PROJECT COORDINATOR (ANTICIPATED PROJECT/GRANT)
Closing
date: June 4, 2021
About
ICS SP
We work towards a better future for children. Together with families, communities and other stakeholders we initiate programmes that create safe and nurturing environments for them. We are looking for individuals with a passion to make a positive difference in the lives of children and young people to join us in our journey of building stronger, capable and connected families where children are well nurtured and enabled to realize their hopes and aspirations.
Visit www.icsafrica-sp.org to know more about us.**About
the Anticipated Project
The project aims to pilot the Parental Empowerment and Engagement
guidelines in the context of ICS -SP whole school approach. The whole school
approach was developed in consultation with schools, parents, children, KICD,
MOE and stakeholders over the last 8 years, and involves empowering and
building the capacity of the whole school system to have a shared vision of
improving child protection and learning outcomes. The whole school approach
addresses multiple barriers and brings together a number of complementary
evidence based solutions that target and empower parents, teachers, students,
school leadership, community, service providers and government ministries to
work together towards improving student success in school and in life. In this
project, and guided by the PEE guidelines, all these stakeholders will be
provided with knowledge and practical guidance on what they can do to enhance
and support parental involvement and engagement. Jointly their actions will
contribute to safe and supportive home and school learning environments. The
project sites are Kiambu, Machakos and Kisumu.
We are looking for applications from individuals with relevant experience
and technical qualifications to join our team in delivering this project and
contributing to the agenda of reducing violence in and around schools in Kenya.
Role
Profile
Location:
Nairobi
Reporting
to: Head of Programs
Purpose
of function
The purpose of this function is to coordinate the program and financial
aspects of the project. He/she will support the project officers to ensure the
project outcomes listed below are realized
a) Schools are knowledgeable, resourceful, have in place and use
policies, practices and a variety of strategies that support and facilitate
parental engagement in positively promoting children’s learning**
b) Key service providers and communities understand the role of parents
in promoting student learning and have the capacity and willingness to support
schools with appropriate services, programmes and resources to improve parental
engagement and learning
c) Children from 12 schools have access to resources and safe spaces
where they can learn child rights and develop life skills that will enable them
to achieve success in school and life
d) Evidence and best practices available to demonstrate benefits of
parental engagement and the need to increase investments in national roll out
of PEE guidelines
Objectives
of this project will be:
1. To provide parents with opportunities to acquire necessary
information, knowledge, and skills to support their children’s education at
home and at school.
2. To build capacity of public primary schools to have in place
policies, practices and structures that support parental engagement and
collaboration and that yield higher levels of student academic success.
3. To mobilize and build capacity of service providers and communities
to collaborate and provide schools with appropriate support and services that
enhance parental engagement and student learning
4. To create safe spaces and platforms in public primary schools where
children can continuously learn and practice their rights and life skills
5. To inspire and influence national roll out of the Parental Empowerment
and Engagement Guidelines (PEE) through research and advocacy.
We are looking for applications from individuals with relevant experience and
technical qualifications to join our team in delivering this project and
contributing to the agenda of reducing violence in and around schools in Kenya.
Roles
and responsibilities
At ICS SP we believe that quality education is the sum total of parental,
community and school collaboration. It will be the responsibility of the job
holder to lead activities that will optimize learning and achieve the project
goal. He/she we will roll out the Parental empowerment and engagement (PEE)
guidelines in the context of our Whole School Approach. The whole school
approach addresses multiple barriers and brings together a number of
complementary evidence based solutions that target and empower parents,
teachers, students, school leadership, community, service providers and
government ministries to work together towards improving student success in
school and in life. In this project, all these stakeholders will be provided
with knowledge and practical guidance on what they can do to enhance and
support parental involvement and engagement.
Project
Coordination and Implementation
· Works with the Project Officer to develop short and long-term plans for
the projects
· Coordinate implementation of project activities as per approved plans
· Monitors progress, ensures adherence and evaluates performance against
set timelines.
· Coordinates project activities at the County level and seize
opportunities for partnerships and synergies.
· Reviews and prepares periodic technical and financial reports as per the
donor standards
· Conducts first line evaluation of project effectiveness document results
and provide recommendations and/or takes appropriate action.
· Guides project actions by researching, developing writing and updating
documents, practices, toolkits and guidelines
· Ensures that all projects documentation is updated and uploaded to
organizational systems on a timely basis.
Partner
Planning and Reporting
· Maintain partner relations and coordinates planning and reporting to ICS,
based on stipulated timelines
· Maintain project calendar and milestones.
· Reviews the reports from partners, collates lessons learnt, success
factors and facilitates dissemination as necessary including providing content
to communication unit for the development of materials
· Reviews partner progress and financial reports and highlights areas of
concern vis-à-vis the performance indicators agreed upon
· Supports the responsible government officials in planning, coordinating
quality, timely effective preventive and responses, development of quality
child protection services
· Maintains effective interface with government authorities especially the
MOE, TSC, DCS ,KICD and partners as well as broader network of stakeholders who
can contribute to create and nurture safe environment for children
Networking,
Fundraising and Resource Mobilization
· Develops and maintains productive relationships with key individuals in
relevant government ministries, civil society, counterpart institutions and
NGOs, foreign and local NGO community, and other donors
· Develops content for proposals, project concepts and communication
materials for visibility and fundraising
· Carries out research to identify potential resources to support
implementation of ICS programs
· Develops and implements strategies for mobilizing resources and raising
funds for ICS projects and activities
· Represents the organization in meetings, conferences and networks as
assigned
Human
Resource Management
· Supervises project staff and field teams maintaining open lines of
communication and being clear about roles and relationships
· Organizes meetings on regular basis with designated staff to foster
positive relationships
· Supports staff in formulating performance objectives and indicators
· Conducts mid-year and end year performance reviews
· Supports staff in meeting desired performance deliverables
· Supports development of staff by initiating mentorship and coaching
processes
· Coordinates recruitment of staff, community volunteers and deals with
general HR issues.
· Proactively identifies and resolves staff conflicts and concerns
· Ensure project teams are motivated to work
· Discuss work arrangements together with project teams
· Identify and link project staff to Capacity building opportunities for
optimum performance.
Financial
Management
· Ensure project budget are utilized according to planned and approved
activities and timelines
· Scrutinizes funds requests by staff approve or recommends them as
appropriate
· Manage limited resources for to maximize outcomes
Requirements
· At least 5 years proven programme experience (with at least 2 years at
supervisory level)
· Extensive understanding of development and programming in child
protection
· Strong project management and experience
· Solid understanding on planning, budgeting and project reporting
· Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
· Able to manage self and, guide and lead employees to ensure appropriate
programme management processes are being used
· Basic degree in social sciences /development studies/ community development
or related disciplines
How to
Apply
If you are a
professional with a passion to make a difference in children and young people’s
lives, send your application letter and resume to icsro@icsafrica.org. Deadline for
submitting applications is on 04th June 2021. Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted. Please indicate the position you are applying for
as the subject of your email.