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Program: USAID Nuru Ya Mtoto DREAMS Project Migori County
Background
Health Care for Generations (HFG) is a local NGO working closely with local communities, implementing partners, Government of Kenya and public-private partners at county, and national level. The main mission of the organization is to inspire and empower Kenyan youth to live healthy and productive lives through evidence informed interventions and partnerships.
HFG is implementing DREAMS under USAID Nuru Ya Mtoto Project funded by USAID Kenya and East Africa, through PATH Kenya in Migori County. Nuru Ya Mtoto aims at increasing the use of quality county-led, county-owned, and county managed health and social services for OVC and Adolescents Girls and Young Women so as to reduce new HIV infections and gender-based violence. The project is being implemented in close collaboration with and in support of county health management teams and the Ministry of Health and other host-country public and private partners, including the departments of children services, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), and public health facilities.
Opening Date: October 19, 2024 Closing Date: October 23, 2024
Location: Migori County
Job Title: Ward Coordinator Assistant
Reports to: Ward Coordinator
Job Summary
The main role of a Ward Coordinator Assistant will be to assist and support Ward Coordinator to manage and ensure the implementation of the DREAMS Core Package of Interventions at the ward level. She will be responsible for the achievement of DREAMS targets and objectives. The Core Package includes services under the following four categories: Empowering Girls and Young Women (EGYW), Mobilizing Communities (MoCom), Strengthening Families (SF) and Reducing Risk in Male Sex Partners (PART).
Specific Roles and Responsibilities
- The DREAMS Ward Coordinator Assistant will support DREAMS Ward Coordinator play the role of the local DREAMS representative, linking the project to ward level stakeholders including parents and guardians, local administration, security services, MoH, MoE, DCS, gender and youth, CSOs, FBOs, CBOs and private sector platers;
- The DREAMS Ward Coordinator Assistant will work together with DREAMS Ward Coordinator and with County Government partners (MoH, DCS, MoE, Youth and Gender), local CSOs and FBOs, CBOs, parents/guardians and enrolled AGYW, identify and establish adequate and appropriate safe spaces;
- Guided by the vulnerability criteria, she will work together with the Ward Coordinator to lead the identification and enrolment of vulnerable adolescent girls and young women aged 9-24yrs (including eligible OVC) for DREAMS interventions based on the age-based vulnerability criteria;
- Working with Ward Coordinator, she will ensure adequate EBI facilitators are engaged and trained;
- Working with Ward Coordinator, she will ensure timely, complete and correct data entry in the DREAMS Service Uptake Forms and DREAMS Database;
- Working with Ward Coordinator, she will ensure AGYW data is filed, stored securely and accessible for retrieval and data review;
- Be the resident coordinator of the Safe Spaces, ensuring that they are equipped and stocked with DREAMS manuals, tools, codes of conduct for working with children, implementation SOPs, games and sports commodities and necessary electronics;
- Working with Ward Coordinator, mentors, facilitators, DREAMS Ambassadors and AGYW, she will set up appropriate safe space schedule of activities and services;
- Working with Ward Coordinator, she will ensure adherence to the ethics, rules and regulations set to regulate the behavior of everyone working with AGYW at the safe space;
- She will assist Ward Coordinator present the DREAMS Monthly Ward Narrative and Data Report besides hosting periodic review meetings with mentors, DREAMS Ambassadors, facilitators and data clerks;
- Working with Ward Coordinator, she will assist document and disseminate lessons learnt, challenges, successes and best practices;
Minimum qualifications required:
- Certificate or training in a social work or related course
- Adequate level of written and oral communication skills in both English and Kiswahili
- Should be a resident and a graduated AGYW that reside in the ward where USAID Nuru ya Mtoto implements
- The qualified individual should demonstrate knowledge of working with AGYW, Ambassadors, Mentors, EBI Facilitators and various key government stakeholders
How to apply:
All interested candidates should send their resume and cover letter stating salary expectation to Recruit@hforgenerations.org by October 23, 2024.
The resumes should not exceed three pages in length and should be in chronological order starting with the most recent experience. The resume should include a minimum of three current referees providing their names and contact information. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
HFG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants on the basis of merit.
Disclaimer: Please take note that Health Care for Generations (HFG) does not ask for any fees in connection with its recruitment processes. In the event that you receive any request for payment of any sort, please get in touch with us on Cell: 0732776764 or report to the nearest police.