Mary’s Meals Kenya (MMK) operates a
Primary School Feeding and Early Childhood Development programme in Kenya.
Applications are invited from
suitably qualified and experienced candidates for the following post:
School Feeding Manager –
Turkana County
The school feeding managers will
support the Country programme leadership in providing effective and
inspirational leadership for Mary’s Meals Kenya team.
Helping in the general management and
organisational development of Mary’s Meals Kenya in close collaboration with
other senior members of staff.
The post holder will also collaborate
with stakeholders at county, and community level in promoting Mary’s Meals
vision, mission and values to ensure optimal programme implementation.
S/he will also support strategic
planning and programme development.
The position holder will collaborate
with external stakeholders at county level and sometimes at National level.
The principal duties will include,
but will not be confined to, the following:
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Providing leadership to School
Feeding Officers and other members of staff by ensuring compliance with
standard operating procedures, organizational guidelines and policies in the
implementation of the school feeding programme.
·
Supervise, coach and mentor School
Feeding Officers and others involved in the activities of MMK to ensure there
is adequate capacity for the smooth implementation of the school feeding
programme.
·
Supporting the Country programme
leadership in developing an annual strategy and programme for Mary’s Meals
Kenya including developing and preparing proposals and budgets for approval by
Mary’s Meals senior officers and Board prior to submission to potential donors.
·
Collation of programme routine data
of enrolment, feeding rate, attendance, stock balances and annual school
performance from School feeding Officers entered into the Mary’s Meals database
and Stock Tracker System for school feeding programme management and decision
making including.
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Providing regular and ad hoc reports,
programme information to the Programme Manager, partners, donors and other
bodies/individuals as required.
·
Ensuring that programme information
required by the Programme Manager, Head office staff, other functional Managers
and the Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning team is given on time and
responding to any problems, issues/ gaps in reporting.
·
Ensuring that all the School Feeding
Officers are managed in a pro-active and supportive manner to encourage high
standards and best practice in all aspects of programme delivery.
·
In consultation with the Programme
Manager and other functional managers assess and determine staff training and
development needs and implement staff development plans which will include
training in all key components of the programme.
·
Helping School Feeding Officers in
delivering trainings to schools and members of the community.
·
Lead in the gathering and analysis of
information for programme expansion decisions.
·
Prepare new schools and communities
for expansion of the school feeding programme.
·
Working alongside other NGOs,
government and international partners to share best practice and further the
interests and reach of Mary’s Meals, engaging strategically with the Government
of Kenya and other major stakeholders in school feeding programmes.
·
Providing credibility and visibility
to local community leaders and engaging in community capacity building and
liaison with community leaders and volunteers to strengthen commitment to
Mary’s Meals.
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Representing Mary’s Meals in various
meetings with collaborating partners at community, county and national levels.
·
Supporting visits from Mary’s Meals
International staff and supporters.
·
Undertaking performance reviews and
objective setting with School Feeding Officers.
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Orienting School Feeding Officers on
organisational policies and programme requirements, so as to achieve
compliance.
·
Supporting the communication and
fundraising component of the programme by providing information to colleagues
at HQ in Glasgow through the Programme Manager
·
Any other duties commensurate with
the role as assigned by the Programme Manager from time to time.
Minimum Requirements
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A Degree in the fields of Education,
Development Studies, Nursing, Public Health, Human Nutrition, Agriculture,
Community Development or any other relevant field with demonstrable significant
experience in a similar role
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Well-developed skills in
project/programme management.
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Advanced and well-developed
interpersonal skills, with a solid track record in persuading and influencing
others.
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Community engagement skills
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Strong leadership skills including
the ability to be in control of delegated responsibilities.
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An excellent team player able to work
with senior and junior members of staff.
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Fluent written and spoken English and
Swahili.
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Ability to communicate well across
all levels
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Able to work well with people of
different cultures and nationalities.
·
Excellent Microsoft Office skills,
particularly Word and Excel
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Ability to work under pressure and
meet deadlines.
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Ability to evaluate and analyse large
amounts of diverse data.
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Excellent attention to detail.
School Feeding Officer – Turkana County
4 Posts
Reporting to the School Feeding Manager for Turkana,
Mary’s Meals School Feeding Officers (SFOs) will be responsible for the day to
day monitoring and supervision of the school feeding programme and for training
volunteers and other stakeholders, conducting community meetings and collection
of programme data.
The SFOs will play a key role in ensuring that
school-based activities are being carried out effectively and that surrounding
communities are participating to acceptable standards.
The SFO will also play a link role between the school and
community on the one hand and Mary’s Meals Kenya (MMK) on the other.
This includes interfacing with community-based government
curriculum support officers.
The positions will be field based in centres near to the
schools where MMK is providing feeding programmes.
The principal duties will include, but will not be
confined to, the following:
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Carrying out routine daily
monitoring, mentoring and coaching with weekly supervisions to schools.
·
Collecting programme data from
schools and other relevant sources for programme management and decision making
including routine data of enrolment, feeding rate, attendance, stock balances
and annual school performance, entering them into the Mary’s Meals database,
Big Book data capture template and Stock Tracker System.
·
Developing and submitting weekly,
monthly and situation reports including case studies.
·
Supporting schools to deliver the
feeding programme safely and hygienically including access to clean and safe
water for cooking.
·
Identifying and dealing with school
feeding emerging issues, gaps and efficiently/effectively reporting the same to
management.
·
Supervising the management of stock
and maintaining stock records and monitoring school best practices.
·
Facilitating the delivery of school
feeding programme supplies and equipment to the schools and ensuring the
ongoing maintenance and care of assets donated to schools.
·
Helping schools in organizing
community participation through meetings with Parent Teacher Associations and
Schools Board of Management with composed School Feeding Sub-Committee.
·
Initiating, implementing and managing
capacity building interventions for the volunteers, school feeding committees,
head teachers and other committee as appropriate.
·
Supporting schools to establish and
implement initiative(s) that will support sustainability of the programme.
·
Providing training to relevant
stakeholders for the effective implementation of the feeding programme.
·
Carrying out field assignments and
other related assignments as assigned by management from time to time.
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Actively promote child rights and the
safety of children and report any cases for concern regarding child protection.
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Linking with other departments to
ensure smooth flow of information for effective implementation of the
programme.
·
Responsibility for the organization
and proper handling of data including storage of data and information relating
to the school feeding programme.
·
Ensuring that organization assets and
equipment are taken care of.
·
Any other tasks reasonably requested
for the implementation, management and development of the school feeding
programme.
Minimum Requirements
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Certificate or Diploma in Community
development, sociology or a related social science field will be an added
advantage.
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Valid motorbike riding licence. A
copy of the license must be sent together with the application.
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Fluency in spoken and written
English.
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2 years’ work experience in community
development or related field preferably with an international NGO.
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Familiarity with Microsoft Word and
Excel.
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Ability to communicate in Turkana
language
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Willingness to be based in various
field locations within Turkana County
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Assistant –Turkana County
The MEL Assistant will be responsible to support MEL
Officer to ensure that data are gathered from various sources in the field and
entered centrally to support the advancement of the ongoing organisation’s MEL
strategy.
The position will work closely with the Programmes Field
Department under the guidance of the MEL Officer.
This post will involve a combination of field and
office-based work and will support cross core MEL work also includes supporting
the achievement of the organisational MEL strategy.
The role also includes supporting wider areas of work
within the MEL department, such as organisation pilots, programme expansion and
projects which require additional monitoring.
The principal duties will include, but will not be
confined to the following:
Monitoring:
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Support MEL Officer in the
development and implementation of efficient monitoring and evaluation systems,
tools and processes that will effectively represent MMK programmes as well as
strengthening the existing systems.
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Supervise the collection of quality
data, including training relevant staff members to use various monitoring tools
and cooperating with School Feeding Managers to ensure timely submission of
accurate data.
Evaluation:
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Work in collaboration with MEL
Officer in collation, analysis and reporting of data for the programmes team
and MMI in a timely fashion.
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Support MEL Officer in designing and
implementing programme impact and accountability assessments, thinking
innovatively to gather results that best reflect MMK programmes and contribute
to organisational learning, within the constraints of staff capacity.
Accountability:
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Take responsibility for ensuring that
data is of good quality and accessible.
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Participate in the development of
country-level accountability strategies, including stakeholder participation,
transparency, school-specific reporting and ensuring MMK values, standards and
policies are adhered to throughout our programmes.
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Undertake regular field visits to
support M&E processes and implement accountability processes.
Learning:
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Play a key role in identifying key
lessons learned and defining the MMK Strategic Plan.
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Support MEL Officer in delivering
effective and evidence-based decision making by producing purposeful reports to
senior programme management team in MMK and MMI, as required.
Minimum Requirements
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A Diploma in information technology,
economics, statistics, mathematics, epidemiology, community health or any other
social or health sciences.
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Valid motorbike riding licence. A
copy of the same must be sent together with the application.
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Above-average knowledge of the
Microsoft Office suite especially Excel.
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Good command of English, Kiswahili
and fluency in one or more local languages.
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Excellent verbal and communication
skills with good strategic and analytical thinking.
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At least two years’ experience
working in a similar position.
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Technical knowledge and experience in
Monitoring & Evaluation
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Attention to detail and patience to
double check data entry is essential
Skills and Knowledge
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Ability to validate, analyse and
disseminate qualitative and quantitative data
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Experience of designing and managing
knowledge management systems, an awareness of learning methodologies and
experience of leading learning events.
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Experience working in NGO environment
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Knowledge of digital data collection
tools, processes and software
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Should have report writing skills and
significant change story documentation
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Should have good team work and
networking skills
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Highly developed interpersonal skills
and exceptional integrity.
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Good organisational and
problem-solving skills.
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Good interpersonal and
team-functioning skills.
Desirable Experience
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Experience working in a school
environment with school-based structures.
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Experience of working with Government
structures, NGOs and community-based groups.
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Experience of training and coaching
others.
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Experience of working in a charity or
a not for profit organisation
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Advanced skills in statistical
analysis and use of statistical software
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Knowledge of school feeding, stock delivery
and management and other pertinent school feeding processes
How to Apply
Applications stating expected salary and CV (including
contacts for three professional referees) should be e-mailed to
jobs.kenya@marysmeals.org indicating the position title and applicant’s name in
the subject line.
All attached files should be saved under the applicant’s
name.
Deadline for receipt of applications is Monday, 15th
November 2019 at 16:30 hours.
The interviews will be conducted at Mary’s Meals office in
Lodwar on the week starting on the 25th November 2019.
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
Please note: Mary’s Meals Kenya will communicate to the
shortlisted candidates via official Mary’s Meals email address only.