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Title: Costing Health Officer (1 positions)
Reports to: Study manager and the SEARCH SE/C (Socioeconomic/Costing) Team based mainly in the US
Duty Station: Suba/Rongo Districts.
Duration: One year Renewable
Vacancy No. FN-093-2013
Program Description: The Research Care and Training Program (RCTP), is collaboration between Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and University of Washington (UW). RCTP leads the Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES) program, a comprehensive HIV prevention, care and treatment program working in over 100 clinics in Nyanza Province, Kenya.
RCTP is seeking a motivated individual to fill the following vacancy for Sustainable East African Research for Community Health (SEARCH). SEARCH is a five-year cluster randomized trial to test whether universal ART can improve health, educational, and economic outcomes. We are going to be conducting a household census in 12 communities and annual multi-disease diagnostic health campaigns. We will also be supporting ART delivery through FACES clinics.
Duties:
(Working closely with the Costing Finance Officer)
Coordinate and conduct the costing exercise for the community health campaigns (CHC) including but not inclusive:
o Gathering the CHC cost data in each study community once a year, which involves quantification of resources and unit costs;
o Entering the CHC cost data in uniform Excel data sets and perform basic quality checks;
o Reporting to the SE/C team on the data collection progress
Conduct the time and motion (T&M) exercise at each study clinic including but not inclusive:
o Providing training on the time and motion (T&M) exercise to the clinic staff;
o Coordinate and conduct the T&M exercise at each study clinic once a year
Conduct the micro-costing exercise at each study clinic including but not inclusive:
o Working in close consultation with clinic staff and administrators to quantify resources used to provide ART services under standard expenditure categories (e.g., personnel, capital goods, ARV drugs, etc.);
o Gathering expenditure data from various sources (e.g., administrative records, study budget and expenditure, etc.);
o Identifying other information sources when cost data is not available (e.g., donated items);
o Completing the uniform cost data collection protocol retrospectively in 12-monthly intervals for each study clinic;
o Assuring accuracy of data entry and resolving discrepancies in data in consultation with the SE/C team;
o Collecting monthly patient data (e.g. number of patients on ART) at each clinic
Liaison with other local SEARCH teams (e.g., CHC team), study sites, and off-site administrators
Communicate (e.g., Skype calls) with the SE/C team weekly on the overall data collection progress and other issues
Key Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in public health.
Demonstrated time management skills, planning and prioritization skills and ability to multi-task
Knowledge of and strong interest in HIV/AIDS cost-effectiveness issues
Flexibility to work weekends and evenings
Competent in MS Excel (including formatting, formulas, and auditing) and MS Word
Comfortable with frequent emails, SMS, and Skype IM chats and calls
Demonstrated effective presentation skills and the ability to motivate others
Excellent interpersonal skills to build positive relationships
Bilingual in English and Dholuo
HIV/AIDS experience in clinic setting/research projects preferred
Applications should include the following:
A cover letter stating the current position (if applicable),current salary and date available
A current CV
At least two letters of recommendation
Copies of official certificates
Copy of the latest pay slip
Names and telephone contacts of at least 3 referees
An email address and a telephone number
All applications must be sent electronically quoting the vacancy number and position on the envelope and subject line of email to the address below followed by hard copies which should be delivered or posted so as to reach the following address by 2nd Jan 2014: hrrctp@kemri-ucsf.org
Human Resources Manager or any of its programs, Studies or Projects does not solicit for Money or any form of reward for a Job applicant to be considered for employment. Any such requests should be immediately reported to the HR department. Any job applicant who tries to corrupt our employee during any stage of the staff hiring process will be disqualified.
