Community Mobilizer, Sustainable Food Systems Project at World Vision Kenya

Key Responsibilities:

Project Planning and  Implementation

• Work  with the  Project Officer to systemically  review DIP/budget and other  key implementation  tools and initiate innovative approaches that will open new frontiers for project success
• Support the project officer to coordinate  as applicable sector  integration interventions for ensuring integrated L&R implementation.
• Participate in the preparation  of overall and activity work plans and budgets for the county specific activities.
• Ensure that  business processes, standards  and guidelines related to  Livelihood  & resilience  initiatives are effectively applied on a timely manner in pro ject implementation including integration of cross cutting themes.

Technical support

• Support the Project Officer to ensure timely implementation of the project
• Mobilize support  equipping of the farmers for  long term  resilience building through the creation  of risk reducing assets for soil and water conservation  (Zai pits, terraces, sunken beds, farm ponds and promotion of drought tolerant crops)
• Support the farmers to protect their development gains from cli mate shocks and avoid negative coping strategies such as the sale of productive assets, through indexed based crop insurance
• Support the Project Officer to ensure that secure livelihoods are sustained th rough adequate capital (including human, technological/physical, financial, social, natural, political capital) all year round
• Support creation/strengthening of Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) for creation of risk reserves through savings
• Mobilize the farmers  for capacity on insurance, financial, health and sustainable chain development initiatives
• Identify other opportunities in an ongoing manner that will add value to the overarching goal of the project.
• Ensure child safeguarding and Child Sponsorship Management is integrated in L&R interventions where relevant.
• Projects are effectively and timely implemented
• Adequate skills available for implementation and sustainability of the project

Quality Assurance - M &E, Reporting and Documentation

• Document lessons and project impact to facilitate adoption in the course of the project implementation
• Support the Project Officer to organize and conduct county level scaling workshops to share lessons learnt and best practices for adoption and scale out by other relevant stakeholders.
• Support project assessment and learning processes

Capacity building

• Mobilize and sensitize community for empowerment and sustainability
• Support the Project Officer in building farmers capacity on VSLA, financial literacy, insurance, health and nutrition
• Support the Project Officer to promote  proven approaches and integrated technologies (climate smart production aspects - soil and water conservation, good agronomic practices, post-harvest management, livestock management - apiculture and poultry to build the resilience farmers within the target VSLA groups.
• Support the capacity of community resource persons to spearhead project implementation
• Work together with other staff/ to ensure that key trainings meet the standard required to facilitate, provide
• knowledge and reinforcement of desired L&R behavior and practices
• Capacity of farmers build for project uptake and sustainability

Advocacy, Engagement, Partnership and Networking

• Ensure representation of WV Kenya in key L&R stakeholder forum/meetings at the Ward, Sub-County and County levels.
• Actively participate in County level technical working groups on L&R relevant to policy forums.
• Ensure communities are mobilized and participate in the project interventions
• Together with partners, conduct regular reflection and learning events
• Effective coordination with other stakeholders in the L&R sector
• Oversee farmer register validation, tracking and regularly updating the farmers database through Last Mile Mobile Solution (LMMS)
• Conduct regular group monitoring, data collection and analysis on seasonal crop, insurance enrolment   and premium in coordination   with the relevant stakeholders   using the standardized tools in strict adherence to WV Kenya, Kenya Government and WFP guidelines and standardized tools
• Support the Project Officer in development of Project Designs and Annual Operation   Plans. (4D matrices, DIPs, Annual Budgets) and ensure budgetary utilization is within acceptable limits/range.
• Work with the Project Officer to contextualize and use reporting guidelines to track and develop quality, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual and end of projects reports, key lessons and success stories in accordance with WFP and WV Kenya requirements.
• Timely and quality reports and assessments
• L&R infrastructures are structurally and aesthetically sound
• Effective project monitoring and documentation
• Support organization and facilitation of regular review and peer to peer learning meetings with government, target communities and relevant stakeholders

Required Education, skills and experience:

• Degree or Diploma in Agriculture/Agricultural Economics/ Environmental Education/Agricultural engineering/Community Development from a recognized university
• Minimum two years proven work experience in either relief or development Livelihood and Resilience/Food security projects with bias in Village Savings and Loaning Groups and Climate Smart Crop Production
• Excellent English communication skills (both oral and written).
• Excellent computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office
• Ability to facilitate L&R trainings to building staff and community capacity in L&R interventions
• Able to ride a motorbike with a valid license
• Ability to speak local dialect
• Knowledge/experience on crop insurance will be an added advantage
• Must be a local resident of Makueni county