Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Careers

• The Chief of Party (CoP) for the anticipated five-year USAID Kenya Digital Health Ecosystems Project will lead the development of a strategy and overall management of the project, and as the main point of contact with USAID and other stakeholders. The project’s main objectives are strengthening digital health governance, enhancing interoperability and expansion of existing health information systems in support of UHC and enhancing strategic partnerships. The CoP will provide overarching leadership and oversight of the internal EGPAF project staff and identified project partners and contractors. The CoP will provide the overall technical, operational, and strategic vision for the five-year project and develop and maintain a collaborative and strong relationship with USAID, Ministry counterparts, other implementing partners and stakeholders. The Chief of Party is part of the Country Senior Management Team.

No two days are alike at EGPAF, but what can you expect in this role?
Strategic Leadership

• Identify and ensure Health Information Systems (HIS) is responsive to the needs of multiple stakeholders in the delivery of health services.
• Ensure PEPFAR investments are responsive to E Government and MOH governance structures
• Supervises the Deputy Chief of Party, and other senior project staff to ensure project is responsive to the shifting landscape in Digital Health.
• Ensure regular communication and feedback to all stakeholders.

Project Management

• Ensure work plans, budgets and institutional capacities are aligned and managed to deliver scope on time with high quality in compliance with Ministry, Donor and EGPAF policies.
• Manages sub awards and sub-contractors to ensure effective scope and delivery of services.
• Collaborate with operations unit supporting all logistical and financial needs of the HIS program.
• Facilitate the effective execution of all software development and implementation projects by utilizing cutting-edge technical project management tools and approaches.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical leadership and support during the planning, design, review and implementation of new elements or improvements on Health Information Systems.
• Provide visionary technical leadership on sustainable design and partnership.
• Provides oversight to the team of software developers, analysts, implementation team and project leads tasked with:
• Solicitation and provision of input for Product Development Leads with requirements gathering, business analysis and documentation of Health Management Information Systems, Laboratory Information systems, Disease Surveillance Systems and Health Information Mediators.
• Identify and document potential risks during the planning, design, review and implementation of Health Information Systems or any of their components.
• Testing and quality assurance protocols on all components of a Health Information System are effectively conducted.
• Design and development of systems for data interoperability, like data standardization and data sharing agreements.
• Develop and ensure that information security principles and best practices are adhered to and implemented during the software design, development and implementation process.
• Ensure the systems are integrated and interoperable.
• Ensures the systems are structured to provide support and troubleshooting during installation and maintenance of any Health Information System components.

To Be Successful, You Will Have

• 10-15 years of continuous management experience, 5 of which must be at senior level. Significant senior management experience and skilled in project management, office management, team leadership, budget management and donor relations, especially USAID etc.
• Master’s degree in computer science, health information systems and health informatics or related field.
• Experience leading and managing a complex and integrated project.
• Clearly demonstrate vast experience with conceptualizing the design of big scalable data management systems (for multiple sites implementation and exponential growing user-base)
• Experience in Cloud architecture and cloud-based system deployments at scale
• Experience or advance knowledge in DevOps for scalable cloud based solutions
• Experience with modern system development technologies
• Experience in writing Digital system strategies and policies
• Experience in Data governance, Nation-wide Systems, and interoperability standards
• Experience in establishing and sustaining working relationships with Ministries.
• Experience with health management teams, and working knowledge of disease based programs
• Ability to work with limited supervision.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, writing, strategic planning, and analytical skills
• Dedicated visionary and strategic leader with ability and experience to work in a multidisciplinary, multi-cultural team
• Fluency in spoken and written English

Bonus points if you have:

• Public health experience is an advantage
• ITIL certification or related IT project management certification is a plus

 How will you fight for an AIDS-free generation?

Background

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is the global leader in the fight against pediatric HIV/AIDS and has reached more than 26 million women with services to prevent transmission of HIV to their infants. EGPAF is supporting activities in 19 counties and nearly 6,000 sites to implement prevention, care and treatment services; to further advance innovative research; and to execute global advocacy activities that bring dramatic change to the lives of millions of women, children and families worldwide.

In Kenya, EGPAF works in partnership with the Ministry of Health and various County governments, and implementing partners to support HIV prevention, care and treatment in more than 10 Counties. EGPAF is mainly funded by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the Centers for Disease Control, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). EGPAF also receives awards to implement its agenda from other development partners such UNITAID and others.

The foundation seeks a qualified and experienced Data Manager (DM) in its research department. The Data Manager will be required to have experience and knowledge in the collection, organization, analysis and reporting of quantitative data, including large datasets of patient-level data and with experience working with public health evaluation data. The Data Manager will be responsible for developing and implementing data management processes and strategies for all public health evaluation activities carried out by the research department. The Data Manager will directly report to the ADPHED.

No two days are alike at EGPAF, but what can you expect as a Title ?

• Under the guidance and supervision of the ADPHED, and data management and analysis leads in-country, regionally, and globally (where applicable), the Data Manager will oversee, and coordinate all data management activities including data entry, data quality assurance and control, take lead and participate in the design of study data collection tools and databases as well as developing guiding documents such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), data management plans (DMPs), data analysis plans (DAPs), job aids, data dictionaries and codebooks.
• The incumbent will be developing electronic mobile data collection using ODK1, ODK-X, REDCap and other mobile application platforms.
• She/he will routinely execute procedures for the abstraction and merging of data records from source databases including aggregate databases such as DHIS, EGPAF knowledge management system and DATIM and patient-level databases such as the National Data Warehouse.
• The incumbent will contribute actively in the design of study protocols and/or evaluation plans, specifically the methodology, analysis, quality control and reporting sections. She/he will also be responsible for the oversight of the data management procedures through training and routine capacity building activities.
• The Data Manager will routinely document data management-related changes. They will also actively maintain logs and files of data queries generated, share with the data collection team and document their resolution. She/he will liaise with the study coordinator (SC) to follow up on the data resolution process for ongoing data cleaning and will be required to routinely travel to sites to offer direct support and monitoring.
• As part of the data cleaning procedures, the Data Manager will generate final, cleaned and appropriately named and stored analysis data files in prescribed format(s). They will ensure to maintain the integrity, security, and routine automated data backup of all active study databases.
• They will also maintain a log of data collection tools flow between the data storage server and the study sites in liaison with the SC and Research Regulatory Officer (RRO).
• The Data Manager will be required to actively participate and also take lead in the quantitative analysis on research datasets using statistical analysis tools such as STATA, R or Python under the guidance of the ADPHED and the biostatistician.
• She/he might be required to offer support to other countries in the region when called upon.
• The Data Manager will offer technical guidance and actively participate in the development of abstracts for conferences, manuscripts for publication, research/evaluation reports and dissemination exercises.
• The Data Manager will also be assigned other duties as required by the ADPHED.

To Be Successful, You Will Have

• Master’s Degree in health information management, statistics/biostatistics /epidemiology or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education/training (Bachelor’s degree with 5 years relevant experience may be considered).
• Minimum 3 years’ experience as a data manager or similar role.
• Experience in health-related research and program evaluation is desirable.

Additional Required Qualifications

• Experience working with Electronic Data Collection (EDC) tools such as ODK1/ODK-X/Survey CTO/ REDCap.
• Experience working with Microsoft Excel, specifically in analysis, data aggregation and reporting using Power Query.
• Experience and working statistical knowledge using STATA, R, Python for Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) and analysis and modelling of large datasets.

Reporting to the Retention, Adherence and Linkage Technical Advisor, the Retention, Adherence and Linkage Technical Officer will support the planning and implementation of Retention, Adherence, Psychosocial support and Linkage interventions required for HIV care and treatment and PMTCT services within LVCT Vukisha95 supported facilities in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Homabay county.

Patient Appointment Management

• Provide leadership and technical assistance to health facilities on Client Appointment Management system.
• Design and develop high quality patient-focused appointment management systems to increase demand creation & Retention for HIV care services at the facility at all Vukisha 95 supported site.

Defaulter Tracing & management (Retention)

• Ensures effective active client follow up systems at each Vukisha 95 supported facility through adoption and use of relevant job aids and data collection tools as per client retention and defaulter tracing SOPs.
• Provides technical assistance to health care facilities for planning, implementation and evaluation of patient tracing and retention systems and related data management, data quality assurance, data summarization and analysis.

Adherence Counseling

In collaboration with the adherence counselors/Peer Educators:-

• Plans and oversees the implementation of high quality patient-focused demand creation, adherence and retention activities including establishment of functional multidisciplinary adherence support teams at each supported site.
• Oversee the implementation and documentation of targeted adherence sessions for clients who are suspected for treatment failure (STF).
• Conducts capacity building of adherence support multidisciplinary teams, which will include HCW, PE, mentor mothers, LSE in provision of stigma free services, which include HIV treatment literacy, adherence monitoring and psychosocial support with emphasis on EGPAF/National specific approach.

Psychosocial Support

• Oversees compliance to facility level adherence and psychosocial support Standard Operating Procedures (National and project specific) for PE work, Mentor mothers, Community linkages and defaulter tracing at within Vukisha 95 sites.
• Ensure the development of structured mechanisms within age- specific patient focused psychosocial support groups to deliver treatment literacy and address psychosocial and environmental barriers to optimal retention & adherence.
• Coordinate the establishment and management of Treatment literacy groups for various categories of clients.
• Support the Peer educators and adherence counselors develop a schedule for Treatment literacy sessions for the various groups.
• Ensure that PHDP interventions and treatment literacy activities are implemented and documented at each supported site.

Referral and linkages

• Guide development and maintenance of updated referral directories to strengthen community-networking activities in collaboration with Community Prevention team in Vukisha 95 supported sites.
• Establish community services inventory and SOPs for community-facility referral and linkages and vice versa.

Recording and Documentation

• Identify best practices, document, recommend, implement and disseminate effective and innovative approaches to adherence, client retention, defaulter tracing, community - facility linkage and stigma reduction at each supported site.

To Be Successful, You Will Have

• Degree in Clinical Psychology, Counselling psychology ,Social sciences or other equivalent qualifications in social sciences and/or Public Health.
• At least three (3) years project management experience working in demand creation, adherence counselling, psychosocial support and community linkages in HIV care and treatment/PMTCT.
• Proficiency in computer packages (Ms Word, Ms Excel, Ms Power Point).
• Familiar with and experience working with Government bodies particularly NASCOP , NACC
• Familiar with HIV community programs and facility retention programs including peer education and other MOH departments.
• Possess adequate facilitation, mentoring and counseling skills.
• Must understand PEPFAR /CDC/NASCOP/NACC Technical guidance requirements
• For HIV Care & Treatment particularly on Adherence.
• Dedicated team player with excellent organizational, interpersonal, communication, report writing and analytical skills details oriented.

Bonus Points If You Have

• A master’s degree will be an added advantage.

 No two days are alike at EGPAF, but what can you expect as a Title?

• Support recruitment processes, including developing and posting vacancy announcements, tracking and reporting on recruitment processes, screening and short-listing applications, interviewing and conducting back ground screening and reference checks for final job candidates.
• Prepare offer letters and employee contracts for new employees, and track contract expiry dates for renewal. Ensure any changes in an employee’s status are adequately documented.
• Track probationary periods and ensure confirmations, extensions, or terminations within agreed timescales.
• Support the orientation and on-boarding of new employees, including preparing an orientation schedule and welcome package, orienting staff regarding employment conditions, registering staff for benefits schemes, and ensuring new staff have appropriate work space and resources.
• Interface with the payroll administrator to ensure employee salary and benefits are correctly computed, and that payroll is promptly informed of any changes affecting the employee’s employment conditions.
• Administer HR policies, including employee terms & conditions of service, salaries and benefits, employment contracts, leave records etc.
• Administer the organization medical scheme and pension / provident fund i.e Liaise with medical insurance administrators for medical reimbursements, new staff medical applications and removals in a timely manner etc.
• Oversee the management and general administration of employee leave and other leave
• Update data on HRIMS for accurate reports and prepare the organization chart on a monthly basis.
• Prepare HR reports and ensure that these are accurate and submitted on a timely basis.
• Assist with employee safety, welfare and wellness programs, and support internal communications and staff training & development needs.
• Monitor the performance management system and ensure that key dates and deadlines are met.
• Ensure proper planning and preparation in respect of departing staff, including fulfillment of all handover responsibilities, exit interviews etc.
• Ensure compliance with all internal policies and procedures as well as external regulatory concerns and applicable labour laws.
• Manage Volunteer, Temporary staff and Intern contracts.
• Facilitate external and internal audits in liaison with the finance department.
• Oversee proper maintainace of the office and office facilities.
• Oversee safety and security of the office.
• Supervise HR assistant and office administration staff.
• Any other duties as assigned.

To Be Successful, You Will Have

• Degree in Human Resource Management or any other related field.
• Professional certification in HRM preferred.
• Member of IHRM Kenya.
• 3-5 years’ proven working experience in all functional human resource management areas and in progressively responsible roles, with sound cross-functional experience.
• Must possess high level of integrity, honesty, maturity, diligence, good attitude and commitment towards work.
• Must be a team player with good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Good understanding and application of statutory and labor laws.
• Expertise in national labour law, employment legislation & employment practices.
• Tech savvy with proven experience in HR systems.

Reporting to the Human Resources & Administration Officer, the HR & Administration Assistant provides general support in the day to day management and administration of the human resources function. While the focus is typically on HR administration & compliance, the position may also support other functional areas such as recruitment, staff orientation, training & development, employee relations, compensation & benefits, and performance management.

No two days are alike at EGPAF, but what can you expect as a Title?

• Assist in recruitment processes, calling shortlisted candidate, preparing interview schedules, and assisting with back ground screening and reference checks for final job candidates.
• Ensure complete and up-to-date employment documentation and confidential handling of employee information.
• Ensure all required employee documentation is obtained, correctly filed, and updated as necessary.
• Support the orientation and on-boarding of new employees, including assigning onboarding tasks on Taleo.
• Ensure documentation in respect of departing staff is complete and properly filed.
• Ensure compliance with all internal policies and procedures as well as external regulatory concerns and applicable labour laws.
• Data entry in HRIS and other systems.
• Cover for the administration staff with the office management in their absence.
• Any other duties as assigned.

To Be Successful, You Will Have

• Diploma or professional certification in human resource management, business, organizational development, or a related field.
• Minimum 1 year of previous human resource management experience at the assistant level.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, and active listening skills.
• Understanding of the sensitivity and confidentiality of the HR function.
• Strong interpersonal and team-building skills.
• Ability to manage a large and variable workload, ensuring timely and accurate completion of assigned work.
• Detail-oriented and with special attention to accuracy.
• Well organized, self-guided and motivated to produce quality work.
• Integrity, objectivity, and the ability to gain the trust and respect of peers.
• Understanding of the sensitivity and confidentiality of the HR function.
• Ability to manage a large and variable work load, ensuring timely and accurate completion of assigned work.
• Excellent skills in data bases, word processing, spreadsheets.

Pediatric and adolescent services Technical Leadership

• Provide overall technical oversight for EGPAF/K Country Program in the implementation pediatric and adolescent services.
• Provide technical assistance in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of pediatric and adolescent HIV services across EGPAF/K Program.
• Provide technical assistance to the regional teams in developing/updating different guidelines, working formats, job aids, client education materials and monitoring and evaluation tools.
• In collaboration with STAT, other Senior National Technical and Regional Technical Advisors, organize and provide/facilitate facility-level mentorship in HIV Care across all program areas.
• Develop and disseminate relevant SOPs and service packages to guide service delivery in line with SIMS and Differentiated Service Delivery Models of Care.
• Participate in the preparation of continuation application (CA), FOA and New Business Development opportunities.
• Ensure that all set Pediatric and Adolescents targets are met; come up with rapid change interventions for any target lagging behind.

National, County and Global Liaison and Participation

• Participate in the national and regional Pediatric and Adolescents working group activities.
• Actively participate in national policy and guideline reviews on pediatric and adolescent services.
• Participate actively in global technical discussions and represent EGPAF/Kenya.
• Represent EGPAF Kenya in global pediatrics and adolescents community of practices.
• Participate in the global Technical Directors Forum and other forums as needed.

Staff Supervision and Mentorship

• S /he will supervise, coach and mentor pediatric and adolescents Technical Advisors and project teams to ensure set targets are exceeded.
• S/he will provide mentorship to site teams specifically in management of advanced HIV disease for children and adolescents.
• Work closely with the PDs/PMs and TAs to develop and refine key performance indicators.
• Work with the regional TWGs to review and manage children and adolescents failing treatment and ensure they are transitioned to the right regimen.

Project Management

• Will be a member of the Senior Management Team.
• Working with the SMT, ensure that the TA rigour from the STAT team is equitably applied across all EGPAF programs.
• Employ a variety of relevant project management tools to manage project activities e.g. Gantt Charts, Raci Matrix etc.
• Contribute to EGPAF Kenya’s project management body of knowledge through active participation in project designs, review and course corrective forums.
• Support Paediatric and Adolescent project’s Knowledge Management.

To Be Successful, You Will Have

• Medical Doctor with a Master’s Degree in Pediatrics and Child Health or another relevant advanced degree.
• HIV programming experience for at least 7 years in a Senior Technical Position.
• Demonstrated prowess in the management of HIV-infected children and adolescents in African continent.
• Proficient in project management and leadership with a proven track record of leading successful programs.
• Vast experience working with National and County MOH counterparts, participating actively in National and County TWGs, participation in the development of various national/county policies and guidelines including County Development and Investment Plans.

Reporting to the Retention, Adherence and Linkage Technical Advisor, the Retention, Adherence and Linkage Technical Officer will support the planning and implementation of Retention, Adherence, Psychosocial support and Linkage interventions required for HIV care and treatment and PMTCT services within Vukisha 95 supported facilities in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Homa Bay County.

Patient Appointment Management

• Provide leadership and technical assistance to health facilities on Client Appointment Management system.
• Design and develop high quality patient-focused appointment management systems to increase demand creation & Retention for HIV care services at the facility at all Vukisha 95 supported site.

Defaulter Tracing & management (Retention)

• Ensures effective active client follow up systems at each Vukisha 95 supported facility through adoption and use of relevant job aids and data collection tools as per client retention and defaulter tracing SOPs.
• Provides technical assistance to health care facilities for planning, implementation and evaluation of patient tracing and retention systems and related data management, data quality assurance, data summarization and analysis.

Adherence Counseling

In collaboration with the adherence counselors/Peer Educators:-

• Plans and oversees the implementation of high quality patient-focused demand creation, adherence and retention activities including establishment of functional multidisciplinary adherence support teams at each supported site.
• Oversee the implementation and documentation of targeted adherence sessions for clients who are suspected for treatment failure (STF).
• Conducts capacity building of adherence support multidisciplinary teams, which will include HCW, PE, mentor mothers, LSE in provision of stigma free services which include HIV treatment literacy, adherence monitoring and psychosocial support with emphasis on EGPAF/National specific approach.

Psychosocial Support

• Oversees compliance to facility level adherence and psychosocial support Standard Operating Procedures (National and project specific) for PE work, Mentor mothers, Community linkages and defaulter tracing at within Vukisha 95 sites.
• Ensure the development of structured mechanisms within age- specific patient focused psychosocial support groups to deliver treatment literacy and address psychosocial and environmental barriers to optimal retention & adherence.
• Coordinate the establishment and management of Treatment literacy groups for various categories of clients.
• Support the Peer educators and adherence counselors develop a schedule for Treatment literacy sessions for the various groups.
• Ensure that PHDP interventions and treatment literacy activities are implemented and documented at each supported site.

Referral and linkages

• Guide development and maintenance of updated referral directories to strengthen community-networking activities in collaboration with Community Prevention team in Vukisha 95 supported sites.
• Establish community services inventory and SOPs for community-facility referral and linkages and vice versa.

Recording and Documentation

• Identify best practices, document, recommend, implement and disseminate effective and innovative approaches to adherence, client retention, defaulter tracing, community - facility linkage and stigma reduction at each supported site.

To Be Successful, You Will Have

• Degree in Clinical Psychology, Counselling psychology ,Social sciences or other equivalent qualifications in social sciences and/or Public Health.
• At least three (3) years project management experience working in demand creation, adherence counselling, psychosocial support and community linkages in HIV care and treatment/PMTCT.
• Proficiency in computer packages (Ms Word, Ms Excel, Ms Power Point).
• Familiar with and experience working with Government bodies particularly NASCOP , NACC
• Familiar with HIV community programs and facility retention programs including peer education and other MOH departments.
• Possess adequate facilitation, mentoring and counseling skills.
• Must understand PEPFAR /CDC/NASCOP/NACC Technical guidance requirements
• For HIV Care & Treatment particularly on Adherence.
• Dedicated team player with excellent organizational, interpersonal, communication, report writing and analytical skills details oriented.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Master’s degree will be an added advantage .

To provide effective IT systems, ensure implementation of IT standards and policies, and provide technology support and solutions to meet the needs of the Foundation. Provide user training on common business applications and use of EGPAF ICT systems. Support technologies, which include but are not limited to: Share point, Inventory system, wired and wireless networks, storage systems, Microsoft Active Directory, Windows OS, MS Office suites, end user workstations, /laptops and various proprietary and commercial software applications and hardware.

No two days are alike at EGPAF, but what can you expect as a Title?

• Provide software and system troubleshooting and support.
• Good knowledge on single sing on apps (OKTA).
• Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and update operating systems and user applications.
• Proactively schedule software upgrades and patching.
• Ensure that, all software on EGPAF equipment is licensed and keep record of licenses.
• Track license and support contracts to include notification of renewal timeframe to ICT management.
• Monitor network to ensure network functionality and availability to all system users.
• Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair cabled, wireless and other network infrastructure.
• Support existing/new server/s and administer access rights for all users in the field office.
• Maintain local and server based anti-virus software.
• Inform and train users and management in how to adhere to EGPAF global and local security ICT policies.
• Ensure computer is set up prior to new hire start date and any related moves.
• Handle the relocation of computer equipment as a result of office or personnel changes.
• Participation in research and recommendation of improved infrastructure processes and technologies to include growth planning.
• Work with service providers to schedule repairs and maintenance.
• Work with ISP and other outside service providers to ensure dependable operations.
• Train new and current employees on computer software and ICT systems.
• Maintaining documentation of processes, procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
• Make sure the generator is fully functional as a means of power backup.
• Keep an updated asset list of functional and Non-functional hardware.
• Any other duties as assigned.

To Be Successful, You Will Have

• Advanced Diploma or Degree in Computer Science/ Information Systems.
• Extensive practical experience in networked environment and support for remote users.
• Extensive ability to use and support of standard micro computing applications such as Microsoft Office 365.
• Experience in supporting web based applications.
• Knowledge of supporting Windows client and server operating systems.
• At least 4 years relevant work experience in similar field.
• Experience working with Messaging systems support, e.g. MS Teams.
• Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing (English and Swahili).
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, multi-tasking and time-management skills.

Bonus Points If You Have

• MCPS: Microsoft Certified IT Professional
• MCSA: Office 365
• MCSE Productivity Solutions Expert
• CCNA/CCNP

How will you fight for an AIDS-free generation?

Under the guidance of the Senior Health Informatics Officer, the Health Informatics Intern will be responsible for providing technical support to existing eHealth/mHealth systems deployed in supported facilities. He/she will also work with the informatics team to ensure routine timely monthly data uploads to the National Data WareHouse. During the tenure, the intern will gain valuable experience in Health Informatics in a fast-paced environment.

No two days are alike at EGPAF, but what can you expect as a Title?

During the course of the placement, the intern will work with their mentors/supervisors to gain experience and knowledge in the following professional roles and responsibilities:

• Design and development of android and web-based m-health solutions.
• Understanding existing EMR (eHealth and mHealth), in-house, and donor systems.
• Providing technical support to existing eHealth/mHealth systems in supported facilities.
• Support routine EMR database uploads to the National Data Warehouse.
• Training and capacity building health workers on use of existing eHealth / mHealth systems.

To be successful, you will have:

• At least Bachelor’s Degree / Diploma in Computer Science, or Information Technology.
• Ability to prioritize workload and demonstrate outcomes on strict deadlines.

Bonus points if you have:

• Understanding of MySQL will be an added advantage.

Competencies:

The Foundation expects all employees to possess the fundamental competencies of interpersonal skills, communication, accountability, continual learning, and driving results. The ideal candidate will either be proficient or advanced in the following set of competencies, specific to this position’s level of Individual Contributor:

• Problem Solving – Problem solving is a person’s ability to use critical thinking to identify and analyze problems, weigh relevance and accuracy of information, generate and evaluate alternative solutions, and makes recommendations.
• Flexibility – Flexibility is a person’s ability to be open to change and new information and rapidly adapt to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles.
• Resilience – Resilience is a person’s ability to deal effectively with pressure, remain optimistic and persistent under adversity, and recover quickly from setbacks.
• Time Management – Time management is a person’s ability to effectively manage one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.