Deadline of this Job: 04 January 2023
JOB DETAILS:Vacancy Reference No. - MCPSB/12/2022/038
Duties and Responsibilities
• Be responsible for the overall administration of a County Department to which he/she is assigned or re-assigned;
• Be responsible for needs of the local community and the functions and competences assigned to and transferred to the County;
• Facilitate a culture of public service and accountability in the county public service; COUNTY CHIEF OFFICERS
• Be performance oriented and focused on the objects of devolved government as set out in the Constitution;
• Be efficient and ensure that the County Departments align their roles and responsibilities with the priorities and objectives set out in the County’s policies and plans;
• Organize his/her department and other structures in a flexible way in order to respond to changing priorities and circumstances;
• Assign clear responsibilities for the management and coordination of the County department and functions;
• Allow participatory decision making as far as practicable;
• Provide an equitable, fair, open and non-discriminatory working environment;
• Submit quarterly reports of the respective department to the County Executive Committee through the respective CEC-Member and to the County Assembly through the County Secretary and to respect the oversight role of the County Assembly by giving information and honoring summons whenever required;
• Implement the policies and plans developed by the County Government;
• Provision of strategic policy direction for effective service delivery;
• To ensure departmental compliance with National Values and Principles of Governance as outlined in Articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution;
• Performance of any other functions conferred by the Constitution, National or County Legislation;
• He/ She will be responsible to the County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for administration of a county department as provided under section 46; and
• Carry out any other function incidental to any of the assigned functions and/or as may be assigned from time to time by the County Governor.
• Requirement for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, an officer must: -
Be a Kenyan citizen.
• Holds a first degree from a university recognized in Kenya.
• A Master’s degree or higher academic qualifications from a university recognized in Kenya will be an added advantage.
• Have vast knowledge and experience of not less than five (5) years in the relevant field, three (3) of which should be in a senior/managerial position in a large organization;
• Demonstrate thorough understanding of County development objectives of vision 2030;
• Be a strategic thinker and results-oriented;
• Have excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills;
• Have capacity to work under pressure to meet strict timelines;
• Have ability to work in a multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity;
• Demonstrate understanding and commitment to the National Values and Principles of Governance as outlined in Articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010;
• Be Computer literate; and
• Satisfy the requirement of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010.
Deadline of this Job: 09 January 2023
JOB DETAILS:Responsibilities:
Duties are performed in accordance with standards of professional practice as outlined by the Kenya Psychological Association (KPsyA) code of ethics and the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No. 32 of 2018)
• Provide individual, group and family therapy sessions for students
• Conduct psychological assessments and interpret results for students
• Lead crisis intervention efforts and provide insight into the development of functional assessments and behaviour intervention plans
• Integrate psychological services into the classroom environment as appropriate through the appropriate lessons and teaching platforms
• Provide assistance to staff in the design and implementation of appropriate interventions and accommodations for students
• Contribute to program development that furthers the integration of social, coping, and problem solving in the classroom
• Provide support services to parents/guardians as needed
• Coordinate and/or collaborate with a range of individuals/agencies to promote and provide comprehensive services to students and families
• Provide and/or assist in professional and personal development for staff, parents, and/or community
• Participate in professional growth activities on a yearly basis including KPsyA recertification, workshops, in-service training, professional reading materials, and/or other available offerings at the Association of School Counsellors (ASC), Child Protection Network of Kenya (CPAN Kenya), among others
• Proficiently use technology to communicate, compile reports, and collect data
• Participate in program activities and meetings as appropriate
• Arrange for internal and external motivational activities beneficial to leaners in all grades
• Work with all departments to drive the school pastoral care team and provide support where needed
• Participate in compiling cost effective budgets for the department
• Proficiently use technology to communicate, compile reports, and collect data
• Participate in program activities and meetings as appropriate
• Arrange for internal and external motivational activities beneficial to leaners in all grades
• Work with all departments to drive the school pastoral care team and provide support where needed
• Participate in compiling cost effective budgets for the department
• Provide support to exam writing groups in preparation for the exams and for the exit of the school after exams
• Provide educational campaigns about mental health and wellness to staff, learners and the parent community.
Education and Professional Certification:
• Minimum of a Master’s degree in the relevant field of psychology
• Member of the Kenya Psychological Association (KPsyA) or an accredited professional body
Essential experience:
• A Minimum of 5 years working experience in an academic, community or private setting with children and adolescents
Deadline of this Job: 15 January 2023
JOB DETAILS:Key Responsibilities
Development of a digital and data innovation pipeline:
• Develop an ongoing funnel of digital innovation experiments through conducting ongoing external horizon scanning research, in-depth bottleneck analysis of Living Goods operations and early-stage solution design.
• Design fit-for purpose scalable digital solutions through the facilitation of stakeholder consultations (internal and external with government and partners) and ideation or Human Centered Design (HCD) workshops. Guide innovation designs and digital solutions through a rapid cycle of iterations for continual improvement.
Development of a digital and data innovation pipeline:
• Develop an ongoing funnel of digital innovation experiments through conducting ongoing external horizon scanning research, in-depth bottleneck analysis of Living Goods operations and early-stage solution design.
• Design fit-for purpose scalable digital solutions through the facilitation of stakeholder consultations (internal and external with government and partners) and ideation or Human Centered Design (HCD) workshops. Guide innovation designs and digital solutions through a rapid cycle of iterations for continual improvement.
Project management of the innovation pipeline:
• Implement a portfolio of prioritized digital innovations (max of 2-3 main experiments per year), including project management, ensuring adherence to innovations quality standards, providing technical leadership, developing workplans, key milestones, leading on internal communications and supporting successful innovations to transition to scale. Work closely with Country Team leadership and operational, technical and field teams to oversee day to day implementation of experiments.
• Working alongside the Digital Health Team, oversee the scoping, procurement, onboarding and management of partners directly involved in innovations experiments.
• Where applicable, provide support to LG leadership, the business development team and Senior Manager - Strategic innovations to the management of funders, and ensuring compliance to contracts, including development of reports and deliverables.
Documentation, supporting cross-learning and advocacy:
• Working alongside the Performance, Evidence and Insight Team, ensure experiments are underpinned with a learning agenda, clear results frameworks, and documentation of operational insights, including drivers of success, lessons from failure and the development of case studies and/or communication outputs for external dissemination of findings. Support organizational cross learning through facilitation of learning sessions and innovation review forums.
• Represent Living Goods as part of networks, exploratory learning sessions and conferences or innovation forums. Engage with a pro-active and strategic eye for leveraging sector best practice, advocating around our evidence, and identifying and growing opportunities for future innovations concepts, partnership and funding.
Support internal capacity building and processes:
• Work with the Senior Manager to develop revised tools, processes and additional capacity building activities aimed at building technical skills, strengthening the innovative capacity and culture of innovation across the organization.
Location & Travel
• This position will be based in East Africa, Kenya. The successful candidate can expect to travel approximately 15-20% of time to conduct field research and oversee prototyping and piloting.
Essential Qualifications, Experience & Attributes
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or a combination of education and experience that yields the required competencies.
• At least 7 years+ of experience working in the digital health sector, with professional experience and track record in development and deployment of digital innovations within private or public sector, including end-to-end management of the innovation cycle.
• Excellent technical knowledge and hands on experience of virtual care, telemedicine, digital and data driven solutions within healthcare.
• Professional work experience in implementing or support public health programming, preferably primary care, reproductive and maternal, newborn and child health.
• Experience in project management of a pipeline of innovations, including managing funders and partners.
• Experience of leading and implementing with human centered design approaches and tools.
• Self-starter and ability to work autonomously combined with experience working remotely and with global staff.
• Strong formative research skills, including triangulation of data and critical analysis.
• Excellent project management, planning and coordination skills.
• Effective communication skills to communicate inside and outside the organization with impact and influence.
• Track record in supporting organizational learning, knowledge management and documentation of best practices.
• Effective as a collaborator in complex internal and external organizations.
• Proven ability to build, cultivate and manage strong relationships across internal teams, with partners and as part of funder management.
Deadline of this Job: 09 January 2023
JOB DETAILS:Job Purpose
• To provide health care to patients and continuously evaluate and improve the quality of care provided to meet patient treatment goals in the Inpatient and Outpatient departments.
Core Responsibilities
• Examining and talking to patients to diagnose their medical conditions;
• Attending to patients in the Inpatient and Outpatient department in conjunction with the consultants.
• Making notes and preparing paperwork, both as a legal record of treatment and for the benefit of other healthcare professionals;
• Initiate timely discussions with relevant consultants/departments to arrive at the best treatment plan for specialized cases.
• Coordinate and discuss planned care with the patient and other team professionals as appropriate.
• Coordinating and managing emergency patients in the inpatient and outpatient and ensuring client referral is effective.
• Attending to direct admissions
• Maintain effective interpersonal relationships with all staff and patients and ensure clients have a good customer experience.
• Participating in trainings, weekly CMEs and Mortality audits
• Ensure that patients are kept fully informed of and understand all procedures and treatments to be undertaken.
• Counseling patients and relatives on diagnosis
• Comply with the hospital quality assurance policy and guidelines and work within the prescribed quality standards for medical care.
• Participate in the review and development of appropriate policies and procedures for patients’ health care to formulate best practice guidelines.
• Participate in the meticulous use of resources to enable patient safety and quality care by working closely with members of the clinical care team to reduce errors and waste, improve skillfulness and resource utilization.
Minimum Requirements/ Qualifications
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.Ch.B)
• Registration by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board
• Certificate in Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• 2 Years Post Internship Experience
• Valid Indemnity Cover
Personal Characteristics & Behaviours
• An expert clinician whose choices are evidence-based; sensitive and dedicated to the patient – not just disease-oriented.
• A clinician with an immense value for a really careful history and physical examination, the wealth of information that can be obtained through patient’s families, physicians, past records, and a search of electronic and paper databases for the best evidence.
• A clinician who is able to perform an efficient, yet thorough, history and physical examination, formulate a logical and organized differential diagnosis, and make appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic decisions.
• A clinician, who is able to organize their thoughts well enough to explain them to the patients, is concerned that his/her patients learn what they need to, in a safe and supportive environment, and that they also develop.
• A clinician who heeds and respects the patient’s autonomy, striving at conveying all relevant information to the patient to enable a truly shared decision-making.
• A clinician who deems the respect for patients as a critical ingredient for successful treatment and; understands that respect empowers the patients and facilitates honest, two-way communication.
• A clinician who is friendly and nonthreatening, objective, fair, and supportive.
• A clinician with a demonstrated constructive management of medical errors.