Project Officer- Child learning and HouseHold Resilience at World Vision Kenya

World Vision is an international Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation working in almost 100 countries world-wide to create lasting change in the lives of children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Key Responsibilities:
To ensure timely and successful implementation and monitoring of child learning and household resilience project.

Project design, Planning and Implementation

 Contextualize and adopt the Child Learning & House Hold Resilience TP technical guidelines /designs at the AP level.
 Ensure timely implementation of the Child Learning and House Hold Resilience program activities within the AP.
 Lead in the timely reviews and documentation of APs child learning gaps, interventions and impact
 Provide effective, innovative and technical support to other programs
ensuring effective integration for synergies, efficiencies and greater impact.
 Ensure sector programming with a focus on the Most Vulnerable Children (MVC) from the AP community
 Identify and ensure implementation and reporting of the Households Resilience Technical Program activities in the AP
 Design appropriate program strategies (specific sector interventions) that prioritize needy areas
 Collaborate with relevant line ministries to implement ECD interventions within the AP
 Ensure accurate and quality Child Learning PDDs, Project AoP’s and 4D matrix
 Ensure equity in education and protection (gender, child protection, disability) by focusing on the Most Vulnerable
 Ensure effective integration of peace building and environment themes including appropriate linkage with other sector priorities
 Provide technical guidance in enhancement of literacy skills for the targeted girls and boys including development of locally made reading materials.
 Mobilize community members and facilitate empowerment programmes for ownership and sustainability of the Child learning project activities
Build capacity of communities and partners on integration for synergy and community based monitoring for sustainability of ECD interventions
 Establish specific capacity building mechanisms for effective delivery & sustainability of project interventions
 Build the capacity of education (e.g PTAs,BoMs, CBOs, ) to enable them effectively intervene in education .
 Engage, empower and equip staff and partners to implement spiritual nurture of children and youth
 Take a lead in building AP staff and community capacities in education through trainings and other information sharing avenues to handle project activities effectively
 Ensure Integration of the child learning activities with the Sponsorship Programs and other programs in the AP
 Ensure appropriate programming for child wellbeing issues reflected in Single STEP

Quality Assurance, Monitoring, Reporting and Documentation

 Ensure alignment of all CL&HHR Design, Monitoring and Evaluation activities with the stipulated DME standards
 Ensure documentation of AP Child learning gaps, interventions and impacts
 Lead in timely mobilization and effective communication with communities and stakeholders during baselines, evaluations and other relevant programming activities.
 Engage relevant education leaders and partners in planning and monitoring activities
 Guide community leaders and other partners in monitoring education progress on a scheduled basis.
 Analyze, share and appropriately utilize the education information gathered in all AP monitoring activities
 Facilitate regular reflection meetings to ensure action on all issues from the monitoring reports.
 Develop quality education reports whether Annual, Semi-annul or Monthly Management Reports in line with WV reporting guidelines.
 Identify best practices in at the AP for documentation
 Together with partners, conduct regular reflection and learning events
 Facilitate the community in identification and responding to quality ECD needs
 Ensure effective integration of education interventions with other projects in the program.

Collaborations, Advocacy, Engagement, Networking and Partnerships

 Gather and provide quality feedback and data to be used to develop technical papers and recommendations on key issues for external engagement with decision makers
 Establish and sustain working relationships with the relevant government departments and agencies within the programme’s focus area.
 Participate in the Annual County Government’s Planning and Budgeting process and influence resource allocation to the priority needs of the most vulnerable groups within the Programme Area
 Ensure that Program participants and partners are kept informed of all the Government laws and policies in respect to the education sector and any changes to government laws, policies and budgets.
 Work with partners and coalitions to engage in advocacy activities with the government structures at the County level, to address the education needs of local communities and inform national level advocacy initiatives
 Work with community groups to utilize advocacy approaches such as Citizen Voice and Action (CVA) and Child Protection Advocacy (CPA) to enable service users and local partners to engage directly with local government service providers to improve the quality of government services for children and to generate information and evidence for use in national level advocacy work.
 Support to engage constructively with duty bearers and service providers to improve access to, and quality ECD services.
 Provide information to inform fund raising initiatives for ECD
 Support Development of timely and accurate funding proposals in line with donor requirements and WVK standards in collaboration with AP Manager and other sector specialists
 Mobilize the community for community contribution for project interventions

Others

 Perform any other duty as may be assigned by supervisor or designee from time to time.
 Participate and contribute in committees and task forces which you may be appointed to
 Participate and lead devotions as appropriate
 Any other duty as assigned by the Supervisor

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Experience in project management and functional knowledge of the project management cycle
Experience in implementing integrated programs
Excellent English communication skills (both oral and written).
A team player, capable of building staff and community capacity through training.
Cross-cultural sensitivity and emotional maturity
Experience in ECDE, Child Rights, advocacy and/or Community Development with strong partnership with GoK ministries and Churches
Experience in Advocacy, Child Rights and/or Community Development with strong partnership with GoK ministries and Churches
Bachelor’s Degree in education, Early Childhood Education, special needs education (or equivalent) from a recognized university
Registration and licensed by the with licensed by the Teachers Service Commission is an Added advantage
Minimum 3 years’ experience in community development work implementing Early Child Development programs
Experience in Project Management including program design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and reporting
Experience in the development and humanitarian sector implementing education programming
Knowledge of and experience working with the Government and community structures
Experience implementing integrated development programs with a focus on House hold Resilience Programing
Excellent communication, Networking and advocacy skills
Computer proficiency
Experience implementing Education in Emergency and development contexts.
Good understanding of SPHERE and other international standards.
Sound understanding of education policies and legal framework in Kenya and global perspectives.
Ability to design, monitor and evaluate education programs.
Must have ability to develop good working relationships/partnership developed with all stakeholders (GoK, INGOs and county government)
Experience in supervising, training, and coaching staff.
Registration with Teachers Service Commission will be added advantage