Christian Aid NGO Project Officer - Case Management - Jobs in Nakuru

Christian Aid NGO Project Officer - Case Management - Jobs in Nakuru


Salary (full time):

  • Kes246,416 - Kes274,912

    Type of contract:

  • Fixed Term

    Contracted hours:

  • 35 hours per week

    Contract length:

  • 2 Years

    Location:

  • Nakuru Town, Nakuru County, Kenya

    Interview date:

  • 26 September, 2018

    About us

    Christian Aid is a humanitarian and development organisation that insists the world can and must be swiftly changed to one where everyone can live a full life with dignity, free from poverty.

    CASE-OVC Project

    Comprehensive Assistance, Support and Empowerment of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CASE‐ OVC) project is a USAID-funded $38.8 million 5-year award to a consortium led by Christian Aid.

    The project aims to improve the welfare and protection of 170,000 children affected by HIV/AIDS in 18 target counties in Central, Eastern and Part of Rift Valley leading to resilient and thriving orphans and vulnerable children (OVC).

    About the role

    This role will be responsible for strengthening the case management systems of Local Implementing Partners (LIPs) and county governments based on case management standardized approaches and tools for identification, assessment, case plan development, service provision or referral, monitoring and case closure.

    S/he will support effective project planning and implementation including Case Management, Child Protection and System Strengthening to ensure smooth graduation and transition to resilience for OVC.

    The role will provide technical assistance to LIPs to develop household case plans that focus on graduation and transition and to monitor their implementation as one way to track progress towards graduation. S/he will be responsible for providing technical guidance to strengthen referral networks amongst social service providers.

    The role will work closely with Project officer OVC, health service delivery, household economic strengthening and M&E to ensure that critical information collected within the case management process is used to inform CASE-OVC, LIPs and government’s advocacy and systems strengthening efforts

    About you

  • The role works within the Regional Project role family and positioned in Kenya Country Programme Team, based in Nakuru.
  • The role is key in leading and managing an advisory team in the region and a partner portfolio in the region ensuring quality and excellence in projects' design and delivery.
  • The role has the overall responsibility of project delivery and quality control, donor reporting and compliance, proposal development and convening regular programme review and reflection sessions and partners consortia.
  • The role will require to travel to the field.

    Key outcomes

  • Quality case management inpmplemented in a timely manner, within budget and in line with
    agreed aims
  • Strong portfolio of partners and other stakeholders able to effectively deliver the case management
  • Compliance with financial policies and procedures including budget-variances, reporting requirements and contribution made to other team members in the development and
    implementation of partner capacity building and training
  • Thought leadership through operational research, evidence based communication products, conferences, meetings, presentations at thematic conferences, side events at development conferences among others
    Confidentiality maintained in case management and data management
  • Project workplans and reports based on strong project designs, planning and evaluation procedures using Christian Aid’s internal systems.
  • Decisions on programme work in the country informed by Christian Aid’s strategic focus areas
  • Strong linkages between partner work, advocacy and communications

    Role agility

  • Expected travel per annum
  • Up to 75 days
  • On call/unsocial hours Yes, in event of Christian Aid response to humanitarian emergency.

    Surge capacity for emergency responses Choose an item.

  • In order to respond to ever changing demands within the environment, Christian Aid operates within an agile framework (both in workforce and operational) that requires from all employees, a high level of responsiveness and adaptiveness to processes and structures making flexibility and a project based working approach the norm.
  • To sustain this system, managers may/will agree further details of specific tasks and duties as part of the performance agreement.
  • Any reasonable duty may be assigned that is consistent with the nature of the job and its level of responsibility, and employees may be required to change the focus of their role
    from time to time.

    Role context

  • The role works within the International Programmes family and the wider Programme management remit.
  • The role is based in Meru, Machakos and Nakuru and is key in providing support to the Kenya Christian Aid to ensure quality and excellence in project and budget management that ensures case management at LIPs and county government is implemented as planned, within budget, timelines and deliver intended outputs and impact.
  • The role is responsible for the thematic area of Health and will be expected to provide thought leadership within Christian Aid's policy and strategic positions through evidence based publications and communication to stakeholders and using this communication for donor relations

    Role requirements

    Relationships

  • External Relationships with LIPs and GoK to ensure delivery of projects managed.
  • Relationships with respective institutional donors on project progress and impact .
  • Internal The position is line managed by the Regional Project Co-ordinator.
  • The role links up strongly with the OVC Project Officer, Household Economic Strengthening officer, Health Service Delivery Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and Finance/grants Officer.
  • Role is key in ensuring good relations with other roles in communication and advocacy in Christian Aid in the UK and Ireland.

    Decision making

    Budgetary/savings responsibility

  • Outline the amount of budgetary/savings responsibility this role is accountable for.
  • Budget and contract management of projects implemented by partners in line with Christian Aid policies and project proposals agreed with donors.
  • The role needs to analyse messaging on IEC materials as well as scrutinise expenditure and impact of interventions, and propose strategic value-for-resources adjustments.
  • Considerable tact is also required in delivering shifts in power relations as power holders do not easily relinquish it.
  • Developing self and others
  • Number of Direct reports
  • Overall people management responsibility
  • Ability to learn, read widely and seek out divergent opinions within Christian Aid and outside in the thematic focus area and apply it to improve programming is critical to being the focal expert in the subject matter within the country programme.
  • This role will respectfully challenge others practices, thinking and logic with the intention of advancing the objectives of Christian Aid through evidence-based learning and adaptation.

    Role related checks

  • Child protection clearance Choose an item.
  • Counter terrorism screening Choose an item

    Person specification

    Applied skills/knowledge and expertise

    Essential

  • Degree in a relevant development or equivalent with experience in project planning and community implementation of OVC and Child Protection programs
  • Demonstrated experience working in atleast 2 of the following areas: household economic strengthening, social protection, social service workforce, education and child protection
  • Experience working with government line ministries, private sector partners, civil society, donors, and local communities
  • Experience in implementing USAID funded projects
  • Familiarity with programme cycle management approaches and tools – including participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation with good understanding of financial controls and procedures
  • Direct experience of programme appraisal, monitoring and evaluation and of developing partners’ capacity
  • Excellent interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills to meet diverse requirements of LIPs and other stakeholders
  • Experience of facilitation, training and network building

    Desirable

  • Post graduate qualification in a relevant field
  • Monitoring and evaluation qualification
  • Understanding of partnership approach to international development
  • Understanding of gender and exclusion
  • Training and workshop facilitation

    Digital/IT competencies required

  • Word, Excel, PowerPoint-Intermediate
  • Web content design & development-Intermediate
  • Internet based collaboration tools and video calling- Basic
  • Social Media-Basic
  • Data Visualisation-Intermediate

    How to Apply

  • Interested candidates should apply online by 14th September, 2018

  • For more information and job application details, see; Christian Aid NGO Project Officer - Case Management - Jobs in Nakuru

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