FH / Kenya (Food for the Hungry, Kenya) a Christian Relief and Development agency seeks to fill the following vacant position:

Position Title: Health Coordinator

Duty Station: Marsabit

Contract Period: 6 Months

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall smooth functioning and running of the health activities under the DFID funding
• Conduct OJT and mentor health workers on primary health concept
• Supervises staff activities on a daily basis and report performance.
• Provides leadership, problem-identification, problem-solving, and encourages team efforts by modeling desired behavior and interaction
• Compile project reports on timely and accurate manner
• Assesses program effectiveness in reaching established goals

• Possession of a BSC degree in public health/nursing/community health from an accredited college or university; or Higher Diploma in epidemiology with three years experience in management of primary health care programs AND
• Three (3) years of administrative or management experience with primary responsibility for overseeing, monitoring, or coordinating a program providing health services
• Three years experience in primary health care program management in ASAL districts of Kenya
• Experience and responsibility for the oversight of large-scale public health programs, including program planning and implementation, development and monitoring of budgets, supervision of staff, and program evaluation.
• Experience with day-to-day management, training, and supervision of staff
• Ability to facilitate participatory meetings, training sessions, and planning activities with diverse community members and stakeholders.
• Good working knowledge of MOH protocol.
• Ability to conduct mentoring session with health workers at the health facilities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, good report writing skills.
• Knowledge of epidemiological principles and analytical skills