Project Assistant at Rafiki wa Maendeleo Trust

Project Assistant Job Responsibilities

• Working with ICS-DREAMS IC Project Coordinator:
• Assist in group follow ups for both farmer’s groups and Skillful Parenting (SP) groups.
• Assist in monitoring of HIV prevention trainees in the three wards.
• Follow up on field reports done by the Community Facilitators and HIV trainees.
• Carry out administrative duties, providing necessary tools that are required by Community Facilitators e.g. attendance sheet, pens and note books amongst others.
• Assist in booking of rooms, requisition of any necessary resources required during projects meeting and workshop within RWMT.
• Make sure both Community Facilitators and HIV prevention trainees submit their daily submission accompanied with attendance lists.
• Mobilize Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) and parents of AGYW with the help of community facilitators.
• Carry out regular update of AGYW database and stakeholder database.
• Assist in following up any cases reported by Community Facilitators and HIV prevention trainees in the community.
• Filing and proper record keeping of DREAMS IC reports and documents.
• Provide any recommendations from report while in the field.
• Participate in stakeholder forums, meetings, and events as instructed from time to time.
• Assist in coordination of donor visits and field activities.
• Assist in documentation of project challenges, best practices and success stories in the implementation of the project.

Requirements for the Project Assistant Job

• (The knowledge, skills, and abilities may be required through a combination of formal schooling, self –education and prior experience or on – the –job –training.
• Certificate or Diploma in Community Development, Social Work or related field.
• Three years of experience working in Community-Driven Development (CDD), social work or related field with focus on household and community economic strengthening, skillful parenting, and HIV/AIDS prevention.
• Proven project activities implementation, monitoring and reporting in a rural context.