Job Description

PCV

Kenya

Country

Kenya

Required Skills

Bachelor's degree in any field.

Partner Organization Name

Local health departments and centers, schools, nongovernmental organizations

Language Requirement

None

Living Conditions

Volunteers live within three kilometers of their work sites in community or health center staff housing. Houses are not shared with other staff or family members, even when located within a host family compound. Each home has facilities for cooking, bathing, and either indoor toilets or outdoor latrines. Volunteers may have to carry water from a local water source up to 100 meters from their home and may not have reliable electricity. Volunteers can access the regional capital of Kisumu via public transportation within five hours.

No Degree Required

No

Primary Sector

Health

Assignment Length (months)

24

Accepts Couples

Yes

Featured Job

No

Accepting Applications?

Yes

Posted on LinkedIn

No

Job Highlights

Deepen your knowledge and skills in public health while working to improve health systems, support families, and accelerate lasting, community-led change.

Gain hands-on experience working with health service providers, youth leaders, and community members to promote health and well-being.

Experience the warmth of Kenyan culture and build lasting friendships through cultural exchange and community engagement.

Activities

Support HIV and TB education, stigma reduction, and prevention efforts through community talks, youth sessions, and household outreach.

Promote malaria prevention behaviors, including proper mosquito net use, environmental management, and community surveillance.

Facilitate maternal, newborn, and child health learning sessions focused on healthy pregnancy, safe delivery, newborn care, and improved childcare practices.

Strengthen referral pathways by helping community members navigate and access facility-based services.

Train counterparts on data collection, simple data analysis, and using findings to improve health outcomes.

Lead or co-facilitate clubs, camps, and school-based health activities for adolescents.

Collaborate with community health partners and facility staff to promote health education.

Participate in community meetings and partner activities to support the planning, coordination, and ownership of health interventions.

You may also work on additional projects that meet the community’s interests and priorities, such as developing and implementing a small grant project to improve a health facility.

Training

As a Public Health Educator, you will be trained to support community health promotion, facilitation, community mobilization. In addition, you will receive comprehensive culture, health, safety, and language training. Peace Corps/Kenya will teach you Kiswahili to help you comfortably live in and communicate with your host community. You will also receive language resources and may also learn languages such as Dholuo and Luhya.

After 10 weeks of pre-service training, you will move to a rural community where you will collaborate with health facility staff, health workers, and community-based organizations. You will work with the community to assess their needs and develop solutions based on participatory, evidence-based practices.

Couple Types

Only heterosexual couples can be accepted for this program.

Couple Living Conditions

Couples who are selected for the same sector will live together but work with different local partners, which may be in the same community or in neighboring communities (not more than 30 minutes apart)., Cohabitating couples are highly encouraged to present themselves as married throughout service due to cultural expectations.

Couple Training Conditions

Couples will live together during training but may separate occasionally for field-based activities.

Couple Sector Combinations

Each person must apply separately and must qualify for a position in either the same or a different sector than their partner.