Job
Title: County Implementation Coordinator
Hiring Organization: Amref
Health Africa
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: NGO
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 07/22/2024
Under the leadership and guidance of the Project
Manager, the primary duty of the County Implementation Coordinator will be to
provide on-the-ground administrative, logistical tasks, and technical support
for the planning, implementation and monitoring of the project activities, as
well as reporting on a quarterly, biannual
and annual basis. The role will support documentation and amplification of
change, development of knowledge and communication products. She/he will work
collaboratively with stakeholders and programme beneficiaries including
community champions, school patrons, administrators, school patrons, Girls
Council, Youth Anti- FGM/C Networks (YANK), Children Advisory Committee, Gender
Technical Working Group, media teams, TGG sub-grantees and other relevant
stakeholders – to ensure effective and timely implementation. This is a field-
based assignment.
The CIC will work closely with colleagues within the TGG/ALM consortium and
support implementation of their specific mandate. It is expected that the CIC
will support in monitoring, evaluation and learning, hence, will work closely
with the M&E team.
The job holder will facilitate partnership and relationship building with other Amref projects as well as create and maintain relationships with local authorities, relevant county and national government departments and other key stakeholders. The purpose of this position is to mobilize and engage with community structures and stakeholders to strengthen the end-FGM/C movement to scale and sustain change. Special focus will be on monitoring, learning and adaptation, documenting change and amplification within the county and at national & regional level.
Education And Experience
- A first degree in Social sciences, Public Health
or related field.
- At least 5 to 7 years of county-coordination
experience in a busy donor funded programme with a focus on
community-level interventions on FGM/C, Child Marriage, GBV, Child
Protection, SRHR and Advocacy.
- Demonstrated expertise in the design and
development of capacity enhancing programmes.
- Understanding of behaviour change or social
change communications.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating complex
programmes involving multiple partners.
- Proven ability to forge partnerships between
diverse organizations and individuals with varied backgrounds, working
contexts and cultural divides
- Demonstrated experience coordinating programmes
and teams remotely through effective remote/online platforms
- Hands on experience in project coordination
monitoring, reporting and documentation.
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge in
enhancing community-led and community-driven interventions for meaningful
and sustainable community transformation
- Hands-on experience in project development,
proposal writing and grant management.
Knowledge, Skills And Competencies
- In depth knowledge of capacity development
approaches and methodologies
- Knowledge in Sexual Reproductive Health and
Rights (SRHR), Ending Gender Based Violence (GBV), Gender Equality &
Women Empowerment, adult learning methodologies and leveraging technology
for learning.
- High attention to detail and strong
organisational skills
- Experience of meeting and events planning and
management
- Good interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication
skills
- ICT proficient
- Strong networks among campaigners, activists,
organisations and government bodies working to end FGM/C
- Ability to work and report to multiple partners
- Networks with media contacts/partners in Kenya
- Understanding of monitoring and evaluation, data
collection and reporting
- Ability to effectively manage workloads
- Capacity building skills
- Ability to work under minimal supervision
- Facilitation & Presentation Skills
- Commitment, Flexibility and ability to
multi-task under pressure
- Being an ‘outside the box’ thinker, creative and
not afraid to fail.
- Tactical and strategic abilities
