USAID Kenya Jobs: Project Management Specialist, PMTCT

Vacancy Announcement: Project Management Specialist, PMTCT

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Kenya Mission seeks to hire a Program Management Specialist, PMTCT in its Office of Population & Health.

The position is open to qualified Kenyan citizens and is based in Nairobi.

Basic Function of the Position:

The AID Project Management Specialist, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS, Injection Safety and Blood Safety (PMTCT/IS/BS) is located in the Office of Population & Health (OPH) and provides strategic guidance, program monitoring and support to selected USAID implementing partners (IPs) which deliver HIV/AIDS services throughout Kenya.

Specifically, the incumbent will focus predominantly on PMTCT/IS/BS.

The Specialist will design, manage, monitor, and report on PMTCT/IS/BS activities on behalf of USAID. As assigned by the HIV/AIDS Team Leader, the Specialist will also travel locally to oversee implementation activities on the ground.

Required Qualifications:

Any application that does not meet the minimum requirements stated below will not be evaluated. Only short listed applicants will be contacted.

If you have not been contacted within one month from the closing date of this advertisement, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Education: A Master’s degree in public health, health policy, nursing, behavioral or social science, medicine, or related field, is required.

Experience: (40%) Seven to ten years of mid to senior level public health experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating HIV/AIDS PMTCT programs or other relevant public health programs that involve coordination with an international agency or IP is required.

Knowledge: (30%) Comprehensive knowledge and experience in HIV/AIDS PMTCT is required. Thorough knowledge of public health and current HIV/AIDS issues is required.

Comprehensive knowledge of the host government healthcare system and structures including familiarity with the Ministry of Health policies, program priorities and regulations is required.

Good working knowledge of HIV/AIDS public health programs, strategies, methods, processes and techniques used to plan, develop, implement and evaluate results of treatment programs is required.

Good working knowledge of team management techniques to plan, organize and direct project teams and activities and overall administrative requirements, budgeting and fiscal management in support of contracts/cooperative agreements is required.

Skills and Abilities: (30%) Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively in a team, both inside and outside of USAID/Kenya, to plan, implement, monitor, and advocate for programs is required. OPH has a strong team management approach and the incumbent will be working collaboratively in teams composed of staff throughout the Mission and with external partners and agencies.

The incumbent must have strong management skills and be able to order priorities and manage several activities simultaneously.

Those fulfilling the requirements of the position should submit their application together with a detailed CV and all relevant attachments to the following address:

The Human Resources Office
USAID/Kenya
P.O. Box 629, Village Market 00621,
Nairobi, Kenya

Re: Project Management Specialist, PMTCT

Applications must reach the USAID HR office by COB November 30th 2009.

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