Career Opportunities at ICAP Columbia University

Location: Kisumu with travel within Kisumu County

Overall Job Function: Reporting to the Program Director- Nyanza on day-to-day basis with the overall guidance of the Technical Advisor- Mental Health, the Gender-Based Violence Officer will be responsible for identifying victims of gender violence and those at risk and refer them to appropriate services and ensure post referral follow up.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working with ICAP management and staff to implement mitigation measures for Gender Based Violence
• Participating in community sensitization and advocacy on Gender Based Violence
• Assessing survivors of gender based violence, filling out all relevant forms and developing a case based treatment plan in line with the policies and guidelines
• Providing psychotherapeutic interventions to survivors of GBV
• Ensuring survivors are effectively followed up, referred and linked to other necessary services.
• Conducting regular multidisciplinary team meetings to follow up on Gender Based Violence activities
• Providing psycho-education to clients on their rights, available services and how to access the
• Setting up a conducive environment for service provision to ensure confidentiality during interviews and to secure sensitive information
• Ensuring proper documentation of data collected (hard and soft copies)
• Writing field visit weekly reports on major findings, needs and problems fac
• Developing and maintaining effective working relationship with relevant stakeholders including partner agencies, community leaders and service providers
• Developing Information Education Communication material content on gender based violence in collaboration with the ICAP team

Requirements

• Degree in Counseling Psychology or related field
• Masters in relevant field will be an added advantage
• Excellent communication and analytical skill
• Working experience with communities especially in the field of Gender Based Violence programming
• Ability to handle multiple tasks; proven self-initiative and problem solving abilities
• Ability to communicate in the local dialect will be an added advantage
• Commitment to protecting human rights.

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Location: Nairobi with some travel to NIMART selected sites

Reporting to the Director- NIMART on day-to-day basis and to the Technical Advisor- Monitoring and Evaluation in general, the monitoring & Evaluation Officer will provide technical support in the planning and implementation of NIMART monitoring and evaluation (ME) activities within the ICAP.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide mentorship to facility staff on the appropriate use of HIV-related M&E tools, reporting to the MoH DHIS2 database and on use of nationally approved electronic patient-level databases
• Lead in the collection, aggregation and reporting of data
• Conduct periodic data quality audits for data quality assurance

Requirements

• Degree in a Health Records Information, Epidemiology, Statistics or related field
• At least 3 years’ experience in HIV program monitoring and evaluation.
• Familiarity with HIV-related MoH ME tools , MoH DHIS2 database system and Microsoft Excel