Job Description
Location: Bissil (Kajiado County)
Employment Period: 1 year
Employee Category: Fixed Term Contract
Key Responsibilities
• Producing and distributing information-education-communication (IEC) and behavior change communication (BCC) materials
• Plan and conduct awareness campaigns on maternal and newborn health services
• Tracking behavioral health appointments defaulters to check in and address any barriers
• Shares communication between project donor and stakeholders to facilitate and improve continuity of the project
• Document all project communications and maintain up-to-date information of the maternal health project
• Creates and develops relationships with community providers to promote availability of affordable behavioral health resources not provided by health care service.
• Oversee establishment and operation of Community Health Committee (CHC) and Community Health Volunteer (CHV)
• Support trainings for Community Health Committee (CHC) and Community Health Volunteer (CHV) in conjunction with the County government procedures
• Conducts monitoring and evaluation of the project
• Performs other duties as assigned
Required skills &Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields including but not limited to social work and psychology from an accredited college or university
• At least 2 years working experience in related field
• Experience in research methods and conducting filed based assessments
• Experience in project management is preferred
• Experience in providing care in multicultural practice setting is preferred
• Proficient in use of computer hardware and software to document clinical care, and in use of Microsoft office applications
• Knowledge of assessment, planning, implementation and standards for care/treatment plan development