Project Officer - Software at Kenya Red Cross Society

Reporting to: Regional Programme Coordinator – Coast Region

Duties & Responsibilities

• Community Mobilization and Engagement: Conduct community mobilization and sensitization throughout the project implementation period to strengthen their capacities to take ownership of the projects; select and organize community representatives in line with existing government structures for participation in WASH activities
• Capacity Building: Implement WASH related capacity building programmes aimed at strengthening the capacities of the County Government staff, volunteers and target communities. Targeted trainings shall include: Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Sanitation Marketing, Child to Child (CtC), Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) among others
• Community Hygiene and Sanitation Promotion: Implement a comprehensive Hygiene and Sanitation Promotion Programme using the proposed project approaches to address the identified key risks to health for sustainable behaviour change
• School Programme: Conduct WASH assessments to select priority primary schools to benefit from project interventions and implement a sustainable WASH programme in schools in line with government policy and regulations
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Reporting: Conduct regular monitoring and supervision of all WASH related software interventions; Institute and appropriate Beneficiary Communication and Accountability Mechanism and ensure Value for Money of all interventions implemented; Participate in conducting WASH surveys, studies, research, evaluations, assessments among others; Execute quality results based reporting in line with KRCS and donor reporting requirements
• Communication and Visibility: Undertake specific communication and visibility actions in compliance with donor and KRCS guidelines – Design and pre-test appropriate Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials for target communities in local languages; Train volunteers in the use of mobile phones for data collection and conveying hygiene and sanitation messages through the bulk sms, poster campaigns and radio messaging
• Networking and Collaboration: Implement strategies for strengthening collaborative partnership linkages with stakeholders, government agencies, the private sector and other players; Represent KRCS at WASH related forums to promote the activities of KRCS and the project
• Sustainability: Institute adequate measures aimed at strengthening the County Government staff, volunteers and community to take ownership, operate, maintain and manage in a sustainable manner the installed WASH infrastructure
•  Others: Participate in the preparation of project work plan, budgets and performance targets for the project; Conduct resource mobilization initiatives by preparing and submitting concept papers or proposals and any other duties assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree in Community Development, Public Health, Social Sciences or equivalent qualifications
• Three (3) years of relevant working experience

Key Competencies and personal attributes

• Knowledge or willingness to learn on Sanitation Marketing
• Knowledge on MHM, CTC and CLTS methodologies
• Experience in designing community driven projects
• Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills including the ability to build collaborative relationships with sensitivity to cultural, ethnic and political issues
• Demonstrate wide knowledge on current WASH related issues
• Strong understanding and experience of community engagement
• Strong analytical skills
• Demonstrably strong written and verbal communication and reporting skills
• Good understanding of budgets and budget management
• Commitment to the Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross

Application Requirements:

• 1 Page cover letter explaining how you meet the requirements of the job
• Curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages),
• The names and contacts of three referees