Job Title: Programme Officer - APHIA Plus
Country: Kenya
Location: Nairobi
Closing Date: November 26 2010
Purpose of the position:
The primary purpose of the Programme Officer for Aphia Plus is to lead processes that ensure alignment and compliance with WVK policies and USAID guidelines; ensure smooth coordination between WVK APHIA plus field team and the national office; and Representations in consortium meetings.
The holder of this position is also expected to Communicate World Vision’s Christian ethos and demonstrate a quality of spiritual life that is an example to others.Country: Kenya
Location: Nairobi
Closing Date: November 26 2010
Purpose of the position:
The primary purpose of the Programme Officer for Aphia Plus is to lead processes that ensure alignment and compliance with WVK policies and USAID guidelines; ensure smooth coordination between WVK APHIA plus field team and the national office; and Representations in consortium meetings.
Major Responsibilities:
- Ensuring that APHIA Plus interventions are implemented in alignment WVK three track ministry approach , GOK,USAID and other accepted norms and standards;
- Coordinating and ensuring timely responses to queries, issues, requests that are raised by APHIA Teams from the field teams to NO.
- Represent WVK in APHIA Plus consortium meetings, GOK fora and other partnership meetings
- Compiling and sharing APHIA plus monthly, quarterly and annual reports with Branch one team
- Coordination of key workshops/forums/meetings and subsequent compilation of required documents for initial start up of APHIA plus and their after.
- Promoting integration between APHIA Plus interventions and other WVK ministry tracks within Sub branches and Integrated Programme Areas(IPAs)
- Providing linkage between APHIA plus teams in the field and the national office
- Monitoring, evaluating, documenting and sharing lessons and best practices from APHIA Plus.
Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
- Ensure that these interventions are implemented not only in alignment with a fully integrated three track ministry approach but also in compliance with WVI, GOK and other accepted norms and standards;
- The Holder of this position must have a Bachelors Degree in Social sciences, preferable Community development, Sociology or, Development studies.
- Technical Training qualifications required: Highly skilled in programming : designs, monitoring and evaluation and documentation l,
- Experience: 3-5 years of experience in development in an International NGO of which one year must be in coordination of partnerships.
- Good presentation and communication and facilitation skills.
- A strong aptitude for organizational change, innovation, learning, team building
- Language fluency in English and Kiswahili
- Full ability to communicate cross-culturally and be cross-culturally sensitive.
- Good understanding of transformational development
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How to Apply
All application letters and detailed CVs together with names of three referees, one of whom must be a church leader/priest/pastor, should be sent to reach the undersigned not later than November 26, 2010.
Director
People and Culture
World Vision Kenya
P.O. Box 50816 - 00200 Nairobi, Kenya
Email: recruit_kenya@wvi.org
Please indicate clearly on the envelope or on the subject line the position you are applying for.
Only short-listed candidates will be contactedHow to Apply
All application letters and detailed CVs together with names of three referees, one of whom must be a church leader/priest/pastor, should be sent to reach the undersigned not later than November 26, 2010.
Director
People and Culture
World Vision Kenya
P.O. Box 50816 - 00200 Nairobi, Kenya
Email: recruit_kenya@wvi.org
Please indicate clearly on the envelope or on the subject line the position you are applying for.
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