Project Officer at Health Poverty Action (HPA)

Main Functions of Post:

• Provide technical support to project targeted health facilities to enable them to implement the key FIND Project components.
• Build the capacity of Community Health Volunteers (CHVs)-at project supported health facilities through training and supervision.
• Support health data management and project reporting.
• Support all community-based activities including training, outreaches, and community mobilisation.
• Contribute to documentation of the project lessons to enable learning from the action, which will be used to contribute to MoH policy for CHV-led testing.
• Working closely with the Nairobi County Health Services Department and Youth Alive!, the duties and

responsibilities of the post are:

Provide technical support to project targeted health facilities to enable them to implement the key FIND Project components.

• Support the Logistics Officer in ensuring the Ag-RDTs(Antigen Detection Rapid Diagnostic Test) are distributed to targetted health facilities in time and in the required quantities.
• Support the equipping of targetted health facilities with PPEs.
• Support the setting up of an effective referral network that ensures any cases needing referral are quickly handed over to the next level.
• Ensure that a high-quality service is offered at the project supported facilities.

Build the capacity of Community Health Volunteers (CHVs)-at project supported health facilities through training and supervision.

• In collaboration with the Nairobi County Health Services Department, support the implementation of various pieces of training for CHVs and health workers in targetted public health facilities.
• Provide regular support supervision and in-service training to CHVs and health workers at project-supported facilities.
• Contribute to building the capacity of the Nairobi County Health Services Department to supervise
• project-related activities at project-supported facilities.

Support health data management and project reporting

• Work with CHEWs(Community Health Extension Workers) to ensure CHWs case fill in the investigation forms completely and accurately.
• Receive duly filled investigation forms and enter the data on mobile-based software (KoBoCollect) that
• HPA will develop.
• Contribute to the preparation of the quarterly narrative and financial reports to be submitted to FIND.

Support all community-based activities including training, outreaches, and community mobilisation.

• Support the partner Youth Alive! Area to raise awareness among the communities regarding the effectiveness of Ag-RDTs, and against misconceptions about the Ag-RDTs through community meetings and mass gatherings, contents broadcasted through local radio stations, radio talk shows and spot messages
• Provide oversight to the implementation of outreach activities by the CHVs to improve demand for testing.

Contribute to documentation of the project lessons to enable learning from the action, which will be used to contribute to MoH policy for CHV-led testing.

• Support the project to document lessons it learns over its implementation for future planning, improving service provision and influencing MoH policy.
• Undertake other duties as may reasonably be requested by the Country Programme Manager.

Qualifications and Person’s Specifications

• The candidate should be a Social Worker with good working knowledge of the community health system in Nairobi County.
• They need to have a strong background in community health, particularly in informal settlements.
• In addition, they must possess demonstrable experience working with the Nairobi County Health Services Department.
• They should have excellent oral and written communication skills, should have demonstrable computer skills (should be knowledgeable in MS Office packages MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and should be able to use the internet.
• Finally, they should be fluent in English and Kiswahili and should be able to work with minimal supervision.