Roles and responsibilities:
Project planning and implementation in line with the workplan
- Participate in annual and periodic project planning;
- Prepare activity requests including Scopes of Work for specific activities;
- Work directly with families, community structures, CCIs, SCIs and children to achieve project results;
- Organize and deliver high quality trainings for different community cadres and stakeholders;
- Support CCIs and SCIs to implement case management for reintegration and ensure case plan achievement and successful reintegration;
- Conduct Family Risk Assessment of referred families, prepare reports and care plans for families found to be at risk of separation; and follow up on implementation of the care plans
Budgeting and budget management
- Participate in annual and periodic project budgeting processes;
- Allocate adequate financial resources to sub-county and community level activities;
- Deploy the budget to project activities as per plan and document liquidations;
- Monitor budget performance by tracking individual activity expenditure to ensure budget compliance;
Organization representation
- Participate in meetings and trainings- both internal and with external partners as assigned by the supervisor;
- Prepare and deliver presentations depicting CTWWC results to different stakeholders’ gatherings;
Maintaining partner relations
- Organize and/or attend Sub-County and community stakeholder forums for the advancement of project goal and objectives;
- Continuously build and maintain relevant and strategic partnerships and networks at Sub- county and community levels for project information sharing and cross learning;
- Maintain day to day communication with Sub-county DCS officers regarding CTWWC implementation.
Monitoring, evaluation and reporting
- Offer guidance and mentorship to the Project Officer in activity planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting;
- Conduct field visits to monitor activities being implemented, and to engage beneficiaries and stakeholders for purposes of project planning and improvement;
- Collect and respond to feedback from project beneficiaries;
- Conduct monthly volunteer meetings to track implementation status, address challenges and receive or share feedback for overall project improvement;
- Collect and report on relevant project output data for assessing progress towards project objectives;
- Participate in periodic review meetings including monthly, quarterly and annual meetings for reflection and learning;
- Prepare and submit progress reports as per reporting requirements and schedule;
- Conduct project activity documentation including case studies, success stories and lessons learnt;
- Participate in the development of project annual plans and activity schedules in line with approved templates and planning and implementation frameworks;
Any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- Degree in Social Sciences or its equivalent.
- Minimum of 2 years of work experience in project implementation position in a relevant project targeting children and strengthening families and communities to care for children.
- Experience working with vulnerable children and their families in Kisumu County.
- Practical experience working in collaboration with the Department of Children Services, especially in the application of case management principles.
- Good writing skills, including case studies.
- Experience in activity budgeting and expenditure tracking.
- Excellent community mobilization skills.
How To Apply
If you are a professional with a passion to make a difference in children and young people’s lives, send your application letter and resume to icsro@icsafrica.org . Deadline for submitting applications is 21st October 2022. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please indicate the position you are applying for as the subject of your email.
