With over 70 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 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children's life stories!Key Responsibilities:Program PlanningTogether with the Program team and partners, organize and facilitate Strategic/multiyear Plans/designs and budgets for the overall programSupport 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 neededSupport the finance team to ensure realistic scheduling of program activities and budgets Identify and document the program assets and produce a Remote Sensing /GIS activity /program map.Implementation, Technical Support and Quality AssuranceCoordinate the successful roll out and implementation of all MEAL related initiatives in the program site of Tana River 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 calendarsEnsure 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 AccountabilitySupport the implementation of a digital data collection and beneficiary tracking system and databasesupport 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.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.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 establishment of accountability mechanisms for the program to enhance information sharing, complaints management and timely feedback flow.Research, Learning and Knowledge ManagementSupport periodic reviews/evaluations of the program interventions using appropriate methodologies (such as LQAs) to determine achievementsEnsure 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 interventionFacilitate 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 the partnersFacilitate 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 appropriateKNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONSThe 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 cyclesResults 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 consortiumsList academic, technical skills or other knowledge preferred for this position.1. Ability to build capacity of staff on relevant technical fields;2. Ability to take initiative, solve complex problems, exercise independent judgment;3. Ability to work with minimum supervision;4. A team player, capable of building staff and partners in climate change and natural resource management5. Cross-cultural sensitivity, and emotional maturity
