Republic of Kenya
Office of the Prime Minister
Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030
District Field Operations Assistants (DFOA)
Community Empowerment and Institutional Support Project (CEISP)
Introduction
The Government of the Republic of Kenya (GOK) has received financial assistance from African Development Bank (AfDB) towards financing a five year Community Empowerment and Institutional Support Project. The project objective is to empower poor community to access socio-economic services in order to reduce poverty.
The project is implementing two main components;Office of the Prime Minister
Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030
District Field Operations Assistants (DFOA)
Community Empowerment and Institutional Support Project (CEISP)
Introduction
The Government of the Republic of Kenya (GOK) has received financial assistance from African Development Bank (AfDB) towards financing a five year Community Empowerment and Institutional Support Project. The project objective is to empower poor community to access socio-economic services in order to reduce poverty.
(i) Capacity building,
(ii) Institutional support in 107 districts.
The Ministry wishes to recruit suitable candidates to fill the posts of District Field Operations Assistants (DFOAs).
District Field Operations Officer Functions
The DFOA will report to the District Development Officer (DDO) and perform the following duties and responsibilities under his supervision and guidance of the Project Coordinator:
- Oversee
and coordinate the implementation of project activities in their
respective districts;
- Prepare
project annual work plan and budget in line with activities under each
component, budgeted financial resources and schedule of implementation;
- Regularly
monitor and evaluate the implementation of project activities to ensure
that its implementation progress is in line with approved work program and
budget, expected outputs and outcomes;
- Gather
and compile data on project progress and performance indicators as
outlined in the project Logical Framework Matrix;
- Oversee
the conduct of the baseline survey, beneficiary assessment studies and
citizens or Community Score Card (CSC) surveys;
- Prepare
the quarterly project progress reports using standard format to be
provided by the project implementation unit;
- Supervise
the works of consultants and contractors undertaking project activities
both in capacity building and civil works;
- Initiate
and facilitate the conduct of training activities at district and
constituency levels;
- Share
with and disseminate project information to all stakeholders (central
government ministries, civil society organizations, private sector, local
government, communities and development partners) in their respective
districts;
- Solicit
the support and collaboration of the above mentioned stakeholders in order
to build synergies, avoid duplication of activities and ensure their
active participation in the implementation of project activities when
necessary;
- Provide
technical backstopping to project target beneficiaries such as the
Constituency Development Committees (CDF) to help them better access and
effectively utilize project resources; and
- Any
other duty (related to the project’s activities) as may be assigned by the
DDO.
Requirements and Experience
The suitable candidate is expected to have:
The suitable candidate is expected to have:
- Knowledge
of major developmental issues confronting Kenya and GoKs policies,
priorities and approaches to address them;
- Knowledge
in managing results based development;
- Good
personnel attributes and team work;
- Good
advocacy, communication and negotiation skills;
- Good
command in the use of standard computer software packages;
- Motivated
and have the ability to work with minimal supervision;
- Be
fluent in English and Kiswahili; written and oral and good report writing
skills.
Qualifications
- A
Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Statistics and Mathematics (minimum, Lower
Second Class Division) or equivalent from a recognized university.
Graduate level qualification in the above subjects would be an advantage;
- Have
knowledge of project cycle with emphasis on activity based work planning,
budgeting and accounting;
- Work
experience in decentralized development planning, participatory approaches
and techniques or monitoring and evaluation will be an added advantage;
and
- Be
a Kenyan Citizen aged below 35 years.
Terms and Conditions
- A
competitive salary commensurate with the responsibility will be offered to
the successful candidates;
- The
position will be on a one year renewable contract, depending on
performance;
- Successful
candidates should be ready to extensive field travel;
- Qualified
female candidates are encouraged; and
- Candidate
is expected to be in post not later than 1st Jan, 2012.
Interested Applicants should submit their application, detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV), three referees, copies of certificates and other testimonials to the following address.
The application should indicate the e-mail address, telephone (including mobile phone) contacts as well as the current and expected remuneration of prospective candidates.
Applications should be clearly marked” Application for District Field Operations Assistant”, CEISP and addressed or hand delivered to the following address by 14th Oct 2011:
The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030
Treasury Building,
P.O. Box 30005- 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
OR for Hand Delivery Drop in Room 303, Treasury Building
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
You can now click on this link www.kenyanvacancies.com to visit our sister website for more vacancies.