Consultant/ Contractual jobs at Peoplelink Consultants Ltd and other companies in Kenya

(Kshs60k – Kshs80k)
Positions: - Two
Employment: - One-Year Contract
• A highly respected skin care and dermatology company is looking for an experienced and expert Dermatology Medical Representative.

Position Objectives
• Responsible for planning and driving growth, to achieve business goals and objectives for the success of all the brands.

Key Responsibilities
• To develop innovative medical strategies that raise awareness within key opinion leaders, doctors, and target groups in the Kenyan Dermatology community.
• Make informative, engaging presentations to dermatologists and other experts using impressive knowledge and background in this field.
• Setting up and running industry events such as round tables and symposiums, taking a lead role to ensure product launch or brand messages are clearly communicated.
• Appreciating how professional recommendations influence an OTC business, managing and improving the company’s network of key opinion leaders.
• To forecast stocks and control inventory,
• Working closely with the Sales team to assist with account management and processing of orders
• Combining communication skills with medical and product knowledge to develop new materials from scratch.

Required Experience
• Excellent track record in being a medical representative.
• Minimum of 2-3 years work experience preferably in the dermo-cosmetic or pharma industry.

Education Background
• Graduate or Diploma in the related field.

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Personal Qualifications
• Ability to understand and persuasively communicate and share technical medical information.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with service-minded nature and outgoing personality.
• Ability to lead work independently to achieve the required objectives.

Method of Application
• Interested candidates should send their CVs to jobs@peoplelink.co.ke  with the job title as Dermatology Medical Representative.
• Only shortlisted shall be contacted.


Overall Responsibilities:
• Management of inquiries.
• Ensure that all agent and client enquiries are responded to fully on the same day of receipt.
• Prepare well laid out itineraries and quotes.
• Issue all necessary vouchers and purchase orders to secure services and service options upon confirmation by service providers.
• Take ownership of bookings to ensure that highest quality of customer care is delivered to all clients.
• Solve, or assist in solving problems of whatever nature, for the benefit of the Traveler.
• Develop leisure and tour packages as required.

.Required Skills and Competencies:
• Background education in travel and tours.
• At least 2 - 3 years proved professional experience in a similar position.
• In-depth knowledge of both domestic and international destinations.
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Independent decision maker.
• A flexible approach to work with a high degree of accuracy.
• The ability to work well under pressure and cope with emergencies.
• Multitasking and team work skills.
• High quality presentation and report writing skills

Method of Application
• Are you interested in this position and do you meet the minimum requirements? Send an e-mail with your CV and a cover letter to info@extramileuniqueadventures.co.ke 
• The application deadline is 25th July, 2022. Due to the high volume of applications received only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The anticipated five-year, USAID-funded Power Africa Enhancing Development Through Energy (EDE) project will support and assist USAID partner countries in East & Central Africa to increase the availability of and access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable electricity in the region to connect more users to electricity on the grid and beyond the grid; support cleaner electricity generation delivered by the grid and accelerate distributed renewable energy; and work with target governments to improve the enabling environment for energy sector investment and innovation. Toward these ends, it is anticipated the project will be structured to include but will not be limited to, the following objectives or tasks:
• Addressing energy poverty
• Promoting and linking to productive uses of off-grid power, especially SMEs
• Developing and implementing new business models for DRE
• Stimulating power demand to match supply
• Supporting an improved policy and regulatory enabling environment
• Driving the energy transition from coal and diesel to RE
• Facilitating financing for energy companies, corporations, and productive uses
• Increasing power supply and grid-based power connections
• Strengthening utilities and other power sector entities
• Increasing regional power trade

Abt Associates seeks a qualified Senior Technical Advisor for the USAID Power Africa EDE project. The position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya and is contingent upon project award.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:
• Provide technical leadership in delivery of expected results of the overall EDE program, with a specific focus on Eastern Africa
• Manage, supervise, and coordinate technical services, prioritize the activities in target countries, and provide thought leadership and technical support as needed to accelerate activities.
• Regularly liaise with the Power Africa Coordinator’s Office, USAID missions in the region, and other USG agencies, as appropriate.
• Maintain strong relationships with relevant regional organizations, such as the African Development Bank, and with private sector companies and host country governments.
• Perform ad-hoc requests.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in economics, energy/environmental policy, engineering, or related field and minimum of 15 years of experience working with energy sector programs, particularly in the power sector OR Master’s degree and at least 12 years of relevant experience.
• Experience working in the energy sector in East and/or Central Africa required.
• Experience supporting governments, the private sector, communities and/or NGOs to increase power supply, increase grid-based power connections, strengthen utilities and other power sector entities, increase regional power trade, and expand on and off-grid energy access, including through deploying distributed renewable power and linking to productive uses.
• Experience convening technical and management teams quickly to respond to client requests.
• Experience with gender equity and social inclusion or women's empowerment in energy focused programming.
• Knowledge of Sub-Saharan Africa renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate change policies, laws, and capacity constraints.
• Fluency in English is required; experience in a second language is preferred.
• East or Central African nationals are encouraged to apply.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree + Fifteen years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree + Twelve years of relevant experience, or PhD + Ten years of relevant experience

Abt Associates is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits. Local candidates strongly encouraged to apply.
Disclaimer: Abt Associates will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.

Job application procedure
Interested Persons Should Click here to apply

Deadline of this Job: 20 July 2022

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: NPI EXPAND is seeking a qualified individual consultant to provide third-party monitoring services that will entail independent monitoring and verification of project activities implementation, assess the level of stakeholder engagement, examine project processes and procedures, monitor the context, data quality assessment, and identifying implementation gaps and based on this derive lessons and make recommendations for improvement.
Phase 1: 2 weeks - Preparation (Document Review and site visit planning) ●Review ACHAP documents (performance reports, workplan, virtual site visit field reports, ACHAP USAID family planning compliance plan, environmental risk mitigation and compliance plan, relevant MoH guidance/policy documents, etc.) ●Review ACHAP's MEL system (data collection tools/processes, etc.). ●Review performance indicators, indicator reference sheets, data collected, and performance against targets to date ●Talk with other stakeholders as needed (e.g., Ministry of Health and sub-partners CHAK and UCMB) to better understand how ACHAP Afya project activities support the community health system. ●Complete USAID Family Planning Compliance training and incorporate as appropriate into monitoring tool/interview guide ●Prepare an interview guide/site visit reporting tool for site visits ●Identify a selection of community sites using evidence-based methods and adapt based on-the-ground logistical realities. ○Site visits would include 3-4 visits per day over a 5-day trip ○Prioritize community site over health facilities ○Each health facility visit would be coupled with 1-3 community outreach activities within catchment areas (e.g., household visit, supportive supervision visit, community meetings.) ○Identify community groups to be visited - male champions, religious leaders, mother to mother groups and teen mothers’ groups ●Document best practices that can be shared across sites and can be published. ●Set up biweekly standing meeting with ACHAP and AOR team to track progress to date against objectives.
Phase 2: 3-4 weeks - Site visits (Field visits + data quality assessments) ●Contingent on on-the-ground logistical realities, we anticipate 2 field visits (1 week each for both country where ACHAP Afya projects are implemented: Kenya and Uganda) ●Each site visit would include 15 site visits over the course of a week. Approximately 3 site visits a day for 5 days. ●Coordinate closely with ACHAP, sub-partners (CHAK and UCMB), and Ministry officials in conducting site visits and data quality assessments to promote collective learning. ●The site visits would include a mix of community meetings, household visits, supportive supervision visits (CHA with CHW), and health facility visits around a specific catchment area to verify data collection on community activities/supportive supervision/past health worker training. ●Complete USAID Recommended Data Quality Assessment Checklist for each USAID standard USAID performance planning and reporting (PPR) indicator ●Verify data for PPR indicators as part of data quality assessments ●Use photos as data collection tool
Phase 3: 2-3 weeks - Analyses/report writing/share finding with ACHAP first, then AOR team as learning exercise ●Analyze data from site visits and data quality assessments (DQA). ●Identify key findings and draft a short report with recommended follow-up action items, including potential success stories. ●Disseminate findings to ACHAP first as a learning session and AOR team.
Consultancy Deliverables: ●Completed data quality assessment checklist for USAID standard indicators for select project sites in both Uganda and Kenya ●Site visit data collection tool/interview guide ●Field/site visit reports. ●Tools and other materials for mentoring as needed ●Final report on key findings, learning, and recommendations. ●A summary presentation on key findings, learning, and recommendations Resources: The following and links to resources related to this assignment: ●USAID How-To Guide: Planning and Conducting Site Visits ●USAID Recommended Data Quality Assessment Checklist (ADS 201 Additional Help) ●USAID Performance Monitoring and Evaluation: TIPS: Conducting Data Quality Assessments ●USAID Monitoring Toolkit ●USAID Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting Toolkit - M&E for Learning ●USAID Family Planning Compliance Online Training
Required Qualifications: This position is open to individual consultants with the following qualifications:
●Extensive experience with and knowledge in USAID’s MEL policies ●Knowledgeable with and solid experience in USAID guidance around performance monitoring and data quality assessment (DQA) procedures ●Prior field experience conducting data verification through third party monitoring. ●Prior experience designing and conducting USAID evaluations. ●Knowledgeable about the Kenyan and Ugandan community health system and contextual USAID guidance around performance monitoring. ●Familiarity with USAID family planning, MNCH and environmental risk mitigation compliance or willingness to learn and integrate into work as appropriate.
Assignment Location and Supervision: The Consultant will report to the NPI EXPAND’s Manager for Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning, based in Washington DC, USA. The location of this assignment will be Nairobi, Kenya with field visits to Kilifi County in Kenya Coast, and Arua and Nebbi districts in West Nile Region in Uganda.
NPI EXPAND Kenya’s Country Team Lead and Capacity Development Director (both based in Nairobi, Kenya) may provide field-based support to the consultant, as may be required.
Anticipated Period of Performance and Level of Effort This consultancy is anticipated to take a maximum of 63 days from August 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.

Please apply using this link
https://palladium.csod.com /ux/ats/careersite/2/home/requisition/14738?c=palladium

Deadline of this Job: 20 July 2022

Company Overview: About Palladium - Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world's most pressing challenges. With a team of more than 3,000 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of over 35,000 experts, we help improve economies, societies and, most importantly, people's lives. Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status. Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com  and we will be in touch to discuss. Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process. Primary Duties and Responsibilities: NPI EXPAND is seeking a qualified individual consultant to provide third-party monitoring services that will entail independent monitoring and verification of project activities implementation, assess the level of stakeholder engagement, examine project processes and procedures, monitor the context, data quality assessment, and identifying implementation gaps and based on this derive lessons and make recommendations for improvement. Phase 1: 2 weeks - Preparation (Document Review and site visit planning) ●Review ACHAP documents (performance reports, workplan, virtual site visit field reports, ACHAP USAID family planning compliance plan, environmental risk mitigation and compliance plan, relevant MoH guidance/policy documents, etc.) ●Review ACHAP's MEL system (data collection tools/processes, etc.). ●Review performance indicators, indicator reference sheets, data collected, and performance against targets to date ●Talk with other stakeholders as needed (e.g., Ministry of Health and sub-partners CHAK and UCMB) to better understand how ACHAP Afya project activities support the community health system. ●Complete USAID Family Planning Compliance training and incorporate as appropriate into monitoring tool/interview guide ●Prepare an interview guide/site visit reporting tool for site visits ●Identify a selection of community sites using evidence-based methods and adapt based on-the-ground logistical realities. ○Site visits would include 3-4 visits per day over a 5-day trip ○Prioritize community site over health facilities ○Each health facility visit would be coupled with 1-3 community outreach activities within catchment areas (e.g., household visit, supportive supervision visit, community meetings.) ○Identify community groups to be visited - male champions, religious leaders, mother to mother groups and teen mothers’ groups’ ●Document best practices that can be shared across sites and can be published. ●Set up biweekly standing meeting with ACHAP and AOR team to track progress to date against objectives. Phase 2: 3-4 weeks - Site visits (Field visits + data quality assessments) ●Contingent on on-the-ground logistical realities, we anticipate 2 field visits (1 week each for both country where ACHAP Afya projects are implemented: Kenya and Uganda) ●Each site visit would include 15 site visits over the course of a week. Approximately 3 site visits a day for 5 days. ●Coordinate closely with ACHAP, sub-partners (CHAK and UCMB), and Ministry officials in conducting site visits and data quality assessments to promote collective learning. ●The site visits would include a mix of community meetings, household visits, supportive supervision visits (CHA with CHW), and health facility visits around a specific catchment area to verify data collection on community activities/supportive supervision/past health worker training. ●Complete USAID Recommended Data Quality Assessment Checklist for each USAID standard USAID performance planning and reporting (PPR) indicator ●Verify data for PPR indicators as part of data quality assessments ●Use photos as data collection tool Phase 3: 2-3 weeks - Analyses/report writing/share finding with ACHAP first, then AOR team as learning exercise ●Analyze data from site visits and data quality assessments (DQA). ●Identify key findings and draft a short report with recommended follow-up action items, including potential success stories. ●Disseminate findings to ACHAP first as a learning session and AOR team. Consultancy Deliverables: ●Completed data quality assessment checklist for USAID standard indicators for select project sites in both Uganda and Kenya ●Site visit data collection tool/interview guide ●Field/site visit reports. ●Tools and other materials for mentoring as needed ●Final report on key findings, learning, and recommendations. ●A summary presentation on key findings, learning, and recommendations Resources: The following and links to resources related to this assignment: ●USAID How-To Guide: Planning and Conducting Site Visits ●USAID Recommended Data Quality Assessment Checklist (ADS 201 Additional Help) ●USAID Performance Monitoring and Evaluation: TIPS: Conducting Data Quality Assessments ●USAID Monitoring Toolkit ●USAID Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting Toolkit - M&E for Learning ●USAID Family Planning Compliance Online Training Required Qualifications: This position is open to individual consultants with the following qualifications: ●Extensive experience with and knowledge in USAID’s MEL policies ●Knowledgeable with and solid experience in USAID guidance around performance monitoring and data quality assessment (DQA) procedures ●Prior field experience conducting data verification through third party monitoring. ●Prior experience designing and conducting USAID evaluations. ●Knowledgeable about the Kenyan and Ugandan community health system and contextual USAID guidance around performance monitoring. ●Familiarity with USAID family planning, MNCH and environmental risk mitigation compliance or willingness to learn and integrate into work as appropriate. Assignment Location and Supervision: The Consultant will report to the NPI EXPAND’s Manager for Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning, based in Washington DC, USA. The location of this assignment will be Nairobi, Kenya with field visits to Kilifi County in Kenya Coast, and Aura and Nebbi districts in West Nile Region in Uganda. NPI EXPAND Kenya’s Country Team Lead and Capacity Development Director (both based in Nairobi, Kenya) may provide field-based support to the consultant, as may be required. Anticipated Period of Performance and Level of Effort This consultancy is anticipated to take a maximum of 63 days from August 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.

Job application procedure
Please apply using this link https://palladium.csod.com /ux/ats/careersite/2/home/requisition/14738?c=palladium