With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Direct Implementation (30%)

• Achieve high-quality project implementation and reporting of project interventions, track the targets and share promptly with the District Project Coordinator, DME and WVT Head Office
• Innovatively collaborate with partners, allies, LGAs and like-minded stakeholders to influence policy and achieve the multiplied impact;
• Maintain a tight understanding of all field activities, program strategies, resources and actual responsibilities as necessary to ensure appropriate progress toward objectives;
• Contribute to improved food security, resilience, and employment opportunities among targeted beneficiaries.
• Identify and work with vulnerable and needy households in the assigned project location within the District Council.
• Work with project beneficiaries and partners to promote social cohesion between refugees and host communities through the promotion of peace and stability.
• Enhance gender equality & protection for project beneficiaries
• Spearhead all day-to-day project operations.

End Results

• Effective project implementation according to PDD and Logframe.
• Inclusion of most vulnerable households in the project interventions.

Project Budget and Resource Management (20%)

• Participate in annual and multiyear budget plans, reviews, and report preparation in collaboration with finance staff.
• Ensure compliance with WVT finance policy and donor requirements in management and use of financial and non-financial resources;
• Take part in the management of project funds, including monitoring of monthly budget burn rates, budget realignments, and supporting internal and external auditing;
• Creating synergies and resource leverage with local government and other actors through facilitating integrated district and local level planning and budgeting;

End Results

• Effective activity implementation according to the approved budget, WV and donor standards.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEAL) and Reporting(30%)

• Adapt in collaboration with project colleagues, especially the MEAL Officer, the project theory of change;
• Participate in the development and spearhead implementation of the program’s impact measurement system, including the collection of baseline and periodic data for tracking programme performance and decision making;
• Deliberately collaborate with other World Vision projects, ensure that the project is well implemented and generate evidence for policy impact and contribute to World Vision and WFP strategies.
• Prepare and share quality project progress reports as per timelines and submit to the relevant authority;
• Take part in annual program review meeting to assess progress, adjust plans, and draw/disseminate lessons learned;
• Participate in planning, organising, and conducting reflective learning forums (quarterly reflection meetings, workshops, etc) internally and externally with project stakeholders, including the government.

End Results:

• Quality monitoring, evaluation, and learning to enhance project progress towards the goal and influence decision-making

Networking, visibility, and donor recognition(15%)

• Establish and maintain good relations with partners, LGAs, stakeholders and other consortium members about implementation and accountability.
• Ensures project interventions and donors are recognised by the government, partners and communities through project branding, and participation in different forums, including national, zonal, regional and local events.
• Develop and support effective linkages and collaboration with key public institutions in the relevant field.
• Represent the project in various assigned learning and sharing meetings/workshops/conferences.
• Facilitate documentation and sharing of processes, challenges, best practices and lessons learnt among partners in the consortium.
• Build a network and create a positive image about the project, WV and WFP in general

Other duties as assigned by the supervisor(00%)

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

• Must have at least 2 years of experience in the implementation of agriculture or rural development projects.
• Experience with INGOs, WFP and other UN Agencies project management is an added advantage.
• Must have experience working in and interacting with rural communities. Having worked in the refugees’ and host communities’ context is an added advantage.
• Should have experience and a general understanding of inclusive and holistic programming, such as but not limited to GESI responsive and transformative designs, Environment, Market Led approaches, Financial Management, and related mainstreaming strategies and activities, especially in the livelihood sector.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• Should have a university degree in Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Agriculture general, Rural Development, Community Development, Project planning and or a related field.
• An advanced degree in the above fields is an added advantage

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Report writing skills: Ability to write reports
• Strong facilitation skills in the community
• Basic understanding of advocacy approaches and advocacy issues at local and/or national level.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English and Swahili
• Proven experience in facilitating effective project documentation and dissemination of results to a wide range of audiences.
• Ability to work on tight deadlines
• Strong commitment to WV Values, Mission, and Vision.

Please Note: World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization with a mission centred on following Jesus Christ in service to the world´s most vulnerable children. Therefore, in all locations to the fullest extent legally permissible, the successful applicant will affirm our core documents, observe conduct compatible with Christian principles, serve at a high level of professional ethics and strive to act in accordance with cultural sensitivities. Furthermore, regular attendance with team and office devotions, chapel and prayer gatherings are expected in line with policies in the World Vision host location and its departments

• Achieve high-quality project implementation and reporting of project interventions, track the targets and share promptly with the District Project Coordinator, DME and WVT Head Office
• Innovatively collaborate with partners, allies, LGAs and like-minded stakeholders to influence policy and achieve the multiplied impact;
• Maintain a tight understanding of all field activities, program strategies, resources and actual responsibilities as necessary to ensure appropriate progress toward objectives;
• Contribute to improved food security, resilience, and employment opportunities among targeted beneficiaries.
• Identify and work with vulnerable and needy households in the assigned project location within the District Council.
• Work with project beneficiaries and partners to promote social cohesion between refugees and host communities through the promotion of peace and stability.
• Enhance gender equality & protection for project beneficiaries
• Spearhead all day-to-day project operations.
• Participate in annual and multiyear budget plans, reviews, and report preparation in collaboration with finance staff.
• Ensure compliance with WVT finance policy and donor requirements in management and use of financial and non-financial resources;
• Take part in the management of project funds, including monitoring of monthly budget burn rates, budget realignments, and supporting internal and external auditing;
• Creating synergies and resource leverage with local government and other actors through facilitating integrated district and local level planning and budgeting;
• Adapt in collaboration with project colleagues, especially the MEAL Officer, the project theory of change;
• Participate in the development and spearhead implementation of the program’s impact measurement system, including the collection of baseline and periodic data for tracking programme performance and decision making;
• Deliberately collaborate with other World Vision projects, ensure that the project is well implemented and generate evidence for policy impact and contribute to World Vision and WFP strategies.
• Prepare and share quality project progress reports as per timelines and submit to the relevant authority;
• Take part in annual program review meeting to assess progress, adjust plans, and draw/disseminate lessons learned;
• Participate in planning, organising, and conducting reflective learning forums (quarterly reflection meetings, workshops, etc) internally and externally with project stakeholders, including the government.
• Establish and maintain good relations with partners, LGAs, stakeholders and other consortium members about implementation and accountability.
• Ensures project interventions and donors are recognised by the government, partners and communities through project branding, and participation in different forums, including national, zonal, regional and local events.
• Develop and support effective linkages and collaboration with key public institutions in the relevant field.
• Represent the project in various assigned learning and sharing meetings/workshops/conferences.
• Facilitate documentation and sharing of processes, challenges, best practices and lessons learnt among partners in the consortium.
• Build a network and create a positive image about the project, WV and WFP in general

• Report writing skills: Ability to write reports
• Strong facilitation skills in the community
• Basic understanding of advocacy approaches and advocacy issues at local and/or national level.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English and Swahili
• Proven experience in facilitating effective project documentation and dissemination of results to a wide range of audiences.
• Ability to work on tight deadlines
• Strong commitment to WV Values, Mission, and Vision.

• Must have at least 2 years of experience in the implementation of agriculture or rural development projects.
• Experience with INGOs, WFP and other UN Agencies project management is an added advantage.
• Must have experience working in and interacting with rural communities. Having worked in the refugees’ and host communities’ context is an added advantage.
• Should have experience and a general understanding of inclusive and holistic programming, such as but not limited to GESI responsive and transformative designs, Environment, Market Led approaches, Financial Management, and related mainstreaming strategies and activities, especially in the livelihood sector.
• Should have a university degree in Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Agriculture general, Rural Development, Community Development, Project planning and or a related field.
• An advanced degree in the above fields is an added advantage