Programme Officer - SEM Uncorrected refractive errors in Kenya

Sightsavers is looking for an eye health professional with excellent programme management skills to provide programme and strategic support to the project supporting the Social Enterprise Model for uncorrected refractive error in Kenya.

Salary: Local terms and conditions apply

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Contract: 2-year Fixed Term Contract

Hours: Standard office hours

About the role

We are looking for someone with excellent project management skills who has knowledge and experience of eye health, social enterprise and public health to support an exciting new project.

Uncorrected refractive errors are the leading cause of vision impairment globally. Our refractive error strategy aims to tackle this challenge by, increasing equitable and sustainable access to inclusive and high-quality refractive error services and assistive products. Our strategic approach is based on systems strengthening, aligned with the global and local contexts and focuses on scaling up for high impact by leveraging technology and multi-sector collaborations including broader health, education, labour and private sectors.

As Programme Officer, you will take overall responsibility for coordinating the monitoring, implementation and coordination of activities to ensure a more equitable world.

Key duties of this role will include:

• Implementation support,
• Monitoring, evaluation and learning
• Coordinating partner organisations
• Financial management and reporting
• Information and communication management

To succeed in this role, you will need:

Essential

• Knowledge of project design and management, budget development and monitoring, resource management.
• Knowledge of advocacy, research, impact assessment, partnership development and resource mobilization.
• Experience of working with Government/ NGOs, within the rural context.
• Experience in working with the public-private partnerships, gender issues and policy environment desirable.
• Significant experience implementing projects, including experience of the disability sector and gender mainstreaming.
• experience in a relevant supervisory role.
• Experience in project monitoring, evaluation, and learning
• Experience providing technical assistance to other organizations.
• Knowledge of current issues and best practices in disability, UNCRPD, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and eye health is desirable
• Able and available for extensive travel nationally (40% of working time)

Desirable

• Experience of optometry, eye health and public health
• Experience of a role with safeguarding elements

The Programme Officer, GLP is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see full for full details

To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying. We anticipate that remote interviews will take place towards the end of January 2025 and the evaluation process will include a two interviews and a written task, to be completed by shortlisted candidates in advance of this.

Closing date: 17 January 2025 GMT UK.

As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.

In line with its commitment to safe programming and recruitment, Sightsavers participates in the inter-agency (MDS) administered by the . Through collaboration with other MDS members, Sightsavers aims to ensure that there are no sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment issues relating to potential new hires and that we can respond systematically to checks from fellow MDS members. This ensures our work is accountable, delivered to a high standard and supports safeguarding across the development and humanitarian fields.