Amref Health Africa in Kenya is the country programme office of Amref Health Africa, Africa’s largest International Health NGO. This is the largest and oldest country programme in Africa with an average annual budget of USD 40million

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

To support the implementation of comprehensive school health and child sponsorship activities in targeted project schools. The Project Assistant will report to the Project Officer and work closely with other team members.

SCOPE OF JOB

Internal Reports

• Project Interns

External Liasions

• Teachers, school administrator, County and National Government education officials.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Fundraising through the child sponsorship model
  • Plan and implement recruitment of pupils into the Little Ambassador model
  • Conduct photo updates for 2,000 pupils in the child sponsorship model
  • Process all child sponsorship requests from the donor office
• School Health promotion in targeted schools
  • Support behaviour change interventions in targeted schools
  • Create and implement a Life Skills program on Problem Solving for young adolescents
  • Seek innovative behaviour change strategies as per the WHEEL project model
  • Support in the mapping of WASH school needs
  • Work closely with school leadership structures to ensure project sustainability
• Monitoring & Evaluation
  • Conduct needs assessment and support selection of beneficiary schools targeted with WASH outputs
  • Support in the development of quarterly and annual reports
  • Support development of concept and research papers
• Community Mobilization
  • Engage communities for project implementation success
  • Support training of community groups

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education; Knowledge and skills

• Bachelors of Arts in Sociology, Social Work, Medical Sociology or Anthropology and/or Bachelor of Science in Public Health
• 1 to 2 years of experience in community development work in Coast region
• Minimum of 1-3 years’ experience in riding an off-road motorbike
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills
• Good child-focused communication and engagement skills
• Proficient knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)

Competencies

• Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy in all work
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
• Self-driven professional