KENPHIA Project Director at The Center for International Health, Education and Biosecurity (CIHEB)

Job Description Ciheb is an international health, education, and research center founded by the Institute of Human Virology within the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s School of Medicine. The center is comprised of a network of international experts who work with local stakeholders to combat infectious and non-communicable diseases in resource-limited regions of the world.CIheb currently implements programs in seven countries. Our expertise is in technical assistance for health service delivery (with a particularly strong history of improving service delivery for HIV/TB prevention, care, and treatment; and for associated infectious and non-communicable diseases), training and equipping human resources for health, quality improvement, health information and research, and outbreak surveillance and biosecurity. Ciheb works at all health system levels, and all our programs incorporate facility and community-based programming. Essential Responsibilities: Engage and coordinates with all key national and sub-national stakeholders and partners to plan for KENPHIA II prioritizing protocol development and a costed work plan and ensuring the smooth running and implementation of the survey Providing leadership to implement the developed KENPHIA II protocol for optimal use of human, financial and physical resources for day-to-day operations of the project to achieve project milestones. With technical inputs from key stakeholders, develop and implement a plan for robust monitoring of survey activities (sampling, survey response, adherence to consent and other human subject protection measures, data quality, specimen quality, and testing quality) which includes both remote monitoring of real-time data and in-person monitoring of field teams and laboratories Coordinate, supervise and monitor implementation of activities within the work plan, ensuring that activities are effectively implemented, performed to a high professional standard, fulfil donor and the organization’s requirements and ensure that the project meets stated goals and reporting requirements Under the guidance of survey stakeholders and working with the Chief Operations Officer, develop a comprehensive cost monitoring system, which reports on both fixed and variable costs, provides detailed breakdowns of cost by survey component, and assesses the cost of field implementation at levels which can guide the decision making Monthly submission of survey monitoring reports and improvement plans as needed leading to increases in survey quality with respect to sampling, survey response, adherence to consent and other human subject protection measures, data quality, specimen quality, and testing quality Under the guidance of the Ministry of Health and survey stakeholders and with technical assistance from CDC, develop a data sharing, governance, and publication agreement, design appropriate mechanisms and content for public dissemination of the survey concurrent with the release of the final report Qualifications: Master’s degree with 10 years of experience in public health, medicine or a related discipline with relevant development experience in designing, implementing, and managing USG-funded or other donor-funded health programs of similar size, scope, and complexity Working knowledge of HIV, TB, Prevention and Community Health Demonstrated expertise working in a leadership capacity coordinating multiple stakeholders including donors, senior government and county officials and policymakers Ability to incorporate quality improvement strategies into all facets of the project, especially around data management and field implementation Demonstrated skills in the technical aspects of program implementation with Excellent oral and written organizational skills and knowledge of the Kenyan health system #J-18808-Ljbffr