Key Responsibilities:
Program Planning
- Together with the Program team and partners, organize and
facilitate Strategic/multiyear Plans/designs and budgets for the overall
program
- Support the development of annual project plans and budgets.
- Support local partner engagement forums including project
beneficiaries.
- Support review and update logframes, M&E Plans, Program
indicators and periodic targets and detailed implementation plans.
- Support the development of clear and implementable work break
down structure for respective program activities as needed
- Support the finance team to ensure realistic scheduling of
program activities and budgets
- Identify and document the program assets and produce a Remote
Sensing /GIS activit/program map.
Implementation, Technical Support and Quality Assurance
- Coordinate the successful roll out and implementation of all
MEAL related initiatives in the program site of Kwale Counties.
- Disseminate clear business processes for respective MEAL
components to ensure consistent application and adherence to standards.
- Develop and support implementation of program MEAL annual
calendars
- Ensure that realistic project targets are set a and tracked.
- Organize and conduct project level data quality audits and
validation forums.
- Lead the process of capacity assessments and capacity building
for staff and for potential local partners.
- Ensure that respective staff and WVK implementing partners are
provided with requisite MEAL technical support to perform.
- Coordinate effective implementation of project Activities in
collaboration with key partners and the MEAL Coordinator at the
secretariat.
- Coordinate and facilitate timely review and sharing of all
program documents; plans/designs and reports.
Monitoring, Reporting and Accountability
- Support the implementation of a digital data collection and
beneficiary tracking system and database
- support the design of a monitoring framework to track delivery
against program targets/objectives.
- Support the development and dissemination of data collection
tools.
- Coordinate field level monitoring of WVK activities and its
implementing partners.
- Coordinate, participate and report on technical field
monitoring visits.
- Ensure timely data collection, collating, & analyzing,
synthesizing information, updating the monitoring matrix and other
monitoring systems are in place.
- Ensure timely dissemination of monitoring data to key
stakeholders for management decision making.
- Support remote sensing and GIS Mapping of Program initiatives
- support the appropriate use of information management systems
in compliance with WV Kenya, GoK, and donor and in line with partnership
agreements.
- Coordinate the compilation and submission of program
management reports as per WV standards and donor requirements.
- Support establishment of accountability mechanisms for the
program to enhance information sharing, complaints management and timely
feedback flow
Research, Learning and Knowledge Management
- Support periodic reviews/evaluations of the program
interventions using appropriate methodologies (such as LQAs) to determine
achievements
- Ensure that the program assessments, feasibility studies and
or characterization processes are conducted in a timely manner and quality
reports are produced as per standard.
- Coordinate inter-county exchange meetings on MEAL for lessons
learnt and upscale to regional and secretariat level intervention
- Facilitate effective project level knowledge management (KM)
mechanisms including documentation and sharing of
innovative/promising/best practices or lessons learned and impacts.
- Organize and conduct learning forums/events at regular points
to facilitate learning by thepartners
- Facilitate ongoing and collaborative learning within WVK and
partners based on key data from the performance management system.
Other
- Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor
or designee from time to time;
- Participate and contribute in committees and task forces as
appropriate
Knowledge and Qualifications
- The holder of this position must have a Bachelor’s Degree in
Social Sciences, Sociology, Economics/statistics, or equivalent degree in
a relevant field;
- At least 5 years professional experience in Project/ Programme
design implementation, M&E and learning cycles
- Results orientated person able to manage and satisfy multiple
and at times conflicting organizational, donor and other stakeholder
demands;
- Experience in the execution of development cooperation
projects and consortiums
- Ability to build capacity of staff on relevant technical
fields;
- Ability to take initiative, solve complex problems, exercise
independent judgment;
- Ability to work with minimum supervision;
- A team player, capable of building staff and partners in
climate change and natural resource management
- Cross-cultural sensitivity, and emotional maturity
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