This is your opportunity to use your special talents to help improve the lives and futures of some of the world's most vulnerable children in the most challenging humanitarian context today.
You can do this by joining World Vision (WV)–a global network of people committed to enhance the well-being and protection of children everywhere by empowering them, their families and communities to overcome the challenges of poverty and injustice.
The Projects Technical Specialist will assist the Operations Manager to monitor and measure project implementation, ensuring it is on-time, on-budget, on-quality targets, and demonstrates impact. He/she will also ensure lessons learnt are documented, shared with PDQA, and applied in current and future projects within South Central Region Programme and that community feedback and complaints within projects are registered and responded to. The position-holder will work closely with technical team leads, Program Development, Quality Assurance, Grants Finance, and Accountability teams, but take primarily responsibility for measuring implementation, donor reporting, and monitoring of projects within his/her portfolio. He/she will provide broader capacity building and oversight on the same for all other South Central Region projects, to ensure that the South Central Region regional program is of the highest technical rigor, with demonstrated impact for both donors and beneficiaries
We believe that every child is a precious gift to the entire world and that their well-being concerns us all. We will not rest while children suffer in situations that can be changed. We are looking for people who share our beliefs and our passion.
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
Strategy Design and Program Quality:
- Foster field-level integration in support of resilience enhancing programing through design and implementation.
- Ensure lessons learnt and innovation feature in new project design.
- Mentor field teams in all facets of proposal development, ensuring quality narrative, log frame development, ITT and budget development.
- Spearhead the development and monitoring of South Central Region regional strategy.
- Working closely with HEA Manager, ensure RDPPs are updated on a regular basis.
- Develop and maintain tools to promote on-time, on-target, impactful project and program implementation.
Project Reporting, including Capacity Building/Quality Control:
- Review field-level project reports, ensuring the highest level of technical rigor.
- Track project reporting deadlines, ensuring timely information provision to support excellence in reporting.
- Mentor field-level staff in report writing, ensuring full information provision in support of donor and WV compliance.
- Develop/implement monitoring tools to capture project/program impact.
- Ensure excellence in the Monthly Management Reporting preparation.
- Build the capacity of the partners in the region making sure that all working project documents are in place.
Impact Monitoring and Measurement for Projects, including Capacity Building/Quality Control:
- Working closely with QA- develop/implement monitoring tools to capture project/program impact.
- Assist project teams develop monitoring plans, providing technical guidance and on-the-job mentoring.
- Assist project teams in assessment and evaluation exercises, developing tools, undertaking quality control and contributing to analysis.
- Spearhead the implementation of community feedback mechanisms, ensuring community opinions are documented and used adjust existing programing and foster new designs.
- Lead Quarterly Review Meetings, ensuring excellence in preparation and capture of strategic actions.
External Engagement, Collaboration and Coordination:
- Spearhead engagement with government ministries in support of coordination and, where possible, collaboration.
- Scope field-level opportunities in support of fund-raising efforts. Foster engagement with UN/NGOs in support of joint-planning, information-sharing and collaboration.
- Develop project/program overviews in support of fund-raising and visibility.
- Mentor field level teams in the development of Impact and Success Stories.
- Mentor staff in the preparation of external reporting formats, ensuring the highest technical quality and timeliness (4W, government reporting).
REQUIRED SKILLS INCLUDE:
- Bachelor acceptable but Masters degree in relevant Technical field preferred (Agricultural Sciences/ Public health/ humanitarian protection/ international development/ International relations).
- Experience of working and living in developing or fragile contexts.
- Humanitarian standards (SPHERE), specific trainings on donor requirements e.g. DEC, g2g training, GoG Training, EuropeAid training, Security training.
- Demonstrated, superior project management skills, including ability to plan, track progress, match activity plans with budgets, and follow donor regulations.
- 1-3 years of experience in the field of development issues, humanitarian emergency affairs, preferably with experience in developing countries.
- Exceptional English languages skills, particularly writing skills.
- Computer skills.
- Demonstrates well-developed interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, as well as negotiation skills.
- Must adhere to set security standards.
- Ensure a gender perspective in the scope of work.
- Ability to work in and contribute to team building environment.
- Cross cultural sensitivity, flexibility and emotional maturity.
- Ability to exhibit exemplary life style as interpreted in specific local cultural context.
- Perform other duties as required.
Work Environment:
- Office-based in Somalia, with frequent travel to field locations within Somalia.
- Travel: 50 % Domestic, with some international travel, as required.
HOW TO APPLY:
If you believe you have the skills and experience to fulfil this vital and challenging role that will enhance the lives of vulnerable children in Somalia, we'd love to hear from you.
Find the full description and apply onlineby the closing date 24 June 2015. For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website:www.wvi.org.
