Vacancies at International Rescue Committee

Major Responsibilities:

• Provide centralized resources and support to ensure IRC teams have quality case management data systems and clear standards
• Develop and update comprehensive resources to strengthen teams’ understanding, use, and practice of case management IMS
• Maintain overall visibility and documentation on the state of IMS in each country and region and upcoming activities, in collaboration with technical teams
• Proactively collect feedback on IMS use and user needs, and identify challenges and solutions
• Provide guidance on data protection standards and expectations for case management
• Ensure clear connections between case management IMS and IRC MEAL systems
• Stay informed about emerging technologies and trends in case management systems, and advocate for necessary upgrades and enhancements as needed/feasible
• Provide direct technical support and system administration to country programs
• Support specific countries with rollout and configuration of Primero and other IMS platforms based on country needs (including through projects)
• Act as the system administrator and focal point for country programs utilizing protection-related information systems, including IRC instances of Primero
• Support ongoing training and capacity building on case management IMS with country program colleagues and VPRU technical advisors (TAs)
• Respond to requests for information sharing that follow IRC’s data protection standards
• Support regular data analysis and use of case management data by IRC programmatic teams
• Conduct regular and ad hoc analysis of case management data across protection streams and countries, including data compilation and cleaning
• Work with VPRU MEAL colleagues to streamline and harmonize case management measurement frameworks across protection streams
• Build capacity of technical advisors, regional colleagues, and country program colleagues to regularly analyze and use data to strengthen the quality of case management
• Triangulate case management data with other IRC data sources, e.g. Annual Statistics
• Engage on strategic conversations and positioning around case management IMS
• With VPRU MEAL Lead and technical leads, support strategy and vision for case management IMS for the IRC (across platforms, protection streams, and countries)
• Coordinate internally with IRC MEAL and Technology for Programs colleagues 
• With technical leads, track updates and co-represent IRC in external spaces related to case management IMS (e.g. inter-agency steering committees, Primero Board, etc.)
• Input into business development related to case management IMS, as appropriate

Job Requirements:  

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies: 

• Specific experience with case management systems (particularly for gender-based violence, child protection, or protection rule of law) and/or protection programming, ideally in humanitarian contexts
• Strong experience with programmatic data collection, management, and analysis, including multiple data collection platforms and strong Excel skills
• Ability to generate high quality guidance and analysis documents that demonstrate attention to detail, strong understanding of best data practices, and are appropriate for end users
• Strong organizational skills and ability to balance multiple priorities across a diverse portfolio
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including an ability to be clear and concise
• Strong interpersonal skills: able to successfully listen to, collaborate with, facilitate discussion among, and build trust with people from diverse nationalities and backgrounds

Preferred experience & skills: 

• Experience with ODK-based mobile data collection applications (e.g. CommCare) preferred
• Experience with additional analysis and visualization software (e.g. PowerBI) preferred
• Experience with system administration for technology preferred
• Experience with data protection guidelines preferred
• Fluency in English is required. French, Spanish and/or Arabic language skills will be an asset

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Job Purpose/Objective:

Providing high standards of Peri-operative care in line with the hospital’s policies and procedures to deliver safe surgical outcomes and achieve patient safety goals.

• Correctly book patients for surgical procedures 
• Ensure surgeon / anesthetist are informed of bookings or changes in time
• Checks completeness of theatre checklist and act appropriately
• Carry out a Pre-Operative Assessment.
• Appropriately explain the nature of the procedure / operation to the patient
• Ensure all X-rays, Scans, Investigations and Bloods are available
• Obtains correct consent for operations and general anaesthesia for day cases
• Prepares and avails patient in time for operation with all reports for day cases
• Accounting for all the pieces of equipment, especially after the operation. 
• Getting and opening the required packs.
• Ensures that the packs remain sterile and that the operating room environment is contamination free.
• Accurately assesses patient after operation, documents clinical observations & findings.
• Consults and advises surgeon / anesthetist immediately if abnormalities are noted
• Effectively hands over the patient to recovery / ward nurse
• Ensure all required drugs/supplies are available.
• Ensure all treatment sheets have patients’ biodata including information on drug allergies.
• Submit all new drug orders to pharmacy promptly and STAT doses given within 30 minutes.
• Ensure all the items used by patients are billed accurately 
• Ensures crash carts and emergency equipment are checked as required by the hospital standards
• Ensures that the Operating Room is well stocked with the required surgical instruments
• Keep regular inventory of equipment
• Keep all necessary packs and instruments organized for easy use during each procedure.
• Ensure proper disposal of medical waste
• Ensure medical equipment are disinfected before next use.
• Ensure proper disinfectants are used
• Maintain and enforce infection control standards per the hospital manual
• Record all sentinel incidents/events and report within 24 hours using the provided tools.
• Ensure patients safety following the 6 International Patient Safety Goals (IPSGs) 
• Ensure all the relevant consultants have explained procedures and have obtained consent
• Complete official checklists for all patients prior to procedures (theatre, radiology, renal)
• Ensure patient privacy and confidentiality is always maintained, as per policy.
• Participate in emergency response
• Ensure client satisfaction through optimal quality of care, effective communication, timely feedback and escalation of unresolved issues to the incharge and demonstrate follow-up and improvement.
• Any other duty as assigned by your immediate supervisor in line with the job description

Required Qualifications:

• A diploma in Nursing/Bachelor of Science in Nursing 
• Higher Diploma in Perioperative Nursing  
• A valid nursing council of Kenya license
• Up to date BLS, ACLS/ATLS certificate
• 2 years’ experience in nursing.

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Job Purpose/Objective

• Remote Learning Teacher facilitates remote learning and dissemination of child protection messages to enhance child safety during school disruptions following a climate event in Garissa/Tana Rivers counties.
• This is a temporary assignment appointment lasting 6-8 weeks. They guide parents, caregivers and learners on how to access educational material on digital devices such as mobile phones. They create a safe and enabling environment that is engaging, stimulating and inclusive for the learners to support activity-based learning outside the school and report any cases of child rights violations they come across.
• They help learners connect with school and re-integrate to school learning m after the crisis.

Remote Learning

• Initiate phone calls and deliver individualized (one‑to‑one) learning sessions to targeted learners. Assess learning progress and tailor lesson delivery accordingly. Provide follow‑up support on digital (IVR) lessons, including clarification where needed such as responding to simple learning queries following IVR lesson delivery.
• Collate learner feedback on IVR lesson challenges to inform live virtual sessions. Conduct live virtual lesson classes to address feedback and problems areas on IVR lessons

Community engagement

• Disseminate information on remote learning through public and social gatherings Provide guidance to learners and caregivers/parents on how to use/access digital platforms such as mobile phones to obtain remote learning materials on a need basis. Disseminate messages on child-rights, child safety and referral/support mechanisms in the event of child abuse/exploitation.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Flag dropout or protection risks and support reintegration upon return to school Support in following up the identified CP cases for referral and continued support at the community level

Coordination and collaboration

• Works closely with school head teachers Also works closely with PGI on client feedback ensuring community feedback mechanisms are understood by the community and any feedback reaches the client promoting accountability to affected persons within the project

Required Qualifications:

• Teachers Service Commission - registered P1 teacher with a preference in English and Mathematics learning areas
• Relevant experience in teaching, coaching or community facilitation Knowledge and experience on child rights, child protection, safeguarding and referral pathway
• Strong written and oral skills to clearly articulate objectives, expectations, and feedback Excellent time management skills to manage time for group sessions, individual coaching, and administrative tasks.