Director, Service Delivery at Kakamega County

Job Group ‘Q’

Job Responsibilities

• Implementing and maintaining service delivery standards;
• Developing and updating framework for Monitoring and Evaluation in accordance to the design document and County requirements;
• Ensuring that County projects’ interventions are effectively supported in terms of the assessment, design, implementation, baseline, monitoring, evaluation, transition, learning and documentation;
• Participating in development of the annual work plan and budgets, ensuring alignment with technical approach;
• Ensuring that core information for sectors is available;
• Identifying the requirement for collecting baseline data, preparing terms of reference for and arranging the conducting of a baseline survey for service delivery;
• Overseeing and executive Monitoring and Evaluation activities with particular focus on results and impacts as well as lesson learnt;
• Ensuring timely communication of Monitoring and Evaluation findings at all levels;
• Ensuring the successful development, elaboration and roll out of implementation strategies and operational guidelines;
• Coordinating and ensuring the timely submission of a quality and comprehensive progress reports;
• Guiding sectors in preparing their progress reports in accordance with approved reporting formats and ensuring their timely submission;
• Preparing consolidation progress reports for management including identification of problems, causes of potential bottlenecks in the County project implementation, and providing specific recommendations;
• Undertaking regular visits to the field to support implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation and identifying where adaptations might be needed;
• Ensuring effective engagement with Government departments, Regional technical/sector representatives;
• Preparing monthly and quarterly projects;
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Requirements

• Be a Kenyan citizen;
• Bachelor’s Degree in Governance and Leadership, Business Administration, Public Administration, Political Science, Economics, Law, Entrepreneurship, Communication, Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Management or related field from a recognized University;
  Master’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Governance and Leadership, Business Administration, Public Administration, Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Management or related field from a recognized University will be an added advantage;
• Demonstrate relevant experience of not less than five (5) years in a similar position in the NGO, private or public sector;
• Demonstrate understanding of Governance and Monitoring and Evaluation;
• Excellent inter-personal communication and report writing skills; and
• Demonstrate a high degree of professional competence and administrative capability.