Child and Adolescent Health Personnel

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

• Provide technical support to the Ministry of Health in the development, review, and implementation of child, adolescent, and nutrition policies, and strategies. 
• Support the Ministry of Health to adapt global and regional evidence-based policies, strategies, and plans for newborn, child, and adolescent health to fit the Kenya country context.
• Support capacity-building initiatives to improve the knowledge and skill of health workers to deliver quality newborn, child, and adolescent health services at national and country levels.
• Proactively contribute to enhancing coordination through participation in relevant technical working groups/taskforces and fostering strategic partnerships among UN agencies, and partners including drafting relevant proposals for scale-up of high-impact interventions to scale up Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health at the county and national levels.
• Strengthen the enabling environment for maternal child health through knowledge exchange at the national, regional, and global levels.
• Compile reports and relevant programmatic information.
• Support resource mobilization and proposal development efforts, working closely with WHO HQ and WHO AFRO colleagues.
• Perform any other duties as assigned regularly by the HSS Cluster Lead, WHO Kenya Country Representative, or his delegated authority

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Essential: Advanced university degree in Pediatrics from a recognized university.
• Desirable: Post-graduate degree in Public Health additional training in Adolescent Health, Integrated management of Childhood illnesses, Infant and Young Child Nutrition, Health Programme Management, Epidemiology will be an asset.

Experience:

• Essential: Two years of experience in the implementation, organization, and management of CAH&N. Solid understanding of the continuum of care between the health system and the community with respect to child and adolescent health interventions programmes.