This role will be responsible for strengthening the performance, quality and impact of the Community Health & HIV component of Christian Aid’s Programme Partnership Agreement (PPA) in Africa. Working with our country offices in Africa, you will provide technical support to enable them to deliver against our PPA commitments and ensure timely and robust reporting and learning. This post will have a critical role in ensuring that programme learning informs the on-going development of Christian Aid’s broader community health and HIV work and informs our future work and decisions.
The post will involve a significant amount of travel within Africa.
You will have substantial experience of community health and HIV interventions in Africa and their links to gender and rights based programming. You will have significant experience of working with donors; programme development; monitoring and evaluation and in capacity development. You will have experience of supporting others including partner organisations to develop programmes. You will be a strategic thinker and have a strong track record of brining innovative approaches to programme development. You will have excellent written and spoken English and hold a university degree or equivalent qualification.
Please show your suitability for this post by giving answers to the following questions: Using the guidance notes may help you formulate your answers.
Innovation and creativity
What is the most creative solution or option you have developed in response to a problem?
Effectiveness and accountability
Describe a time when you monitored and evaluated progress and use of resources across multiple projects or initiatives.
Team work
Describe a time when you needed to make multiple efforts to persuade or influence a group of people to support a particular project or task.
Developing others
Give an example of what you have done to ensure that continuous learning is supported in your work area and that development opportunities achieve the desired results.
We value the contribution each person makes to the success of our organisation. So you can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.
This post will be based in Nairobi, Kenya and is a national position without expatriate benefits. Also, kindly note that you might be required to obtain a work permit if you are not a Kenyan national.
Download the role profile (71 KB pdf)
To apply for this post, please download an application pack and email your completed International application form to: nairobi@christian-aid.org quoting the reference number below.
Please note that CVs will not be accepted and that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Job reference: AFD/050/JG
Closing date: 5pm, Monday 30 January 2012
Interview date: Week commencing 6 February 2012
Christian Aid values diversity and aspires to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
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