Project Officer Job in Kenya

Vacancy:
Project Officer

About
ICS SP

We work towards a better future for children. Together with families,
communities and other stakeholders we initiate programmes that create safe and
nurturing environments for them. We are looking for individuals with a passion
to make a positive difference in the lives of children and young people to join
us in our journey of building stronger, capable and connected families where
children are well nurtured and enabled to realize their hopes and aspirations.
Visit www.icsafrica-sp.org to
know more about us.**

Job
Function: Project officer

Location:
Kisumu

Reports
to: Programmes Coordinator

Purpose
of function

The Project Officer will work with the Programmes Coordinator and other
team members to achieve project success. Specifically, they will work to ensure
that project activities are successfully implemented in accordance with ICS SP
programming guidelines, ICS SP rules and regulations, project proposals and
donor compliance requirements.

Roles
and responsibilities

Project
implementation

• Work with
  the team to develop short and long-term plans for the assigned project


• Implement
  project activities as per approved plans


• Ensure
  successful generation of planned outputs and attainment of key project
  objectives


• Liaise
  with field officers by providing necessary technical support in
  implementation of project activities

Project
monitoring and reporting

• Prepare
  periodic reports, financial reports and records on project activities on a
  timely basis ,


• Monitor
  progress, ensures adherence and evaluates first line performance of the
  project


• Receive
  monthly reports from Field officers and community facilitators, review and
  refine before sharing with Programme officer


• Highlight
  areas of concern vis-à-vis the project performance indicators agreed upon


• Collate
  lessons learnt, success factors and facilitates dissemination as
  necessary, including providing content to the communication unit for the
  development of materials



• Periodically
  monitor and update beneficiary database of the projects and update in
  before finally sharing with Programme officer well as other interested
  departments


• Update
  project documentation on a timely basis

Networking
and resource mobilization

• Maintain
  effective interface with government authorities and partners as well as
  broader network of stakeholders at implementation level **


• Contribute
  to the development of proposals, project concepts and communication
  materials for visibility and fundraising


• Represent
  the organization in meetings and networks at project level and as assigned

Human
Resource Management

• Supervise
  field staff and community volunteers by articulating performance and
  behavioural expectations, displaying model behaviour, maintaining open
  lines of communication and being clear about roles and relationships


• Organize
  meetings on regular basis with designated field staff and community
  facilitators to foster positive relationships


• Support
  field staff and community facilitators in formulating performance
  objectives and indicators and conducts performance reviews


• Support
  development of field staff and facilitators by initiating mentorship and
  coaching processes


• Coordinate
  recruitment of community volunteers


• Proactively
  identifies and resolves field staff and community facilitator conflicts
  and concerns

Financial
Management

• Scrutinize
  funds requests by field staff and community facilitators and approves or
  recommends them as appropriate


• Ensure
  proper accountability of fund requests by self and other field staff

Requirements

• At least 3
  years proven project implementation experience


• Extensive
  understanding of child, family, community engagement approaches
  development and programming trends globally and in Africa


• Strong
  project administration experience


• Sound
  understanding of community engagement and facilitation approaches


• Implementation
  knowledge of child development and child wellbeing programmes


• Strong
  interpersonal, communication, facilitation and presentation skills


• Basic
  degree in social sciences /development studies/ community development or
  related disciplines

How to
Apply

If you are a
professional with a passion to make a difference in children and young people’s
lives, send your application letter and resume to icsro@icsafrica.org. Deadline for
submitting applications is 31st July 2020. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please indicate
the position you are applying for as the subject of your email. Interviews will
be conducted on a rolling basis.