PATH NGO Mentor Coordinator Jobs in Siaya

PATH NGO Mentor Coordinator Jobs in Siaya

PATH is a global organization that works to accelerate health equity by bringing together public institutions, businesses, social enterprises, and investors to solve the world’s most pressing health challenges.

With expertise in science, health, finance, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales innovative solutions—including vaccines, drugs, devices, diagnostics, and approaches to strengthening health systems worldwide.

PATH’s approach to integrated ECD focuses on reaching the youngest children (0–3 years) and their caregivers with ECD counseling messages, as well as screening children for developmental milestones and making referrals in case of developmental delays.

ECD content is integrated into health system “touch-points,” including antenatal care, childbirth, postnatal care, routine child health services, and play sessions in health facility waiting areas, and home visits by community health volunteers (CHVs). In the early years, the health system is often the only means to reach children and their caregivers on a regular and consistent basis.

PATH works closely with government and builds capacity of existing service providers such as nurses, clinical officers, and CHVs.

Such an approach favors sustainability and scale and puts government in the driver’s seat. PATH’s ECD portfolio currently covers Kenya, Mozambique, and Zambia.

In Kenya, the program is currently being implemented in Siaya County, with national-level policy and advocacy activities taking place in Nairobi.

At the policy level, PATH is working nationally in Nairobi to introduce/reinforce ECD content in multiple health policies and guidelines that are currently up for review and will increasingly focus its attention on introducing/reinforcing ECD content in pre-service training curricula for government health service providers, as well as on reporting and tracking ECD indicators through the health management information system.

We seek to recruit a Temporary Mentor Coordinator who will participate in Community Health Volunteers, Community Health Assistants (CHAs), and Health Care Workers’ review meetings to monitor integration of ECD into existing services, document project activities by taking photos, taking videos, conducting interviews, and collecting human-interest stories for quarterly briefs.

S/he will work with community and facility-based forums and service providers to establish equip and operationalize play corners in health facilities.

S/he will assist with data collection i.e. quantitative data (e.g., supervision checklists, household visit forms) and qualitative data (e.g. observations of service delivery and interviews with project beneficiaries), by working closely with Ministry of Health stakeholders. The Mentor Coordinator will be based in Siaya County.

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