Organization: Evidence ActionPosition Title: Associate, Study Implementation
Department / Section: TUMIKIA Study
Duty Station: Kwale County, Kenya
Reports To: Senior Associate
Application Deadline: On a rolling basis
Start Date: Immediate
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.
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 programme 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 Programme 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 programme is in its third year covering all areas where there is evidence of worm burden that is high enough to warrant mass drug administration according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. In its first and second years the programme dewormed 5.9 and 6.4 million children respectively.About the TUMIKIA Study: Building on the success of the NSBDP, the Government of Kenya (GoK) is keen to reach other members of the community also infected with worms.
GoK wants to learn whether combining school- and community-based deworming is a more effective method of controlling and ultimately eliminating intestinal worms in Kenya compared to school-based deworming alone.
This hypothesis is being investigated through the TUMIKIA (Tuangamize Minyoo Kenya Imarisha Afya) project, a trial conducted by The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) alongside Deworm the World Initiative at Evidence Action.
This is a two-year study leveraging the NSBDP and implemented in coastal and western Kenya.About the Position: We are looking for a dynamic, engaged individual to join our team as an Associate who will be responsible for coordinating and implementing field activities of the TUMIKIA study. This position is based in Kwale County.
The successful candidate will have a passion for programme planning and implementation, and should be driven by a mission to continually improve the quality of implementation and outcomes.The Associate will support in coordination of TUMIKIA study activities at field level (Kwale County).
The position holder will report to the Senior Associate, who is responsible for overseeing TUMIKIA implementation at Evidence Action.Responsibilities & Description of Duties:
Planning and implementation
- Coordinate the linkage between treatment schools and treatment communities
- Manage government linkages with regard to the study at the county
- Work closely with the LSHTM team in Kwale to understand their schedule of activities and its impact on Evidence Action’s delivery of its mandate to the study
- Participate in the planning and execution of programme trainings and meetings at the county.
- Work with LSHTM on review of training tools
- Work with the Senior Associate on planning for community treatments in the study sites
- Document lessons learnt from delivery of treatment and other study activities and any support required thereof
- Ensure the project is implemented within agreed upon timelines
- Ensure the government is adequately updated on the progress of community treatment plans and trainings as assigned by the study Senior Associate
- Monitor delivery of treatment during the standard SBD and community treatment, paying attention to implications of School Based Deworming (SBD) on community uptake of treatment
- Communicate partner linkages between NSBDP, DtW Kenya, study team (LSHTM and KEMRI) and Kwale County partners
- Attend TUMIKIA meetings organized by Evidence Action and its partners
- Track delivery of medicines at sub-county, health facility and community unit level for community based treatment
- Track deworming tablets accountability forms for the study
- Ensure consistent and supportive messaging of TUMIKIA and the NSBDP in Kwale so that the two strategies get the requisite support from the county government
- Attend NSBDP activities in Kwale county as may be assigned by the supervisor
- Contribute to donor reports that document project progress and outcomes as instructed by the supervisor
- Document lessons learnt, successes, challenges and recommendations
- Qualifications:Professional qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Health management, Public health, Economics or any other relevant social sciences from a recognized University
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in coordinating and implementation of community health projects and working with communities
- Experience working with county and sub-county government officials in planning and implementing programmes
- Experience in working with the Ministry of Health in community public health interventions
- Experience in monitoring programme work plans and budgets
- Experience in development of training materials
- Past experience in working with volunteers
- Excellent report writing skills
- 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 prioritize tasks in a fast paced working environment
- Fluent in English and Kiswahili
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Proven skill in negotiation and managing complex relationships
- Excellent networking skills
- Strong organizational skills
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