Community Action on Harm Reduction (CAHR) Programme Officer
Job description: CAHR Programme Officer
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Availability Immediately
Management reporting line: Program Director
Technical reporting line: Community Systems Strengthening
Background
Community
Action on Harm Reduction (CAHR) is a Dutch Government funded programme,
to be implemented in China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, and Malaysia, that
aims to make substantial contributions towards ensuring that injecting
drug users, their partners and children are healthier, less marginalized
and more engaged in social and community life.
Injecting drug
use is increasingly recognized as a contributing factor to the spread of
HIV in Kenya and HIV prevalence amongst people who inject drugs in
Kenya is estimated at over 40%.
People who inject drugs are a
high risk of contracting both HIV and viral hepatitis. They have poor
access to HIV prevention treatment and care services and are
particularly vulnerable to tuberculosis. Harm reduction, an approach
that seeks to limit the harms associated with drug use, has been shown
to reduce the biological, social and legal harms faced by drug users and
their families.
KANCO is a national membership network of
organization with over 1000 Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs),
Community Based Organization (CBOs), Faith Based Organization (FBOs),
Private Sector, Research and Learning Institutions responding to HIV
& AIDS and TB in Kenya.
Over the next five years, KANCO will
participate in the CAHR programme and help to focus attention on and
build support for harm reduction programmes to support drug users in
Kenya. By increasing knowledge of harm reduction programming and
building capacity of its member organisations KANCO will help expand the
use of this approach to realize benefits and rights for injecting and
non-injecting people whose behaviours are affected by the use of drugs.
The
CAHR programme in Kenya will focus on building awareness and knowledge
and uptake of harm reduction as an approach. As part of the programme,
KANCO and its partners will also advance a focused policy and advocacy
effort and engage a range of stakeholders including providers of
treatment services for people who use drugs, policymakers and
communities of people who use or are affected by drug use.
Overall Role
The
Programme Officer is expected to manage overall project activities,
ensure project relevance to the country IDU community needs to most
effectively address HIV, provide and coordinate provision of technical
assistance, advocate for the rights of drug user populations, alcohol
and non-injecting drug users and represent the project nationally.
Responsibilities
Job description: CAHR Programme Officer
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Availability Immediately
Management reporting line: Program Director
Technical reporting line: Community Systems Strengthening
Background
Community
Action on Harm Reduction (CAHR) is a Dutch Government funded programme,
to be implemented in China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, and Malaysia, that
aims to make substantial contributions towards ensuring that injecting
drug users, their partners and children are healthier, less marginalized
and more engaged in social and community life.
Injecting drug
use is increasingly recognized as a contributing factor to the spread of
HIV in Kenya and HIV prevalence amongst people who inject drugs in
Kenya is estimated at over 40%.
People who inject drugs are a
high risk of contracting both HIV and viral hepatitis. They have poor
access to HIV prevention treatment and care services and are
particularly vulnerable to tuberculosis. Harm reduction, an approach
that seeks to limit the harms associated with drug use, has been shown
to reduce the biological, social and legal harms faced by drug users and
their families.
KANCO is a national membership network of
organization with over 1000 Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs),
Community Based Organization (CBOs), Faith Based Organization (FBOs),
Private Sector, Research and Learning Institutions responding to HIV
& AIDS and TB in Kenya.
Over the next five years, KANCO will
participate in the CAHR programme and help to focus attention on and
build support for harm reduction programmes to support drug users in
Kenya. By increasing knowledge of harm reduction programming and
building capacity of its member organisations KANCO will help expand the
use of this approach to realize benefits and rights for injecting and
non-injecting people whose behaviours are affected by the use of drugs.
The
CAHR programme in Kenya will focus on building awareness and knowledge
and uptake of harm reduction as an approach. As part of the programme,
KANCO and its partners will also advance a focused policy and advocacy
effort and engage a range of stakeholders including providers of
treatment services for people who use drugs, policymakers and
communities of people who use or are affected by drug use.
Overall Role
The
Programme Officer is expected to manage overall project activities,
ensure project relevance to the country IDU community needs to most
effectively address HIV, provide and coordinate provision of technical
assistance, advocate for the rights of drug user populations, alcohol
and non-injecting drug users and represent the project nationally.
Responsibilities
- Ensures
country participation in the global development and coordination of the
project implementation, develops and leads the country team of various
specialists (staff and/or consultants) required to achieve the programme
goals. - Monitoring of the HIV epidemic in the country; the
responses and opportunities for strengthened responses to the epidemic
and challenges associated with illicit drug use; and the role played by
local governments, donors and other stakeholders, as well as ensures
necessary adjustments in country programme design and implementation. - Ensures
that the scale, spectrum, accessibility, intensity and quality of
services and information available to IDUs and their families
corresponds as much as possible to harm reduction and HIV prevention
objectives as well as to health, social and other essential needs of
drug users, their partners and children. - Ensure that the CAHR
programme design and activities at country and local levels builds upon
the strengths of the KANCO members and partners while being effective,
strategic and relevant in local context. - Partnership development
across sectors Local, nationally and internationally as well as
strategic management of donor and stakeholder relations including the
delivery of financial and technical support to field level service
delivery organizations. - Ensures that region-specific as well as site-specific interventions are developed and implemented as appropriate.
- Guides
contributions to national and global learning and sharing focused on
deepening and dissemination of the harm reduction evidence base. - Promotes and advocates for harm reduction and ensures a favorable project environment
Essential
The applicants for the above assignment MUST possess the following qualifications:
Education: A minimum of Master’s degree in Public Health, Project Management, or any relevant discipline
Experience: Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Project Management or advocacy on Harm
Reduction among injecting drug users and their partners, HIV or other health issue.
Knowledge: Understanding
of both public health and human rights dimensions of HIV prevention and
care work; Experience of harm reduction programming or other similar
approaches; Strong commitment to confronting HIV/AIDS; Strong support of
harm reduction approaches or work with injecting drug users;
Understanding and supporting the role of communities and
non-governmental sector in the responses to HIV and other challenges
associated with injecting drug use.
Critical factors:
Strong representation skills and capabilities for high level policy
work; Solid negotiations skills, Articulation and assertiveness in
communication, Skills to present and defend their views, Creative and
independent thinking, Integrity and diplomacy; Ability to work under
pressure; Skills to encourage field level partner organisations to
collaboratively introduce improvements to their programmes and measures
to increase efficiency of the country response to HIV/AIDS epidemic and
drug use related challenges; Excellent English language (written and
spoken).
To apply, submit your CV and list of 3 references, a
detailed cover letter illustrating your suitability (marked ‘CAHR
Programme Officer’) to Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium, P. O. Box 69866 -
00400, Nairobi – Kenya. Email: jobs@kanco.org.
Applications will be considered until 6th May, 2011:
Please note only short-listed candidates meeting the above requirements will be contacted.
This vacancy is open only to Kenyan Nationals.
For more information: http://www.kanco.org/web/guest/jobs
KANCO is an equal opportunity employer
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