Company Address: Address International Rescue Committee 122 East 42nd Street New York, New York 10168-1289 USA

Pharmaceutical Technician Cash & Markets Assistant

Job Description
The IRC Kenya Country Program is currently implementing the first phase (years 2022-2024) of its ten-year Strategic Action Plan 100 (SAP 100) focusing on five outcome areas which include ensuring safety from harm, improving health, growing access to education, improving economic well-being, and ensuring people have the power to influence decisions that affect their lives.
Under the mentorship and supervision of the Pharmacist or designate, the Pharmaceutical technologist- will be involved in management of the pharmacy and drug management systems.
Key Responsibilities

Receive, verify and record all incoming items in the Hospital drug store.
Issue and write down all items duly requested by the consumption units in the prescribed format.
Ensure accurate filling and storage of all the documents in the health centre drug store.
Supervise consumptions of items in the consumptions units.
Ensure proper storage of all supplies in the Hospital drug store.
Regularly monitor expiry dates of all items.
Supervise on poorly used and slow moving medical supplies and together with the manager advice the prescribers/users accordingly.
Supervise the stock levels and in consultation with the supervisor to avoid unnecessary stock outs.
Record twice daily the temperatures in the cold room and the fridge.
Ensure proper maintenance of cold chain in the drug store.
Offer pharmaceutical advice when required.
With the manager, assist in preparation of consumption reports.
Conduct regular physical inventory to ensure compliance of records.
Do any other duty as assigned to you by your supervisor.

Key Result Areas

Accurate and timely documentation of all issues and received drugs and medical items.
Daily recording and tracking of temperatures in the cold room and the fridge.
Timely issue orders to the various units in the prescribed forms on their ordering days.
Proper storage of drugs and medical items.
Tracking of expired and slow moving items.

Qualifications

A Diploma in pharmacy from a recognized institution.
They must be enrolled by the Pharmacy and Poisons board.
At least three years hospital pharmacy experience.
Good communication and writing skills.
Computer literate.

Required Experience & Competencies:

A standout colleague.
Proficiency in written and spoken English and in the Somali language is an advantage.
Ability to work ethically in demanding environment.
Good customer care skills

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October 29, 2024
Researcher, Education Gender Equality Diversity and Inclusion Senior Advisor

Major Responsibilities:

Lead the design, analysis and reporting of quantitative/qualitative research, including:

Needs assessments, learning assessments, and formative research studies to identify problems and existing practices.
Implementation research to identify quality and fidelity of implementation and the degree to which they moderate education outcomes.
Impact evaluations to explore the effects of education interventions on the literacy, numeracy, socio-emotional skills, transition outcomes of children in conflict and crsisi affected settings.
Measurement research to assess the reliability and validity of outcome and quality of implementation tools and establish protocols for improvement.
Research on how to improve coherence for access, quality and continuity in systems of education.

Work with an internal team focused on education research moving our education research priorities forward.
Contribute to dissemination of research findings by writing blogs, briefs, and publications in academic journals and practitioner-focused outlets.
Support in business development processes for research, including gathering information ahead of proposals.

Job Requirements:

MA or PhD in education, economics or related field.
High level of experience and knowledge of statistical skills, and ability to accurately interpret research findings from studies using causal inference research and multi-level modeling, using software such as Stata or MPlus.
Experience with qualitative research, using software like NVivo, AtlasTi or Dedoose.
Minimum five years of progressive experience in education research and/or relevant practice.
Experience in systems-level research and/or political economy analysis highly desirable.
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
Solid organizational skills: ability to be flexible and work well under pressure, dealing with competing priorities, in a fast-paced team environment.
Interest in and ability to think and plan at the ‘big picture’ level.
Fluency in English a must; additional fluency in French, Arabic, Spanish, or Swahili preferred

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October 29, 2024
Salesforce Developer & Administrator

Job Overview/Summary:
As a Salesforce Developer and Administrator, you will be responsible for developing and providing support to users. You will be dealing with cases and together you will be building scalable and robust solutions. You will be using Agile development methodologies with a focus on high availability to end users and relevant partners. You will be expected to have a strong understating of the Salesforce Platform architecture and development techniques.
This position can be fully remote in the UK, Kenya, or Pakistan but will be required to match the GMT/BST workday. At times the role will work a flexible schedule related to maintenance or critical business needs outside of normal business hours.
Major Responsibilities

Support Salesforce users and community users by responding to, resolving and documenting resolutions of Salesforce cases.
Design and develop new business solutions leveraging Apex, Trigger and Flows to a high standard but within the platform’s governance framework.
Integrate Salesforce with a third-party systems. Define integrations with Marketing Technology’s integrations and automations team.
Regular use of design patterns and programming techniques to make code modular and reusable.
Troubleshoot and fixbugs
Create and enhance functionality with Lightning Web Component
Maintain and continue to optimize system security
Code validation
Execute project deliverables within an agile scrum environment.
Design and recommend development and configuration strategies with minimal guidance
Advise key stakeholders on technical solutions using knowledge of Salesforce’s overall capabilities.
Develop intuitive user interfaces using JavaScript, jQuery and VF technologies.
Liaise with internal users and external vendors to resolve technical issues.
Admin Support, user management and system configuration.
Development of reports and dashboards
Documentation new processes and components

Experience:
Minimum Requirements

5-7 years demonstratable professional work experience in Salesforce development.
3-5 years of demonstrable Salesforce development experience in Apex, Triggers, Flows and LWC automation.
Excellent understanding of Salesforce Platform Architecture including development tools and techniques.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Knowledge of Agile framework and practices.
Excellent time management.
Experience in working with Excel for data manipulation.
Strong customer service orientation.
Familiarity with Microsoft Teams, Outlook and Agile Framework

Preferred Additional Qualifications:

NPSP Salesforce Certification and Sales Cloud certification.
Using SQL/SOQL skills to work with large datasets
Working with volunteers and non-profit organizations.
Platform Development 1 Certification.
Admin Certification and Platform App Builder
Experience in working with Pardot, Blackthorn and APSONA.
Experience in implementing fundraising applications for non-profit organizations;
Experience in working effectively with an Agile delivery model;
Experience with web services or application programming interfaces is a great plus;
Willingness to further enhance knowledge by taking Salesforce certification exams

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October 29, 2024
Nutrition and Health Manager, Hagadera

Key Responsibilities
Programming

Supervise and coordinate the implementation and monitoring of nutrition and health program activities in line with proposal targets and work plan timelines
Provide technical assistance, supervision, and coaching to MOH and partner staff in screening, outreach.
Participate in inter-agency coordination at field level and represent IRC with local authorities when required.
Provide periodic reports as needed.
Participate in assessments when necessary.
Provide remote support to outreach teams through processing of nutrition and health supplies requests and liaising with MOH, WFP and UNICEF.
Participating in Nutrition and health Cluster meetings at field level Conduct health and nutrition surveillance based on agreed methodologies including surveys, process monitoring, SMART, LQAS, SQUEAC and other rapid methods.
Oversee implementation and integration of comprehensive growth monitoring program In the outreach sites and IRC MOH supported facilities
Plan and actively involve the community in marking recognized health and nutrition related days

Human Resource

Monitoring and supervising emergency nutrition and health staff to ensure program implemented is of good quality and acceptable standard
Routinely monitor staff performance according to their job description and provide written feedback in a timely manner
Review personnel issues and concerns of nutrition officers, nutritionist and nurses and assist with determining and implementing solutions
Participate in recruitment of the program staff as appropriate
Foster integration of the nutrition and health program with programs
Directly supervise the nutrition and team including and not limited to leave management to ensure effective program coverage, staff appraisal and mentorship, capacity mapping and capacity development.

Supply Chain

Work with the supply chain team to develop accurate and timely weekly, monthly, quarterly program supply ordering using the integra system
Monitor utilization of nutrition and health program supplies; monitor and track program assets
Ensure timey requisition of health and nutrition supplies from MOH, UNICEF WFP for the outreaches and ensure quality supplies report are sent out
Review and manage all nutrition and health program purchase requisitions, follow up with supply chain

Monitoring and Reporting

Closely monitor and make sure nutrition performance indicators are within the recommended standards including
Conduct and coordinate periodic program reports on the project
Work with MOH and county Data department to support the county health information systems and ensure IRC work is included and mirror the MOH reports
Attend all health and nutrition and health coordination meetings and management meetings in the field and at county level
Compile weekly, monthly reports and donor reports.

Finance and Grant Management

Prepare and track the project spending plans for the program based on the available budget
Attend and participate in monthly budget review meetings, with records of updated expenditure records and spending plans
Ensure adherence to the nutrition program budget by reviewing expenditure
Provide recommendations and interventions to correct any identified deviations that impact on budget adherence

Other

Perform any other duty as directed by the supervisor

Key Result Areas

Successful implementation of the nutrition and health emergency response program
Monitor and ensure improvement and maintenance of public health nutrition performance indicators as per SPHERE/UNHCR/WHO standards
Monitor all nutrition and health program expenditure against budgets and ensure an appropriate burn rate.
Ensure steady supply of all the nutrition program supplies.
Ensure nutrition and health surveillance and assessments are continuously conducted
Timely submission of monthly and donor reports.
Capacity building of nutrition and health staff
Maintain nutrition team as per the budget specifications
Represent IRC in nutrition and health meetings

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in nutrition with a health implementation or bachelor’s in public health with a strong nutrition Program implementation experience
Master’s in public health or nutrition preferred
KNDI and other relevant certification bodies is and added advantage

Required Experience & Competencies:

A minimum of 4 years of professional experience in nutrition, public health, disease surveillance nutrition planning and management and/or in relevant areas of maternal, infant and child health/nutrition care at program management level is required
Experience in emergency response is added advantage
Experience in designing and implementing nutrition surveys and other methodologies
Data and research solid background
Good experience working with the MOH and nutrition and health coordination structures
Experience in managing a nutrition program in emergencies
Good and solid talent and people management skills
Working in resource poor environment and complex emergencies
Strong analytical skills, sound judgment and the capacity to think and plan strategically, including the ability to produce high quality programs through development implementation.
Experience of supervising culturally diverse staff with varying in abilities, capacity, and experience
Flexible and positive personality
Strong planning and implementation capacity
Confident and capable negotiator, communicator, and networker

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October 29, 2024
Senior Director CRRD People & Culture

Major Responsibilities

Lead People & Culture for CRRD, including the collaborative development of strategic plans in the areas of succession and workforce planning, talent acquisition, talent management, employee relations, compensation & benefits, employee engagement, and people analytics, all fully infused with a deep commitment to employee well-being, safeguarding, and equitable and inclusive practices.
Serve as CRRD senior leadership’s focal point for the department’s People & Culture annual strategic goals.
Lead the development of a comprehensive approach to ensure CRRD staff experience IRC’s full suite of Staff Care and Safeguarding; Learning and Development; and Gender, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion commitments.
Evaluate, build and facilitate People & Culture functional capacity and service delivery for CRRD in collaboration with the CRRD P&C Leadership Team.
Promote the IRC Way, the values that are critical for a safe and inclusive work environment and reinforce our commitment to the well-being and duty of care of all colleagues
Lead, empower and mentor direct reports, including communicating clear expectations, co-creating performance objectives, providing regular and timely constructive performance feedback, and supporting their overall well-being and professional aspirations.
Advise, counsel and/or lead, where appropriate, large or complex Employee Relations matters in partnership with IRC’s Employee Relations and Ethics & Compliance Unit
Travel to all regions as and when needed to provide in-person leadership, support, technical trainings and/or management of special projects
We are an organization that is continually growing and changing, and the responsibilities of this role will reflect these shifts over time.

Job Requirements

Fifteen+ years of progressive professional P&C-related experience with a minimum of 5 years at a regional level
Genuine commitment to fostering equity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace, with experience in establishing a supportive workplace for under-represented groups and accelerating their professional development
Experience supporting groups of 1,000+ employees at multiple organizational levels, cultures and locations within a regional or global environment required
Experience in emergency response, conflict zones and/or humanitarian aid sector preferred
Demonstrated success in supporting key senior management and building strong, trusted relationships
Excellent management and leadership skills including coaching, mentoring, and performance management
High degree of comfort and successful track record supervising in matrixed environments
Skilled in collaborating with operational and technical focal points to ensure organizational best practices are represented in work
Broad knowledge and experience across the spectrum of People & Culture competencies
Ability to work, manage, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment; exceptional problem solving and decision-making skills needed
Superb inter-personal, written and verbal communication skills with ability to collaborate across countries, cultures, and departments required
Must possess a highly collaborative, inclusive, consultative, and resourceful workstyle that balances required compliance/policy enforcement with a steadfast commitment to client service and support
Excellent analytical, project management and organizational skills including detailed work planning and superior time management skills
Fluency in Arabic, French and/or Spanish is advantageous
Ability to travel globally up to 25% of the time, occasionally on short notice

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October 29, 2024
GBV Case Worker-Psychosocial

Job Description
The GBV Case Worker – Psychosocial will support the successful implementation of all psychosocial activities and provision of quality individual case management including direct counseling to GBV survivors. Together with the Snr. WPE Officer and other WPE/GBV workers they will support in the provision of training and supervising GBV Community Workers to respond to cases of GBV in the camp and enhance effective integrated case management. This includes providing on-job training and mentorship for community workers and applying community monitoring and feedback systems to strengthen the case management service delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Case Management

Provide professional and confidential services to survivors of GBV, grounded in the IRC’s multidisciplinary, survivor-centered case management approach.
Support and build capacity of systems in individual case management for survivors and persons at-risk of GBV.
Strengthening GBV case management oversight as well as safe and ethical data collection, analysis of GBV trends and ensure quality prevention and risk mitigation interventions.
Ensure the GBVIMS is accurately updated on a regular basis.
Identify gaps that exist in programming areas that require targeted interventions and campaigns based on case trend analysis.
Assessing the effectiveness and relevance of the case management structure and providing revisions, recommendations, and evaluations.
Ensuring that all scheduled activity reports -such as progress and monthly reports -are delivered on time and that they are of good quality, according to IRC and UNFPA´s standards. Analyze the received information and compile the necessary report.

Training, Mentorship, and Coaching

Supervise and provide training, mentorship, and other technical support to community workers directly involved with the psychosocial component of the International Rescue Committee’s GBV programme.
Provide oversight and guidance regarding implementation of psychosocial activities to all community workers to ensure all programme activities meet the safest practice standards.
Monitor and supervise case management to ensure that the survivors receive timely and quality services, including capacity building through training and on-job training of community workers.
Support the capacity development of staff, partners and other team members, to address GBV and to promote gender equality and the empowerment of displaced women and girls.

Coordination and Networking

Foster effective teamwork, and coordination among crossing cutting sectors (protection, health, legal, and psychosocial sectors) to enhance timely identification and mitigation of GBV risks prevention and response.
Supporting in developing and maintaining effective working relationships with all collaborators including community leaders, NGOs, government ministries/authorities, UN agencies, social institutions, donors, among others
Work in partnership with Snr GBV/WPE Officer to ensure ongoing needs of women and girls are being prioritised and met through prevention-related activities.
Monitor monthly community outreach plan with community workers, based on emerging case trends and ongoing needs of women and girls.

Partnership Development

Participate in review meetings and psychosocial capacity assessment of the collaborative partners and community-based structures.
In collaboration with other GBV actors, redefine and develop a GBV service inventory and referral pathway which are responsive to the needs of the survivors.
Assist the Snr WPE Officer in planning and organizing review workshops with partners on maintaining partnership, IRC partnership approach and principles.
Build and maintain effective works with communities of concern, local authorities and protection and assistance partners.

Others

Fulfill any other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Respect the code of conduct and policies of the IRC and the standards of the GBV team.
Adhere and uphold the IRC Way (integrity, service, accountability and equality) at the respective areas of work!

Key Result Areas
The GBV/ WPE Kenya programme goal is to enhance survivor’s utilization of quality services responsive to their needs and strengthen community-based structures and solutions to better protect women and girls, promote their empowerment to access opportunities, services, and support. The GBV case worker will be responsible for psychosocial activities towards achieving the following program objectives.

To improve survivors’ access to timely, well-rounded, and quality case management!
Strengthened engagement with communities to act in the best interests of women and girls.
Invest in social and economic opportunities for women and girls to promote their wellbeing.
Leverage partnerships and experience to advocate for priorities of women and girls

Qualifications

Diploma in Social Work, Community Development counseling and/or psychology. A Social Science or related degree is preferred.
Minimum 2 years of case management and direct psychosocial/counseling experience with a reputable agency; experience working with survivors of violence preferred.
Experience working in a hardship zone /environment is an added advantage.

Required Qualification & Competencies

Clear understanding of gender, abuse of power, and issues surrounding violence against women
Able to maintain confidentiality, medical ethics and respect for clients at all times.
Experience in participatory techniques and community mobilization.
Able to lead, train, supervise, facilitate and empower GBV Community Workers in their respective tasks in a professional, respectful and supportive manner.
Positive, highly motivated, innovative, with strong organizational and inter-personal skills.
Able to coordinate multiple tasks while maintaining attention to quality and detail.
Able to work as part of a team.
Solid understanding of computer applications, including MS Word and Excel.
Willing to work in a hardship area.
Fluency in English, including writing clear and concise reports.

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October 29, 2024
Education Facility Advisor Director, Regional Team

Job Overview:
The Education Facility Advisor will be responsible for the design and successful operation of the demand-driven call down mechanism and expert technical advice rosters under component 2, working closely with our Regional Research Directors as well as FCDO country offices and partners.
Major Responsibilities
The Senior Education Facility Advisor will manage the complete call-down mechanism lifecycle, including:

Define the menu of types of support that the programme will offer and their prioritization criteria based on FCDO priorities;
Develop clear pathways for identifying support opportunities, receiving requests and responding to technical support requests from FCDO
Identify risks and appropriate actions to manage conflicts of interest;
Manage relationships with global and local ERICC partners to maintain a roster of experts;
Communicate about the services that the call-down mechanism can offer, and manage the implementation of support requests.
The Education Facility Advisor will also ensure high quality responses and identify synergies with the research being developed under component 1 and will identify capacity building themes and topics to be addressed by thematic leads and the Research Directorate.

Key Working Relationships:

Position reports to: ERICC Programme Director
Position directly supervises: N/A
Internal contacts: Regular contact with the Research Director, Senior Technical Director for Education, the Regional Research Directors, Education Technical Unit teams, and country program staff.
External contacts: FCDO country offices and partners.

Job Requirements:
Minimum Requirements

Education: Master’s/post-graduate degree in education, education psychology, social work, human development or relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience
Work Experience: A minimum of 6-8 years of implementing and/or managing large Education programs and teams is required, within a humanitarian or international development setting, as are at least 1—2 years acting in an advisory capacity on education programming.
Experience in technical tools development, monitoring and evaluation, and research in relation to education is highly desired.
Demonstrated expertise in education program design, monitoring and evaluation, with the ability to turn concepts and strategy into measurable action.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Requirements
Experience with donor-funded contracts
Experience working on FCDO commercial contracts
Prior experience working in countries where IRC operates

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October 29, 2024
Immunization Advisor

Job Overview/Summary:
Reporting to the Senior Technical Advisor Specialized Health, the Immunization Advisor will lead the IRC’s immunization and child health work, coordinating with other leaders within the Health Unit and in other sectors to strengthen the quality of this work and develop successful program models, scale IRC’s programming in immunization and child health, and guide the immunization scaling ambition in the IRC health unit strategy.
Specific responsibilities / duties:
Immunization – 80% LOE
Technical Capacity Strengthening and Program Design

Conduct technical trainings and ongoing technical coaching for technical staff related to immunization programming quality improvement.
Support design of program in project countries and ongoing monitoring of progress
Participate in analysis of program data with M&E and project staff to advise on program adaptations to achieve targets and share cross country learning
Engage with stakeholders during visits to country programs
Review and share program-specific tools/resources/curricula and work with technical unit specialists to contextualize and adapt global and country-specific materials
Help define approach to teaming/partnering with other organizations

Business development

Develop strategy to build IRC’s immunization portfolio
Support country program staff to design programs and projects, ensuring that they are: aligned with the IRC’s strategy, which includes supporting country program staff with contextualizing outcomes and the theories of change, and selecting interventions based on the best available evidence and the local context; responsive to client needs and preferences; based on sound context and gender analysis; and support use of indicators for country programs aligned with existing IRC immunization indicators
Input into go / no go decisions on proposals
When needed, write technical narratives of proposals in addition to regular review of technical narratives, workplans, and any program reports
Provide input on budgets

Influence

Represent the health unit and the IRC in inter-agency working groups, various global/regional immunization fora and conferences
Attend targeted conferences and develop specific publications (issues papers, technical documents, presentations and peer-reviewed articles) relevant to advancing immunization program strategies and research results.
Synthesize key findings of current literature related to increasing routine immunization coverage—particularly through ‘last mile’ and community engagement strategies—for program use

Child Health – 20% LOE
Technical Leadership and Coordination

Ensure continued program quality and use of evidence/best practice in child health in general.
Provide child health technical oversight and guidance to IRC country programs and HQ technical units.
Monitor program performance and increase accountability for results in collaboration with regional program staff and country senior management.
Liaise with internal and external partners to identify promising new areas.
Contribute to the development of project proposals as needed.
Lead internal and external communication related to child health.

Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: Senior Technical Advisor – Specialized Health
Position directly supervises: N/A
Other Internal and/or external contacts:
Internal: Regular communication with technical advisors supporting country programs. Close relationships with regional and country teams. Interacts with IRC internal departments, including business development, external relations and advocacy departments, as well as other technical units.
External: Serve as IRC program representative in outside regional meetings and global meetings and academic forums with donors, other non-governmental organizations, inter-agency groups and foundations.
Job Qualifications:
Education:

University degree in a health field and a master’s in public health or related area required.

Work Experience:

At least 6-8 years public health experience in technical and management positions, including provision of remote technical support.
A minimum of 5 years as technical advisor supporting immunization programs.
At least three years of international field/lived experience in managerial/coordination positions with Non-Governmental Organizations in low- and middle-income humanitarian or post-conflict settings. Experience in technical tools and materials development. Experience in strategy development and working across sectors is highly desired.

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October 29, 2024
Project Director Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Advisor Technical Lead, Education

Position Summary:
IRC is seeking a Project Director for a private foundation-funded five-year project in Kenya to improve children’s holistic skill development and well-being through improvement of the quality and equity of teacher professional development in refugee counties in Kenya. The Project Director will be the leader of this groundbreaking initiative, responsible for ensuring the project delivers high impact programming for children. The Project Director will coordinate across multiple partner organizations and IRC staff and be the primary representative of the project to all key stakeholders, government officials, and donors at coordination fora and other related meetings. The Project Director will ensure that the project achieves the expected results and is implemented in accordance with the donor agreement, donor regulations, and internationally recognized quality of assistance standards.

Job Responsibilities:

Provide strategic and operational leadership and direction, vision and direction, and define and implement activities to achieve the greatest impact toward project goals and objectives;
Develop, review, and monitor in coordination with key project staff, annual work and performance plans to ensure long-term and short-term priorities are on track;
Oversee technical direction and project delivery to ensure activities are in line with the performance framework and meet all standard operational policies and procedures;
Oversee management of partners/subgrantees and provide financial and operations support that optimizes resources through sound budgets, consistent financial tracking, and timely submission of reports to the donor;
Report to donor through both formal and informal debriefings, annual and semi-annual reports;
Maintain active and cooperative relationships with all key stakeholders, including government officials, project partners, other implementing agencies, and related institutions;
Recruit, hire, and manage national staff and consultants as needed to carry out activities.
Maintain a working knowledge of project financials, working with and supporting the financial officer to ensure that appropriate systems and procedures are in place and being follows.
Represent the project and the organization in public and ensure distribution of information about project achievements and lesson learned;
Support project staff by creating and maintaining a work environment that promotes teamwork, trust, mutual respect, and empowers staff to take responsibility.

Requirements:

Advanced degree from an accredited university in education international development, or related field;
Minimum of 10 years of experience managing education programs for refugees or crisis-affected populations;
Experience managing large-scale, multi-million dollar, complex, multi-country, multi-partner projects;
Experience working in East Africa and/or Kenya on education programming;
Demonstrated success in staff capacity-building and in participatory, flexible, and gender-sensitive programming and implementation;
Strong communication skills, both oral and written;
Fluency in English required.

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October 29, 2024
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Specialist – GAVI DSI Team Leader, GAVI DSI Deputy Team Leader – GAVI DSI

Job Responsibilities:

Develop, manage and implement a monitoring and evaluation system (performance monitoring plan) across all project components that leverages qualitative and quantitative methods, and draws from a variety of data sources to measure progress and evaluate impact, as well as support collaboration, implementation science, learning, and adaptation.
Provide training, assistance, and consultation, as needed, on interpretation and use of performance benchmarking measures, indicators, and reports.
Lead collection of periodic data reports and compilation of narrative reports and submit to Team Leader and Deputy Team Leader.
Communicate information obtained through MEL activities to program staff, and external stakeholders, including GAVI, to enable informed decision making.
Develop and ensure compliance with procedures for collection and reporting of project and program performance data to provide quality, timely data.
Regularly review data collection processes, perform data quality assessments, and make adjustments as needed.
Prepare the MEL section of the annual work plans, and of review or updates of it, as needed.
Participate and provide input to program strategy, including necessary adjustments or refinements to the work plan.
Oversee baseline surveys and assessments and the implementation of the MEL system on a day-to-day basis.
Conduct regular visits to project sites, as possible, to provide technical assistance and ensure proper monitoring of project activities.
Lead learning agenda for the project and support integration of evidence into routine practice.
Prepare inputs for regular and ad hoc reports.

Requirements:

Advanced degree (PhD or masters degree) from an accredited university in public health, statistics, evaluation research, social science, international development, or a related discipline required; equivalent experience may be substituted for graduate degree;
Minimum of eight years of experience in MEL and research for similar health programming. Experience with GAVI, USAID, or FCDO funded projects designed to improve health outcomes, including vaccination, health financing, particularly DSI, preferred.
Experience developing performance monitoring plans and associated data collection tools, systems and methodologies.
Demonstrated experience in use of qualitative and quantitative methods for data analysis;
Experience supporting ministries of health in HMIS and health system strengthening;
Experience working on health programming in fragile contexts, including familiarity with GAVI health indicators and approach.
Experience in monitoring and evaluation of Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) for health outcomes and associated data collection tools, systems and methodologies is an added advantage
Strong negotiation skills and the ability to develop relations with local counterparts, donors, and other stakeholders.
Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
Fluency in English required.

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October 29, 2024