Coordinator, Network for Women in Childcare at Uthabiti Africa

Specific Roles:

Project implementation,oversight and development

• Support planning, organizing and establishing the Network of Women in Childcare in the at national level and in targeted Counties including Nairobi, Kisumu, Kakamega and Nakuru.
• Support the moblisation of training of the Network of Women in Childcare members in, Financial Management, Childcare Policies, Laws and regulations, Advocacy and communications.
• Collaborate with new and existing WROs to develop and implement advocacy efforts to protect the rights of women in childcare.
• Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to monitor project implementation, monitoring and strategic planning.
• Continually assess and evaluate project implementation of Women in childcare including GBV services and components against project work plan, in collaboration with project team; take appropriate steps to ensure project is on track in meeting deliverables and spending.
• Assisting in developing and monitoring work plans, budgets, and progress reports donors and partners require
• Support completion and writing of monthly, quarterly and annual project reports, ensuring timely and high-quality reporting.

Communication and monitoring and evaluation

• Collaborates closely with project team to continuously assess status of women network and GBV services/components’ implementation against project work plan and implement appropriate steps to ensure project is on track in meeting deliverables.
• Work with other implementing partners to ensure that M&E processes are managed in accordance with Uthabiti Africa and donor standards.
• Follow up on M&E process for training requirements.
• Foster effective communication and teamwork with implementing collaborative action for childcare partners.
• Represent Uthabiti Africa to NGO partners, government officials, funding sources, other
• partners, beneficiaries, and at conferences, meetings and other outreach opportunities
• Ensure monitoring and evaluation activities and reporting meet Uthabiti Africa’s standards,
• and are completed on schedule
• Ensure project documentations.
• Contribute to finalizing program monthly, quarterly, and annual project reports.

Network Governance and Growth

• Work closely with the Board and senior management at Uthabiti to facilitate the capacity building of the Network for Women in Childcare Board.
• Mobilises up port from other stakeholders to support the development of the network at local and national level
• Regularly support the Network for Women in Childcare to strengthen their groups (organize trainings and mentorship).
• Develop engagement with Childcare Champions to enable them to provide supportive supervision to members of the network
• Support the establishment of support groups of caregivers at local and county levels
• Develop the network profile and ensure it is well known as an integral part of the childcare ecosystem in Kenya.
• Provide advise and support to the establishment of a similar network in Malawi and other countries as the case may be

PartnershipandRepresentation

• Develop and manage partnerships with abroad range of actors including women’s rights organisations, funders and government departments.
• Represent the organization in local and national meetings and events relevant to early childhood care and education.
• Develop strong partnerships with organisations offering support to childcare micro- enterprises, ensuring close collaboration at all times.
• Specifically develop relationships with women’s rights organisations, funders and UN agencies to mobilise support for caregivers
• Establish and convene the WiCTWG of the CAC focusing on caregiver agencies including training and placement organisations
• Represented Uthabiti Africa in relevant partners and stakeholder engagement activities.

Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting:

• Timely compilation and submission of activity, monthly and quarterly reports on behalf of the team
• Conduct monitoring for UCEN groups’ activities in Kisumu.
• Production and distribution of all relevant tools (lists of participants, tool tracking lists, lists of payment etc)
• Support all external data collection and analysis work (work with consultants in data collection and analysis)
• Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor
• Maintaining the program files and tools
• Maintaining weekly timesheets for RA team
• Support data entry into the network and coordinate bulk messaging to the network members.

Requirements

• University Degree in Law Social Sciences, Nutrition, Social work
• At least 2 years experience working with women in marginalized communities, preferably urban Nairobi
• Experience in strategy development (especially for women empowerment programs)
• Experience in project implementation including analysing information from grassroot groups for policy influencing
• Experience in writing project reports
• Excellent organization skills and high level of attention to detail
• Excellent teamwork, communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work within competing timelines