Associate, Implementation Cascade

Position: Associate, Implementation Cascade


Deadline to Apply: 19th June 2014
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Nairobi, with regular travel to the field

 
About Us:


We are a new organization working in partnership with Innovations for Poverty Action, (IPA), a nonprofit organization, to scale proven interventions to improve the lives of the poor in Africa and Asia. Rigor, evidence, and action are all part of the organizational values.
While we continues to grow the pipeline of proven-interventions to bring to scale, its current programs in the Africa Region include:
Deworm the World Initiative (DtWI) actively supports the scale-up of school-based deworming programs worldwide to improve children’s health, education, and long-term development.
Dispensers for Safe Water is an entrepreneurial program scaling the chlorine dispenser system – a proven innovation that dramatically expands access to water treatment at an extremely low cost.
DtWI provides technical assistance to National School-Based Deworming Programme (NSBDP), which is implemented by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) in 28 Counties and 143 Sub-Counties across Kenya. In the first year of the Programme (2012-2013), 5.9 million children were dewormed in over 13,000 schools in Nyanza, Western, Rift Valley, Coast and parts of Central regions.
We are looking for a dynamic, engaged individual to join our team as an Associate, Implementation Cascade, working within organization’s Programme Implementation team.
The successful candidate will have a passion for programme coordination and driven by a mission to continually improve the quality of implementation and outcomes.

 
Job Purpose: To contribute to the coordination of field activities of the Kenya National School-Based Deworming Programme by working closely with counties and sub-counties.
The position holder will ensure that the training cascade is effectively delivered and that treatment data generated after all deworming activities are submitted for analysis.
This role has to work closely with the training, supply chain, logistics and communication teams to ensure programme plans are executed at the counties and districts.


Description of Duties

 
Cascade planning and implementation


•Negotiate with CDEs on receipt of materials by their offices, their storage and final dispatch to districts and follow up on whether they received these materials
•Communicate with DMOHs to inform them about arrival of drugs at their regional depots, the dates when they should start collecting the drugs and the funds available for this exercise
•Fast track any challenges faced by DMOHs regarding drugs and respond accordingly. These may include:
•Accessing tab-pick up forms and filling them
•Accessing funds for drug pick up
•Completing accountability documents
•Connecting with KEMSA depot
•Accessing the right quantity of drugs by DMOH or schools
•Expiry date and batch number issues
•Redistribution or transfer of drugs between districts
•Monitor delivery of drugs to TTSs to ensure all schools receive sufficient drugs for DD
•Follow up events of deworming day for any reports of SAE for schistosomiasis treating districts and report the same to the supervisor
•Plan and implement county meetings, district trainings, CHEW forums, teacher trainings, deworming days
•Oversee full implementation of the reverse cascade (return of treatment data, tablet accountability documents, financial accountability documents)
•Update school treatment lists for schistosomiasis
•Communicate schistosomiasis targeting with the districts
•Participate in the planning and execution of programme trainings and meetings.
•Accompany GoK and other external partners to monitoring visits as may be assigned by the supervisor to help support with a better understanding of the programme’s implementation



Reporting:


•Contribute to the writing programme and donor reports as assigned by the supervisor
•Document any unique features from counties and districts that may require special attention from the programme
•Document lessons learnt, challenges from cascade implementation activities and provide suggestions/recommendations to the supervisor for programme adjustments for future implementation approaches and activities


Accountability

 
Decision Making:


•Guidance will be provided by the Project Manager: Implementation on any relevant decisions relating to the tasks within this portfolio
•Responsibility over data or information:
•Has access to important and sometimes confidential programme data and information
•Responsibility over assets:
•Computer, printer, office equipment, office furniture


Required Qualifications

 
Professional Qualifications


•Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Anthropology or any other social sciences from a recognized University.  
•Masters in the relevant field will be desirable.


Relevant Experience and Key skills:


•Minimum of 3 years’ experience in coordinating education or health projects and working with communities
•Past experience in implementation of large scale programmes.
•Experience working with County and District government officials in planning and implementing programmes
•Experience in working with the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education in public health/ and school health interventions
•Experience in developing programme work plans and budgets, donor and government reports and documentation of lessons learnt
•Experience in development of training materials


Personal Attributes


•Strategic thinker with a passion for innovations
•Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast paced working environment
•Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work as a part of a team and across multiple groups
•Good written and oral communication skills
•Quick to learn and capable of proactively developing new ideas to reach out to the Programme’s various audiences
•Proven skill in negotiation and managing complex relationships
•Excellent networking skills
•Strong organizational skills


To apply:


Please send a cover letter and detailed CV, 3 references, daytime phone number(s), and email address.
Your CV should include details about your academic qualifications and any relevant work experience.
Applications can be submitted by email.
please ensure that the subject line reads: “Associate, Implementation Cascade” REF NO: Evidence Action-2014-05-02.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted by phone and email for an interview.
Applicants are encouraged to apply early, as applications will be reviewed on a ROLLING BASIS