Program Assistant -Institutional Development (Kenya) at Kilimo Trust

Purpose:  To execute capacity-building initiatives for fisheries project stakeholders, partners, and institutions by strengthening their governance systems, leadership, and management practices across East Africa.

Scope of Work

Management of Project Partners:

• Actively mobilize youth and women groups to engage in program activities
• Support and strengthen linkages between off-takers, producers, transporters, border officials, local government officials, associates, and other relevant stakeholders in project implementation areas.
• Actively support consultants, cross-border traders, and off-takers to collaborate in harnessing opportunities in cross border trade of fish.

Project Planning:

• In liaison with the program team, develop detailed project activity work plans and activity budgets for approval.
• Provide technical assistance to consultants to plan for field work and training.
• Work with the program team to develop quarterly and annual project implementation plans. 

Project Implementation

• In collaboration with the project team, implement all activities in accordance with approved work plans.
• Conduct literature review, data collection, analysis, and collation for the project studies.
• Analyse data collected from project activity implementation and produce knowledge products and briefs.

Project Finance and Administration

• Comply with project financial controls and all laid-out operational procedures.
• Ensure value for money principle is observed throughout project implementation.

Project Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting

• In collaboration with the Project Team leader & M& E lead, develop a precise project monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEAL) plan.
• Implement the MEAL plan in liaison with the M&E Team
• Manage and ensure accurate data capturing, analysis, and reporting about project activities in accordance with donor requirements.

 Information & Communication:

• Work closely with the Team Leader to ensure effective and unified communication to the project stakeholders and partners.
• Prepare documentation of best practices including writing/editing articles, press releases, lessons learnt, and other project materials for publication.
• Analyse data collected from project activity implementation and produce knowledge articles, blogs, short videos

Qualifications:       

• Master’s degree in Institutional development or Development Studies, Rural Development, Women & Gender Studies majoring in Institutional Development with a strong understanding of Group Formation and Change Dynamics.
• Professional training in Women & Gender studies, Youth economic empowerment, or any of the above fields will be an added advantage.
• A minimum of 5 years of progressive engagement in Change Management, especially in youth and women initiatives in East Africa.
• Demonstrated experience in the agriculture sector, cross-border trade, and Entrepreneurship is a huge added advantage.
• The ability to speak and communicate well in any of the local languages of Kenyan fishing communities and Kiswahili is an added advantage.