, communication and program management skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to maintain good relationships with project staff, donors, and other partners
- Demonstrated excellent Computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and data analysis skills)
Applications close on February 05, 2023
Method of Application
Interested and qualified applicants are invited to email their applications and detailed CV with contact details to vacancies@chskenya.org clearly indicating the position title and reference number as indicated in the subject line. Applications close on February 05, 2023. CVs will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
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