Closing date: October 23, 2020
Position title: Project Officer
Reports
to: County Officer
Program: Girls Education Challenge – GEC
County: Mombasa
Background:
I Choose Life – Africa (ICL) is a leading youth focused Non-Governmental
Organizations that has significantly contributed to the realization of
socio-economic development and empowerment of individuals bringing about
transformative change across communities in Kenya. The organization has over 16
years’ experience implementing evidence-based adolescents and youth programs in
over 345 institutions of learning (Primary, Secondary and Higher learning
institutions) across 25 Counties in Kenya. ICL aims at contributing towards
improved life opportunities of adolescent and youth aged 10-24 using a holistic
transformational model. ICL employs evidence to design and run innovative and
high impact interventions to improve key indicators in health, education,
economic empowerment and leadership and governance with regards to children,
adolescents, and youth. To ensure maximum impact, ICL utilizes a
multi-sectorial approach, Quadra Helix development approach (which brings
together the Government, Private sector, Academia and Civil society) to foster
innovative and sustainable transformation in communities. In this model ICL
envisions better health and well-being, quality education and improved
livelihoods for sustainable development. In her work, ICL is guided by Vision
2030 whose objectives it seeks to cascade to counties, sub counties, wards,
organized groups, and households. In her sustainable and transformative service
delivery, ICL invests in generation and documentation of evidence to influence
policy and practice. The organization is guided by a vision of a “***Healthy
Africa, Empowered People!”*** and is on a mission to improve the life opportunities of
youth aged 10-24 through strategic empowerment for sustainable development.
Vision: ‘Healthy Africa, Empowered People!’
Mission: To improve the life opportunities of youth aged 10-24 through
strategic empowerment for sustainable development.
Job
Purpose:
To increase the life chances of marginalized girls in Mombasa County by
increasing enrolment, improving school attendance, retention and learning
through an integrated approach focusing on community intervention. In addition,
support counties in the actualization of their county strategic plans aligned
to Vision 2030.
Key
responsibilities
Project
Planning and design
- Participate
in the development of new project concepts.
- Coordinate
interface meetings with community level stakeholders and partners aimed at
promoting the projects objectives
- Identify
and work with local influencers such as religious, tribal leaders and
associations, to ensure meaningful participation to all activities,
including by most hard-to-reach communities and groups
- Coordinate
capacity building plans and training activities for local organizations,
implementing partners and stakeholders, including co-facilitating the
trainings Girl Education projects
- Conduct and
facilitate project activities: local dialogues (inter and intra
communities), mobile cinema discussions, solidarity events
- Organize
all logistics related to the implementation of project activities in
his/her region (hall rental, catering, invitations, etc.)
- Participate
in reviewing the targets as set out in the funded proposal
Learning
and knowledge management:
- Share
relevant information within the team establishing and supporting the
proper documentation of activities
- Participates
in national/regional projects/networks as requested.
Reporting
- Produce
activity report after each activity implemented, including documenting
lessons learnt, feedback from participants, pictures;
- Track
attendance to each activity and document it with attendance lists
Coordination
and representation
- Develop
and maintain proactive, positive, and professional relationships with key
government officials, local authorities, local leaders and civil society
organizations, partner organization and other NGOS
- Maintains
regular written and oral reporting to the County Manager on key project
issues
- Participate
in project baselines and periodic assessments
- Participate
in monitoring and evaluation activities through data collection
Financial
planning, management and compliance
- Prepare
activity budgets and ensures that budgets are spent as per approved
budget;
- Organise
the payment to all local vendors, as well as transport reimbursements and
per diems;
- Ensure
effective implementation and compliance with the overall finance and
guidance manual and compliance with procedures
Project
implementation and training.
- Assist the
coordination all project activities including preparation for trainings to
various implementation sites
- Training
and sensitization of community on importance of girl education, nutrition
and entrepreneurship
- Plan and
Organize career fairs motivational mentoring events
- Participate
in project, organizational and institutional meetings and work
harmoniously with other stakeholders.
- Support in
project research in collaboration with the project M&E team
Resource
Mobilization
- Take part
in resource mobilization through participation in proposal development
with other program staff
- Design,
implement and evaluate projects with an aspect of resource mobilization.
- Helping in
tracking of implementation of Child Protection Policy
Any other duty in line with organization Mission and Vision
Minimum
education and qualifications
- Minimum
Degree in Communications, Public Relations, Social science or relevant
field
- 5 years
progressive experience in community engagement.
- High level
community engagement skills including planning, communication,
presentation, facilitation, event management, evaluation, report writing
and correspondence.
- Good
project management skills, including project planning and scoping,
assessment, logistics and implementation
- High level
interpersonal skills, including effective verbal and written communication
and active listening skills.
- Ability to
develop and maintain highly successful, positive working relationships,
including the ability to consult, collaborate, negotiate and compromise to
ensure effective outcomes.
- Good
problem solving skills, along with the ability to set priorities, manage
time effectively and process deadlines of projects and programs
- Good
keyboard skills and understanding of computer concepts with the ability to
use the Microsoft Office suite of programs, particularly Outlook, Word,
Excel and PowerPoint.
- Ability to
work independently and get things done and delivered in a timely manner
How to
Apply
If you meet the above
qualifications, we encourage you to write to hr@ichooselife.or.ke. Your CV and cover
letter should reach us on or before Friday 23rd October, 2020. Kindly indicate
your current/last and expected salary in your CV in pdf format with subject as ‘**PROJECT OFFICER,
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT’**
Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted.
We are an equal
opportunity employer