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.

Job Summary

The Key Populations Specialist will spearhead implementation of evidence based KP behavioral interventions through working with outreach workers and peer educators within the designated program locations.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide strategy for the provision of HIV prevention messaging and counselling services to key populations including HIV testing services as per the national guidelines
• Lead the design of structural interventions to prevent HIV among key populations, including those that address gender inequalities, stigma and discrimination and the legal rights and status of key populations, and economic barriers
• Support the development and rollout of new and emerging approaches to HIV case finding including HIV self-testing, testing for partners and family members of index-patients, partner notification services, social networking strategy for key populations, and other novel approaches as they emerge
• Lead the formulation of approaches for scale up of integrated HIV prevention services, including PrEP scale up within public health services for key and vulnerable populations
• Coordinate assessments, site strengthening, follow-up and supervision of integrated HIV prevention and treatment services for key, priority and other at-risk populations
• Provide high quality clinical patient care including leading clinical effectiveness efforts, ensuring implementation of recommended clinical protocols and national guidelines;
• Support clinical team in implementation of comprehensive package of care for key populations and harm reduction strategies including management of HIV and related diseases.
• Provide mentorship to clinical teams with the goal of performance improvement in the overall patient care of HIV infected individuals accessing treatment in supported sites
• Ensure continuous capacity building through targeted mentorship; organize, co-ordinate and facilitate journal review meetings and CMEs at designated facilities.
• Work with the M&E team to track data/results related to HIV prevention for key and vulnerable populations and oversee data review and DDIU activities for KPs
• Work closely with national and county key population program leads to coordinate and implement the HIV prevention interventions and support the implementation of HIV prevention combination packages specific to various key populations
• Represent the organization in the national, county and agency key populations TWG and harm reduction TWG

Required Qualifications:

• Degree in social sciences, public health, Clinical Medicine,Nursing,community development or a related field.
• A Clinical background will be an added advantage
• At least three (3) years working experience in key populations in Kenya with two years’ experience in HIV prevention activities in community settings with skills in training and facilitation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Familiarity with Kenya’s HIV epidemic and the status of HIV programs among key populations is desirable.
• Computer literate and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work independently but also as a team member.
• Strong leadership, facilitation and decision-making skills.
• Excellent interpersonal communication.