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Manage a team of senior associates to ensure successful deworming in all targeted sites
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Organization: Evidence Action
Position Title: Manager – Program Implementation
Department / Section: DtW-Kenya
Duty Station: Nairobi, with regular travel to the field
Reports To: Senior Program Manager
Application Deadline: On a rolling basis
Start Date: October 2015
About Evidence Action: Evidence Action scales proven interventions to improve the lives of the poor in Africa and Asia.
Position Title: Manager – Program Implementation
Department / Section: DtW-Kenya
Duty Station: Nairobi, with regular travel to the field
Reports To: Senior Program Manager
Application Deadline: On a rolling basis
Start Date: October 2015
About Evidence Action: Evidence Action scales proven interventions to improve the lives of the poor in Africa and Asia.
We implement cost-effective interventions whose efficacy is backed by substantial rigorous evidence.
We identify innovative, appropriate financing mechanisms and build best practice operational models.
We voraciously self-evaluate, learn, and improve our models for scaling with a commitment to transparency on progress, impact, and value for money.
About Deworm the World Initiative: The Deworm the World Initiative enables governments to eliminate the public health threat of worms through school-based mass deworming programs.
About Deworm the World Initiative: The Deworm the World Initiative enables governments to eliminate the public health threat of worms through school-based mass deworming programs.
We advocate for school-based deworming to policymakers and provide technical assistance to launch, strengthen and sustain school-based deworming programs.
We work directly with governments to rapidly scale programs targeting all at-risk school-age children.
Currently, we provide technical assistance for school-based deworming in Kenya, India, Ethiopia, and Vietnam.
About the National School-Based Deworming Programme (NSBDP): The National School-Based Deworming Programme (NSBDP) is a government program implemented by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) with the goal of removing parasitic worms as a public health problem among children in Kenya.
About the National School-Based Deworming Programme (NSBDP): The National School-Based Deworming Programme (NSBDP) is a government program implemented by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) with the goal of removing parasitic worms as a public health problem among children in Kenya.
The program aims to treat at least 5 million children aged 2-14 years in over 10,000 primary schools across Kenya for at least five years.
The program is now entering its fourth year; in its first and second years the program dewormed 5.9 and 6.4 million children, respectively, and results from Year 3 are under analysis.
About the Position: We are looking for a dynamic, engaged individual to join our team as Manager – Program Implementation for the Deworm the World Initiative - Kenya at Evidence Action.
About the Position: We are looking for a dynamic, engaged individual to join our team as Manager – Program Implementation for the Deworm the World Initiative - Kenya at Evidence Action.
The successful candidate will have a passion for program management and driven by a mission to continually improve the quality of implementation and outcomes.
Under the guidance of the Senior Program Manager, the Manager –Program Implementation is responsible for ensuring high-quality delivery of all elements of program cascade implementation at the national and county levels.
The position will manage senior associates within DtW Kenya to achieve their maximum potential; oversee program elements including the training cascade, community sensitization and outreach, and drug distribution and management.
The position will play a significant role in managing program deliverables for both the school-based deworming and community deworming initiatives currently being implemented in Kenya.
The Manager- Program Implementation will also provide inputs to the program’s Monitoring, Learning and Information System team to ensure the program data is of high quality and will support the Senior Program Manager and the Policy Team in managing the program’s policy and advocacy efforts by ensuring that government officials are well informed of program activities and own the program from the lowest to highest levels of government.
Description of Duties:
1. Program Management:
Description of Duties:
1. Program Management:
- Manage a team of senior associates to ensure successful deworming in all targeted sites
- Oversee collaborative development of the program design, goals, plans, work plans, and budgets
- Continually improve and stabilize the program design to incorporate lessons learned from prior activities and from results of ongoing data collected by the MLIS team while keeping out an eye on the design of the program to allow for government implementation for sustainability
- Provide advisory support to the Senior Program Manager in the development of drug requisitions from WHO and planning the distribution process
- Analyze data generated from the MLIS team and provide input to factors observed in the data that affect decision making in regards to program implementation
- Contribute to the development of program protocols as guided by the Senior Program Manager.
2. Strategic Management Tasks:
- Participate in program governance meetings as assigned for effective engagement with government officials to ensure the program is informed by sound decisions
- Contribute to the development the program’s sustainability strategy for increasing ownership of program implementation by government officials
- Contribute to and support innovations around implementation of new and upcoming deworming programs in other locations
- Provide input on discussions surrounding school health and deworming at national and international forums
3. Relationship Management:
- Arrange field visits and meetings to support increased clarity of program objectives, challenges and successes among government officials, staff members and other partners
- Serve as an advocate for DtW Kenya by maintaining positive communication with key stakeholders, specifically government officials, regarding program implementation timelines and updates
- Ensure the program’s implementation continues timely and successfully to maintain a sound working relationship with implementers in the field at the counties and sub-counties
4. Reporting:
- Develop donor reports from the program implementation perspective, and ensure timely delivery of the same for review at different levels within Evidence Action
- Provide regular program updates that inform strategic engagements with external government officials and internal program governance committees on the progress, challenges and opportunities faced by the program.
- Support the review of program financial reports to provide timely and high-quality input to reports submitted to donors.
5. Budget Management:
- Ensure the program implementation budget is used efficiently for quality program delivery
- Contribute to budget development process for the program by giving specific detail to the design of implementation budgets.
- Provide guidance to the implementation senior associates on costing for program activities to ensure both compliance to GoK guidelines, program budgets and program cost effectiveness.
6. Personnel Management:
- Display strong people management skills for DtWK’s senior associates team and actively work on staff retention, motivation and professional development, including timely goal-settings and performance evaluation.
- Manage team members by providing the necessary work plans and support for specific program tasks, observation of program standards and protocols, adherence to reporting timelines and mentorship and guidance on career growth.
- Nurture a team that reflects a healthy work environment for self and team members
- Champion Evidence Action’s values in action.
Professional qualifications
- Masters’ degree in Sociology, Health Management, Public Health, Economics or any other relevant social sciences from a recognized University; Business degree an added advantage.
Relevant experience and key skills
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience; 4 years in coordinating public health projects within Africa and specifically the East African region
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of monitoring and evaluation systems and procedures
- Excellent at developing project reports
- Experience working with the government at the county and sub-county levels in planning and implementing programs
- Experience in working with the Ministry of Health’s community based and public health interventions is required
- Experience and skills in developing program work plans and budgets, donor and government reports
- Strong budgeting skills required
- Ability to take initiative, work creatively, effectively and innovatively to make decisions with limited direct supervision
- Strong and dynamic people management skills
- High proficiency in Microsoft Office – Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Personal Attributes
- Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work as a part of a team and across multiple groups
- Strategic thinker with a passion for innovations
- Ability to work with little or no supervision
- Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast paced working environment and be flexible
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Proven skill in negotiation and managing complex relationships
- Excellent networking skills
- Great sense of humor
- Strong organizational skills including good time management and multitasking skills
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