To implement field level project activities in line with targets and donor standards in a manner that contributes to sustained and improved child wellbeing.
Areas of Responsibility:
Project implementation and reporting
- Participate in planning and budgeting, preparation of work plans, implementation of planned activities and monitoring/ reporting of progress.
- Facilitate and monitor the implementation of planned activities and community level engagements.
- Mobilize and register target beneficiaries, re-organize them into farmer groups to access various support including capacity building, and seedloan planting material support
- Actively participate in project start up workshops, annual and semi-annual planning and review processes sharing sub-county progress and new plans
- Mobilize and facilitate the engagements of sub-county stakeholders during planning and development meetings, workshops and other fora.
- Identify local level partners including VHTs, teachers, health workers, religious leaders and support and facilitate the partners in the implementation of planned activities.
- Facilitate stakeholders and partners in supervision and monitoring of programmatic activities.
- Support the collection and documentation of impact and success stories.
Community engagement and advocacy
- Mobilize and support communities including households with Children under five and mothers of reproductive age to participate and benefit from the project development.
- Support and facilitate the children clubs to plan for and hold meetings and conduct community outreaches (School, parish) on a regular basis and document findings
- Mobilize sub-county stakeholders and engage in dialogues for improved nutrition and health using biofortification
- Keenly mobilize and facilitate active participation of children and their communities in planning, monitoring and implementation of community development initiatives.
- Establish and functionalize at least a drama group per sub-county to create community awareness through seasonal drama shows.
- Mobilize communities to participate in annual events such as farmer open days, local seed and food fairs, food preparation and feeding competitions and child days plus.
- Mobilize and support local leaders, religious leaders, cultural leaders, technical teams and other stakeholders to participate in awareness campaigns including radio and other media shows, dialogues etc.
- Support functionality of sub-county nutrition coordination committees and share findings.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
- Facilitate formation and coordination/registration of community structures including CRPs, VHTs, teachers into COVAs to help in project monitoring
- Maintain constant contact with the beneficiaries/farmers groups through such structures (CRPs, VHTs, and teachers) to ensure focus and progression in what they are doing.
- Participate in and support donor organized surveys and other studies
- Jointly conduct planning and review with sub-county stakeholders, monitoring visits for learning and awareness raising annually
- Monitor seed access and recovery through seed loan and voucher system
- Collect relevant and accurate data monthly, quarterly for feeding into main database
- Participate in data tools development, review and testing for accuracy and reliability
- Participate in capacity building events organized by donor in fields to include Seeds systems, Nutrition, Marketing and Product development, Advocacy as and when called on
- Share monitoring outcomes with sub-county stakeholders during periodic reflections
- Compile and share quality monthly, quarterly and semi-annual reports with supervisor, supported by photos and progress stories
Innovation and documentation
- Establish community technology dissemination strategies including sweet potato vine multiplication and conservation and multiplication of iron beans
- Establish demonstration plots at sub-county, health centres, schools for comparison of practices and learning practically
- Innovatively design experiments, conduct on-farm research geared at finding solutions to farmer needs
- Contribute ideas to articles and publications in media raising awareness on biofortification influencing various stakeholders
Educational Background:
Minimum of a Diploma in Agriculture, Nutrition, Rural Development or Degree in Development Studies, Adult and Continuing Education or any other relevant field.
Skills/Experience:
- Additional training and exposure in community development, agronomy, community nutrition will be an added advantage
- Two years’ progressive experience in community development work in the fields of agriculture, food security, livelihood, nutrition with sound understanding of project implementation cycle
- Networking and influencing skills
- Strong experience in documentation and evidence based/impact reporting
- Ability to work in a team to achieve excellence in execution, committed, accountable and passionate about the work we do.
- Commitment to World Vision mission and partnership values and sensitivity to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.
- Track record demonstrating high integrity, reliable and dependable
- Able to ride a Motor Cycle with a valid riders permit-class A
- Able to communicate in the local language of the project area (Luo Language)
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Jan 31 2018
Active Until:
Mar 3 2018
Hiring Organization:
World Vision
industry:
Nonprofit