Reports To: Project Manager-Case Management and Referral
Grade: 6
Location: Marsabit-(Ref:2016/30) , Samburu-(Ref:2016/31), Mandera-(Ref:2016/32), Wajir-(Ref:2016/33), Isiolo-(Ref:2016/34), Garissa-(Ref:2016/35), Tana River Counties-(Ref:2016/36)
Supervisory Responsibility: Consultants and short-term technical assistance
Job Summary:
The Senior Project Officers/County Coordinators will be based in select Implementing Partner (IP) offices and will provide technical assistance and accompaniment to multiple PEPFAR Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Programming IPs, and other Government of Kenya (GOK) entities related to supporting an HIV-sensitive social service system within their assigned county. The County Coordinator’s main role is to promote positive changes from within relevant GOK structures in order to support a HIV-sensitive social service system. The County Coordinators will accompany PEPFAR OVC IPs during costed sustainability plan development and implementation as they strengthen key technical and organizational capacities of the GOK entities with whom they work. Key areas of focus will be improved leadership, planning, coordination, budgeting and use of data to advocate key stakeholders for increased financial resources to support OVC programming. Senior Project Officers/County Coordinators will support quality improvement processes and on-the-job training within the select offices of GOK entities in their county. The Coordinators will support LIPs in coordination with GOK service providers use case conferencing to improve referrals among health and social service providers
Specific Responsibilities:
§ Support the conceptualization and implementation of 4Children Kenya’s harmonized, standardized, and contextualized approach to holistic, costed sustainability planning at the PEPFAR OVC IP, government, civil society, community, household, and individual levels to support OVC and household graduation/transition and social service system strengthening.
§ Facilitate PEPFAR OVC IP county costed sustainability planning workshops; participate in national level sustainability planning workshop.
§ Provide technical assistance and accompaniment to PEPFAR OVC IPs and counties to implement and monitor sustainability plans.
§ Strengthen capacity of PEPFAR OVC IPs and key GOK entities to conduct intragovernmental advocacy for timely financing of activities that support a HIV-sensitive social service system.
§ Support the development and implementation of strategies, approaches, and tools to strengthen referral networks and promote linkages between community, facility, and county-level protection HIV services
§ Provide technical assistance to the Area Advisory Councils (AACs) and the Department of Children Services (DCS) in social service system strengthening including governance/leadership, coordination/networking among OVC service providers, human resources, financing, and information and knowledge management/use.
§ Support AACs and the DCS enhance/introduce systems to improve planning, coordination, and communication among social service system actors across the county.
§ Implement, with support of PEPFAR OVC IPs, leadership, supervision and performance improvement processes.
§ In collaboration with PEPFAR OVC IPs, provide mentoring, coaching, and on-the-job training to key county-level entities to implement effective systems for planning, coordination, and monitoring of the OVC response; work with DCS to improve monitoring and evaluation systems that feed into the national-level system.
§ Provide technical assistance to DCS to develop the capacity of various stakeholders to coordinate community-level OVC interventions.
§ Provide guidance and technical assistance to PEPFAR OVC IPs on the use and adoption of the latest tools and methodologies to support all aspects of project management related to capacity strengthening and sustainability plan implementation.
§ Establish systems for monitoring and evaluating capacity to measure progress and generate an evidence base for successful and sustainable approaches to organizational capacity strengthening for county-level entities involved in the OVC response.
§ Ensure effective data collection of all activities implemented at the county level.
§ Provide timely inputs to 4Children Kenya annual planning, monitoring, reporting, and budgeting processes in their county.
§ Document project results and impacts in various forms, including media stories, lessons learned, case studies, client satisfaction, etc.
§ Represent the 4Children Kenya project at the county-level; attend meetings on behalf of 4Children, make presentations at professional meetings and conferences on matters related to capacity and system strengthening.
Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)
*These are rooted in the mission, values, and principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and to achieve the desired results.*
*These are rooted in the mission, values, and principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and to achieve the desired results.*
§ Serves with Integrity
§ Models Stewardship
§ Cultivates Constructive Relationships
§ Promotes Learning
Program Manager Competencies
These are rooted in the mission, values, and principles of CRS and used by each Program Manager to fulfill his or her responsibilities and to achieve the desired results.
These are rooted in the mission, values, and principles of CRS and used by each Program Manager to fulfill his or her responsibilities and to achieve the desired results.
§ Sets clear goals and manages toward them
§ Collaborates effectively with staff and stakeholders
§ Manages financial resources with integrity
§ Applies program quality standards to project design and organizational learning
Key Working Relationships:
Internal: 4Children Core Leadership and Technical Advisors; 4Children Kenya Technical Staff; CRS Kenya Programming, Finance, Procurement, and HR/Administration.
External: Donors, 4Children consortium members, government ministries/institutions at the national and County levels, UN agencies, other PEPFAR implementers including all other PEPFAR OVC IPs, Child Protection and OVC Networks, research institutions, and relevant private sector entities within the County.
Qualifications:
§ Master’s degree in Public Policy, Public Administration, Social Work or equivalent degree with proven partnership and capacity strengthening experience.
§ Minimum of seven years of work experience, with five years of experience in organizational/institutional development and provision of technical assistance to government entities at the county level and/or international non-governmental organizations or civil society (including faith-based) organizations preferably related to the HIV and/or OVC response.
§ Demonstrated ability to maintain positive relationships with and accountability towards diverse actors including donors, PEPFAR OVC, government, and civil society partners.
§ Demonstrated ability motivate and inspire teamwork among diverse partners, without direct supervisory responsibilities.
§ Excellent project management skills including the demonstrated ability to conduct assessments, analysis, monitoring, and reporting as well as the ability to develop practical solutions within set deadlines.
§ Experience in quality improvement science, using data to inform decision-making and sustainability planning/monitoring a plus.
§ Excellent negotiation and analytical/problem solving skills.
§ Strong interpersonal, partnership, and training, facilitation and mentoring skills.
§ Excellent understanding of GOK systems and procedures as it relates to planning and budgeting.
§ Excellent written and oral communications skills in English.
§ Knowledge of GOK OVC service delivery standards and PEPFAR programming, process, guidance and frameworks is strongly preferred.
§ Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
§ Experience in organizational network analysis a plus.
Travel: The Senior Project Officers/County Coordinator position will be assigned to an identified PEPFAR OVC Implementing Partner office and will conduct regular outreach to all sub counties within his/her county. S/he will be expected to travel frequently within Kenya and potentially outside of Kenya to attend conference, workshops or other activities related to the project
HOW TO APPLY:
Written Applications indicating the reference number of position applied for and CV including day-time contact phone numbers, as well as names and contact information of three references should reach the below-mentioned by Close of Business Friday June 17, 2016.
Human Resources Manager
Catholic Relief Services-Kenya program
E-mail:hr@ke.earo.crs.org
Please indicate the Reference Number of the position you are applying for on the email subject. Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Note: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) does not charge any fees from applicants for any recruitments. Further, CRS has nor retained any agent in connection with this recruitment.
