Programme Officer

CHAK’s constitution provides for membership to Protestant churches’ health facilities and community-based health programmes provided their services are not for profit. Mission To facilitate member health units in their provision of quality healthcare services through advocacy, health systems strengthening, networking and innovative health programme

Programme Officer

Job Summary

• Responsible for coordinating the day-to-day implementation of Uzazi Salama activities and ensuring that approved workplans are translated into timely action at county, facility and community levels. Working under the Programme Manager, the Programme Officer will organize and follow up implementation schedules, trainings, supportive supervision, community and faith-sector engagement, referral-strengthening activities, quality-improvement initiatives and programme meetings. The role will maintain close working relationships with county counterparts and implementing teams, track completion of activities and action points, identify operational bottlenecks and ensure that implementation documentation and routine programme reports are complete and up to date.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day implementation of approved programme activities in accordance with the programme workplan, budget and agreed timelines.

• Translate annual and quarterly workplans into detailed activity schedules and coordinate logistics, participation and follow-up for programme activities.

• Coordinate implementation of health-worker trainings, mentorship and supportive supervision, community dialogues, faith-leader engagement, referral-strengthening and quality-improvement activities.

• Maintain regular operational communication with county, sub-county, facility, community and partner teams to support smooth implementation and timely resolution of routine issues.

• Track activity completion, deliverables, implementation milestones and action points, and provide regular implementation updates to the Programme Manager.

• Identify operational delays, implementation bottlenecks and emerging field issues and escalate matters requiring management or strategic action to the Programme Manager.

• Support preparation of activity concepts, agendas, participant lists, meeting materials, field schedules and other programme implementation documentation.