Program Specialist Job at Multi Community Based Development Initiative (MUCOBADI)

Job Purpose: The Program Specialist will be responsible for an assigned district to implement ICARE program activities that will ensure prevention of new HIV infections and reduce vulnerability among OVC and AGYW across the assigned district.

Key duties, responsibilities and deliverables:

• Map, assess and build capacity of community-based structures for sustained identification, retention, and viral suppression of children and adolescents with HIV, along with their caregivers and improved health and prospects and reduced risk of violence and HIV for highly vulnerable adolescents;
• Provide training and mentorship support to community-based cadres in GBV prevention and facilitate access to violence response services
• Provide field level oversight to community structures for the delivery of social assets among adolescents using evidence based curricular (Stepping Stones and Journeys Plus)
• Establish and maintain a functional GBV referral and reporting mechanism at sub-county level;
• Strengthen the use of community quality improvement approaches in the referral and linkage system and other community activities to address key facility-community gaps
• Work in collaboration with clinical partners to enhance bi-directional referral, linkage and follow-up for youth-friendly services;
• Spearhead sub-county level coordination meetings for effective running of project activities;
• Provide technical oversight to community structures during the roll out of sessions in Economic strengthening, Aflateen, enterprise development
• Organize district level activities such as case conferences, dialogue meetings, outreach clinics, SOVCs among others;
• Promote community awareness on the appropriate post violence care services;
• Monitor the  quality  of  short-term  skills  training  and  start  up  investment  among  project beneficiaries   in different value chains
• Monitor the implementation of apprenticeship skills training opportunities and provide start up kits – for Adolescents and youth
• Document, analyze project bottlenecks, generates new ideas and proposes new effective ways of executing the project activities.
• Together with the DHT, train and mentor health workers on Ministry of Health tools and processes for linkages and referrals and support DHOs and District biostatistician to ensure that all data on community interventions are properly and timely reported on monthly basis and the same is accurately and timely fed into District Health information System (DHlS2).
• Work with District action centers to identify, respond, link and refer cases of violence against children in target communities;
• Ensure proper documentation of work done achievements realized, lessons learnt, and best practice throughout the program implementation
• Participate in joint planning and supervision with different project stakeholders
• Ensure the collection of high-quality project data and information

Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in Social Sciences, Social Work and Social Administration, Community Development or any other related field
• At least 3years’ experience implementing a USAID funded project with an eye for details.
• Able to work with teams and achieve results through others
• Strong organizational skills Computer literate with hands on MS Office programs, especially in MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
• A demonstrated ability to multi-task and process information into action so as not to delay processes
• Should have excellent interpersonal skills.

Application procedure

Qualified and interested persons should email their documents (Application letter and CV as one file PDF) to hr@mucobadi.org   not later than 08th September 2023
Eligibility: All qualified persons are encouraged to apply.

Please Note: MUCOBADI is an equal employment opportunity employer and is against any form of discrimination against PLHIVS, Women and Persons With Disabilities and is committed to the safeguarding and Protection of children and vulnerable adults from intentional and unintentional harm.