Community Mobilizer – THRIVE Project
Key Responsibilities:
30% – Project planning and
implementation
Coordinate
effective and timely implementation of all interventions outlined under Local
Value Chain development and any other related and cross cutting programme
activities in the project.
Participate
in the preparation of overall work plan and budget as well as develop activity
plans and budgets for technical support of local value chain development
interventions
Participate
in developing different levels of progress report (weekly updates, situational
reports, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports)
Supporting Project Quality Assurance (PQA) through organizing and supporting monitoring visits on L&R interventions.
Collaborate
with relevant ministries and oth
er relevant partners at the County and
community levels to ensure integration and high level implementation the
planned Local Value Chain activities
Work
closely with relevant authorities to ensure all economic recovery and market
systems interventions deployed in the communities are in alignment with L&R
in emergency Standards
Work
together with other staff/ to ensure that key trainings meets the standard
required to facilitate, provide knowledge and reinforcement of desired L&R
behaviour and practices.
Ensure
that business processes, standards and guidelines related to Livelihood &
resilience initiatives are effectively applied in project implementation.
Make
technical input into the planning and design of project specific operational
researches, including baseline and end line evaluation, post distribution
monitoring related to L&R.
Conduct
continuous activity and budget analysis to ensure adherence to the approved
work, budget and procurement plans.
35% – Technical support
Work
with communities and relevant stakeholders to identify key on-farm and off farm
value chains to support
Support
project market research on viable value chains
Ensure
the target communities are mobilized and participate in the identified Local
Value Chain Interventions
In
consultation with other staff, government and partners sensitize and mobilize
the communities to form Project Implementation units, producer groups
Support
produce aggregation and marketing activities of the project
Work
with Project Officer, local stakeholders and leaders to identify community
champions/resource persons for LVCD, Empowered World View and Digitization of
farmer records
In
consultation with other staff develop capacity assessment tools for producer
groups and develop a capacity development plan
Facilitate
the capacity building of the partners and farmer groups on LVCD activities
(Climate Smart Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, post-harvest management and value
addition, transformational leadership)
Facilitate
linkages of the savings groups to FAST product to enhance their performance
Ensure
cross cutting themes are integrated into LVCD interventions
Provide
technical support and timely feedback to the Project Manager on the LVCD
interventions outlined in the THRIVE project.
Organize
meetings with key local value chain actors and farmers to forge effective
support of the LVCD interventions
Ensure
adult and child safeguarding during the implementation of the planned
interventions
20% – Quality assurance -Monitoring,
Reporting, evaluation and Documentation
Ensure
the community champions (LVCD, EWV and S4T) have necessary monitoring tools and
are trained on the same
Develop
project monitoring and reporting schedules in collaboration with the various
stakeholders
Work
with the community champions/facilitators to continuously train, monitor and
mentor the performance of producer groups along identified value chains
Clean
and Collate project performance data and ensure it is keyed into the relevant
Monitoring Information System (MIS) on a monthly basis
Prepare
weekly updates, monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual progress reports
Documentation
of key lessons learnt and successes stories from the target farmers
Continuously
track progress of planned activities and outputs in the detailed implementation
plan to ensure timely and quality implementation of plans
Support
Monitoring and evaluation of THRIVE activities in coordination with M&E and
relevant stakeholders.
Support
farmer records digitization process and performance tracking in collaboration
with community resource persons and relevant private actors
Together
with farmers, partners, conduct regular reflection and learning events
Support
the project data collection during baseline, end line, market assessments and
post distribution assessments
10% – Strategic Engagement, Partnership and
Networking
Represent
World Vision in key L&R stakeholder forum/meetings and relevant networl‹s
at the Ward, Sub-County and County levels.
Facilitates
linkages of the farmers groups to micro-finance institutions and skills
development institutions
Strengthen
partnerships with the county government and other partners for effective
support and capacity development of the farmers for sustainability
5% – Others
Any
other duties as assigned by the Supervisor
Qualifications
The
jobholder must have a minimum of a Diploma certificate in
agriculture/Agricultural economics/ Developmental Studies or equivalent from a
recognized institution.
Minimum
of two years’ experience working with communities in either relief or
development Livelihood and Resilience/Food security projects
Excellent
English communication skills (both oral and written) with a good understanding
the local dialect and context
Excellent
computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office and Lotus Notes (or another
main email system such as Microsoft Outlook)
A
team player, capable of building the community capacity in economic recovery
aspects
Ability
to take initiative, a team leader able to work with minimum supervision
Cross-cultural
sensitivity and emotional maturity
Ability
to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts
Understanding
and demonstrated commitment to the importance of gender and other key issues in
Economic empowerment
Able
to ride a motorbike with a valid license
How To Apply
