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Uthabiti is the Nairobi-based African non-profit that exists to accelerate early childhood care, education and development (ECCED) in Africa.

We create partnerships with governments and key resource organizations to catalyze systemic change in the early childhood care education and development ecosystem.


Specific Roles:
Project implementation, oversight and development

Support planning, organizing and establishing the Network of Women in Childcare in the at national level and in targeted Counties including Nairobi, Kisumu, Kakamega and Nakuru.

Support the moblisation of training of the Network of Women in Childcare members in, Financial Management, Childcare Policies, Laws and regulations, Advocacy and communications.

Collaborate with new and existing WROs to develop and implement advocacy efforts to protect the rights of women in childcare.

Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to monitor project implementation, monitoring and strategic planning.

Continually assess and evaluate project implementation of Women in childcare including GBV services and components against project work plan, in collaboration with project team; take appropriate steps to ensure project is on track in meeting deliverables and spending.

Assisting in developing and monitoring work plans, budgets, and progress reports donors and partners require
Support completion and writing of monthly, quarterly and annual project reports, ensuring timely and high-quality reporting.

Communication and monitoring and evaluation

Collaborates closely with project team to continuously assess status of women network and GBV services/components' implementation against project work plan and implement appropriate steps to ensure project is on track in meeting deliverables.

Work with other implementing partners to ensure that M&E processes are managed in accordance with Uthabiti Africa and donor standards.

Follow up on M&E process for training requirements.
Foster effective communication and teamwork with implementing collaborative action for childcare partners.
Represent Uthabiti Africa to NGO partners, government officials, funding sources, other
partners, beneficiaries, and at conferences, meetings and other outreach opportunities
Ensure monitoring and evaluation activities and reporting meet Uthabiti Africa's standards,
and are completed on schedule
Ensure project documentations.
Contribute to finalizing program monthly, quarterly, and annual project reports.

Network Governance and Growth

Work closely with the Board and senior management at Uthabiti to facilitate the capacity building of the Network for Women in Childcare Board.

Mobilises up port from other stakeholders to support the development of the network at local and national level
Regularly support the Network for Women in Childcare to strengthen their groups (organize trainings and mentorship).
Develop engagement with Childcare Champions to enable them to provide supportive supervision to members of the network
Support the establishment of support groups of caregivers at local and county levels

Develop the network profile and ensure it is well known as an integral part of the childcare ecosystem in Kenya.

Provide advise and support to the establishment of a similar network in Malawi and other countries as the case may be

PartnershipandRepresentation

Develop and manage partnerships with abroad range of actors including women's rights organisations, funders and government departments.
Represent the organization in local and national meetings and events relevant to early childhood care and education.
Develop strong partnerships with organisations offering support to childcare micro- enterprises, ensuring close collaboration at all times.
Specifically develop relationships with women's rights organisations, funders and UN agencies to mobilise support for caregivers
Establish and convene the WiCTWG of the CAC focusing on caregiver agencies including training and placement organisations
Represented Uthabiti Africa in relevant partners and stakeholder engagement activities.

Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting:
Timely compilation and submission of activity, monthly and quarterly reports on behalf of the team
Conduct monitoring for UCEN groups' activities in Kisumu.
Production and distribution of all relevant tools (lists of participants, tool tracking lists, lists of payment etc)
Support all external data collection and analysis work (work with consultants in data collection and analysis)
Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor
Maintaining the program files and tools
Maintaining weekly timesheets for RA team
Support data entry into the network and coordinate bulk messaging to the network members.

Requirements

University Degree in Law Social Sciences, Nutrition, Social work
At least 2 years experience working with women in marginalized communities, preferably urban Nairobi
Experience in strategy development (especially for women empowerment programs)
Experience in project implementation including analysing information from grassroot groups for policy influencing
Experience in writing project reports
Excellent organization skills and high level of attention to detail
Excellent teamwork, communication and interpersonal skills
Excellent verbal communication skills.
Attention to detail
Ability to work within competing timelines