Responsibilities:
- Liaise with the project team and partners to ensure the successful implementation of project activities, including creating work plans, budgeting, data gathering, and reporting.
- Work closely with the relevant stakeholders, including MOH, universities, NGOs, civil society, County Government technical teams and private sector partners.
- Provide regular reports and updates as directed by supervisor and other staff to key stakeholders on the CDS COVID-19 and other RI projects.
- Facilitate trainings and organize key events and meetings.
- Provide technical support for project activities, monitoring, reporting, evaluation, and documentation in a timely manner.
- Assist with other programmatic and administrative duties as required for successful implementation of project activities.
Required Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing, clinical medicine, public health, community health or related social sciences. A post graduate degree in the same fields, completed or in lieu, is an added advantage.
- Minimum 7 years of relevant work experience in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) projects with a focus on introducing, implementing, and evaluating vaccination and immunization services.
- Experience in projects that involve liaising with County governments, other government institutions, WHO, USAID, UNICEF, other stakeholders, and NGOs.
- Proven ability to multi-task and collaborate work effectively with senior staff, colleagues, donors, partner organizations, stakeholders, local institutions, and others at all levels.
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines, and an emphasis on quality.
- Excellent analytical, communication, presentation and report writing skills.
- Excellent skills in facilitation, team building and coordination.
- Demonstrable problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Proficiency in application of Microsoft Office Suite with an emphasis on proficiency in Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
- Proven success drafting, proofreading, and editing documents.
- Extremely detail-oriented, with the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
