Evidence
Action
Department: G-UNITED
Job
Title: County
Coordinators
10
Positions
Job
level: 3
Location: Busia, Kisumu, Kisii, Samburu, West Pokot, Nyeri, Meru, Machakos, Kilifi and Kajiado
Reports to: Associate Field Operations
Location: Busia, Kisumu, Kisii, Samburu, West Pokot, Nyeri, Meru, Machakos, Kilifi and Kajiado
Reports to: Associate Field Operations
About Evidence Action: Evidence Action scales proven interventions that improve the lives of millions. We implement cost-effective interventions whose efficacy is backed by substantial rigorous evidence.
Evidence
Action identifies innovative, appropriate financing mechanisms and builds best
practice operational models.
We
voraciously self-evaluate, learn, and improve our models for scaling with a
commitment to transparency on progress, impact, and value for money.
Our current flagship programs include:
Our current flagship programs include:
- Dispensers
for Safe Wateris an entrepreneurial program scaling the chlorine dispenser
system – a proven innovation that dramatically expands access to water
treatment at an extremely low cost.
- Deworm
the World Initiativeactively supports the scale-up of school-based
deworming programs worldwide to improve children’s health, education, and
long-term development.
About
G-United: G-United
is a national volunteer program initiated by the Presidency, led and
implemented by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and supported
by Evidence Action.
The
program aims to promote national cohesion, improve educational outcomes for
children in over 15,000 primary schools across the country, and create
enriching opportunities for over 30,000 unemployed Kenyan youth.
Under
this selective and prestigious program, the government recruits recent
university graduates to serve as volunteers in primary schools, where they
support remedial education and serve as ‘education ambassadors’ in the
surrounding community.
Volunteers
receive training, a small stipend to cover living expenses, and personal
development opportunities as a part of the experience.
This
evidence-based program is modelled on effective government-run programs that
have successfully achieved impact at scale in South Asia and West Africa.
Since
its Launch by H.E the President and the H.E the Deputy President in September
2014, the G-United Programme continues to show promise as a groundbreaking and
successful national programme.
About County Coordinator, Field Operations
The County Coordinator, will conduct field visits for the programme in the counties ensuring that volunteers are enabled to do their work with the highest level of quality.
About County Coordinator, Field Operations
The County Coordinator, will conduct field visits for the programme in the counties ensuring that volunteers are enabled to do their work with the highest level of quality.
This
includes ensuring that the personal and professional needs of the volunteer are
met; fostering learning, sharing and networking between volunteers,
communicating programmatic changes and improvements to volunteers and county
government officials; and training volunteers, county and school-level
officials.
The
County Coordinator, will liaise with other partners in the field including
county, district, and school officials as well as other stakeholders in the
private sector, as required, to prepare them to fully own and implement the
programme in their region.
The
County Coordinator, will report to the Associate field operations.
The
role of the county coordinator is 99% field work
Goals and Responsibilities
Partnerships and Relationships with County Government, Community and Schools built.
Goals and Responsibilities
Partnerships and Relationships with County Government, Community and Schools built.
- Sensitize,
orient and train county-level committees, officials, schools, teachers and
the community on the program, its objectives, and implementation.
- Ensure
that counties, schools and communities are adequately prepared for
volunteers to arrive and thrive in the county.
- Engage
actively in county activation process and ensure the selected counties are
ready and willing to support the programme.
- Support
county-level ownership and management of the recruitment/selection process
and ensure that appropriate county-level needs and priorities are
integrated into the recruitment/selection process.
- Facilitate
county level meetings and engagements to manage, support and review the
program – for compliance with guidelines but also for performance
according to goals.
- Continuous
engagement with homestays through courtesy phone calls and visits to boost
their motivation and ongoing support for the programme
- Work
with the partnership team to Identify partners at the county level for VGA
internship placement.
Volunteer
Supervision and Monitoring achieved
- Manage
and supervise the volunteers regularly and ensure they are fulfilling
their responsibility and achieving the programme goals in schools and
communities.
- Communicate
to the Associate filed operations and the national team regularly on the
performance of Volunteers in regards to monitoring attendance, programme
design and achievement of the programme objectives.
- Conducting
impromptu Phone call checks on the Volunteers to verify attendance or
non-attendance of individual volunteers.
- Support
Monitoring for evaluation of the three program goals.
- Supporting
any donor/government visits at the county and in schools.
- Regularly
visit schools/communities to collect monitoring data from the head
teachers, teachers, volunteers, learners, host families and other
community members.
Mentorship
and continuous Professional Building conducted
- Offer
support to the volunteers in their individual community projects.
- Foster
an environment of continual improvement of volunteer skills
- Conduct
activities to maintain a high level of volunteer motivation, and offer
continual training to volunteers to improve their content knowledge.
- Identify
and support internships and placements for Volunteers in their
professional fields in both the public and private sector agencies in the
counties during the holidays.
- Identify
and support volunteers with entrepreneurial goals and ambitions and
connect them with local opportunities and any other partners for further
assistance.
Logistical
support for Programme Activities Provided
- Support
identification and oversight for schools, home-stays and matching
volunteers to schools and home-stays.
- Support
logistics of volunteer deployment including travel arrangements, housing
if necessary, payment of stipends for volunteers and home-stays, etc.
- Support
logistics of volunteer incident management in case any incidences befall
the volunteers such as medical emergencies, change of homestays, terror
threats
- Provide
logistical support for all other Programme activities that may arise as
need be including county based closure, alumni support and related
tracking and documentation.
Emergencies
and Incidences handled timely and appropriately
- Communicate
regularly with volunteers about safety, rules and regulations and any
other important areas that may arise.
- Handle
incidence and emergency response strategy for field activities according
to designed protocol.
Qualifications,
Experience and Skills
- Minimum
qualification of a bachelor’s degree in Development studies, Social Work,
Project Management or any relevant field from a recognized university.
- 1-2
Years work experience in a high-performing work environment and management
of people from diverse cultures and religion.
- Proven
record of achieving ambitious results, individually, and as part of a
team.
- Strong
consensus building, conflict management, and negotiation skills
- Excellent
communication and interpersonal skills
- Superb
organization, detail-orientation, and planning skills
- Ability
to thrive in a goal-oriented, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial environment,
including the ability to be flexible in project execution.
- Thrives
on feedback and hungry to continually learn, improve, and help others grow
- Applicant
MUST BE a resident of the county they wish to work in. Knowledge of the
local geography and language a plus.
- Willingness
to ride a motor bike / Possession of a valid motor bike licence is a plus.
How to
Apply
CLICK HERE to apply online