Malaria Prevention Coordinator - Mandera, Kenya (MENTOR)

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Closing date: 17 Jul 2009
Location: Kenya - Mandera
Job Title: Deputy Programme Director - Prevention
Work Base: MENTOR Kenya – Mandera Programme (including other locations in agreement with the Director)
Responsible to: Country Director - Kenya
Duration: 3 months July 2009 – September 2009 (renewable)
Terms of Consultancy: 3500 – 4000 USD/month; comprehensive medical insurance; In country living allowance 500 USD/month; accommodation; international return flight.
Responsible for overall prevention management and support to the direction of The MENTOR Initiative Mandera programme.

Assuring the necessary technical, material, administrative and human resources management to successfully implement, at full scale, agreed malaria prevention activities (IRS, ITNs and IEC) amongst vulnerable displaced and host communities as part of The MENTOR Initiative’s emergency response in Mandera.

Specific Tasks:
a. Prevention Management

Responsible for prevention programme planning with the Country Director and overallmanagement of prevention in Country. Oversight of all data collection, management and analysis for all programmes.
Technical manuscript, report and proposal writing
Develop and provide monthly activity plans and submit to the Country Director with copy to inform them of support needs for field activities (finance, transport, materials; distribution support, other logs support etc).
District level needs assessments in relation to malaria prevention
Responsible for the daily management of national team members working on all malaria prevention activities, community education/mobilization, ITN distribution and indoor residual spraying teams.
Working closely with the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation (MoPH&S) National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) – Division of Malaria Control to co-ordinate and ensure all activities are in line with the NMCP strategic plan and national guidelines.
Facilitate the training of MENTOR and partners working in Kenya - Mandera to scale up the implementation of the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) standardised protocols and best practice in the following area of prevention distribution plans for Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Bed Nets (LLINs) – Dumuria LLINs (nomadic populations) and LLINs (stable populations)

b. Organization and implementation of Indoor Residual Spray Campaigns (IRS) campaigns in the most at risk areas of Mandera District.

c. Wide Scale Malaria Education (IEC/BCC) Campaigns targeting with key messaging related to malaria prevention and case management. Prevention campaigns to be designed using NMCP, MENTOR materials – and not limited to radio, posters, theater, etc

Responsible for the delivery of standardised community messages that will educate households:

-malaria transmission,
-how to reduce high risk behaviours/groups,
-effective use of prevention tools,
-early recognition of illness
-early treatment seeking behaviour and the choice of new effective anti malaria drug
-treatments (new national policy)
-encourage pregnant women to attend ante natal clinics (or other facilities) to receive
-intermittent preventive therapy (IPT) for malaria

Responsible for the monitoring and mapping of prevention activity delivery and tool coverage, usage and condition over time.

Responsible for ensuring the dissemination of standard technical materials/guidelines (where available) for malaria prevention to all health providers in the programme area.

Responsible for ensuring effective and continuously updated data bases for prevention data, and where possible collation of all malaria prevention and IEC data from supported communities and partners, plus appropriate data management and analysis.

Report and Grant Writing:

Responsible for providing weekly updates (normally as part of the programme weekly report) on implementation progress of prevention activities etc. May be asked to lead weekly report writing for the Mandera programme.
Responsible for leading the development of all malaria prevention related sections of donor quarterly and final reports, in a timely manner.
Responsible for leading all reports when directed by the country director
Responsible for leading the development of new donor proposals for prevention related activities and for full proposals when directed by the Country Director.
Prevention Logistics:

Responsible for ensuring (working with the programme logistician) appropriate handling and storage of all malaria prevention materials and equipment.
Responsible for ensuring that logisticians are trained in the safe handling and transportation of malaria prevention tools and materials.
Responsible for ensuring the daily maintenance of malaria prevention equipment such as IRS spraying equipment and safety equipment.
Responsible for ensuring that IRS programmes receive adequate logistical support for transport and communication; water supplies, campaign supply lines management, team / equipment washing facilities, storage etc. transport and communication; water supplies, campaign supply lines management, team / equipment washing facilities, storage etc.
Responsible for ensuring good prevention stock management
Work with the logistics team to ensure that storage, loan and provision of MENTOR equipment and materials to health partners in related programme areas is supervised and recorded.

Prevention Administration:

Responsible for accurate ordering of prevention programme supplies
Responsible for ensuring that prevention team member’s contracts, agreement of salary scales and salary administration are in order and maintained appropriately.
Responsible for ensuring that prevention activity expenditures are managed within the framework of the related programme budget lines.
Other:

Support new emergency assessment trips as required.
Support relevant areas of technical manuscript production, proposal writing and design of new interventions.
Backstop the Country Director at their request for all logistics, administration and security related tasks.
Potential transfer to another country programme, in a similar role, during the period of the contract.

Essential Requirements
Fluent in ENGLISH
Degree in Public Health or related field
Willing to work in insecure environments and to travel daily to field sites.
Extensive overseas experience managing health programmes
Proven experience managing teams – providing high quality supervision, line management and support to staff.
Proven experience conducting training and coaching and eliciting community participation.
Considerable experience of working in a highly insecure environment with responsibility for security monitoring and management
Excellent interpersonal and consultative skills, including the ability to communicate, present, negotiate and influence a variety of audiences
Experience of developing and maintaining relationships with other NGOs, government and other relevant stakeholders.
Able to create and maintain an innovative and enthusiastic working environment at all levels
Experience of providing leadership and coordination in planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation.
Proven data analysis, research, epidemiological skills and report writing.
Strong communication skills, with excellent written and spoken English/
Experience of a flexible approach to managing and prioritising a high workload and multiple tasks in a fast paced environment with tight deadlines
Experience of proactively identifying and addressing issues

Desirable Requirements
Previous experience in Kenya or Somalia
Masters in Public Health, Epidemiology or a similar field.
Previous responsibility for malaria programming.
 
How to apply
Please send CV, Letter of intent and the contact information for three references to personnel @ mentor-initiative.net