Job Title: Senior Project Officer – CASE MANAGEMENT/SOCIAL SERVICES
Location: Mombasa
Job Description
As a key member of the Tujitegemee program team, you will monitor and report on all project activities related to Case Management/social services with respect to OVC in support of Tujitegemee work serving targeted beneficiaries. Your thorough and service-oriented approach will ensure that the project consistently applies best practices and constantly works towards improving the impact of its benefits to those we serve. You will coordinate closely with other Tujitegemee program Officers to contribute to a holistic, integrated, and comprehensive project implementation.
Responsibilities
- Support
the coordination, implementation, and monitoring of all assigned Tujitegemee
program activities as outlined in the detailed
implementation plan in line with OVC programing guiding principles and
standards from the donor.
- Monitor
and report any challenges and/or gaps identified to inform adjustments to
plans and implementation schedules.
- Assist
local implementing partners (LIPs) in their efforts to reflect on project
experiences
- Support
accountability through coordinating project evaluation activities and
assisting LIPs in their efforts to collect and analyze project data in
line with specified mechanisms and tools.
- Collaborate
with LIPs to prepare quality reports per established reporting schedule.
- Collect
information on staff capacity needs and technical assistance needs of
LIPs, provide technical support and monitor capacity building and
technical support activities to ensure effective impact.
- Complete
project documentation for assigned activities, assist in identifying
information for case studies /reports on promising practices and actively
engage in dissemination and use of relevant knowledge.
- Represent
Tujitegemee program in relevant meetings at county and Sub County including
technical working groups and other events.
- Forging
relations with the County government, GOK, LIPs, other stakeholders, and
the community
- Ensure
accurate and timely reporting of all assigned project activities as per
donor and standards and established schedules.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree in Social Science, Health sciences, Public health Gender,
International Development, Development Economics or a related field.
Master ‘s degree will an added advantage
- At
least 2 years of work experience for Master’s degree holders or 4 years of
work experience for Bachelor’s degree holders in project support in the
field of child health and development, adolescent and young people focused
integrated programing, HIV/AIDS, and other health-related projects in Kenya
and for an NGO.
- In-depth
understanding of donor expectations for program results, outcomes, impact,
and reporting.
- Experience
in participatory action planning and engagement of stakeholders at various
levels.
- Experience
monitoring projects and collecting relevant data preferred.
- Excellent
understating of department of child services -GOK and how OVC services are
integrated for roll out at County level.
- Experience
using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Personal Skills
- Strong
communication, 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
- Good
strategic, analytical, problem-solving and systems thinking skills with
capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment
- Good
technical writing skills
- Presentation,
facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills
- Proactive,
resourceful and results-oriented
Proficiency level
Able to clearly
communicate in written and spoken English and Kiswahili
Travel Required
Up to 60% of travel time
to Tujitegemee LIP
project sites
Key Working Relationships:
Supervisory: Project Officers OVC and social workers
External:
Representatives of the GOK, LIPs, other stakeholders, and the community
How to apply
Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill,
effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position
All applicants should urgently
email a letter of application, CV, certificates and relevant testimonials to jobs@amurtafrica.org by 23rd June 2021. indicating current
and expected Salary. Candidates should clearly indicate the
position applied for and its Reference number DATA/ASST /O6/2021 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.
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