Key Responsibilities:

Program/Project Planning

• Together with the F&D and field staff team and partners, organize and facilitate Strategic/multiyear Plans/designs and budgets for the overall Project


• Support the development of annual project plans and budgets.


• Support local and national partner engagement forums including project beneficiaries to ensure that these partnerships and agreements contribute to CWBOs and meet WV Vision, mission and core values.


• Support review and update F&D components in WVK Strategy and LCC project logframes, M&E Plans, project indicators and periodic targets and detailed implementation plans.


• Support the development of clear and implementable work break down structure for respective Project activities as needed


• Support the F&D team and finance team to ensure realistic scheduling of project activities and budgets

Implementation, Technical Support and Quality Assurance

• Coordinate the successful roll out and implementation of all MEAL related initiatives of the F&D sector including in the LCC project sites and APs.


• Lead the Rolling Baseline 10 step processes annually - across the remaining life of the LCC grant – Including Kobo collect operationalization and application


• Disseminate clear business processes for respective MEAL components to ensure consistent application and adherence to standards including Program Quality and Project Models Fidelity and tracking


• Develop and support implementation of F&D programmes and project 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 project 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 project targets/objectives.  


• Support the development and dissemination of data collection tools.


• Ensure that the national Project data is entered in Salesforce IMPAQ: Project Profile creation & data entries of ITT, Workplan, Indicators, Risks, other project specific data entered into Salesforce IMPAQ in liaison with the Support office.


• Coordinate field level monitoring of WVK activities and its implementing partners to ensure project indicators that are aligned to sector learning agenda are tracked on quarterly basis or as prescribed


• Coordinate, participate and report on technical field monitoring visits.


• Ensure timely data collection, collating, & analysing, 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.


• Monitor chapel and Transteam devotional activities to ensure prompt data on staff participation in these spiritual formation forums is shared regularly with Leadership and staff for requisite decisions.


• 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 project management reports as per WV standards and donor requirements.


• Support establishment of accountability mechanisms for the project to enhance information sharing, complaints management and timely feedback flow.

Research, Learning and Knowledge Management

• Support periodic reviews/evaluations of the project interventions using appropriate methodologies (such as LQAs) to determine achievements


• Collaborate with Program Effectiveness and Impact (PEI) team to ensure effective Reflection and Learning sessions - Research and evidence related to LCC and other F&D work.


• Ensure that the project assessments, feasibility studies and or characterization processes are conducted in a timely manner and quality reports are produced as per standard.


• Coordinate inter-county and inter AP 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 the partners


• Facilitate ongoing and collaborative learning within WVK and partners based on key data from the performance management system.


• Keep a data base of F&D resource persons and facilitators in an accessible online and off line 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, Skills & Experience

• 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 3 years professional experience in Project/ Program 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;


• Working knowledge and experience in F&D models and faith based programing.


• Experience in the execution of development of cooperation projects and consortiums

  List additional work experience required as a minimum qualification for this position.

• Must be a born again Christian with demonstrable Christian maturity and clear commitment to Christian faith and practical expression of that faith in line with WV vision, mission and core values.


• Post graduate training in Project Planning and Management, M&E or Statistics, Information Science, Climate Change/ Natural Resource Management or related studies is an added advantage


• Must also have ample experience in public relations and be a strong team player