Program Officer

4 weeks ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya World Vision Kenya Full time

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.


Responsibilities:
Programmatic and technical support for nutrition programming

Provide technical and programmatic leadership to the implementation of nutrition interventions and integration with other technical programmes including emergency response.

Work with the Nutrition advisor to Design and deliver realistic and pragmatic Nutrition strategies and programming interventions that will lead to positive Nutrition outcomes.

Provide oversight to implementation of Nutrition grants within the organization and work across sectors and platforms internally and externally
Work with the Nutrition Advisor to support dissemination and roll out of global and National Nutrition Policies and Strategies to Nutrition staff in the organization
Provide technical support to the Ministry of Health during seasonal assessments and Nutrition surveys.

Ensure comprehensive induction of nutrition project staff to new projects including models/strategies of implementation, budgets and donor rules and regulations.

Ensure grant startup workshops are conducted and all staff implementing the grants understand the project.

Engagement, networking and fundraising

Support Resource Acquisition and Management team to establish Nutrition donor links and pre-position for upcoming Nutrition Grants.
Work with RAM to Design and develop nutrition grants concepts and proposals for World Vision Kenya.
Establish and maintain strategic engagements and collaborations to preposition WVK in Nutrition for enhanced funding reaching the most vulnerable children

Work with Nutrition Advisor to Coordinate and support WVK participation and support to key national and international Nutrition related days.

Work with Nutrition Advisor to ensure WVK representation and technical support in key strategic Nutrition Technical Working Groups
Work collaboratively with the Nutrition Team, Advocacy and Communication Team to ensure humanitarian work and response.
Represent the organisation in Key Donor meetings and other forums where necessary to ensure World Vision prepositioning.

Capacity Building and Team Management for effective implementation for Nutrition Programs

Determine opportunities to increase capacity for Nutrition staff across World Vision Kenya programmes and ensure the capacity building being undertaken meets competencies and focuses on best Nutrition practices.

Ensure Nutrition team is trained and mentored on core aspects such as project management, implementation and reporting.
Lead development and implementation of training guidance for Nutrition implementation Models for program team and partners.
In Collaboration with P&C department, recruit competent Nutrition staff

Quality assurance for programmatic Designs, Assessments, Monitoring and Evaluation processes

Provide guidance to Nutrition Managers on timely and quality project reporting in line with World Vision and donor(s) guidelines

In collaboration with MEAL department Provide technical support for Nutrition Programme Research, Assessments Monitoring and Evaluations, in line with global and national guidelines.

Organise and conduct technical reviews for Nutrition projects.

Conduct Nutrition program monitoring through field visits and virtual catch ups to ensure that the Nutrition program is well implemented according to WV strategy, donor guidelines and global Nutrition standards.

Guide Nutrition evaluations and Surveys including TPs, Grants and work with DMEAL team to prequalify competent nutrition Consultants.

Advise on Nutrition priorities for the Country and specific County interventions while considering the nutrition status and county priorities stipulated in the County Nutrition Action Plans and National Nutrition Action Plan.

Any other duty as assigned by the Supervisor.
Participate and contribute in committees and task forces as nominated/selected

Knowledge/Qualifications for the role

Bachelor's degree in Nutrition or its equivalent with extensive programming experience in nutrition programming
Relevant Post graduate qualification(s) will be an added advantage
MUST be registered with the Kenya Nutritionists and Dieticians Institute.

Minimum of 5 years of technical experience in a development organization covering all aspects of nutrition technical program design, technical standards, systems, processes, policies and guidelines development.

Demonstrated track record in proposal development, funding acquisitions and grant management for major donors preferred.
Proven track record in engaging with government ministries and other stakeholders
Strong budgetary and financial management skills.
Good interpersonal, organizational and management skills
Ability to build capacity of staff on relevant technical fields
Significant experience working with other NGOs and UN agency is an added advantage
Experience working within the health system in Kenya
Demonstrated ability to work in collaboration with National and County Governments Departments
Excellent planning, representational and interpersonal skills.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Ability to work independently and in a team and to lead teams
Good analytical skills with appropriate attention to detail.
Ability to work under minimum supervision.
Computer literacy in MS office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

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