Management Sciences for
Health (MSH) is a nonprofit international health organization with over
four decades of experience in strengthening health systems, and capacity
of local institutions.
MSH takes a comprehensive approach to improving health to achieve scalability, lasting impact, and sustainability.
Our mission is to save
lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable
people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public
health.
For more information please visit our website www.msh.org.
MSH would like to invite
suitably qualified and experienced candidates to join its team based in
Kenya in the following positions;
Institutional Strengthening Marketplace and Communications Advisor
The Institutional
Strengthening (IS Marketplace and Communications Advisor will work under
FANIKISHA Project, a USAID funded project that focuses on strengthening
the Technical and Institutional Capacity of Civil Society Organizations
(CSOs) in Kenya to enable them be responsive to the community health
response for the health and well being of Kenyans.
S/he will provide
leadership and technical assistance in managing the institutional
strengthening marketplace, lead project strategic communication
initiatives and provide Technical Assistance to CSOs in the
communication area of institutional capacity strengthening.
S/he will coordinate and
provide oversight on the development and maintenance of both face to
face and web-based marketplace and promote its use, including
establishing forums for knowledge exchange, sharing tools and
innovations and making updates on CSO activities.
S/he will identify CSOs
partners and institutional strengthening consultants and maintain an
active network of community-based and other local and national
organizations with whom the project can partner to increase awareness
of, and access to, information on project activities.
The ideal candidate will
provide technical support to CSOs and other partners on developing
training and capacity building materials related to communications
capacity development as required.
S/he will be responsible
for preparing and editing all external project communications including,
reports, success stories and publications.
The successful candidate
should possess a minimum of a Masters degree in public health,
education, communication or a related field and 5 years relevant working
experience.
Experience in working
with websites, electronic portals and other electronic tools for
communications and marketing is desirable.
Applicants should
demonstrate excellent writing and editing skills in a variety of mediums
and should have excellent interpersonal and public communication
skills.
The candidate must be able to develop and provide technical assistance or consultancy
Information Technology (IT) Officer
Reporting to the Country
Operations Management Unit Director, the IT officer will be responsible
for providing IT Management and Support to MSH Kenya Office.
S/he will ensure availability of the internal systems, including LAN, WAN, phone, video and teleconference.
In addition, S/he will
setup and maintain proper internal server and systems adhering to
security and privacy standards, ensure effective computer maintenance,
advice the management on ICT purchases and provide IT support to all MSH
staff and contractors.
The ideal candidate
should have a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer
Science or a related field or equivalent relevant experience.
S/he should have 5 years
relevant working experience with Knowledge in administering Microsoft
Windows Server 2008/2003 , Microsoft Office suites, Microsoft Exchange
2003/2007/2010 with considerable knowledge of DNS, DHCP, Active
Directory.
The suitable candidate
should have strong analytical and problem solving skills. S/he should be
a good team player with good interpersonal skills.
HR Assistant
The HR Assistant will provide administrative and technical support to the Human Resource Unit in the Kenya Country Office.
S/he will give support
throughout the recruitment and placement process, processes all general
applications as per set procedures and maintain general applications
roster/data base at country level.
In addition, s/he will
monitor, staff employment contracts and develop and maintain relevant
filing systems for optimal management of HR information
S/he will be receives and
review correspondence to the office, provides the relevant case
history, prepares routine responses as relevant.
In addition, s/he will
support in the creation of a healthy working environment through, open
management policies, information and sharing.
The ideal candidate
should have a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management or Business
Administration or equivalent with minimum 3 years relevant working
experience.
S/he should have excellent interpersonal skills with ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
Management Sciences for
Health is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without
regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, and
national origin, and citizenship, physical or mental handicap.
For further details and to apply for this position, please visit the Employment Opportunities section of our website at www.Jobs-msh.icims.com by November 30, 2012.
If you cannot apply
online or have difficulty doing so, please email an explanation of your
problem to iRecruiterproblem@msh.org
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Source: Daily Prothom Alo, Date of Publication: November 16, 2012