Project
Officer – DREAMS
Duty
Station: Nairobi
The incumbent will work closely with the DREAMS Program Manager, project partners, stakeholders in the community and in the non-formal schools to ensure adherence to CMMB technical and operational standards particularly by giving technical input and support in teachers’ and community leaders’ capacity building and advocacy component of the program.
Major Responsibilities.
The incumbent will work closely with the DREAMS Program Manager, project partners, stakeholders in the community and in the non-formal schools to ensure adherence to CMMB technical and operational standards particularly by giving technical input and support in teachers’ and community leaders’ capacity building and advocacy component of the program.
Major Responsibilities.
Project Management:
Working
with the DREAMS Program Manager the Program Officer will:
- Participate
in the planning of project activities and set high quality performance
targets ensuring adherence to technical standards, best practices and
donor guidelines.
- Review
and track progress on project implementation as well as on the utilization
of project resources; use participatory processes to overcome
implementation obstacles.
- Maintain
up to date documentation related to project monitoring and implementation.
- Facilitate
a working environment of mutual trust, respect, and care among all staff.
Encourage effective teamwork, with staff members and partners supporting
each other.
- Facilitation
of DREAMS related trainings and workshops
Partnership
- Engage
partners at all stages of the project cycle for their insights on the
appropriateness of program approaches and interventions.
- Participate
in developing appropriate scopes of work, associated budgets, and sub
agreements for partners.
- In
conjunction with the finance and administration teams, develop, implement
and monitor capacity building plans according to the project plan.
- Work
closely with partners to ensure timely and quality advance tracking and
liquidation as per CMMB guidelines.
Budget
and Financial Management:
- Participate
in preparation of annual project budgets as requested by the donor.
- Support
partners in the development and management of budgets in line with their
scope of work.
- In
collaboration with the finance teams, review and analyze monthly budget
comparison reports and take necessary steps to ensure proper management
and utilization of budgets.
- Ensure
that program activities comply with CMMB financial guidelines, policies,
procedures, and regulations.
- Work
with the finance team to ensure accurate donor financial reports are
submitted on time.
- Coordinate
with operations staff for purchasing and inventory control as per CMMB and
donor requirements.
Monitoring,
Accountability, Evaluation and Learning
- In
coordination with CMMB Monitoring, Evaluation team, develop and implement
strong M&E systems using CMMB tools and resources to maximize project
impact on project participants.
- Ensure
the project has a strong learning agenda, and champion learning with
project staff and partner teams.
- Working
with Program Manager, prepare and submit required donor project narrative
reports,
- Collect
monthly and quarterly performance data, as well as other reports
needed/required by the donors and, CMMB.
- Document
challenges, best practices and success stories in the implementation of
DREAMS activities
- Use
collaborative and structured evaluation processes to review data, reach
agreement about findings, and apply learning and recommendations.
- Regularly
coordinate meetings with key stakeholders on project progress and
challenges.
- Prepare
short success stories and briefs on innovation/best practices and project
learning (including failures).
- Ensure
that all project documentation is well organized and easy to access.
Key
Qualifications
- At
least a degree in public health, social sciences, or related degree.
- At
least 5 years of experience with health and HIV programs
- Five
Years of experience working in HIV/AIDS programs with focus on sexual
reproductive health and youth programs
- Proven
project management experience in the administration, management and
implementation of HIV Prevention and related Programs including
supervision and reporting
- Experience
in managing projects in urban non-formal (slums) area is an added
advantage.
- Experience
in managing inter-agency consortium preferred.
- Experience
in managing or working on PEPFAR funded projects is strongly preferred.
- Proactive
approach, good organization and time management skills, and ability to
prioritize and manage workload.
- Strong
budgeting and financial management skills.
- Experienced
networker with strong negotiation skills and an ability to maintain a good
up to date knowledge of the grant opportunities in CMMB´s priority
sectors.
How to
Apply
Visit our Careers page for more information, and apply by sending your cover letter and resume/CV to hrkenya@cmmb.org.
Applications
must be submitted no later than 2 September 2016.
Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.