Job Title: Program Associate
Hiring Organization: COVAW
Location – Locality: Kisumu
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: NGO
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 04/24/2024
COVAW then moved to the next level and is currently addressing the root causes of violence against women by focusing on breaking the cycle of violence against women. COVAW believes that people have the capacity to learn and change their attitudes towards women. COVAW (K) beneficiaries are therefore women and girls.
Duties
and responsibilities include:
- Development
of periodic project work plans to guide and track accurate implementation
of project objectives in Kisumu and Kakamega counties.
- Implement
project activities in Kisumu and Kakamega counties such as: Awareness
raising on human rights violations including SGBV facing women in paid
childcare; capacity building of women-led paid childcare providers and
stakeholders on how to organize, diversity and inclusion and effective
collaboration;
- Review
of existing curriculum from women’s rights/ safeguarding and disability
inclusion perspective among others.
- Take
lead in the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of project
activities at community level and with key actors
- Support
project activity documentation based on key interventions that are
implemented, working with the other project teams.
- Identify,
support and work with community level beneficiaries through strategic
intermediaries to meet the intended priority outcomes
- Support
the program team in the engagement of civil society organisations, private
sector actors, government and communities to enhance their capacity to
conduct coordinated lobby and advocacy, addressing GBV in paid childcare
ecosystem.
- Work
with the program team in strengthening linkages and networks between key
actors from community, county and national level with a view to
strengthening the effectiveness of each actor
- Work
with the project team in supporting design, production, dissemination and
documentation of content and materials for use in lobby and advocacy and
capacity enhancement trainings.
- Prepare
accurate and timely reports of all program activities. Prepare monthly
narrative reports
- Monitor
the utilization of project budgets in adherence to donor and
organisational rules and policies
- Support
in conducting program monitoring and evaluation, outcome and end of
implementation evaluation
Performance
standards
- Represent
COVAW in meetings and forums with partners and other stakeholders
- Demonstrate
a strong commitment to COVAW’s values and principles in a fulfilment of
all roles and responsibilities
- Flexibility
and willingness to travel, work long and irregular hours, including
occasional weekends and holidays
- Undertake
full operational responsibility over COVAW’s assets in use.
Qualifications/
Skills:
- Bachelor’s
degree in Sociology, Community Development, law or related social science.
- Three
years work experience in program implementation and community engagement.
- Financial
management and basic procurement experience.
- Outstanding
verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability
to work with diverse people and cultures.
- Self-starter,
able to work independently but able to consult effectively, prioritize and
handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Strong
interpersonal and analytical abilities.
- Ability
to work in the field, under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Computer
Literacy (including excel skills).
- Experience
in implementation of projects promoting the rights of childcare workers
will be an added advantage.
How To
Apply
Please
submit your cover letter and updated CV to recruit@covaw.or.ke with
the subject line:
“COVAW Program Associate-Kisumu” by 30th of April 2024, 5.00pm. COVAW
encourages, promotes and supports diversity in all aspects of its work.