Catholic Relief Services – USCCB is the official agency of the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for relief and development
overseas.
CRS supports programs in over 100 countries and works through
local partners.
All candidates require technical competencies in the respective
areas, willingness to travel to the field frequently and a commitment to work
with and support faith based partners of CRS many of whom are Catholic
institutions
Job Title:
Project Officer – Education: Garissa (Ref. 2012/42)
Project Officer – Education: Turkana (Ref. 2012/43)
Job Purpose:
Reporting to the Senior Project Officer, the Project
Officers-Education will work with APHIAplus, IMARISHA consortium partners,
implementing partners (IPs) and the GOK to ensure APHIAplus IMARISHA Service
Delivery on quality education for the marginalized, vulnerable and underserved
populations including youth, PLHIVs and those on ARVs, orphans and children
affected by HIV/AIDS.
They will work with IPS, Consortium members through and with GOK
structures at national, county, district and community levels to deliver on
USAID/Kenya Strategic Goal for health: “Sustained improvement of health and
well-being for all Kenyans”.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
The Project Officer-Education is responsible for coming up with
strategies that would promote education as one of the key social determinants
of health to improve the well-being of marginalized, poor and underserved
populations in the APHIAplus IMARISHA target areas.
The following are specific Responsibilities:
- Liaise
with Education Sector Stakeholders to design and implement interventions
that improve the health of students and their families
- Support
the formation and operationalization of school health clubs
- With
other stakeholders, design and train the health clubs in child-to-child
and child-to-parent communication on health and age appropriate health
messages
- Develop
a mentoring system in collaboration with school authorities especially
targeting the girl child
- Support
teacher orientation sessions on effective curriculum delivery integrating
the Life Skills curriculum into other subject areas
- Engage
with education support systems to promote life skills education
- Mobilize
and support School Management Committees to develop strategies to ensure
universal children access to good education and health
- Promote
and encourage parents to bring their young children to ECD centers
- Ensure
the children are healthy through the appropriate interventions
- Foster
linkages with adult learning initiatives by GOK and other partners
involved in vocational training
- Develop
and implement strategies to build capacity of local partners and
government staff to increase access to education
- Ensure
that the specific needs of girls and boys, Children Living with
Disabilities (CLWD) and child protection issues are addressed and that
they are accessing education
- Liaise
with relevant key stakeholders to share lessons learned and best practices
from the project.
- Ensure
proactive technical coordination and collaboration among implementing
partners;
- Ensure
regular monitoring and reporting of program implementation
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Requirements
- A
university Degree in Education or other related relevant training
- 3-5
years experience implementing US Government-funded projects and worked in
a development program as an education or training officer
- Knowledge
and experience in education, life skill and literacy initiatives for
highly marginalized children, youth and other marginalized populations.
- Sound
knowledge and experience in project management including planning,
budgeting and reporting
- Excellent
analytical and computer skills (Microsoft office package and excel)
- Demonstrated
ability to work with various teams and transfer skills and knowledge in
various ways
- Excellent
written, oral communication in Kiswahili and English
- Demonstrated
ability foster integration in programming approach
- Excellent
understating of GOK, USAID and CRS operating procedures
- A
professional with high personal integrity and commitment
Written applications indicating the reference number of position
applied for on the email subject line and CV including day-time contact phone
numbers, as well as names and contact information of three references should
reach the below-mentioned by Close of Business June 11, 2012.
Human Resources Manager
Catholic Relief Services – Kenya Program;
Catholic Relief Services – Kenya Program;
E-mail: hr@ke.earo.crs.org
Only Short listed candidates will be contacted