Project Officer – Capacity Building (Non-Communicable Diseases) at Amref Health Africa

Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and has since grown to become the largest African-based international health development organization; currently implementing more than 180 programs, reaching more than 40 million people across 35 African countries; and a staff complement of over 2,000. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Amref Health Africa has offices in ten countries in Africa – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Guinea (Conakry), Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. An additional eleven advocacy and fundraising offices are located in Europe and North America.

Amref Health Africa is driven by its vision of ‘Lasting health change in Africa’ and its mission ‘To catalyze and drive community-led and people-centered health systems while addressing social determinants of health’. We believe that the power to transform Africa's health lies within its communities, and therefore strive to ensure that health systems are not only functional but that communities are empowered to hold these systems accountable for the delivery of quality and affordable health care

ABOUT THE ROLE

This role shall support the Urban Health Project, which aims to improve health outcomes in Nairobi and Nakuru informal settlements, with funding from the Qatar Foundation for Development (QFFD). The target informal settlements include Mukuru Kwa Njenga, Kibera, and Mathare, in Nairobi, and Kaptembewa and Ronda in Nakuru.

The Project Officer - Capacity Building will be responsible for the capacity building for clinical health staff mainly clinical officers, nurses and pharmacists on management of NCDs, malnutrition, anemia, misuse of medical drugs, WASH-related illnesses and other prevalent conditions to improve quality of health services. This role is key to the expected outcomes on sustained reduction of morbidity and mortality attributed to the prevalent diseases.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Undertaking capacity needs assessments for health workers in different cadres, and in response co-develop capacity building strategies including mobile-learning, on-job mentorship and coaching.
• Coordinating preparation and effective implementation of capacity development calendars, budgets and training expense vouchers for the project.
• Providing technical assistance in development of curriculum content on management of prevalent conditions including NCDs & malnutrition, for health workers and community health promoters.
• Facilitating adaptation of training content for virtual learning and accreditation of courses as Continuous Profession Development units by relevant regulatory bodies
• Designing and applying training quality assurance and outcomes evaluation tools including pre-and post- tests, feedback tools, etc.
• Working with the MOH to identify, recruit and deploy e-training to health workers.
• Providing technical support to seconded frontline healthcare workers for quality service delivery.
• Sensitizing clinical teams on the use of basic diagnostic, screening and monitoring equipment for the prevalent conditions, distributed by the project.
• Design knowledge products in written, audio or video format to support retention of training modules.
• Ensuring programme alignment with the funder and Amref’s corporate strategies, policies, operational guidelines, and protocols, as applicable.
• Facilitating development of tools for the measurement of service quality and delivery outcomes, and stringent data collection systems ensuring high data quality and timeliness.
• Facilitating performance review meetings for county-, sub-county health management teams, and multidisciplinary teams for continuous quality improvement (CQI), and support supervision visits.
• Developing and timely submission of reports on capacity building initiatives including feedback for improving modules.
• Lead the ideation, co-development and testing of clinical and community PHC service delivery models for NCDs management and other prevalent conditions with potential for scale, and documentation of empirical evidence thereof.
• Support business development on NCDs management, WASH and integrated PHC. 
• Represent the programme and organization externally among stakeholders, including MoH, other relevant ministries, public and private sector stakeholders, and in relevant technical working groups.
• Perform any other duties as assigned from time to time.

Education and Certifications

• A Bachelor’s degree of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB), Clinical Medicine or a relevant medical/social science from a recognized institution. A Masters in Public Health is an added advantage.
• Valid registration certificate and practicing license from the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council, or applicable professional regulatory body – This is an added advantage.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• • Minimum three (03) years’ experience in management NCDs and other prevalent diseases or related programs, that included supporting capacity building initiatives.
  • Experience working with relevant Ministry of Health departments and/or regulatory bodies for health professionals, especially on capacity building initiatives.
  • Experience in literature review for designing training curricula, assessment tools, as well as in planning, and delivery of training programs through e-platforms.
  • Ability to work well with people in a cross-functional team environment and across administrative boundaries, as well independently.
  • Excellent oral and written communications skills in English.
  • Data handling and analyses skills using statistical and data management applications (e.g. Excel, Power BI) is an added advantage.

Your application should include a cover letter detailing why you are the best fit for this position and your CV with relevant skills and experience. The closing date will be February 10th 2026. 

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