Post: – Project Manager/Coordinator
Terms of Service: – One (1) Year Contract
The remuneration attached to this position will
be a gross taxable monthly Ksh. 300,000 payables as follows:
Monthly Basic Salary: – Ksh. 200,000
Monthly Allowances – Ksh. 100,000
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY
The specific
responsibilities will include the following: –
- The
Project Manager/Coordinator will be responsible for the overall management of the Project, including the
mobilization of all project inputs, supervision over project staff,
consultants and sub-contractors.
- The
Project Manager/Coordinator will perform a liaison role with the
government, UNDP and other UN agencies, CSOs and project partners, and maintain close collaboration with other donor agencies providing co-financing. - The
Project Manager/Coordinator will work closely with the Project partners in
the Tsavo and Maasai Mara Ecosystem, respectively.
- The
Project Manager/Coordinator will take on additional M&E functions and
serve as the Gender Focal Point for project.
Responsibilities
- Provide
technical advice to ensure that the Project leads to the intended outcomes
- Plan
the activities of the project and monitor progress against the approved
work plan.
- Supervise
and coordinate the production of project outputs, as per the project
document in a timely and high quality fashion.
- Coordinate
all project inputs and ensure that they adhere to UNDP
- procedures
for nationally executed projects.
- Supervise
and coordinate the work of all project staff, consultants and sub[1]contractors
ensuring timing and quality of outputs.
- Coordinate
Project inputs to support the Working Committee for the development of the
Wildlife Strategy to lead the participatory process with all interested
stakeholders in discussions and the development of the Anti-Poaching
Strategy document.
- Strengthen
national, inter-agency coordination and vertical coordination (national –
local)
- Facilitate
agency inputs to training programmes
- Coordinate
the recruitment and selection of project personnel, consultants and
sub-contracts, including drafting terms of reference and work
specifications and overseeing all contractors’ work.
- Develop
a pilot MAU process on the Kenya-Tanzania border
- Facilitate
Trans-frontier consultations, planning and drafting of international
agreements between Kenya and Tanzania on the protection and management of
the Maasai Mara – Serengeti and Tsavo-Mkomazi Trans-Frontier Conservation
Areas (TFCAs),
- Manage
requests for the provision of financial resources by UNDP, through advance
of funds, direct payments, or reimbursement using the UNDP provided format.
- Prepare,
revise and submit project work and financial plans, as required by Project
Board and UNDP.
- Monitor
financial resources and accounting to ensure accuracy and reliability of
financial reports, submitted on a quarterly basis.
- Manage
and monitor the project risks initially identified and submit new risks to
the project board for consideration and decision on possible actions if
required; update the status of these risks by maintaining the project
risks log.
- Liaise
with UNDP, Project Board, relevant government agencies, and all
- project
partners, including donor organizations and CSOs for effective
coordination of all project activities.
- Facilitate
administrative support to subcontractors and training activities supported
by the Project.
- Oversee
and ensure timely submission of the Inception Report, Project
Implementation Report, Technical reports, Quarterly financial reports, and
other reports as may be required by UNDP, GEF and other oversight agencies.
- Disseminate
project reports and respond to queries from concerned stakeholders.
- Report
progress of project to the steering committees, and ensure the fulfilment
of PSC directives.
- Share
progress and results with the GWP.
- Oversee
the exchange and sharing of experiences and lessons learned with relevant
community based integrated conservation and development projects
nationally and internationally.
- Assist
community groups, municipalities, CSOs, staff, students and others with
development of essential skills through training workshops and on the job
training thereby increasing their institutional capabilities.
- Encourage
staff, partners and consultants such that strategic, intentional and
demonstrable efforts are made to actively include women in the project,
including activity design and planning, budgeting, staff and consultant
hiring, subcontracting, purchasing, formal community governance and
advocacy, outreach to social organizations, training, participation in
meetings; and access to program benefits.
- Assist
and advise the Project Implementation Units responsible for activity
implementation in the target sites.
- Carry
out regular, announced and unannounced, inspections of all sites and the
activities of the Project Implementation Units.
- Develop
partnership agreements with other donors.
Qualifications
- A
Higher degree in Natural Resource Management, Environmental Sciences or
any other relevant field.
- At
least eight (8) years of relevant professional experience.
- At
least five (5) years of demonstrable project/programme management
experience.
- At
least five (5) years of experience working with ministries, national or
provincial institutions that are concerned with natural resource and/or
environmental management.
Competencies
- Very
good inter-personal skills;
- Proficiency
in the use of computer software applications especially MS Word and MS
Excel.
- Excellent
language skills in English (writing, speaking and reading) and in local
languages.
How to Apply
All Interested and
qualified persons should submit their applications together with
a detailed Curriculum Vitae, Copies of Academic and Professional
Certificates, testimonials and National Identity cards in a sealed
envelope, addressed to:
Principal Secretary
Ministry of Tourism,
Wildlife and Heritage
State Department for
Tourism and Wildlife
P.O. Box 41394-00100,
Nairobi
OR
Hand delivered to National Social Security
Fund (NSSF) Building, 21st Floor Main Registry, on or before 23rd
November, 2022 at 1600hrs.
OR
Email your application to: pswildlife@tourism.go.ke;
pswildlife2018@gmail.com
NOTE Persons Living with
Disabilities (PLWD’s) are encouraged attach their certificate of registration
in their applications.
