Outbreak Readiness and Response IPC Specialist

About the role

Samaritan's Purse is seeking an Outbreak Readiness and Response IPC Specialist to join its Nairobi, Kenya team. The organisation works through humanitarian action to help people and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The role provides IPC technical leadership for outbreak response and preparedness, with travel of about 30% of the time.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain a personal, active relationship with Jesus Christ and be a consistent witness.
• Provide IPC technical leadership for outbreak response and preparedness.
• Develop and adapt protocols, guidance, checklists and job aids for health-care facilities.
• Create guidance on screening, triage, isolation, PPE, hand hygiene, environmental cleaning, decontamination and waste management aligned with national directives and organisational standards.
• Develop IPC assessment frameworks and tools, assess partner hospitals and country-office/DART facilities, identify gaps and recommend improvements.
• Evaluate IPC risks during alerts, assessments and responses, supporting country-office health teams and DART operations as needed.
• Strengthen coordination with Ministries of Health and external partners, including joint preparedness activities and simulations.
• Coordinate programme strategy with team members and the Program Manager to identify IPC supply needs, develop pre-positioning plans and maintain training records, assessments, workplans, SOPs and response designs.

Required profile

• Medical degree or Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Environmental Health or a related field, with 3 to 5 years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Specialist IPC training and practical experience implementing IPC in healthcare settings.
• Experience conducting facility assessments and training or mentoring healthcare workers.
• Biblical studies coursework (12 credit hours) strongly preferred.

What we offer

• International medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance.
• Paid family medical leave and paid holidays.
• Retirement savings plan.
• 12 vacation/personal days and 10 sick days.
• On-site medical clinic for staff and dependents when at the headquarters.