County Manager at Chemonics International

Role Description And Key Responsibilities

The County Manager represents BRAVE at the county level leading all activities across civil society, local government, donors, and other coordinating bodies in the designated/selected communities within the county. They are responsible for identifying priorities within communities, stakeholder engagement with local government, community participation in country engagement forums and other dialogue platforms, contributing to the learning agenda, and supporting grantees in fulfilling activities within their respective workplans. In close collaboration with the Team Lead, Stabli s ation Advisor/D eputy T eam L ead , grants team, the program manager is responsible for making key decisions and solving programmatic problems in short periods of time for their respective location. They are responsible for reporting on program progress and quality of performance, grant activity design, sub-award activity compliance and evaluation. The County Managers will sit within one of the following locations: Garissa, Lamu, Madera and Wajir Counties.

• Serves as the focal person for the specific geographic area and leads the design, development, and implementation of Output 2 and 3 activities, community mobilization/dialogue efforts in formal and informal mechanism, and small grants awards 
• Establish relationships and liaise with local authorities, community members, and delivery network; manage localized community engagement relevant for successful delivery
• Advise on evolving local political, legal and economic situation and share feedback on how to continuously adapt activities to ensure their relevance and efficacy. 
• Ensure effective liaison between project staff and grant recipients; provide project grant recipients with technical advice and assistance as needed in areas such as financial management, procurement requirements, and implementation planning 

Experience, Skills And Qualifications

• Strong leadership, organisational and project management skills
• Extensive experience working with government officials and/or community-led organisations in Kenya or similar contexts.
• Technical expertise in local governance and institutional capacity building, and demonstrated leadership skills necessary to develop, articulate and carry out a vision for the Programme .
• A degree or relevant professional experience in local governance, international relations, conflict/post-conflict studies, peace-building or similar.
• C ulturally sensitive and aware of East African countries, customs and ways of working.
• Fluent written and spoken English required, Swahili or other local languages would be advantageous.