Centre for Health Solutions – Kenya (CHS) is a local, not-for-profit organisation. We understand the local context, make use of local expertise and strategic partnerships to ensure we implement evidence-informed solutions and interventions to address existing and emerging public health concerns.
Job Details
Reporting to the Shinda Tena Program Director, the Deputy Program Director/Senior Technical Advisor, Prevention, will, in collaboration with the Siaya County Government Department of Health and other stakeholders, provide technical oversight and support for HIV/AIDS prevention-related interventions for the CHS Shinda Tena project. S/he will provide evidence-based technical oversight, leadership, coordination for implementation of HIV prevention interventions; VMMC, Key/Priority Populations, DREAMS, HTS GBV and PREP.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the CHS Shinda Tena project, HIV prevention program focal person responsible for program planning and implementation and monitoring
- Provide leadership and technical oversight to the prevention technical leads and program teams to ensure implementation of high-quality HIV prevention interventions in Siaya county
- Provide technical guidance and innovations for the attainment of all prevention program targets in compliance with organisation and donor rules and regulations
- Coordinate continuous quality improvement(CQI) initiatives to support the implementation of HIV prevention interventions; HTS, VMMC, DREAMS, GBV, PREP, Key and Priority Populations in collaboration with all stakeholders to ensure quality comprehensive HIV program implementation
- Contribute to the analysis and synthesis of program performance to support the delivery of high-quality HIV prevention interventions
- Assess progress and barriers to achievement of program implementation plans, recommend action for improvement or modifications to address problems, document and highlight results
- Oversee the planning and implementation of HIV Testing and Counselling strategies at CHS -supported facilities among Key populations, fisherfolk and DREAMS clients
- Ensure that DREAMS clients receive high quality layered services to help mitigate new HIV infections
- Provide technical oversight in the provision of interventions for key and priority populations
- Coordinate with the care and treatment team, the community and other stakeholders to prevent GBV and respond to violence
- Collaborate with other technical leads to develop strategies, guidelines, SOPs, patient educational materials for implementing all the prevention interventions
- Keep abreast of emerging data concerning referrals, community facility linkage and retention in care and provide guidance
- Design and contextualise high-quality client – centred services
- Identify best practices, document, recommend, implement and disseminate effective and innovative approaches to support HIV prevention
- Represent CHS Shinda Tena in various prevention technical working groups, task forces, CDC and other stakeholders
- Prepare relevant technical reports and recommendations to improve program performance
- Any other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
Person Specification
- Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of surgery (MB.ChB.) or any degree in a related field.
- A master’s degree in public health or any other relevant field
- Minimum of 10 years progressive experience in HIV programming is required, 5 of which should be at a senior level
- Supervisory knowledge, skills and understanding of the National and Global Health HIV/AIDS Agenda and UNAIDS goals
- Demonstrated expertise in the substantive area of work and a good understanding of the evidence-based National and Global HIV/AIDS programming.
- Strong track record of HIV/AIDS programming and proven ability to produce demonstrable technical and program results
- Familiarity with Kenya’s health system structures, including MOH and NASCOP HIV program implementation and documentation.
- Familiarity with facility and community HIV prevention programs including KP, DREAMS, fisherfolk and GBV and PREP
- Experience in managing a large, diverse and dynamic team of professionals providing integrated HIV prevention, care and treatment services.
Required Competencies and Skills
- Strong organisation, communication and program management skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to maintain good relationships with project staff, donors, sub-contractors and other partners
- Demonstrated excellent computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Ability to identify problems, design interventions and oversee their implementation
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