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 Assistants –
Turkana County
(5 posts)
Reporting to the School Feeding
Manager for Turkana, Mary’s Meals School Feeding Assistants (SFAs) 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 SFAs will play a key role in the
day-to-day running of the SFAs in ensuring that school-based activities are
being carried out effectively and that surrounding communities are
participating to acceptable standards.
The SFA 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:
·
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 mentoring 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
School Board of Managements 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.
·
Actively promote child rights and the
safety of children and report any cases for concern regarding child protection.
·
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
·
Certificate or Diploma in Community
development, sociology or related social science field will be an added
advantage.
·
Valid motorbike riding licence. A
copy of the license must be sent together with the application.
·
Fluency in spoken and written
English.
·
2 years’ work experience in community
development or related field preferably with an international NGO.
·
Familiarity with Microsoft Word and
Excel.
·
A motorbike license and ability to
ride a motorbike.
·
Ability to communicate in Turkana
language
·
Willingness to be based in various
field locations within Turkana County
How to Apply
Applications stating expected net
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 Thursday, 22nd August 2019 at 16:30 hours.
The interviews will be conducted at
Mary’s Meals office in Lodwar on the week starting on the 26th August 2019.
Only shortlisted applicants will be
contacted.