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Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) Jobs: Regional Blood Donor
Recruiter, Home Based Care Assistant, Health Project Officers and
Project Accountant job vacancies in kenya october 2012
Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) is a humanitarian relief organization
created by the Act of Parliament, Cap 256 of the Laws of Kenya of 21st
December 1965.
Its vision is to be the most effective, trusted and self-sustaining humanitarian organization in Kenya.
The Society is looking for qualified people to fill the following positions:
Position Title: Regional Blood Donor Recruiter
Reporting to: Regional Health Officer
Job location: Garissa
Overall Purpose
Responsible to the Regional Health Officer for effective planning,
budgeting, implementing and evaluating blood donor programme within the
Region aimed at collection of adequate and safe human blood for
transfusion
purposes.
Specific responsibilities include building community partnerships,
identification and mobilisation of potential blood donors as well as
building the capacity of volunteer community leaders to spearhead the
mobilization of blood donors.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Mobilize schools, colleges, institutions, organizations and
communities to solicit blood donations from individuals, students,
employees and community groups
- Contact and visit prospective or participating donor groups to
explain requirements and benefits of participation in blood donor
programmes
- Maintain and update records of individuals, groups, institutions and organizations participating in blood donor programme
- Arrange specific dates for blood donor collections for groups and confirm appointment in writing
- Consult blood bank records to answer questions, monitor activity or resolve problems of blood donor groups
- Identify donors with rare-type blood from blood bank records and contact donors to solicit and arrange blood donation
- Prepare reports of blood donor programmes and recruitment activities
Minimum Qualifications
- BSc in Nursing, Public Health or equivalent qualifications
- Over three (3) years experience in planning, implementing and evaluating blood donor programmes in emergency/relief context
Key Competencies
- Knowledge of blood donor programmes trends and goals all levels aimed at safe blood
- Strong communication and presentation skills in both English and
Kiswahili, including ability to develop reports and prepare relevant
publications
- Demonstrated competence in resource mobilisation including
implementation of effective fundraising strategies to increase resource
through grant proposals
- Demonstrated proficiency in computer applications such as word
processing, spreadsheets, data-base, email and utilization of the
internet
Position Title: Home Based Care Assistant
Reporting to: Project Officer
Job location: Daadab
Summary of Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible and accountable for
the effective planning, budgeting, implementation and evaluation of
HIV/AIDS programme aimed at combating and reducing the prevalence and
impact of HIV/AIDS on vulnerable communities within the Branch.
Other responsibilities include awareness creation, capacity
building, and providing psycho-social support to people affected and
afflicted by HIV/AIDS as well as delivering HIV/AIDS workplace training
programmes.
Specific duties, Responsibilities, and Accountabilities
- Conduct baseline studies using participatory approaches to identify
the number of persons as well as orphans and vulnerable children (OVC)
afflicted and affected with HIV/AIDS so as to determine their
capacities, available resources and coping mechanisms
- Encourage the youth to attend voluntary counselling and testing
(VCT) to decrease risk behaviours by emphasizing consent,
confidentiality and counselling aimed at decreasing stigma as more
people know their HIV status
- Develop and implement social support programmes to assist caregivers
to provide counselling, home-based care and psychosocial support to
persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) including orphans and vulnerable
children (OVC) afflicted and affected with HIV/AIDS to participate in
productive activities
- Participate in the design, development, implementation and
evaluation of capacity building programmes aimed at equipping and
strengthening staff, volunteers and communities with capacity to provide
HIV/AIDS care and support
- Strengthen collaborative partnerships and networks with
stakeholders, donors, government agencies, the private sector and other
players to ensure implementation of programmes that enhance
organizational effectiveness
- Provide leadership to multidisciplinary teams to develop, implement
and evaluate HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities using
participatory community methods to improve performance standards and
organisational effectiveness
- Develop and implement lobby and advocacy programmes with a view to
reform laws and policies that hamper the implementation of programmes
- Prepare periodic progress reports and annual reports showing
achievements against planned targets as well as providing justification
for performance variances and areas of improvement
Minimum Qualifications
- Diploma in Community Development or equivalent qualifications such as epidemiology, nursing & social work
- Three (3) years experience in planning, implementing and evaluating HIV/AIDS prevention and control programmes
Competencies
- Knowledge of HIV/AIDS health care, humanitarian relief issues,
trends and goals aimed at preventing and alleviating human suffering
- Strong communication and presentation skills in both English and
Kiswahili, including ability to develop reports and prepare relevant
publications
- Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills including the ability
to build collaborative relationships with sensitivity to cultural,
ethnic and political issues
- Demonstrated proficiency in computer applications such as word
processing, spreadsheets, data-base, email and utilization of the
internet
KRCS has been appointed a Sub Recipient (SR) for Global Fund (GF) Round 10 Malaria Grant.
Arising from this, the Society is looking for qualified persons to fill the following positions:
Position Title: Health Project Officer
(2 Positions)
Reporting to: Branch Cordinator
Job location: Lugari and Mt Elgon
Overall Purpose
Responsible to the Branch Coordinator for effective planning, budgeting and implementation of malaria project activities.
Other responsibilities include building partnerships with the
Ministry of Health and other stakeholders strengthening volunteer
networks and building staff and volunteer capacity to respond to health
emergencies among vulnerable populations affected by disasters.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Investigate reported cases of malaria outbreaks and develop
community-based action plan for implementing malaria prevention
programme in line with the Society’s strategic objectives
- Conduct field camps to sensitize communities by providing
information on the goals, objectives, activities and implementation of
the malaria project through integrated malaria control at the community
household level
- Implement the Society’s policy on prevention and treatment of
malaria; also demonstrate techniques for treating long-lasting malaria
insecticide nets and indoor residual spraying, de-worming and child
immunization
- Implement malaria testing and provide vaccine treatments to prevent
and immunize diseases among children and pregnant women through
volunteers and also reinforce house-to-house disease prevention and
control activities
- Develop strategies for integrating community-based health programmes
through demonstration of insecticide treated nets (ITN’s) and their
distribution to vulnerable groups aimed at combating the spread of
malaria
- Deliver community-based training programmes aimed at creating
awareness and building the capacity of communities to implement social
mobilization and malaria prevention strategies
- Liaise with Government representatives to implement an integrated community-based malaria prevention campaign
- Participate in the design, development, implementation and
evaluation of community awareness campaigns aimed at equipping and
strengthening staff, volunteers and communities with capacity to provide
community based health care services
Minimum Qualifications
- BSc in Environmental Health or equivalent qualifications
- Three (3) years experience in planning, implementing and evaluating
integrated community-based health programmes in emergency/relief context
Key Competencies
- Broad knowledge of project management, disaster management,
emergency and public health management and humanitarian relief issues,
trends and goals
- Strong communication and presentation skills in both English and Kiswahili, including ability to develop reports
- Demonstrated proficiency in computer applications such as word
processing, spreadsheets, data-base, email and utilization of the
internet
Position Title: Project Accountant
(1 Position)
Reporting to: Branch Cordintaor
Job Location: Busia
Overall Purpose
Responsible to the Branch Cordinator for overall financial management of the branch and project.
Other duties include maintaining of financial records, processing
of working advances, preparation of project returns and reports,
reconciling and balancing accounts as well as posting and compiling
monthly reports to show records related to financial operations in the
field.
Also receiving and disbursing money as well as processing and validating cheques in accordance with approved policy.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Coordinate at the field level the execution of the project budget expenditures in line with the approved budget
- Compile and analyse accounting reports, records and other data to
maintain expenditure controls and also determine the financial resources
required to implement specific programmes
- In consultation with the branch coordinator, ensure timely request
of funds from the HQ and disbursement of funds according to the planned
activities
- Receive cash or banker’s cheques, recording financial transactions,
counting money to verify amounts and issuing receipts for funds
received.
- Prepare bank deposit slips in order to ensure that all collections are promptly banked in accordance with accounting procedures.
- Disburse cash and writing vouchers and cheques in order to make payment against specified expenditure requisitions.
- Prepare cheque payments and refund claims and ensure that payments are made against verifiable accounting documents.
- Post data and balance accounts as well as compile collections, disbursements and bank reconciliation reports.
- Maintain complete records of all financial transactions such as
payment vouchers, receipts and other documents in accordance with
accounting procedures.
- Reconcile the cashbook with bank statements and checking balances against verifiable documents on a monthly basis.
- Prepare monthly revenue, expenditure returns, financial statements and reports to cover specified periods.
- Prepare budget for specific projects in collaboration with the officer in charge
- Maintain an assets register for the project
Minimum Qualifications
- CPA (K) or equivalent ACCA final level qualifications or a Bachelors
Degree in a Business Related Field withCPA Part (II), Section 4.
- At least two years experience in a busy accounts/ finance office
Key Competencies
- Knowledge of administrative, accounting and financial procedures and systems
- Demonstrated competence in financial and accounting, posting and processing accounts.
- Proficiency in computer applications especially, word processing,
database and spreadsheets, computerized accounting systems including use
of the e-mail, the internet as well as local and wide area network
systems.
Applications must contain: A letter of application, curriculum vitae, copies of academic certificates, address and contacts of two referees.
All applications should be sent to:
The Secretary General
Kenya Red Cross Society
P. O. Box 40712-00100,
Nairobi
So as to reach him not later than Friday, 12th October 2012.
