Position: Senior Project Officer
Reports to: DCOP
Country/Location: Coast
region, Kenya
Length of
Contract: Two years
Travel
Required (include percentage of required travel, if applicable) Up to
60% travel to the site
Supervisory: Senior project officers
Job description
Ananda Marga Universal
Relief Team (AMURT) is a voluntary charitable nongovernmental organization,
registered in Kenya as a non-profit organization in 1993. AMURT has implemented
over 22 projects countrywide and has supported and worked with local
communities, local administration and organizations offering development
services. AMURT’s focus areas are emergency relief, OVC support,
education, health care, income generation and capacity building, HIV/AIDS,
MNCH, TB control, Nutrition, WASH and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) in 9
counties. AMURT is located in Central region, Nyanza region, Samburu County and
Coastal region of Kenya.
AMURT recently won an
award for KENYA HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS FOR QUALITY SERVICES (KHPQS)-OVC/DREAMS program, and seeks
to recruit the following positions based in Mombasa and Kilifi Counties.
The Technical lead –
case management will provide high level support and technical direction on
project implementation in line with Tujitegemee program quality principles and
standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices. H/she will ensure
that OVC targets and results are met as guided by the donor. S/he will also
ensure strong linkages with prevention and other components of the project to
advance the delivery of high-quality programming to OVC and their households.
Responsibilities
- Oversee implementation and quality of all OVC
activities in collaboration with other technical leads
- Train and mentor partners and sub-recipients
involved in provision of care to OVC, including case management approaches
- Guide the community care and support provided to
children, adolescents and families enrolled in the project
- Design and support referral and linkage pathways
between and within partners, GOK and county governments
- Work closely with relevant County Government staff
and other stakeholders to enhance OVC service delivery
- Provide technical direction and support on project
implementation geared towards achieving expected OVC results
- Support capacity strengthening initiatives in OVC
programming for Tujitegemee project
staff and partners through helping develop learning and training
strategies, including agendas/curriculums, conducting trainings, workshops
and coaching.
- Collect and analyze program data, capture and
share lessons learned and best practices for Tujitegemee project to
facilitate improvements in decision-making and contribute to the project’s
learning agenda.
- Contribute to maintaining relationships with
donors, partners and other institutions.
- Participate in appropriate OVC to gather/share
lessons, best practices and promote Tujitegemee work.
Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in social sciences, social work,
child development, Public health, or related field required.
- Minimum of seven years relevant working experience
in an advisory or management role with progressive responsibilities,
ideally with NGO, with minimum of five years recent working experience in
the field of OVC and HIV.
- Demonstrated experience in managing programs that
address the needs of vulnerable children and adolescents, adolescents
living with HIV, OVC, caregiver support, economic strengthening, child
protection, violence against children, case management, early childhood
development, OVC policy and advocacy.
- Demonstrated skills in project reporting,
preferably for donor-funded OVC programs
- Familiarity with Kenya’s institutional, policy and
programming context for OVC desirable
- Demonstrated application of technical principles
and concepts in OVC programming.
- General knowledge on other related disciplines to
ensure proper cross-sectoral approach.
- Experience in business development, project design
and proposal development in OVC programming, including technical writing.
- Experience in mentoring, coaching, facilitation
and training applying adult learning principles and practices.
- Demonstrated strong working experience with
Ministry of Health and department of Children services. Strong familiarity
with PEPFAR and USAID policies, procedures, rules, regulations and
reporting requirements
- Experience with program monitoring and evaluation,
including applying data collection tools and methodologies, data analysis,
and data presentation.
- Experience and skills in networking and relations
with donors, partners, faith-based organizations and civil society and
county governments
- Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word,
PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information and budget
management systems, knowledge-sharing networks.
Personal Skills
- Excellent relationship management skills with
ability to influence and get buy-in from people not under direct
supervision and to work with individuals in diverse geographical and
cultural settings.
- Strong strategic, analytical, problem-solving and
systems thinking skills with capacity to see the big picture and ability
to make sound judgment
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Strong presentation, facilitation, training,
mentoring, and coaching skills
- Proactive, resourceful and results-oriented
How to apply
All applicants should
urgently email a letter of application, CV, certificates and relevant
testimonials to jobs@amurtafrica.org by 25th March 2021 indicating current and expected Salary. Candidates should
clearly indicate the position applied for and its Reference number as the email
subject. Interview will be done on a rolling basis and Only short listed candidates
will be contacted. Canvassing will result to automatic disqualification.
“AMURT is an equal
opportunity employer and is committed to child safe guarding.
